Lucas Akins, a professional footballer for Mansfield Town, was jailed for 14 months for causing the death of cyclist Adrian Daniel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The incident occurred on 17th March 2022, when Akins, driving his daughter to a piano lesson, pulled out from a junction on Crosland Factory Lane and hit Adrian, who died…
Kieron Goodwin has today (April 24th) been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Olivia Wood, on the night she planned to leave him after a three-month relationship marked by abuse. Goodwin, of Frome, Somerset, was also convicted of 15 other offences against Olivia and three other women over five years, including rape and controlling behaviour….
A 20-year-old man named Reegan Smith was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in a young offender’s institution for stabbing a 17-year-old boy twice in the back during a fight at a KFC car park in Bulwell, Nottingham. The incident occurred on October 6th 2024, and was captured on CCTV, showing Smith attacking the…
Rawal Rehman, a van driver, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving after taking at least 20 lines of cocaine before a crash. The incident resulted in the death of a three-year-old girl, Louisa Palmisano, known as Lulu, in Manchester city centre on Saturday, February 22nd. 35 year old Rehman ignored stop signs and drove…
A van driver, Adrian Burrows, assaulted a cyclist by punching him in the face during a road rage incident because the cyclist was not using a nearby bike path. The cyclist and his wife were riding on the road when Burrows, angered by their presence, hurled abuse at the cyclist calling him a “f**king Southerner”,…
Three men have been charged with manslaughter following the death of Suzanne Cherry, who was struck by a van at Aston Wood Golf Club in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, died in the hospital last Tuesday, four days after the incident, which involved a police pursuit of a grey Nissan van….
Liam Coatsworth, a thug, poured boiling water over a sleeping homeless man after a trivial dispute following a night at the pub. Coatsworth sarcastically commented “what a shame” when shown pictures of the victim’s severe burns during a police interview. The attack left the victim with burns to his face and neck, requiring more than…
Chris Lambeth, from Lancashire, appeared before Preston Crown Court, where he was sentenced to 13 months in jail after pleading guilty to ABH, criminal damage, intentional strangulation, and coercive and controlling behaviour towards his ex-girlfriend. Lambeth, who runs his own company, North West Helping Hands, subjected his ex-girlfriend to a year of controlling behaviour, including…
Benjamin Frost, a 37-year-old from Roche, Cornwall, was jailed for continuing to make indecent images of children after being previously spared jail. In 2020, Frost was found with nearly a million child abuse images and was given a community order and a chance at rehabilitation, however despite the opportunity for rehabilitation, Frost breached his Sexual…
Ashley Francis, a 33-year-old sex offender from Ipswich, Suffolk, was sentenced for creating nearly 100 indecent images of children. Francis, of Foxhall Road, Ipswich appeared before Suffolk Magistrates Court on Monday (14th April) where he received a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. Francis pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs or…
