DOWNLOAD IPFS A retired police officer has received a suspended sentence for a series of serious offences, including sending explicit images to an undercover officer he believed was a 12-year-old girl. Michael Gear, 65, of Totton, was also found to be in possession of a significant number of indecent images[Read More…]

DOWNLOAD IPFS A 19-year-old from Newton Aycliffe has been banned from driving after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase through residential streets. Billy Dinsley fled from officers in his silver Volkswagen when they attempted to pull him over for speeding. The pursuit took place on December 14 at around[Read More…]

DOWNLOAD IPFS The trial of a Merseyside Police officer accused of taking selfies at the scene where a teenager was fatally stabbed has been delayed until next year. Ryan Connolly was originally scheduled to face a three-day trial at Manchester Crown Court earlier this year, but the hearing has now[Read More…]

DOWNLOAD IPFS Seven individuals have been brought before the courts after attempts to smuggle cannabis and cocaine through Newcastle International Airport. The drugs, with a combined street value exceeding £8.5 million, were intercepted by UK Border Force and North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU) officers in several incidents involving[Read More…]

DOWNLOAD IPFS An 18-year-old from Newcastle has been sentenced after being found carrying a knife and cannabis at a building site near the popular Northumberland landmark, Northumberlandia. Callum Duncan, of Fawdon Lane, was already on bail for several offences when security staff spotted him trespassing at the site in Cramlington,[Read More…]