Tag: Crime
Three jailed over Luton gang shooting
Three men involved in a gangland shooting in broad daylight with pedestrians and motorists nearby are facing almost 33 years in prison.
Lewis Gatehouse, Kendall...
Police chief says money is better spent on more staff than...
Public money would be better spent on more staff than funding local enquiry offices that are seldom used, says Bedfordshire Police’s deputy chief constable.
The...
Pensioner jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of sexual...
A Luton man who sexually abused a young boy was jailed for 12 years on Thursday, March 31, 2022. William Connelly, 76, was drunk...
Man jailed for nine years for sexual abuse of children
Peter Crane, 65, of Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, was convicted by a jury at Luton Crown Court on 21 January, of the...
Former soldier found guilty of multiple sexual assaults on young children
A former soldier who sexually abused a boy and a girl in the 1970s and 1980s was jailed for nine years on...
Man who abused two young girls jailed for seven years
A man has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing two young girls in the 90s.
Alex Henney,...
Huge police presence in dawn raid in Sandy leads to three...
Three men were arrested in a dawn raid in Sandy on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, following a pre-planned Bedfordshire Police operation to...
Police identify 47 organised crime groups in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire Police has ‘mapped’ ten organised crime groups and three gangs in Bedford borough, councillors were told.
Detective Chief Inspector Katie...
Two arrests made in connection with Wardown Park stabbing
Police have made two arrests in connection to an incident in Luton on Monday, 28 February, which left a teenager needing hospital...
Police launch murder hunt after man’s body found in Luton street
A man who died in Luton on Sunday, February 27, 2022, has been named, as officers urge anyone with information to come forward.