Four County Durham criminals hauled before Durham Crown Court last week thenorthernecho.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenorthernecho.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Between November 1, 2019 and June 16, 2020, Alexandra Reynolds stalked a friend of the flamboyant businessman. The court heard that his daughter, made verbal threats warning the friend to stay away from her father. She also sent malicious texts threatening violence and attempted to block the woman in the carpark at Monument Court Durham. Miss Reynolds, 37, also followed the woman to Sunderland on two occasions causing alarm and distress. Her actions hugely impacted the victim whilst going about her usual day-to-day activities. Miss Reynolds, of Monument Court, Nevilles Cross was handed a community order and will now be subject to a restraining order.
Residents divided over plans for new houses at Neville's Cross, in Durham thenorthernecho.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenorthernecho.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A PACKET of photos in The Northern Echo s library spilled open this week to reveal images of three lost, but well known, pubs of Durham. The first to fall out was the Three Tuns in New Elvet, parts of which date back to the 16th Century. In the Victorian era, this coaching inn was owned by the Brown family, and was a major landmark in the city. Indeed, there was a saying that Durham was famed for seven things: law, learning, wood, water, old maids, mustard and Mrs Brown s cherry brandy. Every guest to the hotel was treated to a free tot of the proprietor s homemade tipple.
The Labour Party’s dismal showing in this week’s local elections went from bad to worse as it lost control of Durham County Council for the first time since the Council’s creation in 1919. Having gone into the elections with 68 councillors, results announced tonight saw the party lose 21 seats and, with it, their majority. While Labour remain the largest single party on the Council, the historic results saw the Conservative Party increase their seats to 24, up from 10. In Durham City, the Liberal Democrats retained all three wards: David Stoker was elected for Durham South, David Freeman and Richard Ormerod for Elvet and Gilesgate, and Liz Brown for Neville’s Cross.
In the Dock THE following cases were heard at Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Courts in the last week. BEN TRUSWELL, from Hartlepool, assaulted a woman by beating her on January 17, 2021. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty and was discharged conditionally for 12 months. Truswell, from Telford Close, was ordered to pay £22 to fund victim services and £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service. NATHAN LEWIS PRENDERGAST, 27, beat two police officers in Darlington, on January 18, 2020. The Albery Place, Darlington resident, changed his plea to guilty and was given a 12 week prison sentence suspended for 12 months. He was ordered to pay £30 compensation. GARY NICHOLSON, 46, of Lime Grove, Shildon, beat a man in Shildon on December 2, 2020. He was fined £120, ordered to pay £150 to the Crown Prosecution Service and given a £34 victim surcharge fee.