Gambling addict carer plundered savings of 86-year-old client
Cumbria Crack: A trusted carer who plundered the £25,000 savings of an 86-year-old client and splashed cash, often daily, using online bingo gambling sites has been given a suspended prison sentence....
View ArticleModern slavery charges faced by 80-year-old man and his son
Cumbria Crack: A man and his son have appeared in court today to face charges related to modern slavery. Peter Swailes, 80, of Hadrian Park, Brampton Road, Carlisle, and Peter Swailes jnr, 55, of...
View ArticleMan stabbed fellow guest in head with fork at Lakes hotel wedding reception
Cumbria Crack: A man who repeatedly stabbed a fellow wedding guest in the head with a fork as violence erupted during an evening buffet at a luxury Lakes hotel has been jailed. Edward Leighton, 61, was...
View ArticleFourth man admits involvement in violent attack on teen in Kendal
Cumbria Crack: A fourth young man has admitted involvement in a violent attack on a teenager in Kendal. At Carlisle Crown Court this morning, 18-year-old Joshua Callum Pickering faced one charge....
View ArticleMan avoids immediate jail term for serious Whitehaven bar assault
Cumbria Crack: A man has avoided an immediate prison sentence after a serious assault at a bar in West Cumbria. Karl Olstrum, aged 29, of Ullswater Avenue, Whitehaven was sentenced today to 16 months...
View ArticleJail for prowler caught stripping naked outside Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
Cumbria Crack: A nighttime prowler caught on camera stripping naked outside a Lake District shop during a spate of offending has been jailed for almost two years. John James McCormack, 57, travelled to...
View ArticleWhitehaven crook burgled sleeping family’s home and texted pal saying: ‘just...
Cumbria Crack: A prolific Whitehaven crook who burgled a family’s home while they slept has been jailed for almost three years. Five people – including a child – were inside the three-storey Monkwray...
View ArticlePenrith woman admits nine counts of sexual activity with schoolboy
Cumbria Crack: A Penrith woman has been told a prison sentence is “inevitable” after she admitted engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a schoolboy. Sophie Hindmarch, 27, heard she is now also...
View ArticleMan whose handbrake pull caused Carlisle crash told: you could have killed...
Cumbria Crack: A father who pulled the handbrake as his wife drove the family along a road on Carlisle’s outskirts has received a suspended prison sentence. Marcin Rogala, 39, was a rear seat passenger...
View ArticleDaughter of fraudster who targeted businesses around Keswick admits her part...
Cumbria Crack: The daughter of a fraudster who targeted businesses around Keswick has now admitted that she was also part of the audacious criminal plot. Earlier this year, 39-year-old Sonia Malhi was...
View Article‘Consistent and determined fraudster’ targeted Kendal’s Stonecross Manor Hotel
Cumbria Crack: A “consistent and determined fraudster” has admitted using other people’s bank card details to pay for a Kendal hotel stay, and to hire cars. As he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court last...
View ArticleMan who used extendable baton during Workington altercation avoids jail
Cumbria Crack: A man who used an extendable baton during a Workington street altercation that unfolded in front of bystanders has been given a suspended jail term. David Albert Harrison, 48, was one of...
View ArticleTrial date set for man accused of Carlisle attempted murder
Cumbria Crack: A trial date has been set in the case of a man charged with attempted murder following an alleged stabbing at a property in Carlisle last month. Viorel Iulian Pricope, 24, was one of...
View ArticleMan who denied rape and sex assault charges found unanimously not guilty
Cumbria Crack: A judge has told a man he would leave court without any stain on his reputation or your character after a jury found him unanimously not guilty of rape and sexual assault charges. Robert...
View ArticleMan admits sending false message to cops – nearly 7 years after he was due in...
Cumbria Crack: A man has admitted sending a false text message to police – nearly seven years after he was due to appear in court to answer the charge. Dutch national Branco Van-Wissen, 31, was...
View ArticleMan appears in court charged with burgling pharmacy
Cumbria Crack: A man has appeared in court charged with burgling a community pharmacy. Steven Jordan, 44, faced Carlisle’s magistrates’ court today after an alleged burglary at Well Pharmacy on...
View ArticleDrunk man pointed firearm while “entirely out of control” in Appleby car park
Cumbria Crack: A terrified man had a “gun” pointed at him in an Appleby car park at night. While extremely drunk and high on cannabis, Joe William Forrester, 24, knocked on town doors just before 1am...
View ArticleJudge demands to know why man persisted with illegal drugs
Cumbria Crack: A judge has demanded to know why an Appleby man continued his involvement with illegal drugs – despite being jailed for a serious supply crime several years earlier. Niall Dixon, 24,...
View ArticleCheese seller became fugitive after plotting to frame fellow Whitehaven...
Cumbria Crack: A “naive” man who sent a chilling fake human trafficking text to police in a desperate bid to frame a fellow Cumbrian market trader has been jailed – almost seven years after he failed...
View ArticleJail for man who punched and spat at officers
Cumbria Crack: A Carlisle man who punched and spat at a police constable and assaulted other officers as attempts were made to arrest and subdue him has been jailed for a year. Reece Bellas, 29, had...
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