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East Midlands

Antisemitic insults lead to hate crime conviction

A man who subjected members of the public to a tirade of abuse has been convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence after making antisemitic remarks to one of his victims.
Press Release Hate crime East Midlands
East Midlands

Overseas child marriage leads to Nottingham conviction

A husband and wife from Nottingham have been given a suspended sentence after arranging for taking two boys under 18 to Pakistan to be married.
Press Release CPS East Midlands
East Midlands

Child abuser jailed after fake disability unmasked

A child abuser who attempted to evade justice by faking severe illness has been sentenced after the Crown Prosecution Service and police combined to prove he was lying about his condition.John Siddell, 41, from Ashington in Northumberland, abused three young boys under the age of 14 between 2018…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS East Midlands
East Midlands

Extended jail sentence for prolific online child abuser

A Derby man has been given an extended jail sentence for prolific online child abuse against more than 100 children.Siah Singh Riley, 36, of Normanton, Derby, used social media platforms to contact young teenagers, befriend them, and persuade them to send explicit images. He later stockpiled those…
Press Release Sexual offences East Midlands
East Midlands

CPS announces 36-year-old man charged with grievous bodily harm for Derby incident

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced Sandhu Ponnachan has been charged with nine offences, including causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, following an incident on Friargate, Derby on Saturday 28 March when seven people were injured by a vehicle.Janine McKinney of the Crown…
Press Release Violent crime East Midlands
East Midlands

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man guilty of murdering 9-year-old girl in Boston, Lincolnshire

A man living in Boston in Lincolnshire has been found guilty of murdering a nine-year-old girl in the street in 2023. Deividas Skebas, 26, formerly of Alcorn Green, Boston, fatally stabbed Lilya Valytute as she was playing outside a shop in Fountain Street, Boston. Skebas circled round the scene of the killing, avoiding other passers by and attacked when Lilya and her sister were alone. 
Press Release Violent crime East Midlands
East Midlands

Derby woman convicted of murdering and dismembering partner before burying her in the garden

A woman from Derby has been convicted of murdering her partner 15 years ago and burying her in the garden of the house they shared.Anna Podedworna (40) killed Izabela Zablocka, who was 30 at the time, dismembered her body and concealed her in a makeshift grave in the garden of their home in Derby…
Press Release Violent crime CPS East Midlands
East Midlands

Christian summer camp leader jailed for abuse

A former vet has been given an extended prison sentence totalling 31 years and 10 months for drugging and sexually abusing a group of young boys on a Christian summer camp he was leading. Jon Ruben, 76, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, ran the camp at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire, using a position of responsibility in his church community. He laced sweets with sedatives he had purchased online and tricked the children into eating them by encouraging them to take part in what he called ‘the sweet game’. He gave the boys the contaminated sweets and offered a prize to whoever ate them the quickest.
Press Release Domestic abuse Sexual offences East Midlands
East Midlands

Money launderer agrees to hand over £300k of illicit cash

A man who was convicted of money laundering in 2008 and his wife have agreed to hand over £337,500 after the Crown Prosecution Service uncovered that he had been using unexplained funds to finance a property empire.
Press Release Proceeds of crime CPS East Midlands
East Midlands

New pledge to recognise patterns of domestic abuse as charges in CPS East Midlands continue to increase

All prosecutors in the region will now work under the national VAWG strategy, developed after listening to victims’ experiences, and delivering justice through prosecutions which reflect the full reality of each case of abuse.
Press Release Domestic abuse East Midlands

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