Kim Pilling
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Detective admits to upskirting teenage girl with his mobile phone (opens the original)
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. A former North Wales Police detective has admitted to upskirting a teenage girl with his mobile phone camera. Detective Constable Lee Harshey-Jones, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism during an appearance at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. He was arrested over the incident in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, on June 11 and was later suspended by the force. Harshey-Jones
Doctor accused of being Lucy Letby âcrushâ named for first time (opens the original)
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A doctor who was accused of being a âcrushâ of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been named after reporting restrictions were lifted following his death two months ago. Consultant paediatrician Dr Mark Deakin was granted lifelong anonymity ahead of giving evidence in Letbyâs trial, where she was convicted of a string of murders and attempted murders of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. Reporting restrictions were lifted on Wednesday after th
Fraudster who stole £300k from pensioner before fleeing to Tenerife finally jailed (opens the original)
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A fraudster who spent 16 months on the run in Tenerife after being convicted of plundering an elderly woman's life savings has been handed an additional two months in prison for breaching her bail. Pamela Gwinnett, 63, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday after her extradition from Spain. Gwinnett fled to Tenerife in April 2025, just hours after her application to vary her bail terms â purportedly to scatter her brotherâs ashes â was refused. She also ignored a condition to surre
Man blew up childhood home because he thought heâd been cut out of will, court hears (opens the original)
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A Lancashire man blew up his childhood home because he wrongly believed he had been cut out of his parentsâ will. Darren Davies, 55, set fire to the £260,000 bungalow where he lived with his brother, Craig, in the village of Hambleton following the death of their mother and father just months apart. Neighbours heard a loud bang on the morning of 27 March 2024 as the property, in Carr Lane, erupted into flames and the roof collapsed. Davies emerged from the side of the house and told a passer-
Failed asylum seeker jailed after taking hammer and hatchet to school for âattentionâ (opens the original)
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A failed asylum seeker who took a hammer, a hatchet and a kitchen knife to a Greater Manchester school âfor attentionâ has been jailed for two years. South Sudanese national Both Douk Deng, 21, became âincreasingly frustratedâ that immigration authorities were not providing assistance in his bid to stay and work in the UK. Deng, who has applied for and been refused asylum on three occasions, wanted to âcreate a scene for attentionâ to aid his cause, Manchester Minshull Street Crown C
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