Warwick Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 503 verdicts at Warwick Crown Court (Leamington Spa). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Shaun Hargie

Possession of heroin *

Sentence

12-month community order with one-month electronically-monitored curfew and 40 hours unpaid work

In April 2016, police raided Hargie's home with a warrant. He was found in his bedroom trying to swallow ten foil-wrapped £10 deals of heroin. He spat them out when ordered. He claimed they were for his own use, not supply. This was his first offence since 2009.

Pleaded not guilty to possession with intent to supply; guilty plea to simple possession accepted. Previous convictions for possessing heroin with intent to supply in 1999 and 2004. Judge Andrew Lockhart QC remarked on his 'scourge of class A drugs'.

1 Jan 0001

Seamus Mcdonagh

Conspiracy to steal caravans and motor homes *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Seamus McDonagh, 57, of Coventry, was part of an organised crime group that stole caravans and transit vans from Warwickshire and the West Midlands. The offences took place between September 2012 and the group's arrest, with the total value of stolen vehicles around £250,000. The police investigation began after Andrew Lee was arrested on the M6 towing a stolen caravan, and subsequent inquiries uncovered the wider conspiracy. McDonagh was convicted of conspiracy to steal caravans and motor homes.

Found guilty after a two-and-a-half week trial. Part of an organised crime group.

1 Jan 0001

Seamus Mcguire

Conspiracy to steal caravans and motor homes *

Sentence

8 years imprisonment

Seamus McGuire, 25, of Coventry, was part of an organised crime group that stole caravans and transit vans from Warwickshire and the West Midlands. The offences took place between September 2012 and the group's arrest, with the total value of stolen vehicles around £250,000. The police investigation began after Andrew Lee was arrested on the M6 towing a stolen caravan, and subsequent inquiries uncovered the wider conspiracy. McGuire was convicted of conspiracy to steal caravans and motor homes.

Found guilty after a two-and-a-half week trial. Part of an organised crime group.

1 Jan 0001

Shane Harris

Burglary *

Sentence

2 years 5 months imprisonment

In the early hours of March 16, Harris broke into a multi-occupancy house in Glebe Crescent, Rugby. A resident was woken at 4am by a commotion and saw Harris, who was extremely drunk, being detained by other residents who had caught him coming out of one of the rooms. Although he had not taken anything from that specific room, he had stolen alcohol, food and clothing from another room. The police were contacted and Harris, who had extensive previous convictions, was arrested. He made full admissions during questioning. This was his third domestic burglary conviction.

Pleaded guilty. Third conviction for domestic burglary. 20% discount for plea. Judge Anthony Potter stated it was the least possible sentence.

1 Jan 0001

Shane Hunt

Conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine *

Sentence

32 months imprisonment

Shane Hunt, 26, was involved in a conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. A covert police investigation, Operation Clipper, targeted drug supply in the Brownsover area and centred on Hunt's home in Betony Road. He was arrested on 28 July 2015, and police seized property consistent with drug trafficking. He was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court.

Convicted as part of Operation Clipper, a covert investigation into class A drug supply in Brownsover.

1 Jan 0001

Ryan Mitchell

Threatening behaviour *

Sentence

Community order with 12 months supervision

Mitchell was one of the men who arrived at the house during the incident where a 15-year-old autistic boy was threatened with knives and assaulted. He admitted using threatening behaviour.

Admitted using threatening behaviour.

1 Jan 0001

Ryan Nicholls

Assault causing actual bodily harm *

Sentence

15 months imprisonment for assault causing actual bodily harm, with concurrent six-month sentences for supplying cannabis

In October, a group of men including Nicholls, armed with knives, threatened a 15-year-old autistic boy at a house in Rugby over an alleged fake £20 note used to buy cannabis. The victim was chased, punched, and kicked by about five men. Nicholls pleaded guilty to assaulting the victim and common assault. In a separate incident in January, he was stopped by police in his car with accomplice Whiteley, and both were found with drugs and cash; Nicholls admitted being a cannabis supplier with approximately 30 customers.

Pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and common assault against a 15-year-old autistic victim, and to two charges of supplying cannabis. Had no remorse, saying victim 'got what he deserved'. Defence conceded behaviour was 'despicable'.

1 Jan 0001

Sam Morgan

Possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis *

Sentence

3 years 6 months imprisonment

Sam Morgan, 24, was involved in dealing cocaine and cannabis. In November 2020, police raided his home on Grendon Drive and discovered large quantities of the drugs, along with cash, scales and mobile phones containing messages related to drug dealing. He was charged and later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply both substances.

Pleaded guilty to the offences. Police found drugs, cash, scales, and phones with drug dealing messages during a raid in November 2020.

1 Jan 0001

Sandrine Brown

Child sex offences *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

Sandrine Brown, a 31-year-old PE teacher at Finham Park School in Coventry, groomed two teenage girls aged 13-17 between 2008 and 2011 via an internet messaging site. She engaged in sexual activity with them in a school store room, at her home, in a car, and at a hotel. Brown pleaded guilty to one charge of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity while in a position of trust, and five counts of sexual activity with a child. The offences caused profound psychological harm, with one victim saying she felt groomed into thinking she was gay. Brown had no previous convictions but suffered from depression. The judge imposed a sexual harm prevention order alongside the prison sentence.

Pleaded guilty to six child sex offences (one inciting a child to engage in sexual activity while in a position of trust, five sexual activity with a child). Judge Richard Griffith-Jones described case as a tragedy and highlighted 'gross breach of trust'. Also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

1 Jan 0001

Robert Newman

Indecency with a child *

Sentence

16 months imprisonment

Robert Newman sexually abused a young boy from Rugby he had taken on a fishing trip more than 20 years ago, when the victim was aged 10 or 11 in the early 1990s. The victim reported the abuse to police in December the previous year. When police visited Newman, he admitted abusing a number of boys but said he could not remember the specific victim. He pleaded guilty to a charge of indecency with a child.

Pleaded guilty. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano said it was the longest sentence she could impose after giving him credit for his plea, as she had to decide the sentence according to the law at the time of the offence. Newman had previously been convicted in 1996 for inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency, and in 2002 he was jailed for five years for offences including having sex with a boy under 16 and indecently assaulting younger boys.

1 Jan 0001

Rhys Moreton

Burglary *

Sentence

2 years and 2 months imprisonment

Rhys Moreton took part in a burglary at a house in Farmer Ward Road, Kenilworth, on 8 September, with Darryl Brown, stealing coins, a TV, a computer, and a back door key. On 14 September, he participated in a burglary at Jefferson Way, Coventry, but nothing was stolen. Later that day, he joined in a burglary at Woodcote Avenue, Nuneaton, where watches and other property were taken. He was also a passenger in the stolen VW Golf driven by his brother Jack when they were caught.

Pleaded guilty to three charges of burglary and one of being carried in a stolen car.

1 Jan 0001

Rian Wrighton

Affray, Assault and Criminal Damage *

Sentence

8 months imprisonment

Rian Wrighton, 24, from Newbold Road, Rugby, had an on-off relationship with his ex-girlfriend Holly Jelley, with whom he had an 18-month-old child. In the early morning of 9 November 2014, after failing to contact her, Wrighton broke into her home in Arnold Street by smashing a rear window and climbing through. When Miss Jelley opened the front door to a friend of Wrighton, he grabbed her by the neck, pushed her to the floor, chased her outside in her pyjamas, and punched her up to five times in the stomach. He then fled with the friend. In March 2015, while on bail for that incident, he entered her home again, threatened her, pulled a hammer from a rucksack, and demanded to check her phone for photographs, jealousy believing there were other men in her life, and also damaged her new television.

Pleaded guilty to affray, two charges of causing damage, and two of assault. Judge warned him to respect his ex-partner's freedom. Had no previous convictions.

1 Jan 0001

Roland Midgley

Indecent assault *

Sentence

3 years 6 months imprisonment

Roland Midgley, a woodwork teacher at Kineton High School, sexually abused two 13-year-old schoolboys in the 1980s. He took each boy individually to a private place and fondled them. The abuse came to light when one victim complained in 1999, but Midgley was not charged at the time. The matter was later pursued when the second victim disclosed the abuse after discussing his school days on social media. Midgley was found guilty of three charges of indecent assault.

Pleaded not guilty, found guilty of three charges of indecent assault. Ordered to register as a sex offender for life. Judge commented that his actions were a gross breach of trust and would affect the victims for their entire lives.

1 Jan 0001

Romeo Petre

Theft *

Sentence

10 months imprisonment

Romeo Petre and another man were caught on CCTV at 10.30pm on September 9, forcing pieces off the card slots of cash points at Barclays on North Street in Rugby town centre. They used a large chisel during the thefts. When officers caught them, they had one stolen aperture, and the other was found nearby. The apertures have little intrinsic value but are used by organised crime to construct skimming devices to capture card details. Petre, a Romanian national who arrived in the UK in 2001, worked as a painter and decorator to support his family. He spent four months in custody before sentencing.

Pleaded guilty. Judge recommended deportation after serving sentence. Defendant drove co-accused to scene, described as secondary party. The apertures were stolen for use in skimming devices to capture bank card details.

1 Jan 0001

Ronald Brown

Indecent assault *

Sentence

3.5 years imprisonment

Ronald Brown sexually abused a young boy in the 1990s. The victim, who was under 14 at the time, went to Brown's home in Rugby to borrow secateurs. Brown gave him juice, then sat next to him on a sofa and touched him sexually over his shorts, asking if he would tell his parents; the victim said he was scared and would not tell. There had been an earlier incident at Brown's home where Brown intimately touched the boy and made the boy touch him. Brown denied the offences but was found guilty after trial.

Found guilty following a trial of two charges of indecent assault and one of gross indecency. Ordered to register as a sex offender for life. Judge Peter Cooke described his actions as wicked, noting his previous good character and his having procured the victim's silence.

1 Jan 0001

Ronald Potter

Indecent assault *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Ronald Potter, 79, from Tippers Hill Lane, Fillongley, near Coventry, a former Special Constable, indecently assaulted a victim approximately 15 years prior to the main trial. The offence predated the 2009-2010 Birmingham child sex ring, but was uncovered during the inquiry into the abuse of a 14-year-old boy. The primary case involved the prostitution and sexual abuse of the boy by Stephen Kelly and others, including rapes and beatings. Potter's assault on a separate victim emerged from the same investigative review. His conviction was for historical indecent assault.

Former Special Constable. Convicted of historical indecent assault linked to the broader Birmingham child sex ring investigation. Sentenced at Warwick Crown Court by Judge Sylvia de Bertadano.

1 Jan 0001

Richard Hextall-Smith

Fraud *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Richard Hextall-Smith of Barley Close, Henley, took advantage of a 73-year-old widow with dementia living alone in Claverdon. After his wife started working as her cleaner, he accessed her bank details in 2012. Following her dementia diagnosis in January 2013, over 15 months he withdrew around £20,000, set up a £600 monthly standing order to his account, and obtained £3,700 from her for a car, totalling almost £25,000 stolen.

Pleaded guilty to fraud. Prior convictions for deception, theft, forgery, and dishonesty taken into account. Judge noted abuse of trust and targeting of vulnerable individual.

1 Jan 0001

Richard Reeve

Possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply *

Sentence

40 months imprisonment

Reeve was first arrested in July in King Edward Road after police responded to a CCTV report of suspicious activity. He was found in possession of scales containing traces of white powder. He initially denied the offences but changed his story when messages from co-defendant Checkley’s phone were read out, admitting he drove Checkley around to deal drugs in return for a small amount of drugs. Later that month, while on bail, he was arrested again after officers stopped a car in Paddox Close and seized a large quantity of crack cocaine and heroin. He pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and two counts of driving without a licence and insurance. He was jailed for 40 months and banned from driving.

Pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and driving offences. Banned from driving.

1 Jan 0001

Rinaldo Sciolla

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm *

Sentence

21 months imprisonment

Rinaldo Sciolla assaulted a man in Cambridge Street in June 2017, leaving the victim, a man in his 40s, with facial injuries. He pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court.

Pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

1 Jan 0001

Robert Ball

Cocaine importation *

Sentence

18 years' imprisonment

Robert Ball, from Hasty Lane in Hale Barns, Altrincham, was involved in a plot to smuggle £11 million of cocaine into the UK hidden in a shipping container of bananas from Ecuador. On 15 April 2022, he and accomplices arrived at a storage yard in Coventry and began unloading what they believed were drugs from the container when National Crime Agency officers moved in and arrested them. Ball had earlier contacted the shipping line to request release of four containers.

Convicted by jury at Warwick Crown Court in May 2023. Acted on behalf of an Albanian organised crime group.

1 Jan 0001

Reace Jones

Attempted robbery *

Sentence

15 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months, with 150 hours unpaid work

Jones, along with Mendez and Powell, attempted to rob a 17-year-old victim on March 17, 2017, in Rugby. Jones punched the victim to the head, and after the victim fell, the group punched and kicked him. Jones initially denied involvement but was picked out in an identity procedure.

Pleaded guilty to attempted robbery.

1 Jan 0001

Reece Brightwell

Possession of cocaine with intent to supply *

Sentence

4 years and 1 month imprisonment

Reece Brightwell, 30, was spotted by plain-clothed officers dealing drugs from his car in Abbey Street, Rugby. The car was stopped a short time later in Oxford Street, where drugs, cash, and a phone were seized. A search of his home and another house he regularly resided in Gilbert Avenue uncovered more drugs, two knuckledusters, and two swords. Analysis of his phone revealed evidence of drug dealing over several months.

Admitted charges of possession of cocaine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of cannabis, and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place. Also sentenced for breach of a suspended sentence order.

1 Jan 0001

Reece Checkley

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 18 months

Reece Checkley had sex with a 13-year-old girl at his home in Rugby in October 2013, taking her virginity. He bragged about it to a friend, leading to her father finding out. At the time, Checkley was on bail for inciting a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, for which he received a community order. He made no comment in police interview and later admitted falsely claiming he had never met the girl. The victim described embarrassment and humiliation, and her mother said her innocence was taken.

Convicted after trial of two charges of sexual activity with a child. On bail for similar offence at time. Judge noted delay in prosecution and allowed suspended sentence. Ordered to register as sex offender for ten years.

1 Jan 0001

Rachel Byrne

Supplying cocaine *

Sentence

4 years and 9 months imprisonment

Rachel Byrne, 34, of Worcestershire, part of cocaine supply gang. Caught with Shaun Neal in his car in 2023 with £13,000 cocaine.

Caught with Shaun Neal and £13,000 cocaine in 2023.

1 Jan 0001

Philip Wilson

Conspiracy to supply cannabis *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

Philip Wilson was observed passing cannabis to a woman with a baby at Turpin House and seen leaving a suspected drug-dealing house with a phone and a bag, returning without the bag. He was part of a conspiracy to supply cannabis on the Brownsover estate.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cannabis. Involved in a closed conspiracy.

1 Jan 0001

Piotr Polakowski

Assault and possession of amphetamine with intent to supply *

Sentence

16 months imprisonment

Piotr Polakowski attacked a man at a home in Bath Street, Rugby, in May 2016, throwing stones at a bedroom window at 4:40 a.m., then punching, kneeing, and kicking the victim repeatedly, leaving him unconscious or semi-conscious in the road. The victim suffered badly bruised and swollen eyes and grazing. Polakowski also admitted possessing 69 grams of amphetamine when arrested, with a further 96 grams found at his shared house, a total worth about £1,600. He told police he had been selling the drug for four months to pay his and his mother’s rent, and that the victim had been harassing his girlfriend’s mother.

Pleaded guilty. Judge Stephen Eyre QC sentenced him to ten months for assault and six months for the drug offence. The judge noted it was a sustained and unprovoked attack and that Polakowski had no previous trouble with the police.

1 Jan 0001

Ransford Buabeng

Rape *

Sentence

10 years imprisonment

Ransford Buabeng took part in the rape of a 15-year-old girl in September 2012 with Christian Acheampong. They invited three underage girls to Acheampong's home, gave them alcohol, then dragged one victim to a bedroom and raped her. Buabeng fled before his trial and was convicted and sentenced in his absence.

Tried in absentia after fleeing the country. Ordered to register as sex offender for life. Still wanted by police.

1 Jan 0001

Peter Joynes

Arranging or facilitating child prostitution and sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Peter Joynes, 59, from Canberra Way, Highgate, Birmingham, was jailed for four years after being found guilty of arranging or facilitating child prostitution and sexual activity with a child. The case centred on the abuse of a teenager who absconded from care in 2009, prostituted in Birmingham's red light area until 2010. Joynes participated in the ring led by Stephen Kelly, who exploited the boy by selling him for sex. The abuse involved stripping, stick beatings, rapes, and internet streaming. The victim's courage in re-reporting in 2012, after initial police inaction, was key to the convictions. Joynes both facilitated and directly abused the victim.

Found guilty of arranging or facilitating child prostitution and sexual activity with a child. The judge said: 'Each of you in your own way exploited this vulnerable boy.' The victim, a teenager who absconded from care, was abused in a prostitution ring.

1 Jan 0001

Patrick Connors

Burglary *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Patrick Connors, 35, of Dovecote Drive, Nuneaton, and his brother broke into a home on Bloomfield Avenue in Earlsdon, Coventry, on August 28 last year, stealing cash totalling £1,300 and gold jewellery worth around £7,000. They were captured on CCTV installed in the homeowner's garage and fled in a van.

Pleaded guilty to theft and burglary offences. Linked to another residential burglary on Woodway Walk in May 2025 where he forced entry but fled empty-handed.

1 Jan 0001

Peter Ellery

Putting a person in fear of violence by harassment *

Sentence

15 months imprisonment

Peter Ellery broke up with his ex-girlfriend in October 2015 and then engaged in a three-week campaign of harassment, sending threatening texts including threats to shoot her, throw acid in her face, and stab her. On October 31, 2015, he entered her home early in the morning and stood over her bed, expecting to find another man. A few days later, he forced her car to stop and approached shouting. He pleaded guilty to putting a person in fear of violence by harassment. Additionally, when police arrested him, they found cannabis being cultivated in three bedrooms, which he claimed was for personal use.

Pleaded guilty to putting a person in fear of violence by harassment and producing cannabis. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. Judge commented that the threats were 'frankly outrageous'.

1 Jan 0001

Liam Adams

Inflicting grievous bodily harm *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years, with a rehabilitation activity and 120 hours unpaid work

Liam Adams attacked the victim after an encounter at Midas night club. He punched the victim repeatedly, stamped on his chest, and kicked him to the head, leaving him unconscious with a fractured eye socket, a minor brain contusion, and broken teeth. Adams then called an ambulance himself, put his jacket over the victim, and waited nearby until police arrived. The victim had no memory of the attack.

Pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. No previous convictions. The victim made a full recovery and stated he did not want the incident to ruin the defendant’s life. Adams called an ambulance and waited for police, which the judge took into account.

1 Jan 0001

Lynn Minrath

Fraud, forgery and theft *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Lynn Minrath, 42, befriended a vulnerable woman in her 70s after discovering she had received over £250,000 from the sale of her home. Throughout 2014, Minrath systematically exploited the pensioner, hiding her purse, convincing her she was sleepwalking, and gaining control of her bank cards and PINs. She withdrew large sums and gambled heavily, spending at least £72,000 in one bookmakers. In total, she took over £152,000, leaving the victim penniless. When discovery loomed, Minrath fled with financial documents. The victim was later reimbursed around £130,000 by her bank.

Pleaded not guilty; found guilty by jury at Warwick Crown Court of five charges of fraud, two of forgery and one of theft. Recorder Charles Foster said she targeted a vulnerable pensioner, abused trust, conducted a systematic campaign, and showed no remorse. She had a previous conviction for thefts and frauds from people while working as a child minder.

1 Jan 0001

Maciej Wojcicki

Possessing drugs with intent to supply *

Sentence

2 years 6 months imprisonment

In August 2018, police in plain clothes in Rugby observed Maciej Wojcicki, a 21-year-old former professional footballer from Poland, on a corner with a bicycle being approached by two men. On arrest, he was found with 33 wraps of ecstasy (class A), 16 wraps of cannabis, and 8 of amphetamine. He had two phones but no cash; £230 cash was found at his home. He claimed the drugs were for personal use, but later admitted possession with intent to supply, stating a man named Robert asked him to sell the drugs in exchange for some for personal use. He pleaded guilty to three charges of possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs.

Pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing drugs with intent to supply. Claimed drugs were for personal use, but evidence of wraps and cash suggested dealing. Defence argued he was pressured by a man named Robert and is remorseful.

1 Jan 0001

Malik Alabi

Possession of class A drugs with intent to supply *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months imprisonment

In Rugby, plain-clothed detectives on patrol acting on intelligence of county lines drug dealing were alerted by CCTV operators to a drug deal in progress. The officers located Omar Kemoko and Malik Alabi at a fast food restaurant in Evreux Way, where both were searched. Police seized 95 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, mobile phones containing evidence of drug dealing, and a packet of cigarette papers with a telephone number and letters indicating drugs were for sale. Both pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court.

Pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. Caught after advertising drugs on a packet of cigarette papers. Sentenced with co-defendant Omar Kemoko.

1 Jan 0001

Mark Summerton

Making indecent images of children *

Sentence

12-month community sentence with 120 hours unpaid work and 25 days rehabilitation activity

Mark Summerton, a bus driver of Izod Road, Rugby, had indecent images of children and extreme pornography on his computer. Police executed a warrant at his home in June of the previous year, seizing his Packard Bell computer tower and a separate hard drive. Officers found movies and still images of children being sexually abused, and movies involving animals. The images were obtained using a peer-to-peer file-sharing website. Summerton pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children and one of possessing extreme pornography. He initially claimed he acted out of curiosity but later admitted partial sexual gratification.

Pleaded guilty. No previous convictions. Also ordered to register as a sex offender for five years, pay £150 costs, and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for five years. Recorder Stuart Sprawson criticised his attempt to minimise his interest in the material.

1 Jan 0001

Martin Jones

Being concerned in the supply of drugs *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Martin Jones, 22, of Ferndown Road, Rugby, was found to have fingerprints on a hidden stash of cannabis and heroin in an alleyway near Caldecott Park. Local residents had reported drug dealing and provided a photograph identifying Jones. A community support officer discovered ten re-sealable bags of cannabis worth around £120, 10.6 grams of heroin with a street value of £1,060, and digital scales. Text messages on his phone confirmed involvement in drug supply. He admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs, initially claiming he only bagged and hid drugs for a dealer in exchange for cheaper heroin, but later accepted he had been dealing.

Pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of drugs between September and December. Had previously been released early from a three-year sentence for dealing crack cocaine. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano noted his young age and the opportunity to reform.

1 Jan 0001

Mervyn Mcconville

Concerned in the supply of cocaine *

Sentence

2 years and 7 months imprisonment

Mervyn McConville ran a cocaine supply operation, buying the drug in bulk and cutting it with benzocaine. In March, police searched his Mica Close home and found dealer bags, a spoon with white residue, scales, and three ounces of benzocaine. He supplied cocaine to users from December 2012 to March 2015, including two prison officers who were customers for personal use. The operation came to light during a larger police investigation into drugs in prisons. McConville, an HGV driver, began using cocaine after his marriage broke down in late 2012, and the supply started by sharing with friends before developing into a commercial enterprise.

Pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Had a previous conviction for possessing a class A drug. Supplied to friends, including two prison officers for their own use. The judge described it as street dealing and said the starting point after trial would have been around four-and-a-half years.

1 Jan 0001

Mirgent Shahu

Cocaine importation *

Sentence

18 years' imprisonment

Mirgent Shahu was an accomplice in a plot to import cocaine worth £11 million into the UK. He met Robert Ball at a Costa Coffee in Birmingham on 15 April 2022, then travelled to a storage yard in Coventry where they instructed others to unload drugs from a banana shipment. National Crime Agency officers had been watching their movements and arrested them at the scene.

Convicted by jury at Warwick Crown Court in May 2023. Assisted in overseeing the retrieval of the drugs.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Barker

Conspiracy to steal cars *

Sentence

3 years and 5 months imprisonment

Matthew Barker conspired with John Tuff to steal six cars worth £77,000 from garages in Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Coventry. Barker would drive Tuff to garages, where Tuff posed as a customer, obtained keys and drove off with the vehicles while Barker followed in his silver Astra van. Thefts included a VW Transporter from Guest Cars in Rugby, during which Tuff ran over salesman David Wagstaff, causing severe injuries. Other vehicles stolen included a red BMW from Malyon Jones in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a Mercedes from Kia Sandicliffe in Leicester, a Toyota Prius from Farmer and Carlisle in Loughborough, a black BMW Sport from DR Motors in Leicester, and another BMW from Auto Choice in Coventry. Barker was arrested in January 2017.

Changed plea to guilty. Given 35 months for the conspiracy, consecutive to 6 months of an 8-month suspended sentence imposed at Northampton Crown Court for car theft. Deputy Judge Richard Griffith-Jones noted a degree of sophistication in the planning.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Checkley

Being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine *

Sentence

32 months imprisonment

Checkley was arrested in July in King Edward Road, Rugby, after police responded to a CCTV report of suspicious activity. Officers seized crack cocaine, cash and a mobile phone from him. Examinations of his phone revealed messages advertising drugs for sale in Rugby, with local users offering clothes and sexual favours in return. A search of his house in Hudson Road uncovered lists detailing drug transactions. He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and was sentenced in August.

Pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Fury

Causing death by careless driving *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Matthew Fury was driving a BMW on Coventry Road, Bulkington, when he struck pedestrian Leonard Gaskin, a 39-year-old father of three, killing him instantly. Fury, who had been on the phone at the time, fled the scene without calling emergency services and drove home. His father Noah Fury later attempted to take the blame, falsely telling police he was the driver. Matthew Fury pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving and was jailed for two years.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. Fled the scene after the collision and was on the phone at the time.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Holland

Possessing indecent images of children *

Sentence

22 months imprisonment

Matthew Holland, a 44-year-old train engineer from Cambridge Street, Rugby, police learned in April 2016 that his computer was used to download indecent material. A search of his home found an envelope containing 16 A4 prints of indecent pictures of children, five of them category A. Over 500 further images were found on his computer, some featuring babies and toddlers. When arrested he admitted having the prints, claiming he found them years ago while clearing a relative's loft, but denied involvement with the computer images.

Pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing indecent images of children. Had a previous conviction in 2011 for similar offence, serving 40 weeks imprisonment. Judge Stephen Eyre QC emphasised the offences are not victimless, and the victims included babies and very young children. Ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Sutherland

Assault *

Sentence

14 months imprisonment

Sutherland was part of a group of about five men who confronted a 15-year-old autistic boy in Rugby over an alleged fake £20 note used to buy cannabis. The victim was threatened with knives and then chased, punched, and kicked. Sutherland admitted assaulting the victim, with his counsel stating that he delivered a single blow.

Admitted assaulting the young victim. Defence said his part was a single blow.

1 Jan 0001

Martyn Hart

Fraud *

Sentence

2 years and 10 months imprisonment

Martyn Hart, of Webb Ellis Court, Hillmorton, Rugby, carried out a series of frauds and thefts. In November 2016, he convinced the owner of a Dunchurch café that he owned a mobile phone shop, persuading her to give him £120 in part-payment for a phone that was never delivered. He also offered to repair a shopkeeper's car in Featherbed Lane, receiving £275 for the work, but instead drove the car away and sold it for scrap for £200. A woman he had known for years and who owed rent and council tax to Daventry District Council trusted him to clear her arrears in July 2014; she paid him £140 a week, but he paid only £10 to the council and pocketed the rest. In December 2014, he fraudulently obtained a Ford Focus Zetec through the Motability scheme and, instead of returning it after reporting a fault, sold it to a car dealer for £5,700, telling a series of lies about its whereabouts. He also fraudulently obtained insurance from two companies without disclosing his convictions.

Pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud and one of theft. Had 58 previous convictions for theft and deception. Judge Stephen Eyre QC described him as predatory.

1 Jan 0001

Nicola Hurt

Being concerned in the supply of class A controlled drugs *

Sentence

21 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years and 100 hours unpaid work

In October 2020, undercover detectives in Rugby observed a drug deal in Argyle Street. They detained two people, and the suspected customer was found with heroin. Nicola Hurt was found with cash. A search of her home uncovered heroin worth approximately £680. She was arrested for being concerned in the supply of class A controlled drugs.

1 Jan 0001

Noah Fury

Perverting the course of justice *

Sentence

6 months imprisonment, banned from driving for 2 years

On an evening in April 2015, Noah Fury's son Matthew Fury struck and killed 39-year-old Leonard Gaskin, a jogger, with his BMW on Coventry Road, Bulkington. Matthew was on the phone to his girlfriend at the time and left the scene. Noah Fury later returned to the scene with his wife and, when asked by police, falsely claimed he had been the driver, saying he had been to get milk and didn't see anything. He was arrested but eventually admitted lying after his son confessed to the police the next day. Noah pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, with his defence describing it as a misguided act of parental love in a moment of panic.

Pleaded guilty to acts intended to pervert the course of justice. Acted out of misguided parental love. Expressed remorse and moved family away from the area. Judge stated immediate custody was necessary due to the seriousness of misleading police in a fatal collision investigation.

1 Jan 0001

Noor Walile

Rape *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Around 2010, while working as the imam at a mosque in Rugby, Noor Walile raped a young boy in the mosque's toilets during religious instruction. The boy later disclosed the abuse, and Walile was confronted by a mosque elder. He admitted doing 'something very bad' and was forced to return to India, but later secretly came back to the UK. Years later the matter was reported to police, Walile initially denied it but then confessed when told the family had kept the clothing.

Pleaded guilty to rape. Also ordered to register as a sex offender for life, made subject to a sexual harm prevention order, and barred from working with children for life. Judge Stephen Eyre QC said: 'You were in a position of responsibility and leadership at the mosque. You abused that position and that trust, and defiled the faith you were paid to uphold. It is hard to think of any greater abuse of the trust that had been placed in you.'

1 Jan 0001

Norman Svenson

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Norman Svenson fell asleep at the wheel of his Jeep Compass while driving on the Fosse Way near Leamington on May 7, 2016. His vehicle drifted across the road and collided head-on with a Kia Venga driven by Edwin Lilly, with his wife Elaine Lilly as passenger. All three were seriously injured. Elaine Lilly died three days later in hospital.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

1 Jan 0001

Omar Kemoko

Possession of class A drugs with intent to supply *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. Caught alongside Malik Alabi after being identified by CCTV. Both were advertising drugs on a packet of cigarette papers.

1 Jan 0001

Owen Williams

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with minimum term of 22 years

Owen Williams, aged 51, of Grizedale, Brownsover, attended the flat of his estranged wife Shana Cover, 34, in Morton Gardens sometime during the week prior to her body being discovered on 21 August 2014. He attacked her, causing serious neck injuries which resulted in her death. The body was found in the flat.

Found guilty of murder. Described by police as 'extremely controlling and dangerous'.

1 Jan 0001

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