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30/09/2011
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'Dead Pensioner' Jailed For Fraud
A pensioner was jailed for six years today after he admitted faking his own death in Central America to try to pocket a £520,000 life insurance payout. A judge said Anthony McErlean, 66, committed ''deliberate and calculated fraud'' after he impersonated his wife to claim he had died after being struck by a produce truck in Honduras on December 6, 2009. Police were alerted by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, which had been contacted by suspicious officials at Ace European insurance company.
Rioter Jailed
A 19-year-old from Orpington has been jailed for his part in the Bromley disorder. Codie Farrell from the Ramsden Estate, Orpington pleaded guilty to burglary at Croydon Crown Court on 16 September and has now been sentenced to 16 months in a young offender institution. Farrell had been identified committing the burglary at the Carphone Warehouse, Nugent Retail Park, Orpington on the night of 8 August 2011 through CCTV footage. Four people have previously been sentenced in respect of the investigation into the disorder in Bromley. Another 30 further suspects are awaiting trial in respect of the disorder in Bromley, with a number of additional suspects currently on bail as police investigations continue.
Courting Style
Westminster Magistrates' Court, a new, state of the art building with first class facilities, located on the site of the old Marylebone Magistrates' Court, has opened for business. This 10-courtroom facility has been built as part of a wider strategy to improve the capacity and facilities of the magistrates' courts in London. It will take on the jurisdiction and workload of City of Westminster Magistrates' which has now closed. As well as dealing with the full range of criminal business, the court will deal with extradition cases from across England and Wales and other areas of international work.
(BMcC/GK)
A pensioner was jailed for six years today after he admitted faking his own death in Central America to try to pocket a £520,000 life insurance payout. A judge said Anthony McErlean, 66, committed ''deliberate and calculated fraud'' after he impersonated his wife to claim he had died after being struck by a produce truck in Honduras on December 6, 2009. Police were alerted by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, which had been contacted by suspicious officials at Ace European insurance company.
Rioter Jailed
A 19-year-old from Orpington has been jailed for his part in the Bromley disorder. Codie Farrell from the Ramsden Estate, Orpington pleaded guilty to burglary at Croydon Crown Court on 16 September and has now been sentenced to 16 months in a young offender institution. Farrell had been identified committing the burglary at the Carphone Warehouse, Nugent Retail Park, Orpington on the night of 8 August 2011 through CCTV footage. Four people have previously been sentenced in respect of the investigation into the disorder in Bromley. Another 30 further suspects are awaiting trial in respect of the disorder in Bromley, with a number of additional suspects currently on bail as police investigations continue.
Courting Style
Westminster Magistrates' Court, a new, state of the art building with first class facilities, located on the site of the old Marylebone Magistrates' Court, has opened for business. This 10-courtroom facility has been built as part of a wider strategy to improve the capacity and facilities of the magistrates' courts in London. It will take on the jurisdiction and workload of City of Westminster Magistrates' which has now closed. As well as dealing with the full range of criminal business, the court will deal with extradition cases from across England and Wales and other areas of international work.
(BMcC/GK)
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22 August 2011
Man Charged With Murder Of Chatham Woman
A man has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Chatham earlier this month. Jennie Banner was found dead at her flat in New Road on August 19. Marcus Coates, 43, of Ernest Way, Chatham, was charged with murder on August 21. He is due to appear before Medway magistrates court today.
Man Charged With Murder Of Chatham Woman
A man has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Chatham earlier this month. Jennie Banner was found dead at her flat in New Road on August 19. Marcus Coates, 43, of Ernest Way, Chatham, was charged with murder on August 21. He is due to appear before Medway magistrates court today.
16 August 2004
Six charged over Tube station death
Six people have been charged in relation to the killing of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed at a London Tube station on Thursday. British Transport Police and the Metropolitan Police were called in to Hounslow West Underground station at 11.20pm on Thursday.
Six charged over Tube station death
Six people have been charged in relation to the killing of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed at a London Tube station on Thursday. British Transport Police and the Metropolitan Police were called in to Hounslow West Underground station at 11.20pm on Thursday.
05 October 2004
Magistrates secure access to credit reference database
Magistrates across England and Wales will soon have unprecedented access to a database to help them track down hard-to-find offenders who have defaulted on court penalties. When people move on, Magistrates Courts Committees (MCCs) currently have no means to track them.
Magistrates secure access to credit reference database
Magistrates across England and Wales will soon have unprecedented access to a database to help them track down hard-to-find offenders who have defaulted on court penalties. When people move on, Magistrates Courts Committees (MCCs) currently have no means to track them.
23 October 2009
Crackdown On Fine Dodgers
Six hundred of the Scotland's 'worst fine dodgers' are being targeted in a crackdown by the Scottish Court Service on those who attempt to 'avoid the ends of justice'.
Crackdown On Fine Dodgers
Six hundred of the Scotland's 'worst fine dodgers' are being targeted in a crackdown by the Scottish Court Service on those who attempt to 'avoid the ends of justice'.
02 March 2005
MPs recommend changes for child access system
A report by the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee has called for more child access cases to be dealt with through mediation, not through the court system.
MPs recommend changes for child access system
A report by the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee has called for more child access cases to be dealt with through mediation, not through the court system.
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