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REGIONAL The Street in Burnley OFFICERS who mistakenly gained access to the wrong home while on a welfare check discovered more than £20,000 worth of cannabis. Police were called to the Trinity area of Burnley to help a man who it was reported was suicidal, but ended up instead on Piccadilly Road, which runs parallel to the correct location. Believing there was someone inside in need of help, officers broke the home’s door down and to their surprise found 43 cannabis plants inside. The owner of the home was later arrested and interviewed by police, where he made a preprepared state...

OFFICERS who mistakenly gained access to the wrong home while on a welfare check discovered more than £20,000 worth of cannabis.

A DRUG dealer with more than 100 previous convictions to his name has been jailed for six years and four months. Michael Younger, 38, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine after being caught with the drugs in his mouth in Harrison Street, Barrow. On March 8, an officer from Cumbria Police spotted Younger acting suspiciously and stopped him in the street. Younger spat the drugs out onto the ground and the officer also found a mobile phone and £155 cash in his socks. Preston Crown Court heard Younger, of Steamer Street, Barrow, has 104 previous c...

STAY: The Holiday Inn Express in Barrow A FORMER army sergeant mistreated his daughter and head butted a police officer while on holiday in Barrow last year, a court heard. The dad, 33, who cannot be identified, got so drunk he lay down on a bench and his daughter was rescued by a passing stranger who saw the little girl was distressed. Preston Crown Court heard the ex-soldier was staying at the Holiday Inn with his daughter, eight, and his girlfriend - who was not the youngster’s mum. Hotel staff said the adults were so drunk and argumentative throughout the break they were forced ...

Locked up in March: The faces of East Lancashire's most dangerous criminals THOSE found responsible for the most serious crimes committed in East Lancashire end up in front of a judge at the crown court. Over the last month, the Lancashire Telegraph has reported on dozens of the most shocking crimes to have taken place in the county, either being heard at Burnley or Preston Crown Court. From a murderer to a rapist, robbers to cruel pair who stole from a dying woman, all manner of cases have taken place. Here are just a handful of those who faced justice in March for committing some of t...