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Today (Wednesday 4 February), at Preston Crown Court, a staff member employed at HMP Garth has today been sentenced following a detailed investigation into corruption by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
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A Stockton-on-Tees man has been jailed after paying to watch a live stream of a child being raped.
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Firearms owners are being urged to check if their previously lawful weapon is one of five now classified as illegal – and to hand them in safely during a month-long amnesty. Police forces across England and Wales will be holding a four-week firearms amnesty (February 2-27) for five models of side or top-venting (TVBFs) weapons manufactured by Bruni.
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Two men are behind bars for their roles in a £17m money laundering operation in Birmingham. The men took the money, made from criminal operations, and deposited vast amounts of cash into bank accounts, where it was then moved on into other accounts.
Four arrested following partnership strikes linked to romance fraud.
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Richard Dale, 48, has been sentenced after he pretended to be a teacher to get close to a young girl online and sent sexually explicit images of himself to the child.
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Vincent Middlebrough, 46, has been sentenced to jail time after he arranged to meet a 14-year-old boy he had been speaking to online in July 2024.
A gang of cowboy builders who defrauded vulnerable and elderly homeowners have been served with a bill for more than £1.5 million.
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This morning (Thursday 22 January) officers from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, supported by Lancashire and Merseyside Police
Jane Littler, 31, of Rivington Road, Chorley, was yesterday (Thursday 15 January) sentenced to five and a half years at Preston Crown Court following an investigation into corruption and the supply of prohibited items to prisoners.