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A Nelson man who admitted he had drunk a large amount of vodka and taken cocaine threatened members of his family with a knife.

A “dangerous” paedophile and rapist will spend at least nine and a half years behind bars after being convicted of multiple historic sex offences

Van driver Ashley Dean, 40, downed six pints and sniffed a line of cocaine to 'sober up' before smashing his car on March 23 last year. His friend Lisa Birtwistle died that night

A van driver who killed a mother-of-two after drinking six pints of beer and taking cocaine asked police if his victim was alive.

Ashley Dean, 40, killed his friend Lisa Birtwistle, 32, in a crash on Blackpool Road in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in his Vauxhall Vivaro van on March 23 last year, Preston Crown Court heard.

Every month we bring you a round-up of the East Lancashire defendants sent to jail for their crimes

Cameron Hughes caused the death of a teenage girl when he drove his van off a bridge on a drive where he had been seen on CCTV inhaling nitrous oxide

Cameron Hughes caused the death of a teenage girl when he drove his van off a bridge on a drive where he had been seen on CCTV inhaling nitrous oxide

A woman sent text messages to customers saying, “I spend my whole days selling weed and cleaning”

A man attacked his father with a pair of scissors and tried cutting off his beard and moustache after necking 10 cans of lager.