Sunday 22 February 2015

Suicidal Paedophile Locked-Up For Sexually Abusing Twelve Year-Old Boy

Isleworth Crown Court
A paedophile - who has twice tried to kill himself - has eventually been brought to justice for sexually abusing a young boy two decades ago and has started a prison sentence of eight years and eight months.

Warehouse cleaner Keith Thompson, 46, of Park Road, Rugby, Warwickshire pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecently assaulting the boy on dates between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1998 in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Isleworth Crown Court Judge Anne Molyneux told him: “It began during games of hide and seek when he was just eight years-old and you asked if he wanted to play other games.”

Thompson then regularly sexually abused the boy up until he was twelve years-old and the truth was finally revealed when the victim blurted out what happened during a row with his mother last year.

When Thompson heard about this he handed himself into police and made a full confession.

This abuse lasted for a number of years and your conduct was regular and repeated towards a young child, who at that age was a vulnerable child.”

Remarkably the victim has made it clear he has enjoyed a “good life' and would prefer Thompson received treatment rather than a lengthy prison sentence.

He liked you, he would play football with you and still bears you no ill will,” the judge told Thompson, who indecently assaulted a young woman in the 1980's. “He liked your company.

The probation service have classified Thompson as a “high risk” of re-offending and he has been unable to explain why he offended or if it was for sexual gratification.



Saturday 21 February 2015

Suspended Sentence For Zero Hours Worker Who Conned The NHS

A zero hours contract worker with Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, who forged time sheets and collected over £7,500 after ending her employment, has received a suspended prison sentence.

Jamaica Ubaldo, 23, of Talbot Road, Wembley even had the cheek to phone her former bosses and demand wages when her scam was uncovered and the payments stopped.

She pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court to forging the time sheets between June 1, 2013 and February 26, this year and was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court.

Prosecutor Mr. Richard Doolan told the court: “The defendant stopped working in May last year, but after this she continued submitting time sheets and was paid up until February.

When the fraud came to light the defendant rang the office asking where the payments were. You may think this aggravates the offence.”

Ubaldo received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and was ordered to perform 120 hours community service work.

She must also pay a £100 victim surcharge.

Thursday 19 February 2015

Veteran Twiggy Photographer Accused Of Groping Two Women

The legendary photographer, who discovered sixties style icon Twiggy appeared in court today charged with sex attacks with two women he approached - persuading one to pose for provocative snaps.

Barry Lategan, 80, photographer to the rich and famous, is accused of fondling one of the breast's of each woman, one of whom was approached on a bus and the other in a coffee shop.

Two of his photographic portraits of Twiggy hang in the Victoria & Albert Museum and he has photographed among others HRH Princess Anne, Paul and Linda McCartney, Iman, Germaine Greer, Margaret Thatcher and Salman Rushdie.

The award-winning photographer, of Grosvenor Park, Camberwell has a C.V.which includes front pages of fashion magazines Vogue and Harpers Bazaar

He appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates Court charged with sexually assaulting a female, 44, in Fulham Road, Fulham on June 3, 2013 and another at her flat in Redcliffe Square, West Brompton on July 17, last year.

Wearing his trademark wide-brimmed hat and union flag bow-tie he quipped from the dock: "I have been asked to remove my hat. As Maurice Chevalier said: 'It's the only thing you can take off to a lady in public.'"

Prosecutor Miss Kate Shilton successfully applied for the case to be sent to Isleworth Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on March 3 due to its seriousness.

It is alleged Lategan sat too close to the bus complainant and after showing off his portfolio of work followed her off and hugged her in the street and groped her breast, revealing that her was noticeably aroused.


He met the second woman in Cafe Nero and they went to her flat, where after allegedly asking her to spread her legs during a photo shoot on her sofa he stroked her thigh and fondled her breast.

Wednesday 18 February 2015

Betting-Shop Conman O'Connor Lives Up To His Name





Betting-Shop Blarney: O'Connor
A fast-talking betting-shop swindler, who boozed away the profits of his audacious scam, which involved tricking staff into believing he placed winning bets, has received a suspended prison sentence.
He intimidated and confused betting shop cashiers into believing he had won bets, losing the bookmakers around £10,000
John O’Connor, 33, of St Mary's Road, Ealing, conned staff at 14 branches of Ladbrokes across London and the UK over around 18 months, from July 2012.


He used a number of what the betting industry refers to as “slow count fraud” tactics, to fool staff into believing he had won bets when, in some cases, he had not even paid his stake.


Tactics included placing a bet but then distracting the cashier - sometimes with the help of friends - by asking questions, becoming rowdy or placing a series of small, obscure bets at the same time.
This would allow him time to see if his runner was likely to win. 


If it won, he would hand over his stake and claim the profit, or else pretend he had already paid and ask only for his winnings.
He would then place the non-existent stake on another bet and if he lost, he would leave without paying the stake. 


On The Con: O'Connor In Action
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard O’Connor targeted London branches in Hillingdon, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster.
He also travelled around the country to Clevedon, Somerset; Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham; Chester; Standish, Greater Manchester; Sandy, Bedfordshire; Chelmsford, Essex and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.


Ladbrokes reported the offences to the Metropolitan Police Service in April 2013, after he carried out the con at a branch on Oxford Street, Westminster.
Detectives circulated CCTV images of him to police services around the country and Hertfordshire police officers arrested him in July 2014.


O’Connor was charged with 15 counts of a fraud by misrepresentation, to which he pleaded guilty.


While on bail, awaiting sentence, he carried out the same offence at William Hill, Tyburn Road, Edington, Birmingham on December 28, last year.


It is believed that he may have carried out the scam on many more occasions.


O'Connor received eighteen months imprisonment, suspended for two years and was placed on probation for twelve months, which includes a four-month alcohol treatment order.

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Blades Fans Attacked Fellow Supporter During FA Cup Semi-Final Defeat



Dale Beck
Two Sheffield United supporters, who attacked fellow supporters at last seasons FA Cup semi-final, received suspended prison sentences yesterday and have been banned from football matches for three years.

Ironmonger Dale Beck, 21, of Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield and asbestos remover Josh Cherrill, 22, of Hollybank Drive, Sheffield were caught on CCTV punching and kicking the two men as the match progressed.

Both pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court to violent disorder at the Sheffield United v Hull City match, which the Blades lost 5-3 at Wembley stadium on April 13, last year.

Detective Sergeant Matthew Hearing, of Scotland Yard's Public Order Branch told the court: “An argument breaks out and this involves people fighting and falling over each other.

Mr. Cherrill is seen to remonstrate with stewards then walk up the steps, approached victim number one and after words are exchanged punches this man in the face.

This forces the victim backwards and a melee ensues with other men joining in and punching this victim. He is grabbed and punched from all sides.

Mr. Cherrill and the victim lose balance and the victim falls face down onto the seats with Mr. Cherrill laying on his back and punching him on the way down.

Mr. Beck is seen to run down several rows of seats and is seen stamping on the head and shoulders of the victim who is trying to stand up.

The second victim comes to his assistance and is punched back by Mr. Beck and others join in the assault.
Joshua Cherrill

Mr. Cherrill punches the second victim around the head and body and the victim's shirt is ripped off.

Mr. Cherrill has the man in a headlock and an unknown male kicks him in the face.”

Neither of the two victims were identified or made a complaint to police and Cherrill claims he was reacting to being punched during the first disturbance.

Four complaints were made from Sheffield United supporters, many of whom were there with children and members of their family. “It marred the game and made them feel apprehensive,” added DS Hearing.

Mr. Karl Masi, defending both men said: “Mr. Cherrill accepts he had been drinking that day and got the coach down from Sheffield. He's a glory supporter, who attends the big fixtures and has not been to football since.”

Recorder Arif Choudhury QC told Cherrill: “It seems to be a wholly unprovoked attack. It escalated and several men joined in,”

He told Beck: “You joined in and used quite high levels of violence.

This is, quite clearly, a very violent incident that escalated and members of the public were in attendance with their children. It must have been frightening to be near this behaviour.

The incident could quite have easily resulted in serious injuries.”

Cherrill received sixteen months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with 150 hours community service work and Beck twelve months, suspended for two years, with 100 hours.

Both must obey a night time curfew for the next three months, pay a £100 victim surcharge and were banned from attending domestic football matches and all overseas
fixtures involving Sheffield United and the england national team.

Monday 16 February 2015

Hit-And-Run Death Crash: Suspect Arrested

Janusz Partyka
Police investigating a fatal late-night hit-and-run in which a pedestrian was killed after bring struck by a BMW have arrested a suspect.
Janusz Partyka, 31, died after the collision at 5.00am on February 8 at the junction of Wood Lane and the A4 Great West Road, Osterley.
The 28 year-old male suspect voluntarily attended a police station on February 9 and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A motor vehicle has also been recovered.
Mr. Partyka, who lived locally, was struck by the blue BMW in the westbound carriageway and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.


Detectives would still like to hear from anyone who may have seen a blue BMW driving away from the scene heading westbound towards Heathrow.


Enquiries are underway by officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Merton. 



Anyone with any information is asked to contact officers on 020 8543 5157 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. 

Sunday 15 February 2015

Currency Entrepreneur's Driving Arrest A Real Blow

A celebrity finance guru, who claims to have made millions in foreign exchange deals, was caught by police having oral sex while driving his £300,000 Lamborghini, which sports the personalised number plate 'PRO5PER'.

Greg Secker, 39, boss of 'Knowledge to Action' trading and training company still had his trousers undone when officers pulled over his black 6.5 litre Aventador.

The self-styled "master trader, entrepreneur, philanthropist and international speaker", who lives on the private Crown Estate of Furze Field, Oxshott, Leatherhead pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention in West Hill, Wandsworth on March 20, last year.

A charge of drink-driving was dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service failed to submit evidence to support their case Secker's urine alcohol level was 148 milligrammes - the legal limit is 107.  

He claims to have become a multi-millionaire in his mid-twenties and his website includes pictures of him with Prince William and Sir Richard Branson.

Prosecutor Mr. Nicholas Earl-Quarcoo told Wimbledon Magistrates Court it was 7.55pm when police driving along the A3 decided to follow and stop Secker.

"The Lamborghini drifted into their lane, which led the officer to take evasive action to avoid a collision with the car.

"They put on their flashing lights and tried to catch up with the Lamborghini, which turned off the A3 and passed through two no entry signs.

"When officers caught up with the car it was parked in a bay with the engine still running and they could see a female in the passenger seat.

"They spoke to Mr. Secker and he then pulled up his trousers that were loose and undone and the officer asked: 'What happened there?'

"Mr. Secker replied: 'I know, I'm sorry. I was getting a blow job.'"

Keen polo player Secker told the court he draws a £1,600 a week salary from his company, which offers trading courses from £2,500.

His lawyer told the court father-of-three Secker accepts his behaviour was "extremely foolish" 

District Judge James Henderson fined Secker £1,000, with £85 costs, ordered him to pay a £100 victim surcharge and endorsed his driving licence with five penalty points.

Saturday 14 February 2015

Junkie Raised Cash In Wireless Festival Ticket Scam

Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
A drug-addict got involved in a ticketing scam which ripped-off fans expecting to see and hear acts including Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake at the Wireless Festival.

Harriet Cooper, 25, of St. Peter's Church, London Road, Kingston-upon-Thames and her boyfriend orchestrated the scheme from his Bournemouth flat in Argyll Road.


She pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates Court to four counts of fraud by selling batches of invalid tickets worth £800; £120; £135 and £180 via Gumtree on May 24, 2013 for the event in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.


The court heard heroin addict Cooper met her boyfriend while receiving treatment for alcoholism and was under his influence at the time of the event.


She is now four months pregnant, jobless, living in a hostel and on a prescription for her addiction.


Cooper was placed on probation for twelve months, which includes a three-month drug rehabilitation requirement.


She was also ordered to pay each of the four victims £20 compensation. 

Friday 13 February 2015

Doctor Cleared Of Assaulting Practice Partner's Wife

Dr.Athar Rana
A G.P. was cleared yesterday of assaulting the wife of his practice partner – who is also the surgery’s manager – who claimed she was pushed by the doctor during another disagreement.

The partnership at the Graham Road Surgery, Graham Road, Mitcham is an unhappy one, but the two doctors continue to practice under the same roof despite their differences.

Dr. Athar Rana, 56, of Circle Gardens, Merton Park was found not guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates Court of assaulting Savita Lall – wife of Dr. Raghunath Lall – at the surgery on October 17, last year.

The court heard Dr. Lall began the practice in 1999, was joined by his wife in 2002 and Dr. Rana came on board in 2004, but the union has not been a happy one.

Mrs Lall told the court: “Dr. Rana came into my room and asked why I had booked patients to him. He was a bit aggressive, a bit loud, there is a problem with Dr. Rana in the practice.

I was frightened, I did not want to discuss it. It's always a problem with him, he got louder and I was more frightened.”

The discussion moved to the reception area, where Mrs Lall claimed the defendant made unwanted contact. “His hand was on my arm and he pushed me.

I was shocked and hurt emotionally about what happened and he had done this before. I did not call the police the first time when he did it before and then called them after thirty minutes.”
Savita Lall & Dr. Raghunath Lall

Dr. Rana says the couple want him out of the surgery and he is deliberately overworked, insisting a complaint made by Dr. Lall to the General Medical Council, which was not proved, was “malicious.”

He claimed he raised his arm to usher himself past Mrs Lall and did not make contact with her.

Dr. Rana told the court the police came for him six days after the incident. “I was arrested in the middle of the surgery in front of my patients and staff.

Dr. Lall has previously said I was sacked from my last job and had lied to him in my interview and I was not very happy about that.”

The pair have sat down with BMA mediators, but Dr. Rana complained: “Dr. Lall ignored that and he still signs cheques without my consent. Nothing has changed.

Dr. Lall doesn't know what the word partnership means, but I have been subjected to this type of behaviour for ten years. I am use'd to it.

I would classify Dr. Lall's behaviour as bullying. They want me to stop practicing and get out.”

Thursday 12 February 2015

ASBO Accountant Locked-Up For Continuing To Wage Parking War

ASBO Accountant: Gloucester-Trotman
An accountant involved in a bitter parking and access dispute, which he says claimed the life of his son and £200,000 in legal bills, was jailed for twelve months yesterday for breaching an ASBO, imposed to protect his long-suffering neighbours.

Roger Jocelyn Gloucester-Trotman, 75, of  Devon Road, Sutton and his late son Ian Trotman, who committed suicide aged 44, owned the service road behind a suburban parade of shops, where the defendant's accountancy business is based.

Planning permission was successfully won - despite local objections -  to build two three-storey townhouses at each end of the road and Gloucester-Trotman tried to stop neighbouring business owners using and parking there despite them having legal access rights.

Since February 2005 Gloucester-Trotman has clocked-up at least ten criminal convictions - mostly breaches of ASBOs and restraining orders - around his business premises in Westmead Road, Carshalton.

Today he was sentenced for breaching his Anti-Social Behaviour Order by continuing to complain to police about issues regarding his son's death, access and parking to the rear of his office.

A neighbour reported Ian Trotman to police for criminal damage after her boiler flue, which was adjacent to the second development site, was vandalised and he was arrested.

However, on May 28, 2010 his body was discovered in a drain located on the site and an inquest concluded he killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning.

"He was driven to it by the police," said Gloucester-Trotman, after previously receiving a suspended prison sentence at the same court.

Gloucester-Trotman has also been struck-off by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and fined £1,000 for breaching an ASBO.

His battle with his business neighbours concerning parking and access in the road ended up at Guildford County Court, which ruled against Gloucester-Trotman, costing him £200,000 in legal bills.

During the dispute he dug up the access road on Boxing Day, preventing any vehicles gaining access and parking.

These incidents continue to occur from what Gloucester-Trotman sees as a lack of road traffic enforcement.

He was distracted from his accountancy practice to enforcement of road traffic regulations at his home address and at his office.


The five-year ASBO order was made to prohibit Gloucester-Trotman abusing his neighbours, calling 999 except in an emergency and calling police to complain about car parking and the death of his son.

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Heartless Neighbour Fleeces Elderly 'Friend'

Porridge: Christopher Briggs
A heartless thief, who helped himself to over £32,000 from two bank accounts of a 90 year-old neighbour he was apparently helping has been locked-up for twelve months today.

Christopher Briggs, 57, of Nugent Road, South Norwood had control over the accounts as somebody trusted to look after the pensioner's financial affairs.

He pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to stealing £21,396 between August 1, 2010 and December 10, 2013 from a Nat West account belonging to Kenneth Nash.

He also admitted stealing £11,000 between September 1, 2011 and December 1, 2013 from Mr. Nash's Santander account.

Briggs was also ordered to pay full compensation to the victim.

Tuesday 10 February 2015

Police Hunt Pair Of Pizza Thugs

Police are hunting two late-night thugs caught on CCTV celebrating a joint attack on a man left with a fractured cheekbone and eye socket, who continues to receive treatment months later.

Camden Borough CID have released these images of the suspects taken near Dominos Pizza, Regent's Park Road, Chalk Farm at 3.30am on July 5, last year as they continue their attempts to bring them to justice.
The 27-year old victim was punched in the head and kicked in the ribs suffering a fractured right cheek bone, a fractured eye socket and broken ribs.
He is still receiving treatment for his injuries.

As they left the scene cameras recorded the pair congratulating each other and one demonstrating the blows he inflicted on the victim.
The first suspect man is described as a white man around 25-years-old, 5ft 7ins tall, with mid-length blonde hair and a distinctive jaw line and nose. He was wearing camel coloured trousers and a light coloured top.
The second man is described as a white man, around 25-years-old, 6ft 2ins tall with brown spiky hair, brown eyes, skinny build who was wearing a denim three-quarter length shirt and jeans.
The victim's 26-year-old female friend, who tried to intervene, was also scratched on the arm during the assault.
If anyone has any information regarding this incident or can identify the men in the images they are urged to contact Detective Constable Baguena from Camden Borough's CID on 020 8733 6588 or 101.

Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 on via crimestoppers-uk.org.

Monday 9 February 2015

"Sexual Predator" Convicted Again: Police Seek More Victims

A repeat rapist, who targeted an 80 year-old pensioner, has been described by police as a: “sexual predator” after his second conviction for the offence.
Robert Lashley, 32, of Blythe Road, West Kensington waited for the woman, who lives alone, to return from a local newagents early one morning and followed her to her flat, where he raped her.
An Isleworth Crown Court jury found him guilty of the offence after hearing Lashley was caught on CCTV loitering outside the woman's Shepherd's Bush block of flats at 7.30am on August 16, last year.
He was quickly identified and arrested the next day and the victim was able to give evidence against him in court which led to a successful conviction.


The court also heard that Lashley had received an eight-year sentence in 2004 for a similar rape on a 59-year-old woman.


He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on March 6. 


Officers believe Lashley may have targeted other women and are appealing for other possible victims to come forward.


Detective Constable Victoria Kilburn said: "Robert Lashley is a sexual predator who, on 16 August 2014, targeted one of the most vulnerable members of our community and subjected her to an horrific sexual assault.
“This was all the more distressing as the offence occurred in her home, where she should have felt safe. 


"I also hope that this sentence will encourage more victims of sexual offending to approach police, in the knowledge you will be believed no matter what age you are, and that the police will seek prosecutions for sexual offences.


"I would like to pay tribute to the victim of this offence. She is a spirited lady who showed great courage and determination, not only during the offence, but also in attending court and giving evidence against Lashley.
“She has found this experience extremely traumatic and I hope she can recover from this to enjoy her retirement in peace.


"Police are taking the step of releasing Lashley's image today. If you think you have been a victim of Robert Lashley, I would ask you to come forward and speak to police." 



Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency line on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Sunday 8 February 2015

Immigration Civil Servant Looked-Up His Family's Cases

An assistant immigration officer with the Asylum Screening Unit has received a suspended prison sentence for illegally accessing computer information at work on immigrants he was sponsoring to enter the UK.

Anil Sanon, 64, of Davidson Road, Croydon was employed at the town's Lunar House building, the Home Office's UK HQ for visa and immigration applications.

He pleaded guilty to twenty counts of securing unauthorised access to a program or data held on a computer and was sentenced to five months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months.

Croydon Crown Court heard Sanon looked-up details of individuals on the Central Reference System, which revealed the progress of their immigration application, decisions and enquiries that still had to be made.

The Home Office have a 'zero tolerance' policy on such unauthorised access, but this did not stop Sanon searching for details of his son-in-law's case following an arranged marriage with his daughter in June, 2011.

Sanon, who is a carer for his disabled wife, was told he was guilty of a: “gross breach of trust.”

Saturday 7 February 2015

Probation Officer Wrecked Career Protecting Burglar Boyfriend


Stacey McCarthy & Stephen Sullivan
A brilliant probation officer's promising career has been destroyed after she fell in love with a prolific drug-addict burglar she was supervising, protecting him from police after another break-in and putting him up in her home. 

Criminal justice graduate Stacey Karen McCarthy, 31, of MacMillan Court, Ruislip Road East, Greenford has three degrees, including a Masters and was destined for the top of her profession, but is now starting a twelve-month prison sentence.

After she was jailed boyfriend Stephen Sullivan, 35, abused the investigating police officers in the public gallery, tried to head butt two of them and received six weeks imprisonment for contempt of court.

She pleaded guilty to assisting an offender between January 30 and February 23, last year, namely with intent to impede the prosecution of Stephen Sullivan she failed to notify the police of his mobile phone number and allowed him to stay at her home.

She also pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office between January 1 and February 23, last year, namely conducted an inappropriate relationship with Sullivan while employed as a supervising probation officer and provided him with a mobile phone.
Twelve Months: McCarthy

Prosecutor Mr. Lyall Thompson told Isleworth Crown Court yesterday McCarthy, who as employed by the London Probation Trust since April, 2008, was Sullivan's supervising officer after his release from prison on licence for a burglary conviction.

"He has a very lengthy conviction history and was a high-risk offender, who had completed five years on the prolific offender scheme."

Less than three weeks after his release on December 3, 2013 Sullivan broke in at 7.15am on December 28 to a firm that specialises in security alarms and after causing £400 worth of damage was identified by police on CCTV.

He was circulated as wanted on the Police National Computer and as his probation officer McCarthy was asked to assist in locating him.

On January 26, last year McCarthy activated a mobile phone and gave it to Sullivan.

"She deliberately withheld information to the police about the use of this phone and implied that it was being used by her and not Sullivan," explained Mr. Thompson.

"As a direct consequence police did not emily cell-site analysis and an opportunity to locate and arrest him was lost."

While McCarthy was holidaying in Egypt in February she allowed Sullivan to live in her house and her used her Fiat car.

"This car was used in a burglary in Hertfordshire on February 17 and two associates of Sullivan were arrested."

Sullivan then ransacked four offices in Canada House, Ruislip, causing a huge amount of damage and taking a laptop.

McCarthy was arrested when she returned from Egypt and was suspended by her bosses and Sullivan was eventually captured by police on April 14.

"When he appeared at Harrow Crown Court on the twentieth of May she talked her way into the cells to visit him, a visit she would not normally have had."

Sullivan later received two years probation with a drug rehabilitation requirement.

McCarthy was questioned by police on May 28. "She stated after her arrest she got sucked in by him and a sexual relationship began."

Mr. Matthew Rowcliffe defending said: "She's always, from a young age, had a desire to understand why others get involved in crime and to steer others away from crime."

Determined McCarthy beat "fierce competition" to land her dream job and drove through a new initiative called "Community Hub" and kept two "prolific offenders" out of trouble where colleagues had failed.

She supervised 'Prolific Priority Offenders' and knew it was against the rules to have inappropriate relationships with offenders.

"A relationship did develop despite the obvious impropriety and her actions were not carefully calculated, but were impulsive actions from a strong emotional attachment and the relationship continued."

The fact Sullivan has only failed one drug test while on probation was hailed as another success for McCarthy. "This reflects the genuine talent Miss McCarthy has to help others change.'

She was forced to resign her position. "She will never be able to return to that occupation, that vocation," added Mr. Rowcliffe.

"Given her ability and talents this case represents a grave loss to the probation service."

Judge Aidan Marron QC told her: "You are clearly a well-educated woman from a good home and with advantages like that this should not have happened."

Sullivan shouted at officers as they left court: "You're f***ing scumbags," and was asked to return by Judge Marron, who ordered his arrest.

"I'm heartbroken, I've lost my girlfriend. Don't ruin all the good work that's been done, this could put me over the edge," he told the judge before being handcuffed after a struggle and taken to the cells.

Crack addict Sullivan, who has a two-decade old habit and has spent fourteen of the last nineteen years in custody, was brought up and admitted contempt of court.

Judge Marron jailed him for six weeks, explaining: "My usual way of dealing with outbursts is to ignore them, but this I regard as being well over the top.

"A nasty explosion and I could see people in the public gallery were upset and you head butted two police officers."


There will be no further action against Sullivan and the judge added: "Consider yourself very fortunate indeed."

Friday 6 February 2015

Pregnant Nigerian Overstayer's British Baby Bid

NHS Freebie: Oluwaseun Adenubi
The truth behind a pregnant Nigerian visitor's plan for her new-born baby - delivered at NHS expense - to become a British citizen is no clearer after she and the imposter prospective parents were sentenced.

Oluwaseun Adenubi, 30, used the UK passport of her friend, 32 year-old Rita Ogunkunle, to obtain over £4,000 of free care and after the delivery the pal and her boyfriend Michael Adebambo, 46, registered the baby as theirs.

However, staff at Farnborough's Princess Royal University Hospital realised the medical records of the genuine Ogunkunle, who received acne treatment there, conflicted with the pregnant patient claiming to be her.

"The difficulty is getting an honest answer from all three as to what the ultimate aim was," announced Croydon Crown Court Recorder Andrew Wright. "Miss Ogunkunle's story is one I am struggling with."

Adenubi, of Fordcroft Road, Orpington, who was granted a family visit visa which allows her to stay in the UK for up to six months, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation against the hospital between April 19 and July 2, last year, namely dishonestly obtaining free medical treatment.

Student social worker Ogunkunle and Adebambo, both of Clarendon Green, Orpington pleaded guilty to wilfully giving false information concerning the registration of a birth, namely reporting to be the parents of Moses Adenubi, at Bromley Civic Centre on July 1.

Adenubi was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for two years, by Recorder Wright, who said: "I suspend it because in particular there is no one to look after her child.

"There should be no more burden on the taxpayer than there already has been."
Bogus 'Parents': Rita Ogunkunle & Michael Adebambo

Both Ogunkunle and Adebambo received six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and Recorder Wright added: "I don't fully understand why the three of you did what you did.

"All of you lose your good character  and that will make life more difficult, wether you are in the UK legitimately or seeking to remain.

"For you Miss Ogunkunle it has been a complete waste of your efforts to qualify as a social worker. It's mad and I don't understand it." 

The prosecution did not pursue a theory Adenubi was a paid surrogate, who was having a child for Ogunkunle.

Prosecutor Miss Alexandra Boshell told the court: "Maybe there was a motivation to secure the nationality of the child as a British citizen and free NHS treatment.

"After the baby was born on June the thirtieth the staff realised something was not right because Ogunkunle has severe scarring, which the baby's mother did not have and there were two different blood types for the same patient."

The next day, both Ogunkunle and Adebambo turned up at Bromley Civic Centre and registered the birth as the child's parents and obtained an NHS number for the baby.

Ogunkunle was arrested on August 8 and claimed Adenubi took her passport after moving into her spare room and she did not know her lodger was posing as her until she heard a hospital nurse call her 'Rita'.

"She admitted falsely registering the birth of the baby and said she had been introduced to Adenubi by a friend of her mother's and took pity on her because she was pregnant and had no friends.

"She told the police she was angry at Adenubi using her identity and tried to beat her to it by registering the child."

Ogunkunle's lawyer Miss Anna Hamilton-Shield said: "It was a stupid mistake, a silly thing to do. In a moment of madness she decided to go there and get the documentation herself."

Adebambo, who has permanent leave to remain in the UK, was questioned in November. "He said his girlfriend asked him to go to the registry office to register a birth and said she told him she did not want another woman to use her identity.

"He said he did it out of love for his girlfriend and was very remorseful."

Adenubi, who was seven months pregnant when she arrived in the UK was also questioned. "She claimed she was fleeing a violent partner in Nigeria and claimed to have no  family here and no contact with her family in Nigeria.

"She said she arrived with nowhere to go and met a Nigerian man at the airport and met others via a church, but had no details of those she stayed with.

"She claimed to have found Ogunkunle's passport on a bench in Orpington market and only used it to get free medical services."

Today Adenubi abandoned the claim she found the passport and Recorder Wright said: "All three of them have not been forthright, but we are where we are."


Adenubi was ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and the couple will have to pay £100 each.

Thursday 5 February 2015

Teen Bully-Boys Locked-Up After Mentally-Ill Woman Targeted


Ten Years: Jamie Campin
Two teenage bully-boys preyed on a mentally-ill married woman over twice their age, with one sexually assaulting her in her bedroom, and both getting her to drink their urine and smoke a cannabis joint filled with curry powder.

Jamie Rhys Campin, 19, received ten years custody and Connor James, 19, two years custody at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, which heard the young men have a history of tormenting the mentally-ill and recording incidents on their mobile phones of planning and carrying-out such behaviour.


The 43 year-old Hillingdon woman, who is a paranoid schizophrenic who suffers psychotic episodes and has an ongoing alcohol problem, let the local lads into her home early one morning while her husband was staying elsewhere after yet another row.


Campin, of Whitethorn Avenue, West Drayton and James, of Uxbridge Road, Hampton Hill were convicted of two counts of administering a noxious substance, namely urine and curry powder and stealing a laptop and ring, worth £400, from the woman between July 5 and 14, 2013.

Two Years: Connor James

Campin alone was convicted of sexual assault by penetration and both defendants were cleared of affray.

“I was not one hundred per cent well at that time because I have a mental health problem and I did not have any control of the situation,” the victim told the jury. “They just walked in and I didn't want any trouble.

“These people entered my house early, at seven or eight in the morning and I don't understand why I let them in, in the first place. In my head I believed these people were friends of mine.


“I don't understand why I didn't throw them out. I was very vulnerable at the time.”


The court heard a third mystery man was present and the woman remembers two of them disappearing into her bathroom.


“I remember them walking out with a plastic cup and they asked me to drink it and I drunk a bit and realised there was wee in it and spat it out.


“I was lured into my bedroom and I don't remember being forced onto the mattress, but the person who assaulted me was on top of me.


“I was very scared at the time. I was confused and I do not know if it was sheer pure fright or if I was going along with it and not really knowing what was happening.


“I remember my trousers being undone. I don't know if I did it or he did. I don't think it was me, in fact I know it wasn't.”


She told the court she was not sure if a second man was in the bedroom at the time, but had spent his time in her house: “With his hands down the front of his trousers.”


Police later found mobile phone footage of the woman being given a cannabis joint to smoke, which had been laced with curry powder.

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Canadian Tip-Off Leads Police To Online Paedo

A paedophile caught with 68,823 child sex images after police received a tip-off from Canadian cops has received a suspended prison sentence.

Kevin John Allen, 56, of Auriol Drive, Uxbridge was identified by Operation Spade as a customer of a Canadian distributor of sick child porn.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of children on or before May 8, namely 346 Category A; 1,162 Category B and 16,676 at Category C.

He also pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent movies of children on or before May 8, namely 58 Category A; 88 Category B and 36 at Category C.

Allen also admitted a "roll-up charge" of possessing the remanding indecent photographs of children.

Isleworth Crown Court heard officers executed a search warrant at his address, seizing two computers, one desktop tower and an external hard-drive.

Judge Andrew McDowall told Allen: "What you did was most unpleasant, to many disgusting, but I don't feel it deserves and immediate custodial sentence.

"There are young children involved in this and it is rightly regarded by public and parliament and the courts as very serious."

Allen was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and will remain on probation for two years.

He must attend a sixty-day internet sex offender programme, sign the sex offenders register for ten years and an indefinite Sex Offences Prevention Order was made.


Allen was also ordered to pay £110 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.