Terrible Cambridgeshire driver crashes into car with police inside - twice
After he was arrested, he pushed a policeman down the stairs when he was refused a cigarette
Gareth Hyde (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
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A Cambridgeshire man is behind bars after twice crashing into a car with two off-duty police officers inside in a matter of minutes.
Gareth Hyde jailed for 16 months for various offences.
- Credit: Cambs Cops
A man suspected of drink driving was caught after twice crashing into the car of two off-duty police officers.
Gareth Hyde, 42, was driving erratically along Wisbech Road, Littleport, at about 1.20am on October 25, 2019, when he was seen by the officers.
They followed him and other officers were alerted. The off-duty officers stopped and Hyde continued along Church Lane.
Moments later, Hyde returned and reversed into the officers’ parked vehicle, forcing it into a bollard.
Hyde drove off but returned, crashing into the car for a second time and then drove off.
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A man has been sentenced after a string of unprovoked attacks on women and children.
Raoul Papp, 27, began the crime spree along Monkfield Lane just after 3 pm on 6 October.
Within his period of rage, he spat on two women, punched a child, and assaulted a woman.
His first act was to approach a 30-year-old woman and spit in her face. When she challenged him, he spat again before punching her in the face leaving her with a bruised eye.
He then walked up to a 13-year-old boy, who was cycling home from school with friends and proceeded to block his path with his arm. He then punched the boy and left him with a bloody nose and two chipped teeth.
Timothy Stone-Parker was found missing after almost nine months on the run
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A prisoner who absconded from Hollesley Bay prison has been found after almost nine months on the run.
Timothy Stone-Parker was reported missing from the prison at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
He was arrested in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, April 28 and, following his appearance in court on April 29, he was remanded to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday, May 27.
A spokesman for Suffolk police said: Police would like to thank the media and the public for their help with this matter.
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The gang would mask their faces using balaclavas and smash or force open doors or windows in broad daylight.
They would steal specific items, mainly high-powered BMWs and Audis, firearms, cash and jewellery, all of which they could dispose of through contacts.
Stolen vehicles were put on false plates and left in residential parking areas before being used to commit further crimes.
Most were raids on homes, although commercial premises and ATMs, including several in East Cambs, were also targeted.
Norfolk suffered a similar number of burglaries to Cambridgeshire while other offences took place in Suffolk, Essex and Bedfordshire.
When Stone-Parker and other gang members were sentenced at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Stephen Holt described the conspiracy as the most serious he had ever encountered and praised the police approach in tackling the gang.