Woolwich Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 30 verdicts at Woolwich Crown Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Anita Slaughter

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Anita Slaughter was part of a family-run criminal network that distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The operation involved hire cars to transport shipments from Harwich Port in Essex to cities like Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted app Signal and earned significant daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Deborah Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 20 years imprisonment

Deborah Mason headed a family-run criminal enterprise that imported and distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The group used hire cars to collect shipments arriving by ship at Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to various UK cities including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate drop-offs and collections, generating profits of around £1,000 per day.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial. Was the leader of the operation and had been living a lavish lifestyle funded by the profits.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Demi Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Demi Bright was involved in a family-led operation that distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The gang collected shipments via hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and delivered them to various UK locations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. Communication was handled through the encrypted app Signal, with the group earning around £1,000 daily.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Demi Kendall

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13.5 years imprisonment

Demi Kendall was involved in a large-scale family-run cocaine distribution ring that handled an estimated tonne of the drug. The group used hire cars to pick up shipments at Harwich Port in Essex and deliver them to cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. Communication was conducted through the encrypted app Signal, with daily earnings of approximately £1,000.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, as well as possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property (cash).

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Lillie Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Lillie Bright participated in a sophisticated family-run drugs network that handled an estimated tonne of cocaine. They used hire cars to transport shipments from Harwich Port in Essex to cities like Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. The group used the encrypted messaging app Signal for planning and generated substantial daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Reggie Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Reggie Bright was part of a family criminal enterprise that imported and supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine. The operation involved collecting shipments with hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and distributing them to locations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted app Signal and profited around £1,000 per day.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, as well as possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property (cash).

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Roeseanne Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Roeseanne Mason, aged 29, was involved in seven trips delivering approximately 166kg of cocaine as part of a family-run gang that supplied drugs nationwide between April and November 2023. She took over directing roles temporarily and assisted in the conspiracy by handling cash and supporting other members.

Stepped in to direct the gang while her mother was on holiday in Dubai. She collected cash for her mother and provided childcare to facilitate the operation.

Sources: leicestermercury.co.uk

Roseanne Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Roseanne Mason was part of a family-run drugs racket that supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine to dealers across the UK. The group used hire cars to collect shipments at Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They relied on the encrypted app Signal for communication and made significant daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Tina Golding

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Tina Golding was a member of a family-led drugs operation that supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine across the UK. They collected shipments using hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to various destinations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. The group used the encrypted messaging app Signal for coordination and made profits of about £1,000 daily.

Troy Frith

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

July 15, 2025

Sentence: one year and two weeks imprisonment

Troy Frith assaulted a man in the car park of Sainsbury’s Local in St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, after becoming impatient while waiting for a family to remove a child seat from a car. Despite other parking spaces being available, he punched the victim once, causing serious head injuries. The incident occurred on April 27, and the victim was taken to hospital.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge considered the unprovoked nature of the assault and his remorse for the victim's welfare.

Sources: kentlive.news

Bilikesu Olagunju

Ill-treatment or wilful neglect of an individual while acting as a care worker

July 1, 2025

Sentence: 6 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and 50 hours unpaid work

Bilikesu Olagunju, a carer employed for just six days, was caught on CCTV at John Attard's home in Bexley, Kent, on Christmas Eve 2022, where she manhandled the 88-year-old man with dementia like a 'rag doll'. She stripped him naked in view of the street, dragged him across the floor, threatened to beat him, poured marmalade into his coffee despite his diabetes, and ignored his cries of pain. This led to his hospitalisation the next day and his death 10 days later.

Pleaded guilty to ill-treatment or wilful neglect. Judge noted lack of training, no malicious intent, and genuine remorse. Family expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence as an insufficient deterrent.

Sources: mirror.co.uk

Asolo-Ogugua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 14, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Asolo-Ogugua, a bus driver, was under the influence of drugs and caused the death of a 9-year-old girl in Bexleyheath.

Jailed for causing the death of a 9-year-old girl while driving under the influence of drugs.

Sources: mylondon.news

Martin Asolo-Ogugua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 9, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Martin Asolo-Ogugua, a 23-year-old bus driver from Banfield Road, Southwark, fell asleep at the wheel after consuming cannabis the night before. On August 3, he mounted the pavement on Watling Street near Halcot Avenue in Bexleyheath, colliding with two children, one of whom was 9-year-old Ada Bicakci on her bike. This resulted in Ada's death after she was rushed to hospital. Her family sustained minor injuries by jumping out of the way.

Pleaded guilty to causing serious injury through dangerous driving and drug-driving. Also disqualified from driving for seven years.

Sources: mylondon.news

Ben King

Possession with intent to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 10 years and 6 months imprisonment

Ben King was involved in a Dartford drugs conspiracy. Officers seized three blocks of cocaine, half a block of heroin, cash, and two taser devices. He was connected to handguns found during the investigation and was arrested after being tracked down.

Convicted of transferring firearms and possession with intent to supply class A drugs following a trial. DNA evidence linked him to handguns found at another property.

Sources: kentlive.news

Bobby Nash

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 6 months imprisonment

Bobby Nash was part of a drug supply network in Dartford. He was identified and arrested as one of four additional people involved in the conspiracy, which involved supplying class A drugs and led to the seizure of drugs worth around £440,000.

Ella Francis

Supply of class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 10 months imprisonment

Ella Francis was involved in the supply of class A drugs as part of a Dartford network. She was identified and arrested during the investigation that seized over 3.5kg of cocaine and heroin, along with firearms and cash.

Luke Douglas

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 10 months imprisonment

Luke Douglas was part of a drug supply network in Dartford. He acquired a drugs line from Joe Stokes and was arrested in July 2024 as investigators uncovered his involvement in supplying cocaine and cannabis.

Joe Stokes

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 4 months imprisonment

Joe Stokes was involved in a Dartford drugs conspiracy with his partner Lacey Lynch. In November 2023, officers recovered almost 100g of cocaine from his vehicle. He sold the drugs line to Luke Douglas and was part of the supply network.

Joshua Exall

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Joshua Exall played a key role in a drug supply network in Dartford. In July 2024, a search of his home address revealed large quantities of class A and class B drugs, three viable handguns, ammunition, cash, and mobile phones used for drug supply. He was arrested as part of an investigation that began in September 2023.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs and was convicted of additional drugs offences, illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and criminal property following a trial.

Sources: kentlive.news

Eddie Ives

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

May 13, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 3 months imprisonment

Eddie Ives assaulted a woman he knew on two occasions in Gravesend. On October 16, 2024, at a hotel in Watling Street, he grabbed her hair and slammed her head into a parked vehicle, causing a cut to her eyebrow. On October 24, 2024, he threw a glass at her face while she was at her home, causing cuts to her cheek, lip, and jaw. Ives was subject to a Violent Offender Order following a prior manslaughter conviction.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of breaching his Violent Offender Order. Subject to a restraining order for five years.

Sources: kentlive.news

Paul Campbell

Manslaughter

May 8, 2025

Sentence: 21 years imprisonment with a five-year extended licence

Paul Campbell brutally assaulted 62-year-old Gordon Ogunmuyiwa, a former doctor, on 24 December 2022 at his property in Dunheved Road West, Thornton Heath. The assault involved multiple injuries sustained over time, with the final attack being particularly vicious and leading to Gordon's death. Campbell called paramedics before fleeing but Gordon was already deceased upon their arrival. Investigations revealed a pattern of abuse, including Campbell using Gordon's credit cards to purchase items like an iPhone after his death.

Found guilty after a three-week trial. Detective Chief Inspector Samantha Townsend described Campbell as selfish and self-serving, having taken advantage of the victim's vulnerability.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Callum Ulysses Parslow

Attempted Murder

January 17, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years and 8 months

Callum Ulysses Parslow stabbed Nahom Hagos, an asylum seeker from Eritrea, in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn in Hindlip, Worcestershire, on April 2, 2023. The unprovoked attack occurred after Parslow, who has Adolf Hitler’s signature tattooed on his arm, bought a specialist knife online for £770 and wrote a terrorist manifesto expressing far-right views. He attempted to share the manifesto on social media, targeting politicians and figures, claiming the act was a 'duty to England' against migrants. Police found additional weapons and Nazi-related items at his home, including an axe, a baseball bat, a swastika armband, and copies of Mein Kampf. The victim suffered severe injuries, leading to ongoing pain and psychological trauma.

Pleaded guilty to an unconnected sexual offence and two charges of sending electronic communications with intent to cause distress and anxiety; convicted of attempted murder after a trial; judge noted the attack was motivated by far-right neo-Nazi views and described it as a terrorist act; prior convictions for similar offences in 2018.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon

Contempt of court

October 1, 2024

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon breached a High Court order made in 2021 by knowingly repeating false allegations against Jamal Hijazi, a Syrian refugee who had successfully sued him for libel. The breaches included publishing a film titled Silenced containing the libellous claims, repeating the allegations in interviews between February and June 2023, and playing the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in summer 2023. These actions violated an injunction stemming from a 2018 incident where Hijazi was assaulted at school, and Yaxley-Lennon falsely claimed Hijazi had attacked girls, leading to the original libel case.

Admitted 10 breaches of a High Court order. The judge described the breaches as flagrant and noted that nobody is above the law. He has ADHD and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, which were considered in the appeal but did not alter the sentence.

Sources: inews.co.uk

Martin Asolo-Agogua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 9, 2024

Sentence: four years in prison

Martin Asolo-Agogua, a 23-year-old bus driver, attended his shift on August 3, 2023, after staying up all night at a party and smoking cannabis. He was seen yawning and nodding off while driving a double-decker bus in Bexleyheath, which swerved erratically onto the pavement on Watling Street, striking and killing nine-year-old Ada Bicakci, who was cycling with her five-year-old brother and father. The incident occurred as she was heading to her gymnastics class. Asolo-Agogua had obtained his driving licence in January 2023 and was employed by Arriva by January 2024, during which time there were multiple complaints about his driving, including a brief suspension that was later lifted.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs. Judge Ben Gumpert KC noted that the crash was due to fatigue from staying up all night. Prior complaints about his driving, including incidents of damaging vehicles and buses, were considered.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Ben Worden

Attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity

June 2, 2024

Sentence: three years and four months imprisonment

Ben Worden, from Welling, sent sexual messages and videos to decoy accounts posing as 13 and 14-year-old girls on Facebook in late 2023. He encouraged one to masturbate, expressed a desire to have sex with her, and requested explicit photos. The messages were reported to the police, leading to his arrest and guilty plea.

Pleaded guilty to five charges. Judge described him as an intelligent and manipulative person. Defence noted he was abusing drugs and alcohol at the time and has since sought help.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Anjem Choudary

Directing a terrorist organisation

July 30, 2023

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years

Anjem Choudary, a radical preacher from Ilford, was involved in directing the terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun (ALM). He took on the role of 'caretaker emir' in 2014 and continued to influence and radicalise a new generation of extremists through online lectures on encrypted platforms. He encouraged and assisted numerous individuals to join and fight for Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS). Choudary was arrested at his home on July 17, 2023, following investigations by the Metropolitan Police, MI5, and international partners in New York and Canada. The crimes spanned several years and involved covert recordings of his activities.

Found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation, membership of a proscribed organisation, and encouraging support for a terrorist organisation. Had a previous terror conviction from 2016 and will be subject to notification requirements for 30 years.

Sources: ilfordrecorder.co.uk

Gareth Morris

Conspiracy to supply cocaine

September 24, 2021

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Gareth Morris participated in a drug gang that supplied over 100kg of cocaine to Londoners between 2019 and 2020, with an estimated street value of £8m. The operation involved encrypted communications that were compromised by authorities.

Jack Lee

Conspiracy to supply cocaine

September 24, 2021

Sentence: 16 years imprisonment

Jack Lee was involved in a drug gang that supplied over 100kg of cocaine to Londoners between 2019 and 2020, with an estimated street value of £8m. The gang used encrypted communications, which were infiltrated by law enforcement.

Lee Willetts

Conspiracy to supply cocaine

September 24, 2021

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Lee Willetts was part of a drug gang supplying over 100kg of cocaine to Londoners between 2019 and 2020, with an estimated street value of £8m. Law enforcement analysed phone data to uncover the network's activities.