An eight year jail sentence has been given to the teenager who killed pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during the riots of last summer. Darrell Desuze, 17, punched the pensioner to the ground during the disturbances which spread throughout the country on August 8th last year. Mr Bowes, who was attempting to put out a fire [...]
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Statistics show there were fewer victims of crime in Lancashire
The latest statistics have shown that crime is still falling in Lancashire, and that there were 3,160 fewer victims of crime across the county last year. The final end of year statistics for April 2011 – March 2012 have shown that Lancashire Constabulary had reductions across the majority of different crime categories; this is despite [...]
Police discover cannabis plants at house in Skelmersdale
After police carried out a raid on a house in Skelmersdale they discovered cannabis plants worth around £32,000. The 80 infant cannabis plants were found by the officers after they had swooped on a house in Carfield, Skelmersdale. It is expected that once the plants were fully grown that they would have been valued at [...]
Lancashire burglary crackdown claimed as a success
A burglary crackdown in Lancashire has been hailed as a success after police arrested more than 350 people. The two month long campaign, Operation Julius, had been launched in January after a slight rise in burglary, has seen officers seizing almost £30k of stolen property and visiting numerous other burglary suspects. There were 183 search [...]
Radical reforms to Justice system take step forward
The plans for radical reforms to the justice system have made a further move forward in the Houses of Parliament. The House of Lords’ Report Stage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill was completed on Tuesday 20th March, and the Bill will be moving forward to its Third Reading in the [...]
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