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A man who shouldn’t have been driving because of an eye condition has been jailed for killing two elderly female friends on a road in Southport.Glyn Jones, 67, of Blackgate Lane in Tarleton, knocked down Mary Cunningham, 79, and Grace Foulds, 87, when they were crossing Lulworth Road around 4:35pm…
A man who systematically abused a girl from when she was 10 years old until she was 17 and left her traumatised has been jailed.Dale Pendleton Briers, 32, of Lathom Road, Manchester, groomed his victim into thinking that what he was doing was acceptable. He pretended it was just a game when he…
A man has been jailed for nine years for raping a teenage girl who came into the shop on Merseyside where he was working.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Saidi Hussain, 24, raped the 17-year-old girl after asking her to follow him into the back of the shop in Bootle on 5 March 2022…
A care home worker who stole a wedding ring and signet ring from an elderly resident whose wife had died just days before has been jailed.Emma Skinner, 42, of Thackray Road, Thatto Heath on Merseyside, was working at a care home in Maghull when she stole the rings.The victim had been married to his…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeMersey-Cheshire
Senior Crown Prosecutor Paul Shepherd of CPS Mersey Cheshire, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised Merseyside Police to charge Leslie Garrett, 49, of Ternhall Road, Liverpool, with the offences of:1) S16 Firearms Act 1968 Possession of firearm to endanger life2) S16A…
A man has been sentenced for a homophobic assault on a Drag Race UK star at a McDonalds outlet in Liverpool.James Lee Williams, who performs as The Vivienne, was punched in the face by Alan Whitfield, 51, at the fast-food restaurant in Edge Lane retail park in June 2023.Whitfield, of Tom Mann Close…
A student at Manchester University has been imprisoned for the murder of her partner after running him over.Alice Wood, 23, was today (Friday 2 February 2024) sentenced to serve a minimum term of 18 years imprisonment at Chester Crown Court.Wood killed her partner, Ryan Watson, who was 24 years old…
Two teenagers who plotted together to commit a murder have been convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl in a park in Cheshire.The boy and girl, who can’t be named because of their age and were referred to in court as Girl X and Boy Y, spent months plotting to kill someone and had a list of several…
A man who had taken cocaine and had been texting his girlfriend when the car he was driving knocked down and killed an Italian air hostess has been jailed for three years.
Kieran Cooney, 30, of Blackrod Avenue in Speke, was driving his Ford Focus on Hale Road in Speke near midnight on 22 August…
A Merseyside man has been sentenced for a series of rapes and sexual assaults committed against two women over a period of 15 years.
Alan Pickering, 42, of Procter Road in Rock Ferry, raped and sexually assaulted the women, often when they were asleep.
The assaults ranged from touching…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesMersey-Cheshire
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
