Fraudster jailed for making brazen bid to scam vulnerable pensioner
Cumbria Crack: A FRAUDSTER has been jailed for making a brazen doorstep bid to scam a vulnerable north Cumbria pensioner out of £500 for work that hadn’t been done. Police had been so concerned about...
View ArticleMan admits breaching sexual harm prevention order
Cumbria Crack: A CONVICTED sex-offender from outside the area, now living on Warwick Road, Carlisle, has appeared at North and West Cumbria Magistrates Court from police custody today (MON).
View ArticleCleator Moor man jailed for attacking partner with hammer during hour-long...
Cumbria Crack: A MAN who attacked his partner with a hammer during an hour-long violent assault at their Cleator Moor home has been jailed.
View ArticleMan caught on camera as he took stolen property to West Cumbria scrapyard
Cumbria Crack: A MAN caught on camera at a West Cumbria scrapyard as he tried to offload stolen loot has been sentenced by a judge. An industrial unit at Salterbeck, Workington, which was in the...
View ArticleFarm worker caught with cocaine given “second chance” and spared prison
Cumbria Crack: A SOUTH Cumbria farm worker caught with high purity cocaine potentially worth more than £40,000 has been given a “second chance” by a judge and spared prison.
View ArticleWest Cumbrian man given restraining order
Cumbria Crack: A Silloth man appeared at Carlisle Crown Court yesterday (Dec 1) and was handed a two-year restraining order against a woman.
View ArticleCarlisle crash driver admits causing serious injuries
Cumbria Crack: A 42-year-old man from Carlisle has been charged with two-counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a road traffic collision in December last year.
View ArticleDuo facing prison for early morning Workington convenience store armed robbery
Cumbria Crack: TWO men have been warned that prison sentences are the “only option” after they admitted being involved in an early morning armed robbery at a Workington convenience store.
View ArticleMentally ill man assaulted care assistant, nurse and PC at Carlisle’s...
Cumbria Crack: A MAN covered himself in paint before assaulting a healthcare assistant, a nurse and a police officer at Carlisle’s Carleton Clinic.
View ArticleCarlisle man jailed after terrorising neighbour for 18 months
Cumbria Crack: A Carlisle man has been jailed for subjecting his neighbour and former friend to 18 months of “psychological terror” and threatening to blow up his car with him inside. Craig Andrew...
View ArticleBorders police officer caught with illegal child abuse images by Cumbria...
Cumbria Crack: A police officer caught with an iPhone stash of child abuse images – some featuring infants – has been spared prison by a judge who described his fall from grace as “spectacular”. Ryan...
View ArticleMotorist admits his dangerous driving caused death of 13-year-old schoolgirl
Cumbria Crack: A motorist has admitted his dangerous driving caused the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl and was also responsible for her mum and sister being left badly hurt in a horror crash south...
View ArticleCrook who snatched handbag from Workington pensioner’s home jailed
Cumbria Crack: A crook who snatched a vulnerable pensioner’s handbag days after trying to burgle a family’s West Cumbria home at night has been jailed for almost two years. Josh John Nicholson, 24, was...
View ArticleRepeat drugs courier jailed for five-and-a-half years
Cumbria Crack: A repeat criminal drugs mule caught travelling through north Cumbria during the latest lockdown with a criminal cargo potentially worth almost £40,000 has been jailed for more than five...
View ArticleCarlisle man attacked partner while high on alcohol and cocaine
Cumbria Crack: A “misogynistic” Carlisle man who attacked his partner while high on alcohol and cocaine has been given a 20-month jail term. Kenneth David Pointon, 30, was downstairs and his girlfriend...
View ArticleBurglar raided Carlisle jewellery store hours after carrying out daytime recce
Cumbria Crack: A burglar who raided a Carlisle jewellery store in the dead of night just hours after posing as a customer during a daytime recce has been spared immediate prison. Matthew James Gray,...
View ArticleSouth Cumbria cocaine dealer jailed
Cumbria Crack: A South Cumbria cocaine dealer who peddled his illegal goods to more than two dozen people over several months has been jailed. Joel Noon, 29, was handed prison sentence of two years and...
View ArticleConvicted robber and rapist who attacked South Cumbria mum is jailed again
Cumbria Crack: A convicted rapist and repeat robber who twice attacked a South Cumbria mum in her own home after they met on a dating website, has been jailed again. David Grocer, 41, used the name...
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Cumbria Crack: A University of Cumbria law student has been awarded a prestigious national prize. Elizabeth Park, 35, is one of only five students in the country to receive the Neuberger Prize from The...
View ArticleConvicted robber and rapist who attacked South Cumbria mum is jailed
Cumbria Crack: A convicted rapist and robber who twice attacked a South Cumbria mum in her own home after they met on a dating website has been jailed by a judge who concluded he posed a serious risk...
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