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Cousins who killed man, 47, in Weston-super-Mare among 18 sick criminals locked up in January A number of serious and violent offences have seen people locked up recently Updated Matthew Shaw was among the criminals jailed in the West Country in January (Image: Avon and Somerset Police) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these ...

Feb 3, 2021 A womans body has been found in Telford, with police saying the death is not being treated as suspicious. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Police said the womans body was found at Selbourne in Sutton Hill. Photo: Google West Mercia Police were called to Sutton Hill this morning where the body of a woman was found. Lauren Jeal of West Mercia Police said: "We can confirm that the body of a woman was sadly found in Selbourne, Sutton Hill, this morning at around 8.20am. "The d...

Work on the new roof began at the end of September and is now complete.  Rev Patrick Prigg, rector of All Saints church at Hartest Picture: PATRICK PRIGG - Credit: PATRICK PRIGG Rector of All Saints, the Reverend Patrick Prigg said people from the community were "extremely generous".  "The new roof is on. Were taking advantage of the lockdown to do some reordering work in the church," he said. "We got some grants, local people have been extremely generous and weve dipped into resources, so an...

Top: damage to St James, Bratton; Bottom: Constantin Motescu, Mihai Birtu, Laurentiu Sucea and Paul Buica Pictures: MIKE MANSON/LINCS POLICE MEMBERS of a gang that stripped lead from churches nationwide – including in Wiltshire – have been jailed for more than 20 years. The four Midlands men targeted 36 churches over two years between May 2018 and March 2020, stripping tonnes of lead worth almost £2.1m.  The three Wiltshire churches targeted by the gang were: St James, Bratton, St ...

Cambridgeshire villages feel attacked after criminals strip more than 30 churches bare for scrap metal St Marys Church in south Cambridgeshire was left half destroyed when a gang stripped the roof bare St Marys Church had its roof stripped. (Image: St Marys Church Gamlingay Facebook) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these new...

A 24-year-old thief from Evesham was part of a gang that stripped tonnes of lead worth millions off churches.

The convicted men Churches in Somerset and North Somerset were among those targeted by four men who were this week jailed for nationwide thefts of lead. The four defendants stripped tonnes of lead from a mixture of Grade 1 and Grade 2 churches between May 2018 and March 2020 - costing 36 churches a combined total of almost £2.1million.  The four men were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday, January 6. Constantin Motescu, 32, of Stebbings, Sutton Hill, Telford, admitted 23 char...

ROMANIAN gang members who stripped lead from church roofs - including one in Dorset - have been jailed for a combined total of more than 20 years.

Published: 2:09 PM January 8, 2021    Four men have been jailed for a combined 22 years 7 months for the theft of lead from churches. - Credit: Archant Four men have been jailed for a combined 22 years 7 months for the theft of lead from churches across the country - including two in Huntingdonshire villages.  The All Saints Churches in Brington and Offord Cluny were targeted by the group between May 2018 and March 2020.  Tonnes of lead was stripped from a mixture of Grade 1 and Gra...

Gang who ransacked churches in £2m crime spree jailed for 22 years Their targets included four churches in East Yorkshire Sign up for our regular free newsletter for court stories sent straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more...