A security guard has been sent in to monitor the suspected Banksy painting in Lynn. The artwork, depicting William Shakespeare holding a tin of spray paint, was discovered on a set of white doors on Ferry Street yesterday morning. It has prompted the question of whether the painting was completed by the world-famous artist himself. … Read more
Matthew Waters, aged 33, from Aberdare, was sentenced on Friday January 30 at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court to 12 months in prison, suspended for 24 months. This sentence follows a guilty plea for one count of inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent. This followed officers attending the Koolers nightclub in Merthyr Tydfil on May 26, … Read more
A violent thug has been jailed after launching an attack on a bouncer – and hurling racial abuse. Kailem Whitehouse lost his temper outside Wetherspoons in Hanley on September 24 last year. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard the 24-year-old became enraged after being asked to move with his cigarette. He then turned violent in full … Read more
A shoplifter has admitted killing a security guard during a struggle at an Asda superstore as she tried to flee the premises. Alun Harris-Richards fell to the ground and struck his head after trying to prevent Natasha Smith from leaving the Arbroath store with stolen alcohol in June 2024. Smith, 38, admitted causing the 61-year-old … Read more
Police have made an arrest after a bouncer had a glass thrown at them. Two ambulances and cops were scrambled to High Street in Newcastle on Saturday night where the security worker was treated for ‘potentially serious’ injuries. Now Staffordshire Police have confirmed a 31-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been quizzed over the attack. StokeonTrentLive … Read more
A judge has slammed a robber who attacked a female shop assistant and stole a bike from a schoolboy. Dylan Johnson, 21, appeared at Teesside Crown Court alongside his brother, Jordan, 26. Dylan carried out three violent robberies and a burglary – where he pretended to be a cleaner. Jordan Johnson took part in one … Read more
A bouncer was taken to hospital after being ‘glassed in the back of his head’ in a town centre attack. Emergency services were sent to High Street, Newcastle, following the vicious assault outside Hogarths. Paramedics treated him for ‘potentially serious injuries’ at the scene before he was rushed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The … Read more
The two stolen caravans ‘disappeared’ into thin air after he used his employer’s vehicle to move them A crafty lorry driver brazenly stole two valuable caravans from storage compounds by managing to persuade the security guards on duty at the sites that he was there for genuine reasons – and had come to collect the … Read more
A shoplifter who shoved a Tesco security guard to the ground while stealing a packet of sweets has told magistrates he was trying to save his friend’s life. Lewis Armitage, who already had 63 offences on his record, including eight thefts, entered the Tesco Express on Granby Street in Leicester city centre on Saturday night … Read more
This was the shocking moment a bouncer at Hanley’s Sugarmill battered a reveller unconscious on his works Christmas do. The horrific CCTV was played in court before doorman Jordan Shay was sentenced for his crime. Staffordshire Police have now shared the footage with StokeonTrentLive. It shows Shay punching and kicking his drunken victim outside the … Read more