The owner of a stolen pet pony spoke of her devastation last night after discovering the animal’s severed head. Trigger, a seven-year-old Shetland Pony, was last seen in his paddock in Spennymoor, County Durham, at 5.30pm last Tuesday. His owner, Patricia Lister, launched a search for him, but he could not be found. On Wednesday afternoon [...]
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Nov 2011
Severed head of stolen pet pony found in Spennymoor wood
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Nov 2011
Man charged over MP egg pelting
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A man has been charged after an MP was pelted with eggs at the end of a Remembrance Day parade. Middlesbrough’s mayor, former police officer Ray ”Robocop” Mallon, stepped in to make a citizen’s arrest when the town’s Labour MP Sir Stuart Bell came under attack on Sunday. Cleveland Police said a 54-year-old man was [...]
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Nov 2011
Lover who snapped spared jail
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A woman who bit a hole in her boyfriend’s scrotum during a row has been spared jail. Maria Topp, 44, from Wrekenton, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Newcastle Crown Court. Recorder Robin Mairs said: “This relationship is over, I think both of you accept that.” Ms Topp attacked her [...]
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Nov 2011
Postmistress murder husband Robin Garbutt to appeal
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A SHOPKEEPER serving a life sentence for bludgeoning his wife to death is appealing against his conviction. Robin Garbutt, 46, formerly of York and Haxby, was found guilty of murder in April. He was told he must serve a minimum of 20 years before being considered for release. But an appeal, led by his barrister Jamie [...]
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Nov 2011
Court hears of Newcastle gangland feud
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ONE man cheated death as feuding gangs clashed in a bloody battle which a court heard was “organised and quite terrorising”. Blood ran in the street as the masked rivals fought over a grudge surrounding the shooting of Paul Borg near his Tyneside home. When the dust settled, one man was close to death and [...]
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Nov 2011
£45k charity scam gang led by Teesside mum
November 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Callous fraudsters were today beginning jail terms after tricking football fans out of cash by posing as Help for Heroes collectors. The cold-hearted gang, led by a Middlesbrough mum-of-three, made up to £45,000 from the charity scam, which took place outside North-east football grounds. Natalie Hornby, 39, from Nunthorpe, her husband Robert, 41, and three [...]
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Oct 2011
Newcastle armed robbers in £40k security van blagging
October 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
ARMED bandits behind a £40,000 security van blagging were at the centre of major manhunt today, The pair struck just after 10am yesterday morning as two guards loaded a cash machine on Tyneside. The delivery men were threatened with a gun and hit with a hammer before the raiders screeched off in a waiting getaway car. Moments later [...]
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Sep 2011
Pensioner murder suspect Graeme Jarman arrested
September 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A nationwide hunt for Graeme Jarman, wanted in connection with the murder of pensioner Judith Richardson, has ended following his arrest in Filey, North Yorkshire. Northumbria Police said the 47-year-old was detained after staff at a library alerted officers at 3pm this afternoon. Detectives have been wanting to talk to Jarman, who is from Durham, [...]
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Sep 2011
New images of murder suspect Graeme Jarman
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Police have released new pictures in the hunt for murder suspect Graeme Jarman. Jarman, of Delves Lane, Consett, has convictions for kidnap, rape, armed robbery and indecent assault. He went missing from his home two days before pensioner Judith Richardson was found dead at her home in Hexham. The image is from a bookmakers in Saltburn, Teesside, [...]
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Aug 2011
UK manhunt for killer psychopath – Graeme Jarman
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A UK wide hunt for a self-confessed psychopath, sought in connection with the death of a North-East pensioner who was battered to death with a hammer, was under way last night. Police investigating the murder of 77-year-old Judith Richardson, in Hexham, Northumberland, are keen to speak to former civil servant Graeme Jarman, who they last [...]
