Mother praises courage of child abuse survivor targeted by former Carlisle man
THE DEVASTATING impact of sexual abuse suffered by a Carlisle teenager was spelled out at a hearing which the offender refused to attend after claiming he was unwell.
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Chief Reporter for North Cumbria covering a variety of stories, including court and crime, in Carlisle and beyond for the News & Star, Cumberland News, Times & Star and Whitehaven News.
Chief Reporter for North Cumbria covering a variety of stories, including court and crime, in Carlisle and beyond for the News & Star, Cumberland News, Times & Star and Whitehaven News.
THE DEVASTATING impact of sexual abuse suffered by a Carlisle teenager was spelled out at a hearing which the offender refused to attend after claiming he was unwell.
A BARROW man who used his award-winning cleaning business as “cover” as he operated a cocaine dealing operation with two associates has been jailed for eleven years.
A HOMELESS Carlisle man who was desperate to be jailed repeatedly subjected a security worker to death threats and vile racist abuse, leaving him so stressed he felt physically sick.
A CONVICTED Carlisle sex offender was found to have committed further offences after he took a police lie detector test that led to officers starting a further investigation.
A CONMAN with multiple fake names befriended vulnerable pensioners and a Good Samaritan who helped him through a health crisis so he could scam them out of £20,000, a court heard.
POLICE have been given six months to establish how a motorist who was stopped on the M6 Motorway near Penrith acquired £10,000 of suspicious cash.
A PSYCHIATRIC patient from west Cumbria with a long history of violence tried to slash a doctor's throat with a fragment of sharp plastic.
NINE men who were convicted for their roles in the biggest drugs supply conspiracy ever uncovered in Cumbria have been given jail terms totalling more than 100 years.
NINE men involved in the 'Amazon-style' trading of cocaine worth tens of millions of pounds were today facing justice thanks to an investigation that began in Cumbria.
THE 19-year-old Carlisle man accused of murdering a man from Annan and the attempted murder of another man has formally denied both allegations.
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