March 2011 - Crime in the news

• Criminals pocket £7m from electricity prepayment customers

  08 March, 2011

  Electricity customers have paid over £7 million to criminal gangs who are targeting prepayment meter users in a nationwide fraud. [March 2011]

• Leicester trafficking raids - nine arrested

  23 March, 2011

  Nine people were arrested following a series of raids focusing on people trafficking and forced prostitution that were carried out across Leicester. [23 March 2011]

• HMRC warns of tax rebate scam emails

  18 March, 2011

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have reported fake ‘phishing’ emails about tax rebates. [18 March 2011]

• Three men sought over Epsom street assault

  29 March, 2011

  Police have released CCTV images of three men they want to speak to in connection with a street attack in Surrey [29 March 2011]

• Plane bomb hoaxer faces jail term

  11 March, 2011

  A man might face jail after admitting to a hoax that triggered a bomb scare on an airliner heading to Britain from the Middle East. [11 March 2011]

• Girl, five, critical after shooting

  30 March, 2011

  A five year old girl and a man have been seriously injured during a shooting at a shop in south London.

• Sheep found hanged with dog lead

  01 March, 2011

  Two sheep have been mauled to death and one found hanged with a dog lead in a field in Cleland, North Lanarkshire [1 March 2011]

• Thief snatches 800 pound scratch card

  04 March, 2011

  A thief riding a bicycle stole a winning lottery ticket from an 82 year old woman who was celebrating her win. [4 March 2011]

• Arrests after 20,000 pounds worth of cannabis found in car

  29 March, 2011

  Two men have been arrested after £20,000 worth of cannabis resin was found in a car on Teesside following a routine stop check [29 March 2011]

• Man arrested following stand-off with police in Blackpool

  28 March, 2011

  A 25 year old man from Scotland, has been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and will be questioned by detectives [28 March 2011]

• Man is due in court charged with Sian O’Callaghan murder

  28 March, 2011

  A taxi driver who was arrested last week is due in court charged with the murder of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan [28 March 2011]

• Sian O'Callaghan’s body found as police probe into double murder.

  25 March, 2011

  Detectives investigating the murder of Sian O'Callaghan are searching for a body of another person who was reported missing several years ago [25 March 2011].

• Man arrested in connection with Sian O’Callaghan disappearance

  24 March, 2011

  A man has been arrested on suspicion of the kidnap of Sian O'Callaghan.

• Detectives investigate bookmaker robbery

  22 March, 2011

  Two masked men armed with a knife have robbed a bookmakers in Nottingham. [22 march 2011]

• CCTV images released following serious sexual assault

  21 March, 2011

  CCTV images taken prior to a serious sexual assault in Cheltenham have been released. [21 March 2011]

• Two charged after cannabis farm discovered in Nunthorpe

  Two people have been charged with drug offences after a £100,000 cannabis farm was discovered on Teesside. [22 March 2011]

• Appeal for information on 61 rare and vintage guitars stolen in burglary

  21 March, 2011

  West Yorkshire Police has launched a nationwide appeal for information on 61 vintage guitars worth up to £50,000 that were stolen in a burglary.

• Thieves steal empty cash machine

  16 March, 2011

  Robbers stole a cash machine from a supermarket store in Lancashire only to find out there was no cash inside [16 March 2011]

• Two men have been shot dead near caravan site

  16 March, 2011

  Two men were found shot dead near Beck Row caravan site in Suffolk [16 March 2011]

• Appeal for information on the whereabouts of Adrian White

  15 March, 2011

  Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of Adrian White, who they would like to speak to in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred in 1974.

• Body found at former railway building

  14 March, 2011

  The man’s body was found at a railway goods yard in Lincolnshire, police are treating the death as suspicious. [14 March 2011]

• Injured boy, 14, describes gunman

  14 March, 2011

  A 14 year old boy, who was shot in both of his knee caps when he answered the door of his house in High Wycombe, has described the gunman to police. [14 March 2011]

• Paedophile Martin Smith jailed for 16 years

  11 March, 2011

  A paedophile whose partner is accused of murdering their two children has been jailed for 16 years [11 March 2011]

• Bracknell schools warned after sex attacks

  11 March, 2011

  Police have been patrolling Berkshire town after two teenage girls were sexually assaulted as they walked home from school. [11 March 2011]

• Fourth person arrested over cemetery attack

  10 March, 2011

  A fourth person has been arrested after over 50 headstones were smashed at a Lincolnshire cemetery [10 March 2011]

• Five jailed after 4 million drugs found in Northamptonshire

  10 March, 2011

  Five people have been jailed after cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis with a street value of £4m was found in Northamptonshire. [10 March 2011]

• Father angered at paedophile’s suspended sentence

  09 March, 2011

  A father has criticised a jail term given to a man who admitted sexually abusing his two sons while babysitting them. [9 March 2011]

• Man queues up before robbing NatWest bank

  09 March, 2011

  Police are searching for a man who waited in line at a NatWest bank in Hove and then passed a note to a cashier before robbing them. [9 March 2011]

• Man, 19 robbed in Leicester city centre by gang

  08 March, 2011

  A 19 year old man has been robbed and assaulted by a gang of men in Leicester city centre [8 March 2011]

• Mother of murdered Daniel Smith in leaflet appeal

  08 March, 2011

  The mother of Daniel Smith is hoping to raise new information by campaigning at schools in North London. [8 March 2011]

• Arrests at Arsenal and Liverpool in ticket touts probe

  07 March, 2011

  Eight people have been arrested at the home stadiums of Arsenal and Liverpool after an investigation into ticket touts [7 March 2011]

• Man shot in back in city street

  07 March, 2011

  A 22 year old man has been injured after a shooting in Liverpool [7 March 2011]

• Four arrested over human leg find

  07 March, 2011

  Four people have been arrested after a human leg was found in a Lincolnshire canal [7 March 2011]

• Burglar rapist sentence increased

  04 March, 2011

  A rapist who attacked a fellow student in her halls of residence has had his sentence increased. [4 March 2011]

• Elderly couple in Sussex have been conned out of life savings

  03 March, 2011

  An elderly partially sighted man and his wife have been conned out of more than £50,000 by fraudsters. [3 March 2011]

• Police investigation after man shot in the back in Glasgow

  03 March, 2011

  A 24 year old man is in hospital after being shot in the back in the east end of Glasgow on Tuesday night [3 March 2011]

• Man’s body found in burnt out vehicle

  03 March, 2011

  A police investigation is underway after a mans body was found in a burnt out car in West Sussex [3 March 2011]

• Man charged after Jordan Cooper, stabbed to death

  02 March, 2011

  A 31 year old man has been charged with murder after a 14 year old boy was found with fatal stab wounds at a house in Wearside [2 March 2011]

• Hoax caller fined over gunshot claim

  02 March, 2011

  Lincolnshire police have fined a man after he made a hoax call claiming someone had been shot [2 March 2011]

• Man arrested after woman’s body is found

  17 March, 2011

  A man has been arrested after a woman’s body was found at a house in Newark [17 March 2011]

• Reward of 3,000 pounds offered after Southend burglary

  18 March, 2011

  A reward of up to £3,000 is being offered after an elderly Southend man was attacked in his home and robbed of £150 in cash. [18 March 2011]

• Two men grab gun from armed robbers in Ewell

  18 March, 2011

  Two men who witnessed an armed robbery on a bookmakers chased the culprits and managed to seize the gun from them [18 March 2011]

• Two men arrested over fish prices

  17 March, 2011

  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of selling fish at inflated prices to elderly residents in Northumberland. [17 March 2011]