Cumbria Crack:
A man who threatened two terrified Workington hotel night porters with an fake firearm has been spared immediate prison. Both staff members were carrying out inspections outside the Sleepwell Inn, Washington Street, just after 10pm on October 7, when they saw smashed items had been hurled on to the road...
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A Workington woman has been sentenced after bogus online Universal Credit claims were made in her name — and more than £3,000 paid out. Alisha Agnew, 28, of Cross Street, was in receipt of the living cost payment help around the turn of 2019. This ended in February of that...
Cumbria Crack:
An Appleby man who admits possessing an imitation firearm intending that another male would fear the use of violence is due to be punished next month. Joe William Forrester, 24, faced one charge at Carlisle Crown Court earlier today. During a short hearing in front of a judge, Forrester pleaded...
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A banned driver who rammed a police car and left two officers injured during a high speed New Year’s Day pursuit near Carlisle has been handed a 12-month jail term. Steven Paul Kidd, 22, was seen behind the wheel of his partner’s Vauxhall Astra in Dalston, near the city, at...
Cumbria Crack:
A man must sign the sex offenders’ register and was warned he could receive a prison sentence for illegal communication with a child. Lee David Allan, 35, admitted one offence when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this morning. Allan pleaded guilty to sexual communication with a girl aged under...
Cumbria Crack:
A man has been warned by a judge he could receive a prison sentence for an assault on his then partner. Howard Butler, 61, pleaded guilty to one offence when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court earlier today. Butler admitted assaulting the woman, causing her actual bodily harm, on 5th...
Cumbria Crack:
A man and a woman have been ordered to pay almost £400,000 following a drug dealing investigation by police. A proceeds of crime hearing was held at Carlisle Crown Court on February 4. It was found that Paul Nicholson, 30, of no fixed abode, had benefitted from crime to the...
Cumbria Crack:
A man accused of raping a schoolgirl at a house in Carlisle told police when he was interviewed: “It never happened.” Two men have gone on trial in front of a jury at Carlisle Crown Court. James Alexander Nelson, 35, denies the alleged rape of one schoolgirl, on January 20,...
Cumbria Crack:
A man has admitted downloading scores of indecent images of children on two devices. Martyn Fletcher, 45, was warned he must now sign the sex offenders’ register after committing two crimes between January 20 2017, and May 17 last year. During a hearing at Carlisle Crown Court, Fletcher pleaded guilty...
Cumbria Crack:
A man has admitted illegally producing cannabis – but a judge will have to hear evidence and rule on the exact extent of his wrongdoing before passing sentence. David Allen, 67, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today over a video link from custody. Allen pleaded guilty to producing the class...
Cumbria Crack:
A woman has been ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register as part of her punishment for molesting a man while “fuelled by drink”. Aleya Middleton, 45, committed the offence in May last year, repeatedly grabbing the victim’s genitalia. “He kept shouting ‘get off, get off’,” prosecutor Tim Evans told...
Cumbria Crack:
A Keswick farmer has been convicted of the historical rapes and sexual abuse of one schoolgirl and molesting another youngster. Raymond Harrison, aged 69, was warned by a judge this afternoon the “only outcome” for his serious crimes against the pair is immediate custody, and told he must also now...
Cumbria Crack:
A jury in the trial of two men accused of raping two schoolgirls in the bedroom of a Carlisle house has retired to begin its deliberations. James Nelson, 35, and 37-year-old Arran Toal, each deny two charges. Nelson is accused of raping one schoolgirl, while Toal stands accused of raping...
Cumbria Crack:
An elderly doctor has admitted his careless driving on a north Cumbria road caused the death of a pedestrian – and will also be sentenced for failing to stop at the scene of the fatal collision. Dr Samin Ahmed Khan, 75, had been due to stand trial after previously denying...
Cumbria Crack:
Two men have been found not guilty of the alleged rape of two schoolgirls at a house in Carlisle. James Nelson, 35, and Arran Toal, 37, had each denied one charge which alleged the rape of two different girls on January 20 2018. The charges arose out of an alleged...
Cumbria Crack:
A Wigton dad will be sentenced next month after he admitted the neglect of two children. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, faced a total of four charges when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this morning. He pleaded guilty to two charges...
Cumbria Crack:
A trial date has been set in the case of a woman accused of causing an elderly pedestrian’s death by careless driving in Penrith. Kathleen Boddy suffered serious injuries when she and a vehicle were in collision in the Southend Road area of the town on October 14 2019. Police...
Cumbria Crack:
A convicted dangerous and drink-driver who failed to comply with the probation service while tackling his sentence has been ticked off by a judge and given additional punishment. Robert Thomas Ryan, 38, received a community order comprising unpaid work, a night-time curfew and a rehabilitation requirement by a judge at...
Cumbria Crack:
A drunk man who brandished weapons and made chilling threats to slit the throats of police officers during a lengthy stand-off at his Lake District home has been jailed. Remus Cutea, 36, initially dialled 101 and told a Cumbria Constabulary call handler he wanted help from a doctor to stop...
Cumbria Crack:
A mentslly ill man who brandished a knife during a menacing return trip to a Whitehaven guest house has been handed a lengthy prison sentence. Ryan Bennett, 35, had originally gone to the Woodhouse Road property with a blade in October of 2018, acting in an abusive and violent manner, and...
