Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed – BBC News
‘A gang leader who co-ordinated a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in sheds and garages across the West Midlands has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 27th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: drug offences
Man guilty of murdering partner by strangling her – BBC News
‘A man has been found guilty of “brutally” murdering his partner by strangling her at the home they shared following an argument.’
BBC News, 26th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boxer who fled UK after supplying drugs jailed – BBC News
‘A former boxer who fled to Ireland, Thailand and Mexico to avoid being arrested for supplying cocaine to a dealer in Cheltenham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firm wins legal aid appeal over 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A firm which submitted a claim to the Legal Aid Agency for 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence (PPE) but was told it could claim only for 882 pages has succeeded in its High Court appeal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Scouse Dave county lines gang members jailed – BBC News
‘Five members of a county lines drug gang known as the Scouse Dave Line have been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘They suffer in silence’: case of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou highlights barriers to justice for east Asian women in UK – The Guardian
‘When asked if she was surprised that most of the victims of Zhenhao Zou, who could be one of Britain’s worst serial rapists, remained unknown to authorities, Viny Poon, who has spent the past decade supporting east Asian women in the UK, simply said: “No.” Zou, a 28-year-old PhD student, was convicted on Wednesday of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China. After recovering videos of Zou attacking a further 50 women, police have said this could be one of the worst cases of sexual violence in modern Britain. All of Zou’s victims are thought to be of Chinese heritage.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Drug-rape student ‘among most prolific predators’ – BBC News
‘A PhD student who has been convicted of drugging and raping 10 women “may turn out to be one of the most prolific sexual predators that we’ve ever seen in this country”, according to the lead detective on the case.’
BBC News, 5th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man pleads guilty to stalking Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas over six-year period – The Independent
‘A man has admitted stalking Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas.’
The Independent, 25th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Drug dealer who fled to Spain ordered to repay £40k – BBC News
‘A drug dealing gang member who went on the run in Spain has been ordered to pay back more than £40,000 in illicit earnings.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jamaican drug dealer avoids deportation after pledging to only smoke cannabis – not sell it – The Independent
‘A Jamaican drug dealer avoided deportation after he promised to only smoke cannabis and not sell it.’
The Independent, 17th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Brothers who led county lines drug gang jailed – BBC News
‘Brothers who lead an organised crime group known as the Scouse Dave Line have been jailed for a combined total of more than 30 years.’
BBC News, 31st January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for 13 months for ‘brutal’ death of woman he ran over – BBC News
‘A man who killed an 83-year-old great-grandmother when he repeatedly ran over her with his van has been jailed for 13 months.’
BBC News, 29th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapper convicted of posting ‘menacing’ video directed at Tommy Robinson – The Guardian
‘A rapper has been convicted of posting a “menacing” video on social media directed towards Tommy Robinson, in which he mentioned artillery and made a gun gesture while shouting “pow, pow, pow”.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Laughing gas crash driver who killed his friends jailed for nine years – The Guardian
‘A teenager has been jailed for more than nine years for causing the death of three of his friends by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Gang jailed over £200m of cocaine in banana boxes – BBC News
‘A gang has been jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £200m in a cargo of bananas from Colombia.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Machine Guy’ jailed for supplying drug equipment – BBC News
‘A businessman who was known to drug dealers as “Machine Guy” for supplying them with industrial pill presses has been jailed for 13 years.’
BBC News, 1st November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who spiked orange juice to force miscarriage convicted – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man who gave orange juice to a woman that he spiked with an abortion-inducing drug has been found guilty of administering a poison to procure a miscarriage.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th October 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Armed robber jailed for life for drug dealer death – BBC News
‘A 19-year-old robber has been jailed for life for the “torture” murder of a cannabis dealer for £30,000 of drugs in north London.’
BBC News, 29th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Men used haulage firm to smuggle drugs into UK – BBC News
‘Two men have been jailed for their part in an organised crime group that used a Scunthorpe haulage firm as a front to smuggle more than £23m of drugs into the UK.’
BBC News, 21st October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British soldiers jailed for selling cocaine worth nearly £100,000 to comrades – The Guardian
‘A group of British soldiers have been jailed after a court heard they sold almost £100,000 worth of cocaine to fellow military personnel and bought designer products with the proceeds.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
