A former scout leader who assaulted children as young as seven over almost three decades has been jailed. 

Ian Charles Silvester, 60, was found guilty of 79 offences following a trial at Lewes Crown Court on 20 November 2024. Today, he has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment, with an additional six years on extended licence. 

Silvester, of Brighton, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by Sussex Police. 

A criminology student at Liverpool University has been sentenced for the rape and sexual assault of two female students.

Ewan Blair, 20, of Crown Place, Liverpool, met both women in the autumn term of 2023 and both said he seemed friendly at first.
He met one of the women in a bar in Liverpool city centre and talked with her on several occasions as the evening went on. He seemed chatty and friendly.

Blair persuaded the woman to let him go with her to her accommodation. But, when there, he quickly became physically and verbally aggressive and she became scared.

Two men have been convicted for conspiring to facilitate the illegal immigration of migrants – including eight children - into the UK who were hidden in the back of a lorry.

Daniel Loughran, 34, and Eoin Nolan, 51, were found guilty today following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court of conspiring to assist with unlawful immigration.

The defendants were prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).