Stafford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 382 verdicts at Stafford Crown Court (Stafford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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

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

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

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 10 cases

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

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

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

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

Mark Ball

Sexual assault *

Sentence

four years imprisonment

Mark Ball, 52, from Penkridge, sexually assaulted a woman inside a house in March this year. He initially denied that anything happened but faced with evidence, he admitted his crimes in court.

Previously pleaded guilty.

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

David Whitefield

Fraud *

Sentence

two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, with 300 hours unpaid work

David Whitefield ran Whitefield Properties which had branches in Milton, Leek and Crewe. Over a four-year period he pocketed the rent and deposits paid by tenants rather than passing on the cash to landlords or deposit protection schemes. Whitefield Properties collapsed into administration in 2014, owing more than £198,000. An investigation found the 44-year-old made 1,200 payments totalling £123,000. Staff were ordered to tell landlords he was out if they called demanding their missing rent.

Pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading and two counts of fraud. Banned from being a company director for five years. Victims criticised the sentence as lenient.

1 Jan 0001

Clowes

Gross negligence manslaughter *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years

The defendant was prosecuted for manslaughter following a complicated case of gross negligence manslaughter.

Acquitted of unlawful act manslaughter. Convicted of gross negligence manslaughter by jury (Calver J). Prosecuted by Richard Barraclough KC leading Robert Price, instructed by West Midlands CPS.

1 Jan 0001

Damien Roberts

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

11 years in prison

Damien Roberts, aged 27, of College Road in Oswestry, drove a black Nissan Qashqai southbound on the A5, colliding head-on with a white Nissan Juke on the bridge over the Ceiriog river near Chirk at 7pm on December 2nd, 2022. The 49-year-old driver of the Nissan Juke died at the scene.

Pleaded not guilty to manslaughter but admitted death by dangerous driving charge. Plea not accepted by prosecutor Kevin Hegarty KC.

1 Jan 0001

Amar Tasaddiq Hussain

Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, aged 29 from Birmingham, sparked a major national security alert by making a hoax 999 call on December 8, 2014, falsely claiming a Muslim West Midlands Police colleague was going to be kidnapped. The call, made amid a severe national terrorism threat level, caused fears of a Lee Rigby-style attack, leading to an unprecedented police response to protect officers and staff. Counter-terrorism detectives initially arrested a suspect, but evidence including voice analysis linked Hussain to the call. The plot stemmed from a grudge against colleagues from an Islamic community organisation, following a prior false report of a forced marriage in September 2014. Hussain conspired with Adil Bashir and Muhammad Ali Sheikh, who bought a phone with his money to send a WhatsApp message discrediting the colleagues.

Found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Admitted making the hoax 999 call. Former police officer with West Midlands Police. Tried to access police logs and involved in prior malicious report.

1 Jan 0001

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Stafford Crown Court, located in Stafford, is a Crown Court that handles serious criminal cases including murder, rape, robbery, and other indictable offences. With 382 sentencing records in our database, it is one of the Crown Courts serving the Stafford area. Crown Courts sit with a judge and jury, and have the power to impose the full range of sentences available under UK law.

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