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A MAN carried out a sustained assault on his partner after becoming increasingly “paranoid” that she was being unfaithful to him, a court heard.
A BUILDER with a previous good work reputation has been jailed after defrauding customers out of a total of almost £111,000.
A JUDGE has refused to forbid a sex offender from using the internet because someone sent the defendant an extreme pornographic image, as a joke.
Kirsty Rank, starting 27-month prison sentence for theft and attempted robbery from older male victims A JUDGE said the only way to prevent a “prolific offender” from targeting vulnerable older men was to keep locking her up. Judge Ray Singh was commenting as he imposed a 27-month prison sentence on Kirsty Rank, following her latest offences, earlier this year, only months after her release from past sentences. Durham Crown Court heard her “modus operandi” was to supposedly befriend older, vulnerable men by offering to do household chores and run errands as a front to enable her...
Driver tried to evade blame for crash near A693 roundabout, near Asda, Stanley A DRIVER who crashed into a road sign and tree late at night before abandoning his car, “concocted a stupid story” to try to evade responsibility, a court was told. Police on patrol in Stanley received a report of an accident on the A693 roundabout near the Asda store, at about midnight on August 23. Durham Crown Court was told the officers found an abandoned Ford Focus which appeared to have gone straight over the roundabout, mounted a kerb and hit a diversion sign. Phillip Morley, prosecuting, said th...