Charges follow after the death of a man in Barrowford, a man has been summoned to appear in court
On October 29, last year, police were called around 5.20 p.m. after receiving a report of a sudden death in River Way. Officers responded to an address and discovered the body of a 45-year-old man later identified as James O’Hara (pictured). Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives believe Mr. O’Hara was […]
Following a lengthy police investigation, a serial arsonist who intentionally set over two dozen fires was sentenced
Amer Fareed, 39, of Sprowston Road, Newham, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Friday, 1 July, at Snaresbrook Crown Court. At an earlier hearing in the same court, he pleaded guilty to eight counts of reckless arson endangering life, 17 counts of arson, and two counts of possession of […]
A man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife at their east London home has been convicted
Muhammad Ilyas, 41, of Kingston Road, Ilford, was sentenced on Friday, 1 July, at the Old Bailey, and will serve a minimum of 18 years. On Friday, June 10, he was found guilty of the murder of Maria Rafael Chavez. On the evening of May 13, 2021, police were called after Maria was discovered unresponsive […]
A Hertfordshire man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after being convicted of paying for and directing child sexual abuse in the Philippines and Romania
Eamon Goodfellow, 50, of St Albans, was arrested on 14 June 2018 by National Crime Agency officers, and all of his electronic devices were seized for analysis.A number of chat logs were recovered in which Goodfellow discussed child abuse with facilitators, one of whom was based in the Philippines and the other in Romania.Goodfellow was […]
Following an investigation by specialist detectives, a man who sexually abused two young girls after luring them into a disused garage in Hackney was sentenced.
Huseyin Berk, 45, of Amhurst Park, Hackney, was found guilty on Wednesday, 29 June, after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court of two counts of sexual assault by penetration against a girl under the age of 13 involving one of the victims, and one count of the same charge involving the other victim.He will be […]
A man accused of murdering a woman in an east London street attack has appeared at the Old Bailey
Zara Aleena, 35, was walking in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, about ten minutes from her home, when she was attacked early Sunday morning.Jordan McSweeney, 29, of Dagenham, east London, did not enter a plea to the murder charge.He is also charged with robbery and attempted penetration without consent.Mr McSweeney, who appeared at the Old Bailey via […]
This month, the BBC will broadcast a television adaptation of Maryland, a play about the culture of violence against women written by one of the UK’s leading playwrights
The play, which premiered at the Royal Court in London in 2021 as a fictional artistic response to recent real-life events, deals with the violence that women are forced to confront in their daily lives. This new 30-minute adaptation, co-directed with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Hill, follows two ordinary women, both named Mary, and […]
A 34-year-old man was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of a string of serious sexual offences in Perth, Angus, and Fife over the course of five years
In June, John Todd of Fife was found guilty of a number of charges, including rape, against three different women.He was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison today in Edinburgh’s High Court.Todd is a predatory and dangerous man who has committed a variety of serious crimes against a number of different women […]
A father who subjected his infant son to a litany of abusive violence has been sentenced to prison
Dwayne Gordon’s cruelty was revealed when a 17-month-old child, who we will not name, was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in January 2019 with facial injuries.The A&E doctor who examined the child, Dr Janet Craze, told Gordon’s trial in May that a slap mark on the boy’s face was “something, sadly, all paediatricians have […]
A burglar who broke into a Gillingham home while the residents were sleeping has begun his prison sentence
Michael Williams went to an address near Watling Street in the early hours of May 31, 2022, and gained entry. Before fleeing the scene, he stole computer tablets, phones, wallets, bank cards, and a handbag. When the victims realised they had been burgled, the police were notified, and an investigation was launched. Officers searched […]
He pressed his groyne against a woman on a London Underground train, a man was sentenced to nine months in prison and given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO)
After pleading guilty to sexual assault, Zane Donovan, 25, of White Gardens, Dagenham, was sentenced to 41 weeks in prison and ordered to sign the sex offender’s register for ten years at Inner London Crown Court on Wednesday 22 June. He was also given a 5-year sexual harm prevention order that forbids him from […]
A Portsmouth man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assaults on women in Waterlooville and West Sussex
Zackery Stephen Bell, 28, of South Avenue in Portsmouth, appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court last week (Thursday, June 23) for sentencing after pleading guilty to sexual assault. The court heard how, on December 6, 2020, Bell went to the address of the Waterlooville victim, who was in her 20s at the time of the […]
