Men tried to hide in hot tub while chased by helicopter after fleeing from...
Cumbria Crack: Two men who were chased by a police helicopter and tried to hide in a hot tub after stealing a car with a key pinched from a Cumbrian cottage have been sentenced by a judge. Carlisle...
View ArticleMan accused of eight burglary offences
Cumbria Crack: A man has appeared in court charged with eight burglary offences. Dean Michael Kerr, 32, appeared from police custody at Carlisle’s magistrates’ court today charged with seven counts of...
View ArticleTrusted manager bought prosecco with cash stolen from employer
Cumbria Crack: A trusted parts manager who bought bottles of prosecco with cash he stole from his Carlisle truck dealership employer has been spared immediate prison. Andrew Robert Dickinson, 38, was...
View ArticleMan punched and kicked male more than twice his age in unprovoked attack
Cumbria Crack: A man who punched and kicked a male more than twice his age during an unprovoked attack in Workington has been jailed. Gary Smith, then aged 55, had left a Spar shop at Harrington Road,...
View ArticlePensioner faces two counts of accessing indecent images of children
Cumbria Crack: A pensioner has appeared in court charged with two counts of ‘making’ indecent images of a child. Kenneth Edward McNabb, 70, faces two allegations that between November 30, 2019 and...
View ArticleDrug driver who travelled at almost twice speed limit on police chase spared...
Cumbria Crack: A Carlisle drug-driver who travelled at almost twice the speed limit on residential roads while chased by police has been spared an immediate jail term. Jason John Riley’s Ford Transit...
View ArticlePenrith man jailed after punching and kicking partner to head as he “flipped”
Cumbria Crack: A Penrith woman spent four days in hospital after she was punched, kicked and injured by her partner as he “flipped” during an alcohol fuelled row. A Castletown neighbour opened her door...
View ArticleKendal man jailed for 12 years for child sex offences
Cumbria Crack: A man from Kendal has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for child sex crimes. Luke Swindenbank, 37, of Kendal was sentenced on Monday at Carlisle Crown Court for four counts of sexual...
View ArticleConman who pretended to be wealthy lottery winner jailed
Cumbria Crack: A professional conman who claimed to be a wealthy lottery winner and lured a family to the Lakes on the false promise of business investment and employment has been jailed for more than...
View ArticleMan jailed for five years following Carlisle stabbing
Cumbria Crack: A man has been jailed for five years following a stabbing in Carlisle. Llewellyn Newth, 44, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today for wounding with intent, possessing a bladed...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender sentenced for possession of illegal ‘Simpsons’ images
Cumbria Crack: A convicted sex offender has been sentenced after banned images featuring child characters from the animated television series The Simpsons were found on his computer. Police visited...
View ArticlePenrith woman jailed for having sex with 14-year-old schoolboy
Cumbria Crack: A Penrith woman who had sex with a schoolboy multiple times has been jailed for more than two years. Sophie Hindmarch, then aged 26, and the 14-year-old began swapping messages on...
View ArticleHomeless heroin addict burgled hardworking business man’s shop
Cumbria Crack: A homeless heroin addict who burgled a dedicated and hardworking businessman’s shop in the dead of night has been jailed. Lewis Frederick Brown, 38, used a brick inside a plastic bag –...
View ArticleMan caught with three illegal drugs after car stopped by police
Cumbria Crack: An Appleby man was caught with three illegal drugs after his car was stopped by police in the town. Niall Dixon, now 24, was pulled over on Scattergate Crescent on October 21, 2019....
View ArticlePensioner’s cockapoo put down after biting toddler outside Lidl store
Cumbria Crack: A pensioner whose cockapoo bit and injured a toddler outside a Cumbrian supermarket has been given a suspended prison sentence and banned from having custody of dogs for life. David Neil...
View ArticleThree men jailed for sexually abusing vulnerable student
Cumbria Crack: Three men have been jailed for sexually abusing a vulnerable female who described how their respective historical crimes had “tainted” her whole life. One of the men responsible for...
View ArticleCumbrian farmer who repeatedly raped schoolgirl and molested another jailed
Cumbria Crack: A Cumbrian farmer who repeatedly raped one schoolgirl and molested another after grooming both with gifts of sweets and cigarettes has been handed a 20-year jail term for the historic...
View Article‘Courage shown by victims can’t be understated,’ NSPCC reacts to jailing of...
Cumbria Crack: A children’s charity has heaped praise on the victims of a sex abuse case that saw a Keswick farmer jailed for 20 years. Raymond Harrison, 69, of Keswick, was sentenced today at Carlisle...
View ArticleAlbanian national caught transporting £140,000 in cannabis through Cumbria...
Cumbria Crack: An Albanian national caught transporting a £140,000 cannabis stash through Cumbria having run short of cash after entering the UK illegally has been jailed. Carlisle Crown Court was told...
View ArticleEgremont man admits violent attack in town pub
Cumbria Crack: An Egremont man has admitted a violent attack which occurred at a town pub. Ryan Gordon Barton, 38, faced one charge when he appeared in front of a judge at Carlisle Crown Court earlier...
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