Stafford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Keavi Illsley, 24, had been drinking before driving her Vauxhall Corsa with Katie Westwood as a passenger in the early hours of October 8, 2022. The car left the road on Bitham Lane, Stretton, crashed through a fence, and hit a tree, resulting in serious injuries to Ms. Westwood, who was later found dead near the scene. Illsley removed Ms. Westwood from the car before being arrested and charged.

Matthew Bickley, aged 43, was involved in the theft of 15 vans, specifically Mercedes Sprinter vans, across East Staffordshire, Stafford, Tamworth, Cannock, and Lichfield. The offences occurred between August 2022 and mid-January 2023. He was linked to the crimes through forensic evidence and witness accounts, and he admitted his involvement.

Samuel Stewart, a former carer aged 65 from Burton, sexually assaulted two women in East Staffordshire between August 2020 and April 2021. He made repeated sexual remarks to the victims and touched one of them on multiple occasions. The incidents were reported to Staffordshire Police in April 2021, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction.

In February 2023, Alan Turnbull was seen handing over a package to a woman on Hednesford's Station Road. He then entered an Audi, where police conducted a search and discovered 11 wraps of cocaine, £240 in cash, two mobile phones, and some cannabis vegetation. He was arrested and later faced charges related to these findings.