Tia McBean, 33, has been jailed for 15 months following a prolonged stalking campaign
A woman who sent her ex-boyfriend a pig s head in a horrible and gratuitous act of spite during a prolonged stalking campaign has been jailed for 15 months.
Tia McBean, 33, also bombarded Oralton Robinson, 35, and his long-term partner with phone calls and ordered pizzas to their home - and continued the harassment even after she was made the subject of a restraining order.
She became pregnant during a short relationship with Mr Robinson after they had met in a pub in May 2018, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Matthew Dalton said in an earlier hearing: Oralton Robinson explains he had a short relationship with Tia McBean in 2018 for a few months when he was with his partner, Arkeyia Bish.
A raid of an industrial unit in Beckenham resulted in the largest seizure of counterfeit banknotes in UK history - worth £5.25 million. Three men have been jailed following the investigation, which began when after the bank of England identified a new counterfeit £20 note. John Evans, 27, and Phillip Brown, 54 were jailed for over 15 years between them at Woolwich Crown Court on January 20, having previously admitted their involvement in the conspiracy to supply more than £12 million worth of fake cash. A third member of the group, Nick Winter, was jailed for six years on Monday 21 December 2020. In January 2019, the Bank of England discovered the note, which appeared to have been produced using the type of specialist printing equipment that would normally be associated with a company that produces large volumes of magazines or leaflets.
Police launched a lengthy and complex investigation into the gang in 2019
Bank of England alerted them to a new counterfeit £20 note in circulation
£5.25m stash found in industrial unit in Beckenham, London, in May 2019
Phillip Brown, 54, was found among piles of fake £20 notes during the raid
When confronted by police, Brown told them: You have caught me red-handed
Gareth Standing, of Dartford, has been jailed over the death of Wayne Hoskyns in Crayford, Bexley. A man has been sentenced to jail time after being found guilty of killing a father of five in Crayford in June 2020. Wayne Hoskyns was described as a loving and much-loved husband and daddy who died in hospital surrounded by his family. Standing was later arrested then charged with Wayne s death by manslaughter, and having previously pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, January 21. Detective Chief Inspector Helen Rance from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, who led the investigation, said: “Our thoughts today are with the family of Wayne Hoskyns who was taken from them so suddenly.