POLICE are appealing for dashcam footage following two aggravated burglaries which targeted elderly men. The incidents, which occurred in Chorley and Leyland, saw two elderly men targeted in their homes, leaving them shaken and scared. The first of the incidents took place at around 8am on Balshaw Road in Leyland, when four men purporting to be workmen went to the home of a man aged in his 80s. When he declined their offer of work they went round to the back of his house and smashed their way through a window. Members of the group then made their way into the address and hit the man to the head with a metal bar but he has thankfully now made a full recovery.
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A man who worked for the Department of Work and Pensions has been jailed for stealing £12,000 in Universal Credit payments.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Stuart Robertson, 34, of Ripon Street in Preston, fraudulently claimed £12,000 in Universal Credit from May 2019 to July 2019.
Footage shows police storm selfish Ormskirk party with 30 students It is unbelievably selfish for anyone to believe they are exempt when so many law-abiding citizens have not seen their friends and family properly in almost a year.
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A PARTYGOER attending a student gathering in Ormskirk which was broken up by police told officers “We’ve been bored and we want to have fun”, body-worn footage has shown. Lancashire Police interrupted the birthday party, at a house in Wigan Road, Ormskirk, at about 2.45am on Sunday. A spokesman for the force said several people fled the property when officers arrived, including some out of a window. Body-worn footage shows one of the party-goers, who are believed to be Edge Hill University students, telling police: “We’ve been bored and we want to have fun.” The organiser of the party was located by officers and will be issued with the £10,000 fixed penalty notice, the force said.
By Press Association 2021
Police break up birthday party
A partygoer attending a student gathering which was broken up by police told officers “We’ve been bored and we want to have fun”, body-worn footage has shown.
Lancashire Police interrupted the birthday party, at a house in Wigan Road, Ormskirk, at about 2.45am on Sunday.
A spokesman for the force said several people fled the property when officers arrived, including some out of a window.
Body-worn footage shows one of the party-goers, who are believed to be Edge Hill University students, telling police: “We’ve been bored and we want to have fun.”