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File photo Ten men from Reading have been charged with drug crimes following police raids in the town. Officers from Thames Valley Police stormed 18 addresses in Reading on Wednesday (February 3), as well as seven addresses across Blackburn, Sunderland, Birmingham and London, in a major drugs bust tackling organised crime.
In total, 16 men have been charged. These are the charges: Indrit Hululea, 28, of Elm Park, Reading - conspiring to produce cannabis, conspiring to supply a class B controlled drug, conspiring to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer or remove criminal property and possession with intent to supply a drug of class A (cocaine).
Reading Magistrates Court: Thatcham man admits assault and knife charges
Pre-sentence reports ordered
In the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 23, was Matthew Paul Hawkins.
The 33-year-old, of The Turnery in Thatcham, admitted assaulting Jakob Jozwiakoski by beating him.
He further admitted assaulting a police officer, Alisdair Ferrie, by beating him while he was exercising his duty.
In addition, Mr Hawkins pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Kim Dopson, Wayne Smith, Oliver Smith and Elijah Smith.
Finally, he admitted carrying a knife in public.
All the offences were committed in Thatcham on June 20 last year.
A lorry driver was jailed for causing a crash that left two police officers with life-changing injuries. Andrei Stan, of Romania, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on February 25 after the serious crash which happened on the A4 Bath Road in 2019. The court heard how the 35-year-old driver was attempting a U-turn on the unlit rural road on February 27, 2019, about 11.40pm. At that time, PC Matt Midwinter and PC Kieren Baker, of Thames Valley Police, were travelling on the same road.
Siobhan Maven-Hazelton A woman was brought before the courts for more than 12 counts of shop thefts, that happened between August 2020 and February this year.