Worcester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 224 verdicts at Worcester Crown Court (Worcester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Mark Chilman

Murder *

Sentence

Mandatory life sentence with a minimum of 22 years

Mark Chilman murdered 66-year-old Neil Parkinson from Clifton-Upon-Teme. On December 12, 2020, Neil was attacked at the end of the driveway while leaving his partner’s property in Cotheridge. Chilman drove Neil and his vehicle to a layby on Ankerdine Road and set them alight.

Found guilty of murder by jury.

1 Jan 0001

Joshua Roberts

Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

3 years and 2 months imprisonment

Joshua Roberts, 20, of Dover Close in Birmingham, ran a county line drug dealing network between Worcester and the West Midlands. On Thursday, November 30, police stopped him and Edwin Onyme-Campbell inside Coral betting shop on Widemarsh Street in Hereford. They were found to have three large knives, a large quantity of class-A drugs, two burner phones and cash.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A heroin, crack and cocaine and possession of an offensive weapon.

1 Jan 0001

Joshua Beardmore

Attempted rape *

Sentence

18 years imprisonment with minimum term of 12 years

Joshua Beardmore, 25, of Glenthorne Avenue, Worcester, grabbed an 11-year-old girl in an alleyway off Barker Street on May 25, sexually assaulted her by penetration and attempted to rape her. The girl broke free and called the police. Beardmore was arrested at his home a short time later after being identified by the victim.

Found guilty by jury of attempted rape and sexual assault by penetration.

1 Jan 0001

Jason Harris

Rape *

Sentence

seven years in prison

Jason Harris was convicted of two counts of rape against a female victim.

Convicted of two counts of rape with seven-year terms to run concurrently. Given a restraining order of 15 years in respect of his female victim. Ordered to be a registered sex offender for life. Acquitted of a further rape charge and two sexual assault charges against a different woman, and cleared of a sexual assault of a third woman.

1 Jan 0001

Jessica Crane

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with minimum term of 12.5 years

Jessica Crane, 50, from Hillside Close, Worcester, stabbed her mother Janet Mason, 69, from Powick, to death at an address in Worcester in March 2021. The victim was found at the scene and pronounced dead.

Found guilty of murder by jury.

1 Jan 0001

Jan Dudi

Acid attack *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Jan Dudi was one of six men involved in an acid attack on a three-year-old boy at Home Bargains. The boy was looking at footballs with his brother when acid was sprayed on him at around 2.45pm on Saturday, July 21, 2018. The boy suffered serious burns to his arm and face, leaving him scarred for life.

Convicted following a six and a half week trial. Aged 25, of Cranbrook Road, Birmingham.

1 Jan 0001

James Boyles

Rape *

Sentence

4 years' imprisonment and a sexual harm prevention order

Between September 2004 and 2011, James Boyles, 69, of Upton, raped a sleeping woman on a number of occasions and filmed the assaults. Police found footage on his computer of him filming another woman while she slept using a hidden camera. Boyles had also downloaded and made several indecent images of children.

Admitted two counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault. Convicted of 15 sexual offences. Sentence later increased to 6 years by the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient on referral by the Solicitor General.

1 Jan 0001

Jake Forsyth

Conspiracy to supply cocaine *

Sentence

3 years 7 months imprisonment for conspiracy to supply cocaine

Drug dealer from Wales in a gang caught after a £40,000 crack cocaine transaction went wrong in a Hereford car park on 5 March 2021, leading to a knife fight and minor stabbing.

Aged 27, of Abertillery, Gwent.

1 Jan 0001

Gregg Mosedale

Actual bodily harm *

Sentence

4 years and 3 months imprisonment

Over four months, Gregg Mosedale assaulted his former partner on multiple occasions: kicked her in the torso causing bruising; repeatedly punched and kicked her causing bruising to arms and legs, black eyes; elbowed her in the face causing a split lip; on a playing field, kicked her legs from under her, dragged her by her hair and punched her chin causing bruising. Also damaged two light switches in her flat by punching them.

Convicted on four counts of actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage. Handed a ten-year restraining order. History of domestic violence with previous partners. Judge described him as a danger to women.

1 Jan 0001

Jabar Paktia

Acid attack *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Jabar Paktia was one of six men involved in an acid attack on a three-year-old boy at Home Bargains. The boy was looking at footballs with his brother when acid was sprayed on him at around 2.45pm on Saturday, July 21, 2018. The boy suffered serious burns to his arm and face, leaving him scarred for life.

Convicted following a six and a half week trial. Aged 41, from Wolverhampton.

1 Jan 0001

Jack Mooney

Conspiracy to commit robbery *

Sentence

2-year suspended sentence for conspiracy to commit robbery, 20 days rehab activity, and £156 victim surcharge

Involved in a Northamptonshire and Wales drug gang's failed £40,000 crack cocaine deal in Hereford Morrisons car park on 5 March 2021, resulting in public chaos with knives and cash scattering.

Aged 31, of Corby, Northamptonshire.

1 Jan 0001

Jack Norrish

Conspiracy to supply cocaine *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment for conspiracy to supply cocaine and 2 concurrent years plus £190 victim surcharge

Part of a drug gang from Northamptonshire and Wales involved in a botched £40,000 crack cocaine deal in a Hereford Morrisons car park on 5 March 2021, erupting into knife fight and cash chaos in broad daylight.

Aged 30, from Brixworth, Northampton.

1 Jan 0001

Adam Cech

Acid attack *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Adam Cech was one of six men involved in an acid attack on a three-year-old boy at Home Bargains. The boy was looking at footballs with his brother when Adam Cech sprayed acid on him at around 2.45pm on Saturday, July 21, 2018. The boy suffered serious burns to his arm and face, leaving him scarred for life.

Convicted following a six and a half week trial. Aged 27, of Farnham Road, Birmingham. Sprayed acid on the victim.

1 Jan 0001

Billy White

Murder *

Sentence

whole-life order

White murdered fellow prisoner Brett Rogers whilst a prisoner at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire.

Murder of fellow prisoner Brett Rogers, himself a convicted murderer. Previously sentenced to life with a minimum term of 15 years for murdering girlfriend Lucy Ayris in 2015.

1 Jan 0001

Blaine Taylor

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Blaine Taylor, 23, of James Close in Worcester, repeatedly punched and kicked his victim. In one incident, he banged her head on the floor multiple times while holding her down with his knee on her chest and hand around her neck. On another occasion, he forcibly held her head under a shower and repeatedly stamped on it while saying ‘I’m going to carry on until you’re paralysed’.

Found guilty on two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Subject to a restraining order on release from prison.

1 Jan 0001

Ben Woodland

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

eight years and three months imprisonment

On Monday April 29, 2024, at around 10.25pm, Ben Woodland, 25, of Ploughmans Walk, Droitwich, was driving a VW Golf along the A4538 Pershore Lane near junction six of the M5, towards Spetchley. He failed to negotiate a left-hand bend, causing the vehicle to travel on to the wrong side of the road and collide with a Honda Civic driven by a 57-year-old man. This resulted in fatal injuries to the Honda driver and serious injuries to Woodland's passenger. Woodland failed a roadside drug wipe, testing positive for cocaine.

Found guilty following trial. Further disqualified from driving for five years with an extension of five years and six months, required to re-take driving test, and licence endorsed with ten penalty points.

1 Jan 0001

Ashley Manning

Conspiracy to commit robbery *

Sentence

38 months imprisonment for conspiracy to commit robbery plus £190 victim surcharge

Member of a criminal crew tied to a crack cocaine racket snared after a £40,000 deal collapsed in a Hereford Morrisons car park on 5 March 2021, involving knife fight and stabbing.

Aged 30, no fixed abode.

1 Jan 0001

Christopher Webb

Attempting sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 *

Sentence

four and a half years imprisonment

Christopher Webb, 38, of Tilesford, Worcestershire, began communicating with and grooming someone he believed to be a 12-year-old girl on social media. He sent explicit images of himself, asked for similar images, and arranged to meet at Gloucester railway station on 26 March 2025, intending to have sex with the girl. He was arrested by undercover officers and found in possession of an envelope filled with girls' underwear bearing his home address. Phone searches confirmed his social media profiles and searches such as 'do under 16s need a train ticket?', indicating he knew the victim was underage.

Pleaded guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause or incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity involving penetration, and attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming. Concurrent sentences of 10 months, four years and six months, and two years and three months. Ordered to sign the sex offenders' register indefinitely and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order lasting 10 years.

1 Jan 0001

Claire Williams

Possession with intent to supply class B drugs (cannabis) *

Sentence

nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months

Officers discovered a large amount of cannabis, cash, mobile phones, scales and deal bags at a property in Drake Avenue, Worcester during an investigation into a burglary there in March 2018.

Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

Daniel Smith

Theft *

Sentence

eight months imprisonment

Daniel Smith, 25-years-old, from Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford, stole £87,640 worth of sheep from four locations in fields in the Marden, Sutton St Nicholas and Cross Keys areas of Herefordshire between 2 November 2020 and 26 January 2021. One of the victims identified sheep being sold as those stolen from his farm and subsequently 92% of the stolen sheep were recovered over the following two days in March 2021.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of theft at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on 7 July 2021. A proceeds of crime hearing is scheduled to take place on 24 November.

1 Jan 0001

Eric William Lively

Breaching Sexual Offences Prevention Order *

Sentence

28 months imprisonment

Eric William Lively, 56, of Broad Street, Worcester, breached his Sexual Offences Prevention Order by making unsupervised contact with a child under the age of 16. The original order was imposed in April 2010 following his conviction and four-year prison sentence for sexual activity with a child, voyeurism, and taking indecent photographs of a child.

Found guilty of breaching the order after making unsupervised contact with a child under the age of 16. A new Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also granted with prohibitions on contact with children under 16 without approval, activities bringing him into contact with under-16s, and taking images of children without consent.

1 Jan 0001

Edwin Onyme-Campbell

Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

3 years and 9 months imprisonment

Edwin Onyme-Campbell, 21, of Willington Road in Sheffield, ran a county line drug dealing network between Worcester and the West Midlands. On Thursday, November 30, police stopped him and Joshua Roberts inside Coral betting shop on Widemarsh Street in Hereford. They were found to have three large knives, a large quantity of class-A drugs, two burner phones and cash.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A heroin, crack and cocaine and possession of an offensive weapon.

1 Jan 0001

David Warman

Being concerned in the supply of class B drugs (cannabis) *

Sentence

18-month community order and 150 hours unpaid work

Officers discovered a large amount of cannabis, cash, mobile phones, scales and deal bags at a property in Drake Avenue, Worcester during an investigation into a burglary there in March 2018.

Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

David Edwards

Child sex offences *

Sentence

four years in prison

David Edwards committed 11 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and three counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act between December 2009 and November 2012, involving seven girls aged 13 to 15, via texting and a social networking website.

Pleaded guilty to 14 child sex offences. Described as manipulative by investigating officer.

1 Jan 0001

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About Worcester Crown Court

Worcester Crown Court, located in Worcester, is a Crown Court that handles serious criminal cases including murder, rape, robbery, and other indictable offences. With 224 sentencing records in our database, it is one of the Crown Courts serving the Worcester 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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