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BBC News
20-03-2025
- BBC News
Woman jailed for giving teenage Rotherham hotel rioter false alibi
A woman has been jailed for providing a false alibi for a 15-year-old boy who took part in rioting outside a hotel housing asylum Cunningham, 36, told officers the boy was at her house when he was actually part of a group throwing rocks and wood at riot police outside the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Manvers, Rotherham, on 4 August last Crown Court heard the boy was arrested but later released by police after Cunningham provided him with the of Kendray, Barnsley, was jailed for 12 months on Thursday after admitting perverting the course of justice at a previous hearing. Police later examined the teenager's phone and found he had filmed himself taking part in the Jeremy Richardson KC rejected her claim that she had been pressured into lying by the boy's father and noted that police had expressly warned her about the dangers of making a false statement. 'You were a liar' Judge Richardson told Cunningham: "You have been very, very foolish and, I'm afraid, you have to be punished.""It was a pernicious act to do as you did, and you did it entirely wilfully."Courts do not like liars and you were a liar."The court heard the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given a 12-month referral order after admitting violent disorder at Sheffield Youth than 70 people have been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for their roles in the Rotherham disorder, which left 64 police officers, three horses and a dog than 200 asylum seekers and staff were trapped in the building during the unrest, with some rioters breaking into the building. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
28-02-2025
- BBC News
Doncaster prison officer faces jail over inmate relationship
A prison officer has been told she faces jail after admitting an "intimate" relationship with an Evans communicated with the man more than 140 times using a SIM card which was smuggled into HMP Doncaster, and boasted of performing a sex act, Sheffield Crown Court 26, of Hatfield, Doncaster, admitted misconduct in a public office at a previous hearing and will be sentenced on Jeremy Richardson KC said she "must go to prison immediately" adding: "The only issue I have to decide is for how long." 'Absolutely ashamed' Prosecutor Matthew Burdon told the court on Friday that records showed Evans had 39 conversations with the man on just one day, with one call lasting 49 said Evans had boasted to an ex-prison officer that she had performed a sex act on Burdon said the defendant referred to herself as "your queen" when talking to the said the wording of the charge Evans had admitted to referred to "engaging in an inappropriate and intimate relationship with an inmate".Asked by Judge Richardson whether this meant a "sexual" relationship, he said: "I'm not sure whether 'sexual' is accepted by the defendant but certainly 'intimate' is accepted."Edward Moss, defending, told the judge that the offending happened when his client was aged 21, in said mother-of-one Evans was "immature and vulnerable" and had not been a prison officer for long when she was contacted by the Moss said: "This is a young lady who is absolutely ashamed of her behaviour."Evans was remanded into custody ahead of to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
26-02-2025
- BBC News
Role in Manvers hotel riot 'ruined my life'
A rioter who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers believed his actions that day had "ruined" his life, a court has Bailey, 28, also sprayed a fire extinguisher at police, pushed a shopping trolley at officers and threw a rock at a police van at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham, on 4 Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday, Bailey, who had pleaded guilty to violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, was jailed for eight years with an extended licence period of three a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, pleaded guilty at Sheffield Youth Court on Wednesday to violent disorder during the riot. Before Bailey's sentencing, Sheffield Crown Court heard that the father-of-two with no previous convictions was seen "to the fore of many of the various pockets of disorder" on the day of the was seen wearing a camouflage balaclava in much of the footage taken at the played in court showed the former construction worker adding large planks and cardboard boxes to a bin that had been set on fire outside the doors of the hotel.A judge heard Bailey was part of a group chanting "Yorkshire, Yorkshire" as they descended on a police van, and he was seen arming himself with a large rock and throwing it at the was also seen commandeering a shopping trolley from a nearby Aldi supermarket and pushing it at the police line. 'Family man' In the footage shown to the court, he was seen at one point spraying a fire extinguisher at the police line, forcing officers to retreat, before he threw the empty device at mitigation, the court heard Bailey had struggled to get work after the Covid lockdown, and had told a probation officer he had "ruined his life through this one day".A judge heard 14 references for Bailey had been submitted by family members and friends who "struggle to come to terms with exactly what he has done".The court heard that before the day of the riot, he was "essentially a family man who had a good relationship with family and friends".The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, said that despite the number of rioters he had now sentenced, "it never ceases to amaze me that young men such as yourself have, in consequence of what they did that day, ruined their lives and ruined the lives of their families". 'Have a nosy' At Sheffield Youth Court on Wednesday, a teenage boy pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Manvers on 4 Judge Tim Spruce was told the 17-year-old was seen breaking up a slab of concrete to then throw at police, while on another occasion he was seen pulling off fence panels from residential properties which he then used to throw at Brown, representing the boy, said he had gone to the protest with friends because they were "intrigued" by social media posts and wanted to "have a nosy".She said the boy, who was 16 at the time, did not go with the intention of using violence or causing distress, but when he arrived at the scene, he went "along with everyone else".Ms Brown said the teen described himself as "a class clown" who held police in high regard and did not have any racist Spruce told the boy he would be sentenced at the same court on 26 reporting by PA MediaListen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
17-02-2025
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Doncaster police officer jailed for sending sexualised messages
A former South Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed for nine months for sending inappropriate and sexualised messages to a vulnerable Trentham, 41 was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court for an offence of misconduct in a public the beginning of his trial, Trentham pleaded guilty to the him, the Recorder of Sheffield, Jeremy Richardson KC, said Trentham's actions had "undermined" public confidence in the police. The court heard that in July 2022, Trentham had been assigned to investigate a case where a woman from Doncaster had complained to the police that images of a sexual and explicit nature had been shared of her online by another had forwarded police emails involving details of the case, which included sexually explicit images of the complainant, to his own personal email address. 'Suggestive emojis' The court heard that in August 2022 South Yorkshire Police closed the case, having been unable to identify a suspect - but Trentham lied to the complainant by telling her that he was still investigating the proceeded to send her messages from his personal mobile phone and email account that were described as "unprofessional which then became inappropriate and sexualised", according to prosecution counsel Josh court heard that in one message, Trentham told the woman "I do prefer a curvy woman" and "have you got a plans for this evening?" while using sexually suggestive emojis. In another message Trentham sent a picture of himself in his police uniform with a winking emoji to the a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman said that she "had put her faith and trust in a police officer but instead she had been taken advantage of" and that since July 2022 her life has been "ruined".In evidence it was established that Trentham had no physical relationship with the woman, but the court heard that the complainant's existing mental health issues had been exacerbated by Trentham's actions, leading her to fall into depression and bouts of anxiety that had required medical for the defence David James said Trentham's guilty plea was an acknowledgement of the wrong that he had done and that he publicly wanted to apologise to both the woman and his former colleagues at South Yorkshire James also told the court that Trentham had begun to turn his life around, training to become a HGV driver and that factors such as the breakdown in the father of two's marriage and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) developed through his role as a police officer had contributed to his decision Richardson noted that Trentham had taken positive steps in his life and recognised the presence of PTSD due to his police he went on to say that the offence "was a serious breach of trust in relation to a vulnerable victim"."As a former police officer. prison will fall particularly hard upon you and special measures will be put in place to protect you," he to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
