Luton Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 19 verdicts at Luton Crown Court (Luton). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Evie Wiles

Causing death by dangerous driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Five years and six months imprisonment

Evie Wiles was distracted by exchanging WhatsApp messages on her phone while driving her Seat Leon car. She accelerated through a red light at the junction of London Road and Two Waters Road in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on February 2, 2023, striking and killing 14-year-old Christopher Arnett, who was crossing the road as a boy scout. She approached the lights at 20-30mph and accelerated to 30-35mph, knowing the junction would delay her if she stopped.

Pleaded not guilty but was found guilty following a trial. No previous convictions. Also received a five-year driving ban with an additional 30 months extension. Judge Andrew Hatton noted she was distracted by her phone and rejected her account of the events.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Nicholas Prosper

Murder

March 19, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 49 years

Nicholas Prosper, 19, from Luton, killed his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, and siblings Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, by shooting them at their family flat on September 13, 2024. He also stabbed his brother more than 100 times and had been planning a mass shooting at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, targeting at least 30 young children and two teachers, motivated by a desire for notoriety and to cause what he called 'the biggest massacre in the 21st century'. He created home-made videos practising with a plank of wood.

Planned a mass shooting at a primary school and had no prior concerns during secondary school up to year 11.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Rahamim Shy

Arranging the commission of a child sex offence (rape)

January 29, 2025

Sentence: 11 years and six months in prison

Rahamim Shy, a former US government adviser and international investment banker, planned to rape a nine-year-old girl. He engaged in explicit online conversations for over a month with an undercover officer posing as the girl's grandmother. Shy travelled from New York to Bedfordshire in February 2024, bringing items like cuddly toys and condoms to facilitate the abuse. He was arrested upon arrival and evidence from his phone, including indecent images, was presented in court. The child did not exist, but his actions demonstrated clear intent.

Found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence and possessing indecent photographs of a child. Defence argued jurisdictional issues but was unsuccessful. CPS highlighted his intent and the police operation's success.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Skylar Dalziel

January 3, 2025

Sentence: 21 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months and 180 hours of unpaid work

Skylar Dalziel illegally accessed cloud storage accounts linked to artists including Coldplay, Shawn Mendes, Melanie Martinez, Upsahl, and Bebe Rexha, stealing thousands of copyrighted tracks and selling them on the dark web, pocketing £42,000 between April 2021 and January 2023. She transferred the money to bank accounts in the US, and police are working with Homeland Security to identify linked individuals.

Tyron Harvey

Robbery

November 6, 2024

Sentence: 2 years and 6 months imprisonment

Tyron Harvey, 23, from Welwyn Garden City, committed a series of offences in December 2023, including possessing an article with a blade or point, robbery, attempted robbery, and threatening another with a blade. He was arrested on December 22, 2023, charged the same day, and has remained in custody. The crimes involved knife-related activities and occurred in the local area, with details emerging from police investigations.

Pleaded guilty to knife offences, robbery, attempted robbery, damaging property, and assaulting an emergency worker. Spent time on remand. DC Alice Garrett commented that this should serve as a warning to others carrying knives.

Sources: whtimes.co.uk

Scott Paterson

Murder

November 4, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 19 years and 178 days

Scott Paterson suffocated his 74-year-old landlady, Annette Smith, with a pillow at their shared home in Fairfield, Bedfordshire, in November 2023. He dismembered her body using a kitchen knife and saw, hid the remains in a storage unit in Letchworth, and attempted to cover up the crime by sending Christmas messages and cards from her email account, as well as selling her jewellery to pay off debts.

Made a full admission upon arrest. Judge described actions as awful and callous. He was in a position of trust, having cared for the victim after her stroke.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Athif Hussaindeen

Murder

October 15, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 24 years

Athif Hussaindeen was involved in an initial fight after school on September 29, 2023, in Runfold Avenue, Luton. He was injured earlier that day and later participated in a larger clash in a car park where he stabbed Ashraf Habimana in the back three times, resulting in his death, and stabbed another 16-year-old who survived. The incident escalated from a school fight and involved weapons.

Unanimously found guilty of murder after a trial. Also convicted of attempted murder, violent disorder, and possession of a bladed article. The judge highlighted that the victim was unarmed and trying to escape.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Althaf Hussaindeen

Manslaughter

October 15, 2024

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Althaf Hussaindeen was part of a group of teenagers who clashed in a car park in Luton on September 29, 2023. He assaulted Ashraf Habimana, who was unarmed and not involved in the initial fight, during the altercation that stemmed from an earlier school dispute, leading to his brother stabbing the victim.

Found guilty of manslaughter and violent disorder. Was captured on CCTV assaulting the victim before his brother stabbed him.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Timone Crossman

Violent Disorder

October 15, 2024

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Timone Crossman was involved in the violent disorder during clashes in a car park in Luton on September 29, 2023, where multiple teenagers armed with knives confronted each other following an initial fight after school.

Frederick Stock

Burglary

May 17, 2024

Sentence: four months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and £1,000 compensation

Frederick Stock, 42, of Woods Avenue, Hatfield, entered Watford General Hospital as a trespasser on April 12 and stole electronic devices (laptops, a tablet, and a phone), drills, and screwdrivers worth approximately £1,000.

Admitted to burglary. The offence was considered serious due to previous convictions, but the sentence was suspended due to a realistic prospect of rehabilitation. No order for costs or surcharge was made as compensation was prioritised.

Sources: watfordobserver.co.uk

Waqas Hussain

Cannabis possession and driving over the limit for cannabis

May 10, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £253

Waqas Hussain possessed cannabis and drove over the limit for cannabis in Kings Langley on June 27, 2024.

Liam Winters

Illegal waste disposal

May 8, 2024

Sentence: 17-month imprisonment and ordered to pay £78,835 under proceeds of crime

Liam Winters, as a director of Codicote Quarry Ltd and Anstey Quarry Company Ltd, illegally disposed of approximately 200,000 cubic metres of household and business waste, including electrical items, furniture, food packaging, wood, and metal, at Codicote Quarry near Stevenage over nearly three years. He also dumped banned and harmful materials at Anstey Quarry near Royston and a nearby shooting ground, using soil to cover waste and building a 10-metre-high embankment. The sites exceeded permitted waste limits, causing environmental harm and unfair competition to compliant businesses. He was investigated by the Environment Agency in 2017.

Pleaded in relation to illegal waste operations; prior warnings from the Environment Agency were ignored; faces additional two years in prison if payment not made within three months.

Sources: thecomet.net

Shilyrand Charigwati

Murder

April 23, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Shilyrand Charigwati contacted police at around 4.40pm on April 14, 2024, stating she may have killed her two-year-old daughter Roselyn. Officers and ambulance services attended, but Roselyn passed away in hospital shortly after. Charigwati, from Juniper Square in Hemel Hempstead, was involved in the incident that led to her daughter's death.

Pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but was found guilty of murder by a jury. Detective Inspector Justine Jenkins noted the distressing nature of the case.

Sources: thecomet.net

Courtney Richman

Manslaughter

March 1, 2024

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment, suspended for 21 months, with a rehabilitation requirement of 15 to 25 days and 180 hours of unpaid work

On December 6, 2021, inside Lloyds Bank in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Courtney Richman became impatient in a queue behind 82-year-old Myra Coutinho-Lopez, who was confused due to Alzheimer's and causing a delay. Richman clapped when Mrs Coutinho-Lopez was assisted, but when the elderly woman swung her handbag at her, Richman pushed her to the floor, causing injuries that led to her death 10 days later.

Found guilty in March; includes rehabilitation and unpaid work as part of the sentence. Detective superintendent Rob Hall noted it was a harrowing ordeal for the victim's family.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Tudor Manolache

Causing death by careless driving

July 21, 2023

Sentence: 14 months imprisonment and disqualified from driving for two years

Tudor Manolache was riding an electric unicycle along the pavement of Hatters Way in Luton on September 5, 2022, at speeds between 20 to 30 miles per hour, when he collided with 88-year-old Leonard Bailey, who was walking in the opposite direction. Mr Bailey was taken to hospital and died of his injuries a few weeks later.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving and causing death whilst uninsured or unlicenced. Has taken full responsibility and is very remorseful.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Luke Flanagan

Causing death by dangerous driving

April 17, 2023

Sentence: 5 years and 7 months imprisonment

Luke Flanagan, 28, was driving his Ford Transit van near Renhold in Bedfordshire on November 1, 2021, while under the influence of cocaine and using TikTok on his phone. He failed to pay attention to the road, crashing into a stationary Peugeot 2008 driven by 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird, who was taking her 16-year-old daughter Khiana to school. The collision pushed the Peugeot under a heavy goods vehicle, causing it to burst into flames and resulting in the deaths of both victims. Flanagan sustained facial burns while attempting to help them.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Also disqualified from driving for 4 years and 9 months. A drug driving test showed he was three times the legal limit for cocaine, and his phone data indicated use of TikTok.

Sources: standard.co.uk

George Duke-Cohan

Making hoax bomb threats

December 7, 2018

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

George Duke-Cohan made bogus bomb threats by emailing thousands of schools in the UK and US, warning of explosives and claiming a pipe bomb had been planted, which led to the evacuation of more than 400 schools in March and April 2018. He also phoned in a fake report of a hijacked aircraft on a United Airlines flight between the UK and San Francisco while under investigation. He was arrested multiple times, including on August 31, 2018, at his home in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of making hoax bomb threats. Judge Richard Foster remarked that he knew the havoc it would cause and was playing a game for his own perverted sense of fun in full knowledge of the consequences.

Sources: standard.co.uk

David Cooper

Possessing a firearm without a licence

April 12, 2016

Sentence: five years imprisonment

On March 7, 2016, plumbers were called to fix a boiler at David Cooper's home on Dewsbury Road, Luton, where they discovered a bag containing an illegal Russian pistol, specifically a Baikal handgun known as a Makarov pistol, and a silencer. Police executed a warrant the next day, seized the items, and arrested Cooper. Forensics analysis confirmed his DNA on the bags containing the weapon and silencer.

Admitted possessing a firearm without a licence. DNA evidence linked him to the weapon, and he had hidden the gun.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Maria Nistor

Fraud

September 29, 2015

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Maria Nistor set up profiles on dating websites such as SugarDaddies.com and Match.com to deceive five wealthy men out of nearly £500,000. Over a two-and-a-half-year period from April 2011 to October 2013, she falsely claimed she needed the money for property investments, including changing deeds on a Romanian property inherited from her late father and selling a property supposedly given by an ex-boyfriend. She met some victims in person and continued her lies, leading to their financial loss and heartbreak.

Admitted five counts of fraud between April 2011 and October 2013, pocketing £488,000. Detective Constable Suzanne Chappel highlighted the devastating emotional and financial impact on victims.

Sources: standard.co.uk

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