20 faces and names who have appeared in Lancashire courts this week including accused killers, con artists and perverts
Among them have been a childminder accused of murdering baby Harlow Collinge and a man accused of stabbing Skelmersdale teenager Dylan Bragger to death. Some of the defendants have been jailed - including a feet-loving pervert who tried to buy school shoes from a teenager in a sordid sex meet, and a former soldier who ambushed his ex in a terrifying game of cat and mouse at her home in Chorley.An open and transparent justice system is a cornerstone of democracy.
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FULL STORY: Man naked from the waist down touched himself while approaching women waiting at junctions FULL STORY: Owen Oyston ordered to pay council tax on Bloomfield Road hotel penthouse Blackpool FC want him out of But the court heard how Arnold did not disclose this information and said he'd wanted to help families with gifts as part of his “Christian beliefs”. Prosecutors said he particularly targeted families of African origin in Carlisle in December last year before he was confronted by police.Residents fined £5,373 for fly tipping in streets after failing to appear in court Another five people have been fined by Pendle Borough Council for dumping waste on the borough's streets.
FULL STORY: Five Nelson residents fined £5,373 for fly tipping in streets after failing to appear in court A trading standards investigation found Andy Pilley mis-sold gas and electricity contracts and posted fake customer comments on websites. Pilley, who stepped down as chairman and director of the League One club in May after being convicted on four counts of fraud, appeared at Preston Crown Court for sentencing today .
Tattersall later pleaded guilty to two alternative counts of attempted rapes, with the victim ready to give evidence for a second time. He was today sentenced for those offences and breaches of the non-molestation order he had previously pleaded guilty to.Man accused of murdering teenage boy appears in court The man accused of murdering Skelmersdale teenager Dylan Bragger has made his first appearance at Preston Crown Court.
Mr Burton’s mother and other family wept in the public gallery as jurors were shown CCTV footage of the fight and fatal stabbing, which erupted and was over in seconds, Michael Brady KC, opening the case for the prosecution, told the court. O’Pray is also accused of wounding with intent by slashing and stabbing Harvey Reilly, 17 at the time and now aged 18, during the same incident in the early hours of Sunday morning on August 22 last year.
The former soldier has now been jailed for 32 months after the court was told bout the terrifying attack on his girlfriend in the early hours of February 16, 2023. Beth Pilling, prosecuting, said over the course of the evening Cotton sent threatening messages to the mum-of-one, saying he would "hurt everyone she loved."
Experts could not say how long Qasim Afazal, 32, shook the baby for but said it was likely the child lost consciousness during the attack on October 13, 2020. The child, who can not be named for legal reasons, suffered bleeding to the brain, which required surgery to remove fluid build up, and has an eye condition, which is likely to need corrective surgery.
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