County Durham sex offender behind bars thanks to victim's 'courage and perseverance'
A rape victim who first reported the crime more than 20 years ago, has finally seen her attacker jailed, thanks to her persistence and courage.
A rape victim who first reported the crime more than 20 years ago, has finally seen her attacker jailed, thanks to her persistence and courage.
A reformed former teenage drug user and seller has been spared an immediate prison sentence after, apparently, turning his life around in recent years.
A man who laundered more than £97,000 of illegally-made money through various accounts and into cryptocurrency was told he came as close to going to prison as is possible.
A trial date has been confirmed in the case of a man accused of a fatal stabbing at a North East industrial estate one morning last month.
A man faced with eviction greeted bailiffs with threats that they would be killed, while armed with a samurai sword, a court heard.
A man who took out a meat cleaver, seeking a confrontation with people who he believed had caused damage to his property and threatened his girlfriend, is starting his first prison sentence.
An inmate at a women’s prison who took against an officer at the establishment, made increasingly harmful threats against her, a court heard.
A drug dealer jailed after his arrest at a handover of a consignment of cocaine in County Durham has now been ordered to pay more than £224,000 as proceeds of crime.
A man jailed for assaulting his ex-partner after meeting her, in breach of a restraining order, to take her to Appleby Horse Fair, has apologised to a court for his behaviour in recent years.
An ex-police officer jailed for having sexual relations with a teenage woman while serving in the Durham force in the 1990s has successfully applied to have a restraining order lifted.
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