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Hospital worker and partner jailed over plot to abuse children
A former hospital worker and her partner have been jailed for planning a series of sexual assaults of young children.
Tracy Turner, 52 and Stuart Compton, 46, sent each other thousands …of messages planning the depraved abuse of two girls and a boy.
The couple’s plan was thwarted after an online dating app informed police of concerns about Compton. The two were then arrested.
The pair, from Cardiff, who referred to each other as Bonnie and Clyde, both pleaded guilty to six counts of arranging sex with a child.
Compton also pleaded guilty to six counts of making indecent images.Turner, who worked as an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, admitted two counts of the same offence.
At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, Compton was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of seven years.
Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke told him he was the “driving force in the messages” and he “did not accept seriousness” of his offending, adding: “Unless and until the parole board considers it safe to release you, you will remain in prison.”
Turner was jailed for 12 years with an additional two-years extended licence period.
This video has been edited to remove extreme language and graphic descriptions of sexual acts, and to comply with reporting restrictions.
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Hospital worker and partner jailed over plot to abuse children
A former hospital worker and her partner have been jailed for planning …
A former hospital worker and her partner have been jailed for planning a series of sexual assaults of young children.
Tracy Turner, 52 and Stuart Compton, 46, sent each other thousands …of messages planning the depraved abuse of two girls and a boy.
The couple’s plan was thwarted after an online dating app informed police of concerns about Compton. The two were then arrested.
The pair, from Cardiff, who referred to each other as Bonnie and Clyde, both pleaded guilty to six counts of arranging sex with a child.
Compton also pleaded guilty to six counts of making indecent images.Turner, who worked as an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, admitted two counts of the same offence.
At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, Compton was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of seven years.
Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke told him he was the “driving force in the messages” and he “did not accept seriousness” of his offending, adding: “Unless and until the parole board considers it safe to release you, you will remain in prison.”
Turner was jailed for 12 years with an additional two-years extended licence period.
This video has been edited to remove extreme language and graphic descriptions of sexual acts, and to comply with reporting restrictions.
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Teens detained for machete murder of boy, 14, on London bus
Two teenagers were locked up for least 15 years for the machete murder …
Fugitive knifeman jailed for murder of ex-girlfriend’s father
A fugitive who went on the run after murdering his ex-girlfriend’s …
A fugitive who went on the run after murdering his ex-girlfriend’s father was jailed for at least 29 years.after being caught at Notting Hill Carnival.
Kamar Williams, 34, knifed bus driver …Derek Thomas, 55, to death in the street in Stoke Newington, northeast London, before evading police for a month.
He was eventually caught at the Notting Hill Carnival.
Williams, from the Isle of Dogs in east London, had been arguing with his former partner Carron Thomas, who he had bombarded with threatening and abusive texts.
He went the home she shared with her father but they were not in. He later spotted Mr Thomas, who had recently finished a shift and been shopping in Tesco on Stoke Newington Common.
Williams stabbed his victim five times, leaving the contents of the shopping bag strewn over the pavement and road.
He denied murder, claiming he had acted in self defence, but was convicted after a trial at the Old Bailey.
Sentencing him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years, Judge Angela Rafferty KC told him: “This was a merciless and determined attack.
“You killed him even though at one time you saw him as a father figure.
“You knew how important he was to his wife and his children as you had lived alongside them for two years.”
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-kamar-williams/
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Laughing gas driver locked up over crash death of man, 81
An unlicensed driver who inhaled laughing gas moments before he killed …
An unlicensed driver who inhaled laughing gas moments before he killed an elderly cyclist in a hit-and-run crash was detained for more than 11 years.
Cain Byrne, 20, ignored a red …light and crashed into 81-year-old Graham Slinn as he was walking his bike across the A57 near Todwick, in South Yorkshire.
One witness estimated he was driving at 80mph on a road with a 50mph limit. Mr Slinn was thrown at least 15ft in the air and died at the scene of the crash.
Byrne, who has never held a driving licence, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance.
He was sentenced to 11 years and six months’ detention in a young offenders institution, with an extended licence period of five years, and was also banned from driving for 17 years and eight months.
Passing sentence at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC told him: “You are a dangerous offender and the public must be protected from your evident dangerous and ingrained criminal behaviour.”
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-cain-byrne/
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IN FULL: Pair who felled Sycamore Gap tree each jailed for more than four years
The two men who felled the iconic Sycamore Gap tree have each been …
The two men who felled the iconic Sycamore Gap tree have each been jailed for four years and three months.
Adam Carruthers, 32, and Daniel Graham, 39, drove 30 miles through …a storm from Cumbria to Northumberland in September 2023 before cutting down the landmark in less than three minutes.
Prosecutors said their “moronic mission” caused more than £620,000 worth of damage to the tree and over £1,000 worth of damage to Hadrian’s Wall, where it fell.
They took a wedge as a trophy, which has never been recovered, and seemed to revel in the media coverage, exchanging messages and voice notes about the story going “wild” and “viral”.
Footage of the moment the tree was felled was played during the men’s trial at Newcastle Crown Court, where they both denied but were found guilty of two counts of criminal damage.
The judge, Mrs Justice Lambert, told them: “You, Adam Carruthers were the person who felled the tree, while you, Daniel Graham, assisted and encouraged him by driving there and back and, not least, by filming the crime on your mobile phone.”
The judge said she found the pair jointly culpable, adding that a “major factor” in their motivation was “sheer bravado”, telling them she found that felling the tree in the middle of the night during a storm “gave you a sort of thrill”.
“You revelled in the coverage, taking evidential pride in what you had done, knowing you were responsible for the crime everyone was talking about,” she added.
During their trial, Graham and Carruthers, who were once close friends, gave no explanation for why they targeted the tree, and since their arrests, they have fallen out and have blamed each other.
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The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-daniel-graham-and-another/
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Gunman who shot landlady during pub brawl jailed
A gunman who injured a landlady when he opened fire on a crowd of …
A gunman who injured a landlady when he opened fire on a crowd of people during a pub brawl has been jailed.
Oliver Corney, 35, shot Bonita Page, 55, in the …leg as she tried to break up a fight outside The Red Lion, in Wath upon Dearne, in June 2024.
Corney, from Sheffield, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence shortly before he was due to stand trial.
At Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC imposed an extended sentence of 11 years and nine months and told him he had narrowly avoided a life sentence.
The judge said Corney would be subject to an extended five-year licence period on release from custody as he was a dangerous offender.
He told the defendant it had only been “good fortune” he had not maimed others in the shooting.
“[Mrs Page] was grievously injured and the consequences for her have been exceptionally serious – you have wrecked her life,” he said.
“She was a brave woman. Your conduct was exceptionally dangerous.”
The shooting was sparked a fight over drugs had broken out between two men inside the pub.
Corney heard about it and arrived at the scene armed with a gun.
A subsequent confrontation in the street saw Corney fire the weapon three times, intending to hurt one of the other men but instead shooting Mrs Page as she tried to break up the fight.
He immediately fled the scene and asked his partner to dispose of the clothes he had been wearing. He also got rid of the gun, which was never recovered.
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-corney/
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Serial rapist, 92, told he will die in jail after DNA link to 1967 murder
A serial rapist was told he will die in prison as he was jailed for …
A serial rapist was told he will die in prison as he was jailed for the murder of an elderly widow nearly 60 years ago.
Ryland Headley, now 92, was convicted …of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne at her home in Bristol in what is thought to the oldest cold case ever to come to trial in the UK.
The body of the twice-widowed mother-of-two was found by neighbours after Headley, then a 34-year-old railway worker, forced his way inside the terraced house in the Easton area of the city before raping and strangling her.
Police found traces of semen and a palm print on one of the rear windows inside the house – but the technology that finally linked Headley to the crime would not become available for another 20 years.
The case remained unsolved for more than half a century until officers from Avon and Somerset Police sent off items from the original investigation and found a DNA match to Headley.
He had moved to Suffolk after the murder and served a prison sentence for raping two elderly women in 1977.
Headley, who did not give evidence, denied raping and murdering Ms Dunne, but was found guilty of both charges after a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Passing sentence, the judge, Mr Justice Sweeting, said the crimes showed “a complete disregard for human life and dignity”.
“Mrs Dunne was vulnerable, she was a small elderly woman living alone. You treated her as a means to an end,” he said.
“The violation of her home, her body and ultimately her life was a pitiless and cruel act by a depraved man.
“She must have experienced considerable pain and fear before her death.”
Imposing a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years, he told Headley: “You will never be released, you will die in prison.”
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-ryland-headley/
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Sword killer jailed for life over murder of schoolboy, 14
A killer who murdered a 14-year-old boy with a samurai sword as he …
A killer who murdered a 14-year-old boy with a samurai sword as he walked to school was jailed for at least 40 years
Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, nearly decapitated Daniel Anjorin …and attacked five others during a 20-minute rampage in Hainault, east London
Monzo, a Spanish-Brazilian national living in nearby Newham, was found guilty of murdering the Woodford Green schoolboy following a trial at the Old Bailey.
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He was also convicted of attempting to murder local residents Donato Iwule and Sindy Arias, and PC Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield, and of charges of wounding with intent against Insp Moloy Campbell and Ms Arias’s husband Henry De Los Rios Polania, as well as aggravated burglary and possessing a bladed article.
He had earlier admitted two charges of possessing an offensive weapon relating to two swords, which he said he bought for display purposes.
Imposing a life sentence, Mr Justice Bennathan told him that he would serve a minimum term of 40 years.
Including time he has already served on remand, it means he will be in prison for 38 years and 309 days before he is eligible for parole. He may never be released.
The judge said: “In Hainault, east London, just before 7am on 30 April last year, the weather was good and the streets were starting to fill with people on their way to work and even a few children heading off early to school.
“Over the 20 minutes that followed, that peaceful, busy scene was devastated as members of the public were attacked, police officers were gravely injured, a couple were terrified in their own home and a clever, talented young boy was killed.
“You, Marcus, did all of that. Daniel was a clever boy, he was gifted musically and played a variety of sports well. His loss is devastating to his parents, his brother and sister and his grandparents.
“I am very conscious that no sentence I can pass can even begin to temper Daniel’s family’s grief.”
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-marcos-arduini-monzo/
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Christmas Day killer jailed for at least 39 years
A knifeman who murdered two women on Christmas Day was jailed for at …
A knifeman who murdered two women on Christmas Day was jailed for at least 39 years.
Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally assaulted partner Jo Pearson, 38, in their Milton Keynes home by …stabbing her repeatedly and beating her with a baseball bat.
He also attempted to kill his son Jake, then aged 17, using the same weapons.
Brown then took the knife and baseball bat to his neighbour’s flat, where he killed 24-year-old Teohna Grant.
Her partner, Bradley Latter, sustained more than 20 injuries to his neck alone, but survived.
Brown also stabbed Ms Pearson’s dog Tilly before fleeing the scene in his car, driving at dangerously high speeds before he was arrested.
Footage from a nearby doorbell camera showed the Staffordshire bull terrier walking around while bloodied and injured.
Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and two of attempted murder, as well as offences of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and possessing a knife in public.
Detectives say the attacks were wholly unprovoked and committed while he was under the influence of crack cocaine.
He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 39 years for the murders and sentenced to 18 years for the attempted murder of his son, and 21 years for the attempted murder of Mr Latter.
He was also sentenced to nine months for attacking Ms Pearson’s dog, and 18 months for the possession of a knife in a public place.
The judge said all of the sentences will run concurrently to the sentences for murder.
Mr Justice Kerr told Brown: “The terrible crimes you committed that day have torn apart the lives of many people.”
This video has been edited to remove disturbances from the public gallery.
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/the-king-v-jazwell-brown/
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Extremist jailed for life over armed attack on police station
An extremist who tried to murder a police officer while armed with …
An extremist who tried to murder a police officer while armed with Molotov cocktails was jailed for at least 22 years.
Alexander Dighton, 28, was wearing body armour when he carried …out the attack outside Talbot Green police station in south Wales.
Counter-terror police said Dighton was interviewed by officers a year before the attack, but was believed not to be a threat.
Dighton injured several officers and admitted trying to murder a police officer with a knife and was sentenced at the Old Bailey.
He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years and was also made subject of terrorist notification requirements for 30 years.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC, the Recorder of London, said the crimes committed by Dighton “satisfies all the offences have terrorist connections.”
“You targeted the police as a keystone of government power,” he added.
He said Dighton had wanted to make a statement that the government had failed in its duties to uphold law and order and his attack had involved “significant planning” with the intent of “serious violence”.
“I note your online activity shows increasing fixation on issues like diversity, paedophilia, immigration, anti-Islamic sentiment and dissatisfaction with the British government,” he added.
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-alexander-dighton/
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Jail for Bargain Hunt star who sold art to suspected terror financier
A former Bargain Hunt art expert was jailed for two-and-a-half years …
A former Bargain Hunt art expert was jailed for two-and-a-half years for failing to declare art he sold to a suspected financier of Hezbollah.
Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts under …the Terrorism Act 2000 of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business.
His prosecution was the first of its kind for this specific offence.
Hezbollah is a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK.
The group used Mr Ahmad, who has joint Lebanese-Belgian nationality, “to launder substantial amounts of money bound for the terrorist group”, according to the US Treasury department.
Transactions uncovered by UK police showed he paid nearly £140,000 for works, which he had shipped from London to Dubai and Beirut.
He bought them from Ojiri, including a £20,000 painting by Icelandic artist Baldur Helgason.
During a sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey, the judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, said Ojiri had been aware the art he had sold was to Nazem Ahmad, who had been sanctioned in 2019 by the US authorities.
“These offences are so severe that only a custodial sentence can be justified,” she said.
“Your hard work, talent and charisma has brought you a great deal of success… you knew you should not have been dealing with that man.”
The judge added there was no evidence Ojiri supported any form of extremism but that his conduct undermined the detection of terrorist financing.
Ojiri founded Ramp Gallery, now known as the Ojiri Gallery, based in east London.
He came to public prominence with appearances in the BBC series Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, before hitting the big time on Bargain Hunt, in 2019.
He has also appeared on Channel 5’s Storage: Flog the Lot! In 2021, he joined Antiques Road Trip.
The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/rex-v-oghenochuko-ojiri/
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Teens sentenced over fatal park attack on Bhim Kohli, 80
A 15-year-old boy was detained for seven years while a 13-year-old …
A 15-year-old boy was detained for seven years while a 13-year-old girl escaped a custodial sentence for killing an 80-year-old man out walking his dog in a park.
Bhim Kohli died …the day after he was assaulted in Franklin Park, yards from his home in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, in September 2024.
The boy, who racially abused Mr Kohli before slapping him in the face with a slider shoe, while the girl encouraged the assault and laughed as she filmed it on her phone.
Mr Kohli was subjected to a seven-and-a-half minute attack that left him three broken ribs and several other injuries, including a fractured spine.
His children found him at the park “screaming out” in pain after the attack.
Both the boy and the girl, neither of whom can be named and were referred to as D1 and D2 during sentencing, were convicted of manslaughter following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.
The boy was sentenced to seven years’ youth detention, while the girl was given a youth rehabilitation order of three years and made subject to a six-month curfew.
The judge, Mr Justice Turner, told the boy: “You made a cowardly attack on an elderly man.”
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The judge’s sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/the-king-v-d1-and-d2/
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