Stafford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 424 verdicts at Stafford Crown Court (Stafford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

April 2024 2 cases

Jagdeep Singh

Murder *

Sentence

Imprisonment for more than 120 years (collective sentence)

Jagdeep Singh was involved in the armed gang that executed Aurman Singh, a DPD worker, in broad daylight on August 21, 2023, in Shrewsbury. The attack involved multiple weapons and was planned using inside information about the victim's delivery route.

Convicted of murder along with others; part of a group sentenced in April 2024.

1 Apr 2024

Arshdeep Singh

Murder *

Sentence

Imprisonment for more than 120 years (collective sentence)

Arshdeep Singh was part of an armed gang that ambushed and killed Aurman Singh, a DPD delivery driver, in Berwick Avenue, Shrewsbury, on August 21, 2023. The gang used weapons including an axe, golf club, knife, and other items to carry out a violent attack, resulting in fatal injuries such as a fractured skull and stab wounds.

Convicted of murder along with others; part of a group sentenced in April 2024.

1 Apr 2024

March 2024 3 cases

Thomas Moore

Supply of Class A Drugs *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Thomas Moore, 26, of Beaconside, was arrested on April 16, 2023, in Stafford after police stopped and searched a Volkswagen Golf, finding 74 individual wraps of heroin and crack cocaine with a street value of £980. He was charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, pleaded guilty, and was released on bail. While on bail, he set up a new drugs line and continued supplying illicit substances. On September 25, 2023, he was arrested and charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and released on bail again. He then set up another drugs line and was arrested on January 15, 2024, following a search of a property in Stafford, where the line was recovered. He was charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and possession of criminal property, and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of class A to another, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A (crack cocaine), possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A (heroin) and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property. Additional 10 weeks in jail for breaching a suspended sentence order. Judge noted blatant disregard for the law by setting up multiple new drug lines while out on bail.

31 Mar 2024

Kieran Hemming

Intentional strangulation *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment

In June 2024, Kieran Hemming strangled his partner following a row. He followed that up with a number of threatening e-mails. In September 2023, he forced his way inside her home demanding to speak to her, pushed her to the ground before leaving.

Admitted intentional strangulation, assault by beating and harassment – put in fear of violence. Subjected the survivor to a torrent of physical and emotional abuse.

24 Mar 2024

Amy Leigh Clark

Causing or allowing the death of a child *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

Amy Leigh Clark, 34, Darcy's mother, allowed the sustained abuse of her five-week-old daughter by her partner Sean Jefferson to continue until it resulted in her death. Emergency services were called on Mother’s Day, 27 March 2022, after Darcy collapsed at her home in Burntwood. She died in hospital two days later from a catastrophic head injury. The investigation revealed repeated assaults, including 47 fractured ribs and fractures to both legs, inflicted on at least three separate occasions. Medical evidence confirmed the injuries were deliberate.

Found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child, and two counts of causing or allowing serious physical harm.

21 Mar 2024

November 2023 1 case

Keavi Illsley

Causing death by driving without due care and attention while unfit through drink *

Sentence

4 years and 8 months imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 5 years

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.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by driving without due care and attention while unfit through drink. Detective Chief Inspector Al Lyford offered condolences to the victim's family and highlighted the consequences of drink driving.

14 Nov 2023

September 2023 1 case

Matthew Bickley

Conspiring to steal motor vehicles *

Sentence

40 months imprisonment and a £228 surcharge

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.

Pleaded guilty to 15 offences related to vehicle thefts. Ordered to pay a victim surcharge.

19 Sep 2023

August 2023 1 case

Samuel Stewart

Sexual Assault *

Sentence

27 months imprisonment

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.

Admitted three counts of sexual assault and was found guilty on three more counts. Also received a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ordered to pay £150 in surcharge costs.

19 Aug 2023

July 2023 3 cases

Alan Turnbull

Possession with intent to supply cocaine *

Sentence

5 years and 6 months imprisonment

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.

Pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and cannabis; found guilty of possession with intent to supply cocaine after a trial. Detective Sergeant Jon Bradbury commented on the commitment to targeting drug suppliers.

26 Jul 2023

Collard

Causing or allowing the death of a child *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Grocott, the mother, and Collard, the father, were involved in the repeated abuse of their 5-month-old baby, who suffered a collapse at home and died despite medical efforts. Post-mortem revealed serious injuries including fractures to one leg, multiple rib fractures, injuries to the mouth and ear, bruising to the scalp, and deep bruising to an arm. Experts determined the death resulted from chest compression causing cardiac arrest and hypoxic brain damage, with at least 7 abusive events, some on the day of collapse. The child was repeatedly exposed to cannabis.

Convicted by jury of causing or allowing the child to suffer serious injury, causing or allowing the child's death, and child cruelty by exposing the child to cannabis. Sentenced on the basis of allowing the death/injuries. All other sentences concurrent.

18 Jul 2023

Grocott

Causing or allowing the death of a child *

Sentence

8 years imprisonment

18 Jul 2023

October 2022 1 case

Stephen Mchugh

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with minimum term of 18 years

Stephen McHugh, intoxicated on cocaine and alcohol, deliberately drove his Volvo S60 into a crowd of pedestrians on Willow Street in Oswestry, Shropshire, at about 2.45am on Sunday October 9, 2022, after an altercation near the Grill Out takeaway. Bystander Rebecca Steer, 22, was crushed underneath the vehicle and died of catastrophic injuries. McHugh, who had no driving licence, was attempting to frighten the group following verbal abuse about his driving. He was arrested on October 10, 2022, in Gobowen, Shropshire.

Admitted manslaughter and assault but was convicted of murder and attempting to wound. Judge commented on his erratic driving, intoxication, and lack of driving licence. Ordered destruction of the vehicle.

14 Oct 2022

December 2021 1 case

Arran Smith

Actual Bodily Harm *

Sentence

5 years and 10 months imprisonment

Arran Smith engaged in a prolonged pattern of domestic abuse against Aimee Eaton, escalating to physical violence including hitting her with a spirit level and throwing objects at her. On October 2021, while on trial at Walsall Magistrates’ Court for prior domestic assaults, he absconded and attacked Aimee's sister by smashing her car window, grabbing her ponytail, and punching her repeatedly in the head. He then broke into Aimee's family home through the back window, kicked her mother to the floor, and stamped on her head. These assaults on Aimee's family occurred on the day he was due in court for charges related to violence against Aimee.

Pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm, criminal damage, breaching a non-molestation order, breach of a restraining order on conviction, taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and using a motor vehicle on a road without insurance.

16 Dec 2021

November 2021 1 case

Andrew Frank Woolley

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Andrew Frank Woolley assaulted a woman in Uttoxeter in May 2021, leaving her with injuries including two black eyes and bruising.

Pleaded not guilty but was found guilty. Also given a five-year restraining order to come into effect after release.

8 Nov 2021

May 2021 2 cases

Richard Street

Murder *

Sentence

22 years imprisonment

Richard Street, aged 30, partnered with Alan Martyn to pressure Anas Chergat over a £5,000 cannabis debt. On 22 August 2019, after an argument at Mr Chergat's home in Sandon Street, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Martyn stabbed the victim while Street sent threatening text messages. Street and Martyn disposed of the victim's mobile phones in a storm drain at 1.30am, captured on CCTV. Phone and DNA evidence linked them to the crime.

Found guilty following a trial on 5 October. Also pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis, receiving concurrent sentence of 9 months.

6 May 2021

Lewis Crofts

Murder *

Sentence

16 years and three months imprisonment

Lewis Crofts, 30, of Broadstone, Dorset, stabbed his ex-partner Kimberley Deakin, 29, multiple times to the face, neck, and chest at her home in Leigh Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, on 6 November 2020. Police were called by a neighbour just before 4.40pm. Kimberley died just under two hours later at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Witnesses reported a man speeding away in Kimberley’s Vauxhall Corsa, which was located by police in Northampton that evening with Crofts as the sole occupant. There were blood stains on his hands, clothes, and inside the vehicle.

Admitted to killing Kimberley at her home on Leigh Street on 6 November 2020 at an earlier hearing.

4 May 2021

April 2021 2 cases

Ben Hunt

Manslaughter *

Sentence

38 months imprisonment

On 15 May 2019, at about 2pm, Ben Hunt, 32, and a colleague were working at a garage in Speedwall Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, when they heard the alarm of an Audi activate outside. A man called Christopher Walters, 25, had picked up a sledgehammer and was causing damage to the Audi. Hunt and his colleague ran after Mr Walters, who was still carrying the hammer. They chased him along Wood Street to a grassy area, some 400 metres from the garage, where they caught up with him. The men took Mr Walters to the ground and restrained him using a neck restraint. A number of people witnessed the incident. Police attended, and body-worn camera footage showed Mr Walters still held in the neck restraint. He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead just after 4pm. The post mortem found the cause of death to be due to compression of the neck, with deep bruising from the left shoulder to the chest, bruising to the nose and face, and abrasions to the arms and hands. Hunt claimed in interview that his reaction was reasonable force used in self-defence.

Pleaded guilty to the offence in an earlier hearing on 5 March. The force used to restrain the victim was excessive and went on for a long time, leading to his death.

16 Apr 2021

John Rombach

Rape and indecent assault *

Sentence

16 years imprisonment

John Rombach, a 74-year-old from Furness, Glascote, Tamworth, committed multiple sex offences between the late 1980s and 2014, including rape, nine counts of indecent assault, and three further serious sex offences.

Found guilty on 1 April of 13 counts of non-recent sex offences. Also known as Tony.

15 Apr 2021

March 2021 2 cases

Joshua Daniel Twigg

Dangerous driving and taking a motor vehicle without consent *

Sentence

14 months imprisonment

Joshua Daniel Twigg stole a Vauxhall Insignia from the victim's place of work in the Uttoxeter area between 2.30pm and 3pm on 8 February 2021. On 10 February 2021, at about 1.55pm, Staffordshire Police joined a cross-border pursuit initiated by Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire forces after the vehicle was spotted in Nottinghamshire and failed to stop on the M1. The pursuit involved speeds up to 120mph and dangerous driving, continuing through Derbyshire, across the Staffordshire border, along the A50 towards Stoke, then to Draycott-in-the-Moors, Cheadle Road, and ending on Harplow Lane in Cheadle where Twigg was detained while fleeing.

Pleaded guilty to dangerous driving; found guilty of taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. Ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £156. No extra penalties for driving while disqualified and driving without valid insurance.

31 Mar 2021

Kenneth Andrew Mcdermid

Manslaughter *

Sentence

Hospital order with restrictions

Kenneth Andrew McDermid unlawfully killed 71-year-old Ann Wendy Morse at her home in Tunstall Road, Knypersley, on or around 19 March 2020. McDermid had been introduced to Wendy as a handyman and was carrying out improvement works to her home in the weeks prior to her death. He was at her address on Thursday 19 March 2020 and she was not seen or heard from since that date. Wendy was found dead just after 7pm on Sunday 22 March 2020. McDermid fled to Sweden following the death and was arrested by authorities there on Friday 27 March 2020. CCTV footage, phone data, and witness evidence confirmed his involvement. There was no clear animosity between the two, and the exact instigation of the attack may never be known.

Pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility. Suffered from a complex form of mental illness prior to and at the time of the offence. Known also as Kyle McKenzie.

9 Mar 2021

September 2017 1 case

Yohann Ramchelawon

Sexual grooming and possession of indecent images of children *

Sentence

15 years imprisonment

Yohann Ramchelawon, a 30-year-old man born in Mauritius, posed as a young Justin Bieber look-alike online using bogus profiles on Instagram, WhatsApp, Skype, and Facebook to groom schoolgirls aged 12 to 17 from Coventry and across the UK, including Manchester, Lanark in Scotland, Liverpool, St Ives, Shoreham-by-Sea, and East Ham in London, as well as abroad. He steered conversations to intimate subjects, requested naked images, and coerced some victims into performing sex acts on webcams by threatening to share the images with their friends and family. Additionally, he was convicted of penetration and sexual assault against a six-year-old girl in Coventry in October 2016. The investigation began after an IP address linked to messages sent to a 12-year-old Manchester girl was traced to a house in Walsall, leading to his arrest on March 6, 2017, in Huddersfield, where hundreds of indecent images were found on his devices.

Convicted of two counts of inciting a 12-year-old girl to engage in sex acts online, eight charges of possessing indecent images of children, two of distributing the images, and penetration and sexual assault against a six-year-old girl.

18 Sep 2017

August 2016 4 cases

Otis Wray

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

9 months imprisonment

Otis Wray, a subcontractor plumber, participated in duping elderly customers by charging £672 per hour to unblock a toilet and returning the next day for non-emergency soil pipe work at emergency rates, resulting in a total cost of £5,642 for one incident. Victims were targeted between March 2014 and January 2016 as part of a scheme involving false advertising for emergency services and OAP discounts.

Subcontractor. Pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation. Ordered to pay £2,000 costs and £1,113 compensation to victims.

4 Aug 2016

Peter Hawketts

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

16 months imprisonment

Peter Hawketts was involved in a fraudulent plumbing scheme targeting elderly customers, including a Coventry couple charged nearly £1,800 for bathroom work. The operation charged up to £280 per hour for unblocking toilets and other services, using false advertisements for emergency local plumbers with OAP discounts. Incidents occurred between March 2014 and January 2016, with plumbers not carrying basic parts, causing delays and extra charges.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation.

4 Aug 2016

Patrick Thawe

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment

Patrick Thawe participated in a scam by Birmingham-based plumbing firms that overcharged vulnerable elderly customers, such as a Coventry couple paying almost £1,800 for unblocking a toilet and bathroom work at rates up to £280 per hour. False claims in Yellow Pages ads promised emergency services and OAP discounts. Targets were exploited between March 2014 and January 2016, with unnecessary delays in sourcing parts billed at premium rates.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation.

4 Aug 2016

Duane Linton

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Duane Linton directed plumbing companies that duped elderly customers, including a Coventry couple, by charging exorbitant rates of up to £280 per hour for unblocking a toilet and other non-emergency work, totaling nearly £1,800 for bathroom work. Victims were targeted between March 2014 and January 2016. Advertisements falsely claimed emergency services and OAP discounts. Subcontracted plumbers from Birmingham were sent out, and basic parts were not carried, leading to delays and additional premium charges.

Company director of Plumb-Tech Plumbing and Heating Ltd and Plumb-Tech Plumbing and Heating 1 Ltd. Pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation.

4 Aug 2016

December 2013 1 case

Jamie Reynolds

Murder *

Sentence

Whole-life tariff

Jamie Reynolds murdered 17-year-old Georgia Williams at his parents' home in Wellington, Shropshire, on May 26, 2013. He lured her there under the pretense of a photo shoot, strangled her using a noose he had prepared, and watched her die. He then stripped her body, took photographs, dumped her remains in woodland near Wrexham, and went on the run before being arrested in Glasgow. Reynolds had a long-standing obsession with violent pornography and had written graphic stories and scripts detailing the murder in advance. He had prior warnings from police for assaulting another girl in 2008.

Pleaded guilty to murder. Judge stated he posed a grave risk to women and was too dangerous to ever be freed. Described as a scripted, sadistic and sexually-motivated murder.

1 Dec 2013

March 1992 1 case

Maurice Johnson

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

On February 10, 1991, Maurice Johnson attacked his four-month-old son David Johnson, causing a traumatic head injury that resulted in cerebral palsy and other life-changing conditions. The injuries were non-accidental and included at least three separate skull fractures. David was admitted to hospital on that date and never fully recovered. Maurice was convicted following a trial.

Pleaded not guilty. Defence claimed the child fell off his knee while feeding, but prosecution argued injuries indicated a sustained attack with at least three separate skull fractures.

6 Mar 1992

November 1981 1 case

Theodore Johnson

Manslaughter *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

On 18 May 1981, Theodore Johnson killed his wife Yvonne Johnson during an argument at their ninth-floor flat in Wolverhampton. He hit her with a glass vase and pushed her off the balcony. Witnesses heard her screaming and saw her holding onto the edge, but Johnson did nothing to help until she fell to her death.

Convicted of manslaughter on the basis of provocation after being cleared of murder.

4 Nov 1981

Date Not Specified 22 cases

Steven Bould

Intentionally sexually touching underage girls *

Sentence

33 months imprisonment

Steven Bould, a former maths teacher, sexually touched underage girls on at least 20 occasions across nine charges. Seven offences occurred while he worked at The Pingle Academy in Swadlincote (employed 2018-2019), and two at Nether Stowe School in Lichfield (2010-2016). Charges included intentionally touching girls under 13 or 16 sexually without consent, such as touching legs on multiple occasions. He resided in Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2ZG.

Convicted of nine charges. Pleaded guilty to several charges including the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth. Ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for 10 years.

1 Jan 0001

Sam Newbrook

Robbery *

Sentence

4 years and 2 months imprisonment

Sam Newbrook assaulted his ex-partner at a pub in September 2025, striking her on the head. He later followed her to another location, and she agreed to drive him home. During the drive, he became irate and she stopped the car. He pulled her to the ground, stole her car keys, and drove off. Police spotted the car in Lichfield but he failed to stop, later abandoning the vehicle in Burntwood. He was arrested at the victim's address.

Pleaded guilty to robbery, assault by beating, harassment without violence, taking a motor vehicle without consent, and driving while disqualified. Also handed a seven-year restraining order.

1 Jan 0001

Samantha Halden-Evans

Conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office *

Sentence

four years and two months in prison

Samantha Halden-Evans, 36, from Cheadle, who worked for the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership, conspired to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire by committing misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and two counts of conspiring to pervert the course of justice following a trial.

1 Jan 0001

Sian Ansell

Conspiring to import a class B drug *

Sentence

6 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, with a 15-day rehabilitation order and 100 hours unpaid work

Sian Ansell was part of a Midland gang involved in a conspiracy to import and export cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Police carried out dawn raids in Tamworth last October and arrested her. She pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a class B drug cannabis and possession of criminal property.

Pleaded guilty to all charges.

1 Jan 0001

Wayne Riley

Conspiring to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

two years and eight months in prison

Wayne Riley, 41, from Cheadle, conspired to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire by perverting the course of justice.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to pervert the course of justice ahead of the trial on 25th October 2023.

1 Jan 0001

Tim Moule

Voyeurism and making indecent images *

Sentence

52 months imprisonment

Former head teacher at a school in Shropshire secretly filmed boys getting changed from uniforms into sports kit and downloaded more than 3,500 indecent images of children following 1,700 paedophile-related web searches. Devices also contained videos of the voyeurism. Reported to police after a parent found social media messages from Moule to her son. Sacked after images found on hard drive and laptop. Of Severn Way, Cressage, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Admitted voyeurism and making indecent images charges. Previously admitted six counts of recording a person doing a private act and two counts of making indecent photos of a child. Judge Michael Chambers QC noted it was a gross breach of trust with little remorse shown; aggravating feature that children were in pain and distress. Defence stated little could be said to mitigate.

1 Jan 0001

Mckenzie Winkle

Encouraging self-harm and child sexual offences *

Sentence

3 years and 9 months imprisonment

McKenzie Winkle, 18, from Great Wyrley, encouraged young girls online to self-harm and commit sex acts as part of a 'Com group' - online networks where offenders groom and manipulate young people. Winkle pleaded guilty to two counts of encouraging serious self-harm, two counts of attempting to cause/incite a girl aged 13-15 to engage in sexual activity, three counts of making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of a child, and one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. He was arrested in August 2025 after a search of his home and seizure of devices, with forensic examination revealing the offending. This was the first victimless prosecution of its kind in the Midlands, with no direct victim coming forward.

Pleaded guilty to multiple counts of encouraging self-harm and child sexual offences. Part of a 'Com group' targeting young girls online. Placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

1 Jan 0001

Nikki Baker

Conspiring to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

ten months in prison

Nikki Baker, 35, from Werrington, conspired to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire by perverting the course of justice.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to pervert the course of justice ahead of the trial on 26th October 2023.

1 Jan 0001

Nicola Hitt

Child sex offences *

Sentence

8 years and 3 months imprisonment

Nicola Hitt, 53, and her husband Kevin from Gosport, Hampshire, were raided by police at their home in Tamworth, Staffordshire in October 2019. Officers seized video footage of abuse and pornographic images. The couple committed a series of child sex abuse crimes.

Admitted five counts of causing a boy or girl to engage in sexual activity without penetration and four counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. Made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and added to the sex offenders register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Neil Fillingham

Breach of sex offender notification requirements *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Neil Fillingham, 45, from Cannock, Staffordshire, used deleted messaging apps and undeclared work devices to conceal predatory communications with children. He was already on a suspended sentence for previous child sexual offences and systematically violated his conditions to regain online access to minors. He was also convicted of failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements. Sentencing followed a proactive investigation by Staffordshire Police.

High-risk recidivist and registered sex offender; breached suspended sentence and court order by using undeclared devices for predatory communications with children; convicted of failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements.

1 Jan 0001

Neil Moore

Being concerned in the supply of cocaine and ketamine *

Sentence

2 years 9 months imprisonment

Neil Moore was part of a Midland gang involved in a conspiracy to import and export cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Police carried out dawn raids in Tamworth last October and arrested him. He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and ketamine.

Pleaded guilty to all charges.

1 Jan 0001

Peter Norman Devon Anderson

Possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin *

Sentence

two-and-a-half years imprisonment

In August 2022, officers from the Major and Organised Crime Team stopped Anderson on Walkmill Lane, Bridgetown, Cannock. They found four deals of crack cocaine and a phone on him. A follow-up search of his home uncovered around 50 more deals of crack and heroin, along with drug scales.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

1 Jan 0001

Paul Hodkinson

Possessing a firearm without a certificate *

Sentence

two years and eight months' imprisonment

Paul Hodkinson, 50, of Uttoxeter, was spotted by police driving an Audi with two different number plates through Penkridge on August 31 last year. Officers tailed him to a petrol station on the A449 where an item was placed in his boot. The vehicle was stopped on Cannock Road where a stolen double-barrelled 20-bore shotgun was found in the boot, along with cocaine and cannabis on his person. While on bail, he was stopped again on October 16 last year in Uttoxeter, yielding more cocaine, cannabis, and cash. A raid found scales, empty snap seal bags, and traces of white powder.

Admitted possessing a firearm without a certificate, possession with intent to supply cocaine, and possession of cannabis.

1 Jan 0001

Robert Murphy

Operating an illegal waste site *

Sentence

7 months imprisonment

Robert Murphy, 49, of Carver Road, Burton-on-Trent, ran an illegal waste site for 15 months off the A38 at Eggington near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Between 3 January 2013 and 28 June 2014, he used land belonging to a vulnerable and elderly couple to deposit, store and burn large quantities of mixed waste including metal, wood, electrical items and construction and demolition waste without owning the site or having an environmental permit.

Confiscation Order made requiring payment of £20,793 compensation to the landowner and £10,000 prosecution costs to the Environment Agency. Served additional 12-month default sentence for failure to comply.

1 Jan 0001

Rufat Ademaj

Possession with intent to supply class A drug *

Sentence

2 years and 9 months imprisonment

Police discovered 42 bags of cocaine inside a car on a Staffordshire street in March. Rufat Ademaj was arrested after the seizure. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply the class A drug cocaine, being concerned in the supply of the class A drug cocaine, possession of criminal property, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, and driving with no insurance.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drug cocaine, being concerned in the supply of class A drug cocaine, possession of criminal property, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, and driving with no insurance. Police spokesman commented on disrupting supply of illegal substances.

1 Jan 0001

Ryan Slater

Robbery *

Sentence

5 years and 10 months in prison

On February 25, 2025, Ryan Slater, 34, of Burton, left his house at 5.35am with a knife. He threatened a man waiting for a bus on Horninglow Road, Burton, receiving £5. He then entered a shop on the same road, threatened two workers with the knife and demanded the till, but fled without anything when a shopper entered. Police arrested him after a short foot chase. On January 24, 2026, he entered another shop on Horninglow Road with a knife, demanded the till, tried to open it, but ran off empty-handed.

Admitted two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place, and one count of robbery. Pleaded guilty in court.

1 Jan 0001

Joseph Tinkler

Downloading indecent images of children *

Sentence

four-and-a-half years imprisonment

Joseph Tinkler, 24, of Wolverhampton Road, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Staffordshire, downloaded thousands of indecent images and videos of children as young as six being sexually assaulted or raped by adults, including Category A images of girls aged 7-10 being raped. Police raided his home on September 15, 2020, finding images on iPhone, iPad, and computer tower; further raids on April 28, 2021, and November 4, 2021, found more material including computer-generated images and messages with a paedophile about violent rape of children. Also possessed images and videos of sexual abuse of animals.

Pleaded guilty to 11 charges of downloading indecent images of children and possession of images of the sexual abuse of an animal. Subject to indefinite sexual harm prevention order and sex offender registration. Judge described it as one of the most serious cases dealt with.

1 Jan 0001

Jonathan Hill

Conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office *

Sentence

one year and six months in prison

Jonathan Hill, 47, from Newcastle, who worked for the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership, conspired to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office in January 2023.

1 Jan 0001

Jeno Pierre Maka

Causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity *

Sentence

4 years 6 months imprisonment

Jeno Pierre Maka, 21, of Stoke-on-Trent, was part of a group of seven arrested on 19 December 2018 by Staffordshire Police's Child Protection and Exploitation Team. The investigation targeted the abuse of three 13-year-old girls in Burton-upon-Trent from May to September 2018. Trials took place in June 2021 and February 2022. Maka was convicted on two counts of causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, involving manipulative tactics against the victims. He received a sentence of four and a half years' imprisonment at Stafford Crown Court on 28 July 2022.

Convicted on two counts of causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.

1 Jan 0001

Gurwinder Singh

Attempted murder and rape *

Sentence

30 years imprisonment

Gurwinder Singh, a 36-year-old man from Walsall, engaged in a prolonged campaign of abuse against a woman, beginning with verbal insults and degradation before escalating to physical assaults and stalking. On 6 May 2024, he forced his way into her address armed with a knife, stabbed her multiple times in the arm, chest, and stomach, leaving her just millimetres from death, then undressed and raped her while continuing to issue death threats. The victim stated she would have died had police not arrived promptly. Singh was arrested and later found guilty at trial. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison at Stafford Crown Court.

Found guilty at trial. Prolonged campaign of domestic abuse including verbal, physical and psychological abuse, stalking, attempted murder by stabbing, and rape. Victim's courage praised by detective sergeant.

1 Jan 0001

Enis Kamberi

Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

1 year 8 months imprisonment

Enis Kamberi, 19, was seen in the passenger seat of a car in Tamworth. Officers saw a woman briefly get into the car before leaving and followed it into Warwickshire. When the car stopped, Kamberi got out and tried to flee but his attempt was short-lived. Officers found a hidden compartment in the car containing 18 wraps of cocaine stuffed into a sock alongside £380. Kamberi was arrested and later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property.

1 Jan 0001

Jameel Hassan

Conspiring to import a class B drug *

Sentence

4 years 2 months imprisonment

Jameel Hassan was part of a Midland gang involved in a conspiracy to import and export cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Police carried out dawn raids in Tamworth last October and arrested him. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a class B drug ketamine and two counts of being concerned in the supply of class B drugs cannabis and ketamine.

Pleaded guilty to all charges.

1 Jan 0001

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