Kendal drug dealer jailed
Cumbria Crack: A man from Kendal has been sent to prison for 35 months for drug dealing (TUES). Carlisle Crown Court 34-year-old Gareth Burton
View ArticleJudge demands explanation after case adjourned for second time
Cumbria Crack: CUMBRIA'S top judge has demanded an explanation after a case at Carlisle Crown Court had to be put off for the second time because there was no interpreter available.
View ArticleCoach driver sex case jury discharged
Cumbria Crack: THE jury in the trial of former Carlisle coach driver Peter McLaughlin on sex charges has been discharged after failing to reach any verdicts.
View ArticleMum set fire to her own car
Cumbria Crack: A MOTHER who set fire to her car and then claimed it had been stolen has been given a suspended prison sentence at Carlisle Crown Court today (THURS).
View ArticleKeswick drug dealer spared jail
Cumbria Crack: A KESWICK MAN who turned to drink and drugs after suffering three bereavements in a year has been spared a prison sentence.
View ArticleMan denies male rape
Cumbria Crack: A 44-year-old man from West Cumbria has appeared at Carlisle Crown Court (mon) on a charge of male rape.
View ArticleMan stole sleeping woman’s bag
Cumbria Crack: A MAN has appeared at Carlisle Crown Court for stealing the handbag of a woman sleeping on a train. Martin Sorrenson, 32, of Hallgarth Circle, Kendal
View Article‘Dangerous’ knifeman jailed
Cumbria Crack: A MAN who ran amok with a knife in the centre of Kendal has been sent to prison for 18 months. Leigh Jonathan Dirkin, 22, of Ann Street, Kendal
View ArticleWorkington man jailed for robbery
Cumbria Crack: David Harris, aged 22 from Skiddaw Crescent, Distington, Workington has been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for robbery. On the 28th January 2014, Harris entered the property of an...
View ArticleWorkington men held on burglary charge
Cumbria Crack: Two men have been remanded in custody after appearing at Carlisle Crown Court (mon) accused of stealing jewellery in a burglary at a house in Moss Bay Road, Workington on May 26.
View ArticleWhitehaven boys jailed following armed taxi raid
Cumbria Crack: Two boys sentenced to a total of three years, four months for robbery and taking a vehicle without consent. On 13 March 2014 a taxi driver in Whitehaven was threatened and his taxi...
View ArticleTeenager on wounding charges
Cumbria Crack: A teenager has appeared before a judge at Carlisle Crown Court (mon) accused of seriously injuring two men in separate incidents earlier this month. 19-year-old Nyle Brian Tomlinson is...
View ArticleThree in court over Silloth armed robbery
Cumbria Crack: THREE people have appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today (MON) in connection with an armed robbery at a building society office in Silloth.
View ArticlePenrith man on death charge
Cumbria Crack: A man has appeared before a judge at Carlisle Crown Court today (MON) accused of causing the death of a Penrith man by dangerous driving. 23-year-old Ryan Glendinning, of Dacre, near...
View ArticleMan on manslaughter charge
Cumbria Crack: A man has appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today (MON) in connection with the death of his partner and her ten-year-old daughter.
View ArticleKirkby Stephen man sentenced for child sex offences
Cumbria Crack: John Wilson, aged 60 from Bollam Terrace, Kirkby Stephen, was sentenced today (11th July) to a three year community order, a three year supervision order, and an indefinite Sexual...
View ArticleDrug dealer jailed
Cumbria Crack: A man caught with £18,000-worth of heroin at his home in Carlisle has been sent to prison for nearly seven years. It was 39-year-old Karl Kenney's third conviction for drug dealing.
View ArticleThree charged in connection with Penrith robbery
Cumbria Crack: THREE people have appeared at Carlisle Crown Court accused of carrying out a robbery in Penrith. Zaine Antony Paul Garden, 22, Kirsty Hull, 43, and Adrian Keith Hull, 35, all of Beverley...
View ArticleMan killed cat with vodka
Cumbria Crack: A man has appeared before a judge at Carlisle Crown Court for poisoning his cat by putting vodka in its milk. Stephen Walton, 48, of Highgate, Kendal, was drunk when he put the spirit in...
View ArticleCarer guilty of ill-treatment
Cumbria Crack: A care worker has today been found guilty at Carlisle Crown Court of ill-treatment of a resident of The Dales Care Home in Maryport. Lucy Ashburn was charged after a fellow care worker...
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