Simon Parkin

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Articles

Man involved in violent gang disorder on estate breaches night-time curfew

1 day ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Kevin Storr, 39, is one of six men due to be sentenced later this month for affray following a confrontation between rival groups on the Fairstead estate in King's Lynn. Police were called on March 8 to reports of people wielding items as weapons - including a baseball bat, hammer, golf club, garden edging tool and metal pole. A machete was also brandished.
Woman with 89pc chance of reoffending jailed for latest shoplifting spree

2 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Kirsty Mills has repeatedly been convicted of shop thefts, assaults and breaches of court orders and bail conditions. She appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court in custody after being arrested following the issuing of a warrant when she failed to attend a previous hearing last month.
Man accused of strangling pub reveller in New Year’s Eve barstool row

2 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

The Old Mill pub in Drayton (Image: Greene King) A man is accused of strangling another reveller in a violent dispute over a pub barstool on New Year’s Eve. David Dixon, 56, of Pyehurn Mews, Taverham, is charged with intentional strangulation which carries a sentencing starting point of two years and six months in prison. Appearing at Norwich Magistrates' Court he was given conditional bail not to enter the Old Mill pub in Drayton.
Woman denies stalking 'love-rival' over suspected affair with husband

3 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Thelma Palabrica, 50, is accused of repeatedly making allegations against another woman and parking outside her home. Norwich Magistrates' Court was told their husbands had met at work but after 16 years of marriage she suspected her husband had started an affair. It is alleged she had visited Half Mile Road in Norwich on several occasions between August 2023 and December 2024 demanding to speak to the other woman and making accusations.
Prolific shoplifter begs to go back to prison after being caught DAYS after release

3 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Carl Westfield, 47, admitted thieving within days of his release from a previous sentence despite a court order that bans him from stores he has repeatedly targeted. Norwich Magistrates' Court was told he was “sick of being stuck in a circle” of drug-fuelled re-offending and would be happier back in jail.
Crash lorry driver fails to appear in court...because he's at Butlins

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Daniel Jackson, 32, was at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz gas tanker carrying propane gas when it was involved in a serious collision with a family car and hit another HGV. The incident happened on the A134 at Northwold, between Mundford and Stoke Ferry, on October 14 last year. Norwich Magistrates' Court was told it was alleged he had not been paying proper attention when his lorry hit a car containing a mother and her children, before swerving to collide with another lorry.
Man appears in court accused of raping a woman four years ago

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Rangarirai Zulu was bailed to appear at Norwich Crown Court (Image: Newsquest) A Norwich man is facing an accusation that he raped a woman in the city four years ago. Rangarirai Zulu, 37, of Orion Drive, appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court to face a single charge of rape, said to have occurred on September 24 in 2021. He did not enter a plea to the charge. His case was sent to Norwich Crown Court with a plea and trial preparation hearing on July 1.
Man found with 38,000 images of children and extreme animal porn

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Richard Willis, 45, was found to have made and distributed sexualised images involving children between December 2021 and February 2023. Among the images discovered after he was arrested were 120 classified as category A - the most serious. He also had 205 category B child images and videos and 38,242 category C images and 29 category C videos.
Norwich pair in court over alleged universal credit fraud

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Alan Suckling, 47, and Samantha Burbidge, 37, of Saracen Road, Norwich, are accused of receiving Universal Credit they were not entitled to between November 2020 and June 2022. They have both pleaded not guilty to dishonestly failing to notify a change of circumstances affecting entitlement to social security benefit. Prosecutors allege they failed to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions that they had capital assets that were worth more than the £16,000 limit.
How many motorists were caught by Norfolk speed cameras in April (and where)?

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

More motorists were caught by Norfolk speed cameras in April (Image: Newsquest) There were over 100 more motorists clocked over the speed limit by fixed speed cameras on Norfolk roads in April. There were 18 permanent speed camera sites in operation on the county’s A roads together with two sections subject to camera-monitored average speed checks. In total 1,687 motorists were caught, up from 1,592 the previous month.