A bungling burglar who was caught red faced when he got stuck in the tiny window of the house he was breaking into has been jailed for four years. Paul Keenan, 36, was discovered half in and half out of the bathroom window in Bow, East London, when the shocked homeowner got up for breakfast. He had already been dangling there for several hours after trying to squeeze through the tiny frame measuring just 12in by 8in at around 2am under the cloak of darkness. Blunder: Burglar Paul Keenan, who was caught after he became trapped in the window of a house he was trying to enter in Bow, east London, has been jailed for four years Two fire engines were called and ten...
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Stuck inside: Bungling burglar caught when he got trapped in a bathroom window is jailed
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Burglary accused released as judge criticises PPS
A man allegedly linked to a spate of burglaries was granted bail after a judge criticised prosecution service "incompetence". Lord Justice Coghlin released Raymond Moore under strict conditions. He pointed to the length of time the accused has been in custody since being arrested in connection with break-ins to south Belfast homes in January. Moore, 26, of no fixed address, faces charges...
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Couple arrested over shooting during burglary at their home are released
Andy Ferrie and his wife, Tracey, were held after a shotgun was fired during a break-in at their Leicestershire home A couple who were arrested after a shooting incident during a burglary at their home will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have announced. Andy Ferrie, 35, and his wife, Tracey, 43, were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after a legally-owned shotgun was fired during a break-in at their home in Welby, Leicestershire, in the early hours of Sunday....
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No convictions after major police operation at Clifton travellers’ site
A MAJOR police raid on a York travellers’ site in which a £20,000 haul of drugs was found has failed to result in any convictions. The case against a teenager who was charged after the raid on Clifton Caravan Site in February has been dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service admitted it did not have sufficient evidence. The raid was the second of two linked operations targeting the site...
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Burglar Stephen Rix used takeaway's vehicle during raid of boss’s home
A TAKEAWAY driver raided his boss’s home using the vehicle he carried Chinese meals in, York Crown Court heard. Stephen Mark Rix, 36, plotted the burglary of the Shum family home in Rawcliffe, after overhearing members of the family discussing problems with their burglar alarm while at work at their restaurant one evening, said Simon...
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Burglary gang posed as police to fool victims
A group of burglars who posed as police officers to steal cash, jewellery and electronic gadgets have been jailed. The men targeted homes and businesses in Leicester, Northamptonshire and Nottingham over an eight-month period. They would claim to be investigating a range of offences before tying victims up and threatening them with arrest if they did not...
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Police on hunt for drugs found Taser-like guns at Paul Hardcastle’s home
Paul Hardcastle who kept Taser-like guns in his garage A BUSINESSMAN who kept Taser-like guns in his garage so he could frighten burglars has been given a suspended prison sentence. Alan Mitcheson, prosecuting, said police raided Paul Hardcastle’s home on May 9. But instead of the drugs they were looking for, they found...
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Michael Kenny receives extra prison sentence
A BURGLAR convicted of stealing from North Yorkshire country houses has received an extra prison sentence for going on the run for nearly four years. Michael Edward Kenny, 50, skipped bail at his trial in November 2007 and was sentenced to eight years in prison in his absence for six high-value burglaries involving the theft of antiques, paintings and...
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Nine plead guilty to revealing identity of Ched Evans rape victim online
Nine people today pleaded guilty to revealing online the identity of a woman raped by footballer Ched Evans. The victim's name was circulated on social network sites, including Twitter and Facebook, following Evans's conviction at Caernarfon Crown Court in April. Some of the defendants also launched abuse at the victim, calling her names like "money grabbing whore" and "poor little victim". They all claimed that they were not aware that naming her was a criminal offence. The law gives the victims and alleged victims of rape and other sexual offences lifelong anonymity. The defendants appeared at Prestatyn Magistrates' Court charged...
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Farm Shooting: Burglars Jailed For 4 Years
Tweet Two men have been jailed for four years for breaking into a cottage during which the homeowner shot at them. Joshua O'Gorman and Daniel Mansell pleaded guilty to the burglary in which Andy Ferrie opened fire with a shotgun. Mansell, 33, from Leicester, appeared in the dock at Loughborough Magistrates' Court with his arm in a sling earlier this month when he...
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Middle-aged mother stabbed machete-wielding burglar with a kitchen knife after gang burst into family home ...
Intruder: Burglar Nigel Greenwood, pictured, was forced to flee empty-handed after 55-year-old Gillian Wilson plunged a knife into his arm at her family home A machete-wielding burglar who targeted a well-to-do family home was forced to flee empty-handed after a brave middle-aged housewife fought him off. Gillian Wilson, 55, was praised by a judge after she rushed at burglar Nigel Greenwood, 29, and plunged a knife into his arm to protect her family. A court heard a quiet family evening for Mrs Wilson and her 64-year-old husband Brian turned to terror when a gang of armed and masked intruders burst into their pretty detached bungalow in Apperley Bridge, West Yorkshire, in October. Their son...
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York heroin twins Gavin and Andrew Horsman jailed for drug dealing
HEROIN addict twin brothers have been jailed after police caught them dealing the drug from their York backyard. Gavin and Andrew Horsman, 28, have both been hooked on the class-A substance for more than a decade and kept substantial amounts of it hidden in the garden of their Tang Hall home, as well as in a sock and a cap. York Crown Court heard Gavin Horsman was the ringleader of the operation, while his brother acted as the “courier”. The brothers were already under police surveillance when detectives spotted Andrew...
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Oliver Richardson, of Dringhouses, jailed for “Hanoi burglary”
A TEENAGE car thief with 30 past convictions is back behind bars after being caught in the act on CCTV. Oliver Richardson, 19, was spotted driving a Mitsubishi 4x4 in York only hours after the keys were stolen from a house in the city. He was stopped by police and has now been sentenced to three and...
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Burglar Lee Bainbridge jailed after robbing elderly couple
A VIOLENT burglar has been jailed for four years after he broke into an elderly couple’s sheltered accommodation and confronted a 70-year-old woman in a bedroom. Lee Stewart Bainbridge, 29, had recently finished a four-year jail term for two knife robberies when he targeted the pensioners’ flat, near his own home. Sobia Ahmed, prosecuting, said Nancy Richardson thought the person she heard in...
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Six to be sentenced over ‘plot’ to steal lead from Nestlé chocolate factory
A GANG of suspected metal thieves plotted together to steal lead from a York chocolate factory, a court heard. Six York men – Thomas Hardcastle, 24, of Beckfield Lane, Acomb, Phillip Marc Burns, 30, of...
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Family terrorised by drunken lout who broke into their house late at night... but police ...
An angry couple today revealed how police had caught a drunken teenager in their house - but refused to take any action against him. Sian Evans, 31, and her partner Tim Johnston, 32, were terrified when the yob broke into their house late at night as they slept upstairs. They phoned police who instructed them to barricade themselves and their four young children into an upstairs room. Under attack: Tim Johnston and Sian Evans were asleep when the intruder got into their house through a bathroom window Officers arrived at the scene and handcuffed the drunk 17-year-old on the sofa after he climbed through a bathroom window to get in. But police then stunned Miss Evans and Mr Johnston by...
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Father’s horror in burglary shooting
A Gauteng father will have to live with the fact that he killed his beloved daughter in a case of mistaken identity during an attempted robbery by unknown intruders. The case closely mirrors that of former Springbok Rudi “Vleis” Visagie, who shot and killed his only daughter Marlé on May 24, 2004, after mistaking her for a car thief. Glenn Boshoff, of Centurion, could be charged with culpable homicide,...
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Three unemployed men sentenced in connection with an aggravated burglary at Manor Park, E16 (The Metropolitan Police)
17 October 2012 Three unemployed men arrested in connection with an aggravated burglary at Manor Park, E16 were sentenced on Friday 28 September at Inner London Crown Court. Adam Muganzi, 22 years (16.8.90), Michael Ramos, 20 years (5.6.92) and Samuel Johnson, 21 years (30.11.90) appeared in court on Monday 9 July where after a two week trial they were found guilty of aggravated burglary and possession of a shot gun with ammunition in a public place. Muganzi, of Priory Road, Barking was sentenced to 12 years for aggravated burglary and five years for the firearms offences. Ramos of Woodman Street E16 and Johnson of Stern Close Barking both received sentences of eight years...
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Man jailed for pensioner burglary
Barbara Haynes, from Lancaster, died eight weeks after William Hartley climbed through a window of her home and prompted her to rush into her bathroom in horror and lock the door. She alerted police by pulling an emergency cord and Hartley fled empty-handed but the pensioner later felt unwell and had to be taken to hospital. The widow was eventually fit enough to return home but her daughter told Preston Crown Court she was "never the same" after the break-in in the early hours of February 15 and was noticeably more frail. Fingerprints on the window of the address in Wheatfield Court were traced to the...
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Neighbours in Thoresby Road, Acomb come to blows over late-night noise
A ROW over late-night noise ended with two neighbours attacking each other with part of a stair banister, York Crown Court heard. Residents at a block of flats in Thoresby Road, Acomb, objected to the shouts and...
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