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Preston man jailed for violent assaults

Preston Coroners Court

Psychiatrist weeps after hearing student had taken his own life

Preston Crown Court

Preston taser yob jailed for three years

The offenders found a way to hack into social media accounts, mainly Snapchat, and steal content including personal information and images which they then widely shared via a file sharing site.

Five men admit hacking social media accounts

Breaking Russell Brand found guilty in rape and sexual assault trial

High Court London

Decision in ‘famous’ man’s injunction bid due

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

'He ruined my life' says underage sex assault victim

Michael Mullins, who was mowed down and dragged for more than a mile to his death as he became trapped underneath a car

Motorist who mowed down cyclist found guilty of murder

Peter Bebbington also created social media profiles under a false name before sending sexually harassing messages to female profiles who were strangers to him.

Man who secretly filmed schoolgirls jailed

Lancashire Police discovered shrink-wrapped wheels of Gouda cheese containing £450m cocaine

Watch: Moment police find huge cocaine haul in massive cheese wheels

Preston Crown Court.

Paedophile cries as judge at Preston Crown Court jails him for 3 years

Preston Crown Court

Preston lorry driver told he's lucky not to be behind bars

Six people have been arrested as part of Operation Vulture.

Six people charged with theft in Lancashire police's crackdown

Pokemon cards

Six charged over £100,000 Pokemon card theft

Defendant Simon Richardson in his vehicle after the fatal collision with cyclist Michael Mullins

'Driver who dragged cyclist under car was selfish but not murderer'

Klevi and Nivalda Santos Pirjani of Seacombe

'Particularly callous' Parents who battered baby get more jail time
Klevi Pirjani, 38, and Nivalda Pirjani, 35, killed 13-month-old Miguel after weeks of abuse- three judges agreed their sentences were too lenient | North West news
Nicola Adam

Clive Cocking.

Lancashire coroner demands answers over suicide of HMP Wymott prisoner

Thirty five-year-old Christopher Wood attacked the woman in June 22 at her home in East Lancashire.

Clitheroe man jailed for eight years for raping woman as she slept

Michael McGuigan will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next month for arson, violence and other offences

Sentence awaits home-torching thug

Shane Brady, 25, of no fixed address, was sentenced to seven years and 73 days

One man crime spree jailed for 7 years for burglaries in Lancaster

Murderer Nathan Owens.

Man sexually obsessed with his stepdaughter jailed for life

Shaun Newton strangled Tony Joynes, 47, in the cell they shared at HMP Garth, near Leyland.

Convict sentenced to life for murdering cellmate at Leyland prison

Defendant Simon Richardson in his vehicle after the fatal collision with cyclist Michael Mullins

Headteacher 'heard moaning' after being knocked off bike- murder trial

(left to right) Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed in the Southport attack (Merseyside Police/PA)

Southport killer facing trial over alleged prison officer attack

Abid Ashraf.

Nelson heroin and cocaine dealers jailed for almost decade

Still from footage depicts Brent Clayton at Waterfoot Social Club in Rossendale, Lancashire, shortly before his brother's death.

Watch: Moments before man killed his brother at Lancashire pub

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

'I feel like quitting after shoplifter attack' | Preston Crown Court
‘There was no need for that level of violence. I’ve lost confidence at work’ A security guard was attacked by a gang of four.
Lancashire Post Court Reporter

Preston Magistrates’ Court

Chorley thief stole a gold ring off the hand of a dead priest

A St Annes fraudster who scammed medical companies out of millions of pounds by helping to create sham PPE deals during the Covid-19 pandemic has been jailed for three years and 9 months.

PPE scam leader who worked with Lancashire man jailed

Upskirting North West teacher used AI to 'nudify' images of girls

Kim Leighton with son Cole

Schoolboy Cole Leighton-Taylor, 11, died after e-bike blaze | Inquest

Judge's gavel stock

‘Run out of medication’ Rufford man drove car while disqualified

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Preston man lurched toward housemate with a knife

Preston Magistrates' Court

Who's been sentenced featuring Preston, Blackburn, Nelson and Ashton

Tomasz Samel was kidnapped and doused in petrol in 2019 after a £1 million haul of counterfeit cigarettes was seized by HM Revenue and Customs.

Four men jailed for £1m cigarette haul kidnap and torture

Preston Crown Court

Preston judge issues arrest warrant to man accused of harassment

King Charles III

Ex-Royal gardener from Lancashire sent sexual messages to boy

Fitzpatrick Fabrications Ltd, a sheet metal fabrication company, has been fined £48,000 after an employee lost part of his right thumb and suffered a crush injury to his hand during a manual handling task

Lancashire firm fined £48K after welder suffers crush injury

Bobby-Ray Clayton was arrested on Friday, October 2, and was charged with 12 counts of theft from a shop.

Shoplifter banned from 12 Preston stores after thieving spree arrest

A nurse wearing PPE in a hospital during the Covid pandemic

Lancashire man bought house with cash from sham PPE deals in pandemic

A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Preston man after he failed to appear in court for having a knife in a public place. Ashley Collum should have attended the city’s Crown Court this week to be sentenced after being caught with the offensive weapon in the Deepdale area on August 6

Judge issues second arrest warrant for Preston man caught with knife

Scott McIver, who lost an eye when he was blasted in the face in an alleyway in 2021, was sent to prison for more than three-and-a-half years this week for supplying heroin and crack cocaine.

One-eyed dealer jailed for three years for selling heroin and crack

Royal Preston Hospital

Inquest halted for second time after woman dies in Preston Hospital

Everton's Jordan Pickford. Pictured at Carabao Cup Second Round - Preston North End v Everton - Wednesday 26th August 2026 - Deepdale - Preston

Former PNE loan Jordan Pickford almost 'caused crash' in Lamborghini

Chilling CCTV footage of James Bulger being led away in the New Strand shopping centre

Private parole for James Bulger’s killer ' insult’ boy’s father says

Appearing at Preston Crown Court Hegarty was handed a 10-month custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, as well as to 100 hours of unpaid work.

£70K Lancashire benefits cheat was caught out on Facebook

Luke Smith

Victim describes how rapist controlled every aspect of her life

Magistrates court round-up for Morecambe and Lancaster

Judge's gavel stock

Lancashire man killed brother with single punch ''Devastatingly sad'

People celebrate as they leave HMP Bristol in Horfield, north Bristol. Around 700 prisoners will walk free from jail in the first wave of the controversially expanded programme to free up spaces in prisons.

'Thanks Andy Burnham' say released inmates as they leave prison early

Well-known former Garstang equestrian boss Geoffrey Green jailed for historic indecent assault in 1990s

Former equestrian boss jailed for sexual assault in early 1990s

Men sent from Leeds to Blackpool to peddle drugs | Preston Crown Court

Men sent from Leeds to Blackpool to peddle drugs | Preston Crown Court

Preston Crown Court

Grimsargh dealer's 'one man' drug business lands him in jail | Court

Ex-army man from Lancashire who fought in Afghanistan found with ‘twisted' child porn’, hears Preston Crown Court

Ex-army man from Lancashire found with ‘twisted' child porn’

A man engaged in sexual conversation online with a girl he believed was 13. Gavin Duckworth exchanged messages with the girl, asking for photographs of her, asking if she was sexually active and attempted to forge a friendship.

Lancashire man caught in sex chat with girl he thought was 13

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