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VAT SCAM Bracknell school transport company ordered to pay £1.5m after director jailed for tax fraud
A company which provided home-to-school transport for two Berkshire councils has been ordered to pay more than £1.5 million following the conviction of its director for a major tax fraud. Berkshire Education Travel Ltd
A married police officer who sexually assaulted three female colleagues, telling one victim “this will be our little secret”, has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Former Staffordshire Police constable Alex Trusler, 36, targeted the
A 66-year-old man responsible for inflicting the injuries that killed a 37-year-old woman has been detained in hospital after being found unfit to stand trial. Brian Simpson, of no fixed address, was made subject
A man who fled to Pakistan while on bail has been jailed for 27 years in his absence after being convicted of raping four vulnerable girls and sexually abusing a fifth. Amar Ilyas, 41,
Four men have been jailed after a “serious and sustained” outbreak of violence at Heathrow Airport in which tear gas was discharged inside a Terminal 3 car park, leaving people struggling to breathe and
A 24-year-old man has been charged with advertising illegal immigration services online following an investigation involving the National Crime Agency and West Midlands Police. Hem Raj, an Indian national, was arrested at an address
A Gloucester woman has been sentenced after repeatedly breaching a non-molestation order protecting her former partner, including making a threat to “chop him up”. Lianne Hudson, 39, admitted five breaches of the order, which
Five members of an organised Crime group have been jailed for a combined total of almost 40 years for their roles in a major people-smuggling operation which facilitated the illegal entry of Vietnamese migrants
Two men have been charged with drug supply offences after police discovered around 150 wraps of suspected cocaine at a property in Ashford. Kent Police were called to an address in New Street at
