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Former prison governor jailed over ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages to inmate

A former prison governor who exchanged “intimate” WhatsApp messages with an inmate “in the course of a highly inappropriate relationship” has been jailed for eight months. Victoria Laithwaite, 47, sent messages to 30-year-old prisoner James Chalmers ...

28 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Would-be killer locked up for life for attempted murder of woman walking home

A serial offender who tried to strangle a woman in a random attack has been jailed for life after a judge said that only the intervention of witnesses had prevented the victim from being killed. Sean Shortland, 25, was ordered to serve a minimum ...

21 Jan 2022 at 15:25

Teacher’s partner found buried under bark, rubble and bricks, jury told

The body of a builder killed by a primary school teacher was found wrapped in carpet, buried under bark chippings, soil, wooden sheeting, concrete building blocks, bricks and planks, a forensic archaeologist has told a court. The trial of Fiona ...

15 Mar 2023 at 14:03

Two teenage boys appear in court charged with murder of 16-year-old

Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy. Rohan Shand, known as Fred, died following an incident outside The Cock Hotel in Harborough Road, Northampton, on Wednesday afternoon. A forensic post-mortem ...

27 Mar 2023 at 12:11

Woman accused of stabbing partner to death ‘heard voice in her head’, trial told

A schoolteacher alleged to have stabbed her husband in the neck in a pre-planned murder later told healthcare professionals that a voice in her head told her to “stand up for herself”, a trial has heard. Fiona Beal is accused of murdering ...

14 Mar 2023 at 17:10

Defence claims body-in-garden teacher was ‘broken’ when she killed her partner

A primary school teacher on trial accused of the murder of her long-term partner was mentally “broken” by the time of the killing, after being subjected to coercive behaviour, her barrister has claimed. Defence KC Andrew Wheeler told ...

13 Mar 2023 at 16:30

Northampton man Phillip Dafter jailed after stabbing wife and leaving her to die

A man who stabbed his wife and left her to die on their kitchen floor before being found at London’s Euston station with multiple self-inflicted stab wounds has been jailed for life. Phillip Dafter, a former member of the armed ...

25 Jul 2023 at 12:58

Gun fanatic handed whole-life sentence for murder of Met custody sergeant

A cannabis user who shot dead a custody sergeant while handcuffed in a police cell has been handed a whole-life sentence. Gun fanatic Louis De Zoysa was convicted of murder last month, after jurors were shown distressing CCTV ...

27 Jul 2023 at 15:07

High Court judge turned down bid for jurors to visit Matt Ratana murder scene

The judge in the trial of Croydon police station killer Louis De Zoysa refused a defence request for jurors to visit and inspect the holding cell where he shot dead Sergeant Matt Ratana. Lawyers acting for the former HMRC ...

23 Jun 2023 at 15:08

Thames Valley Pc admits sexual activity with 13-year-old girl

A former police officer has admitted to penetrative sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl. Former Pc Luke Christopher Horner, of Thames Valley Police (TVP), travelled to Rushden, Northamptonshire, while off duty to ...

03 Aug 2023 at 17:54

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Just Stop Oil protest posed risk of ‘serious harm’ to F1 drivers, court told

Just Stop Oil protestors caused “an immediate risk of serious harm” to Formula One drivers and race marshals by invading the track during last year’s British Grand Prix, prosecutors have claimed. A jury at ...

25 Jan 2023 at 12:58

Just Stop Oil protest posed risk of ‘serious harm’ to F1 drivers, court told

Just Stop Oil protesters caused “an immediate risk of serious harm” to Formula One drivers and race marshals by invading the track during last year’s British Grand Prix, prosecutors have claimed. A jury ...

25 Jan 2023 at 15:55

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