Winchester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Kieran Thomas Claffey, along with others, attempted to rob the wrong address in Southampton on 25 February 2023, forcing their way into the victim's flat, threatening him with a gun, and stabbing him when he could not produce valuables. The victim succumbed to a single stab wound to the chest less than an hour later.

Leighton James Tabone, along with others, attempted to rob the wrong address in Southampton on 25 February 2023, forcing their way into the victim's flat, threatening him with a gun, and stabbing him when he could not produce valuables. The victim succumbed to a single stab wound to the chest less than an hour later.

Justin Lee Roach, along with others, attempted to rob the wrong address in Southampton on 25 February 2023, forcing their way into the victim's flat, threatening him with a gun, and stabbing him when he could not produce valuables. The victim succumbed to a single stab wound to the chest less than an hour later.

Bradley James O’Dell, along with others, attempted to rob the wrong address in Southampton on 25 February 2023, forcing their way into the victim's flat, threatening him with a gun, and stabbing him when he could not produce valuables. The victim succumbed to a single stab wound to the chest less than an hour later.

Aaron Paul Dean Morgan, along with others, attempted to rob the wrong address in Southampton on 25 February 2023, forcing their way into the victim's flat, threatening him with a gun, and stabbing him when he could not produce valuables. The victim succumbed to a single stab wound to the chest less than an hour later.

Paramjit Singh, previously the owner and manager of SAB Builders, was overseeing the demolition of Birchdene in Chilworth. On 15 July 2019, he demolished all but one side of the garage without putting up signs or boarding to indicate the site was unsafe. On 16 July 2019, just before 9am, he returned to demolish the final wall using a digger without identifying exclusion zones or knowing the location of his team members. The victim, a 64-year-old worker employed as an odd job man, was on the other side of the wall when it collapsed onto him, causing fatal injuries consistent with being crushed by a heavy object. Singh's public liability insurance and CSCS card had expired after his company went bankrupt in 2015.

James Morrison, aged 31 and of no fixed address, raped a young boy multiple times and threatened him to prevent disclosure of the offences. The abuse involved horrific sexual acts against a vulnerable child, including engaging in sexual activity in the child's presence and inciting the child to participate. The crimes occurred prior to his court appearance, and messages on the victim's phone led to the disclosure and subsequent police report.

On March 4, 2022, Anthony Donald Raymond was giving a woman a lift home when he detoured to a remote location, parked, and forcibly removed her clothing before raping her. Police on routine patrol came across the incident, but Raymond fled the scene initially. He was later arrested and convicted based on the victim's testimony and evidence from officers' body-worn cameras.

Darren John Fell engaged in a verbal altercation with the victim in New Park Street, Devizes, on July 2, 2022. Fell punched the victim once, causing him to fall and hit his head on the concrete floor, resulting in a severe post-traumatic brain injury. The victim died in hospital six days later.

Adam Watson murdered 56-year-old the victim by strangling and suffocating her inside her home in Farnborough on 9 September 2022. Officers were called at 4.12pm following reports of a sudden death. Watson's DNA was found on her neck and fingernails. He was arrested two days later in Belgium, extradited back to the UK, and formally charged with murder in February 2023.

Matthew Reynolds, 32, from Pound Gate in Alton, went to the victim's flat at around 3.50am on Sunday 10th October 2021 after messaging her. He stabbed her multiple times, one wound proving fatal, and her body was discovered later that day at around 1.40pm in Aldersey Fields, Alton. Phone evidence showed he returned home at 4.19am, after which the victim's phone did not connect to the network again. He was arrested on 12 October 2021 and charged with murder on 15 October 2021. Separately, on 7th October 2021, he robbed Holybourne Post Office at around 6.08am, entering with an axe, making violent threats, and stealing cash from the till.

Emile Cilliers attempted to murder his wife the victim on two occasions in 2015. First, he loosened a nut on a gas isolation valve at their home in Amesbury, Wiltshire, hoping to cause a leak and explosion, but it failed. One week later, on April 5, 2015, he sabotaged her parachute equipment before a skydive over Netheravon airfield, causing both main and reserve parachutes to fail, resulting in her falling 4,000 feet and sustaining severe injuries including a broken spine, pelvis, and fractured ribs. The motive was to claim her £120,000 life insurance to pay off £22,000 in debts and start a new life with his mistress Stefanie Goller.

Able Seaman Ryan Donovan was involved in a shooting on submarine HMS Astute in Southampton in April 2011, where an officer was killed and another injured.

Allan Grimson was jailed for the murders of naval rating the victim, 18, from Leicestershire, and barman the victim from Newbury, Berkshire. He was serving on board HMS Illustrious at the same time as the victim in December 1986.

Jean Mukuna, 24, of Camden, London, was part of an organised crime gang involved in a high-stakes drug conspiracy. He drove during a failed attempt to kidnap the victim on 19 January 2025 to recover a £120,000 drug debt and was also convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to supply.

James Russell murdered the victim in a brutal attack on a footpath in Golden Grove, Southampton. The victim's body was discovered on the afternoon of Friday, March 20, 2015.