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BBC News
6 hours ago
- BBC News
Mexborough sex offender banned from tanning salons
A man has been jailed for a year and banned from UK tanning salons after police found upskirting videos on his Hampton, 33, from Mexborough, was arrested after a woman in a salon reported someone trying to film her while she was using a pleaded guilty to two counts of operating equipment beneath clothing of another without consent and observing a person doing a private act and was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Insp Lucy Garside, of South Yorkshire Police, said Hampton was a "dangerous individual who has a preoccupation with filming and following lone women in public". Officers said Hampton was found to be using the room next door to the woman on the sunbed when he tried to film his arrest, police discovered dozens of self-recorded videos and photos of women in public, including upskirting Insp Garside said: "He regularly recorded women without their consent, concealing the fact that he was filming."She said the victim whose actions led to Hampton's arrest had undergone "a frightening experience in a place she should feel safe and I know it has affected her greatly".Hampton was also banned from owning any device capable of taking photos without notifying police and banned from entering any unisex changing areas and tanning salons in the UK, as part of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order lasting for seven years. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Daily Record
9 hours ago
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- Daily Record
Rangers plot another Sheffield Wednesday transfer raid as Russell Martin 'targets' keeper
Pierce Charles is the latest name to be linked after former Owls teammate Djeidi Gassama made the move to Ibrox Rangers are reportedly set to raid Sheffield Wednesday yet again, this time for a new goalkeeper. Russell Martin has already taken Djeidi Gassama from the Owls in a £2.2million deal. And now the wide man cold be reunited with former Hillsborough teammate Pierce Charles. The Northern Irish international keeper is on the Ibrox wanted list according to reports down south and is said to be keen on the move. Martin had warned that it was a position he was looking to recruit in, although a loan move for Brighton's Carl Rushworth won't be happening. Focus has now shifted to Charles, 19, as Martin looks to deepen his options between the sticks, having rotated between Liam Kelly and Jack Butland so far during pre-season. Charles has two years left in his Wednesday contract and made 13 appearance in total for the South Yorkshire club last season. However, given the club's well documented financial issues over the summer, they've had to shed a number of experienced players and Charles looks like being first choice for the 2025/26 campaign. He he admitted last month that there was nothing that could make him leave Wednesday this summer, so Rangers may have a job on their hands convincing him to make the move to Glasgow. 'I don't really pay any heed to it. If it comes round, it comes round,' he told the Belfast Telegraph. 'I'm so happy at Sheffield Wednesday right now. There's nothing that could make me leave at this point. I'm playing and I'm really happy there" Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.
Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Sickening moment racist releases RATS into a mosque - as he avoids jail despite doing it four times
A sickening racist who was caught releasing rats into a mosque has avoided jail, despite doing it four times. The CCTV footage shows Edmund Fowler letting a rat out of a cage onto the ground of the Grand Mosque in Sheffield at 9:32am on June 2. The 66-year-old is caught taking the cage with the rodent inside out of the boot of his black Audi before releasing it. A court heard Fowler, from the South Yorkshire city, drove to the place of worship four times between May and June and filmed himself doing it. During these visits, he was also seen shouting racist insults at worshippers going into the mosque. After he was arrested, he was subsequently charged with four counts of racially aggravated harassment, which he pleaded guilty to at an earlier hearing at the same court on June 27. Police were notified of his offences after they were called to the mosque following reports of a man stopping at the side of the road and releasing three rats from the boot of a vehicle. At the time, he was remanded to custody ahead of his sentencing hearing. Yesterday, at Sheffield Magistrates Court, he was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, and banned from going near a mosque for 18 months. He must also undertake 15 rehabilitation activity days and is banned from going to certain areas of the city. It still 'remains a mystery' why he committed the crimes. Fowler was also ordered to pay £239 in costs.
Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Yahoo
Former police worker must pay back £100,000
A former South Yorkshire Police worker who stole thousands of pounds from the force has been ordered to pay back a further £100,000. Jacqueline Fletcher, 55, of Boundary Walk in Rotherham, was jailed for two years eight months in 2018 for four counts of theft, and told to pay back £47,000. The order has since been reviewed, and a judge at Sheffield Crown Court said on 8 July that Fletcher must pay another £108,256. If she does not pay the total in three months she could be jailed again, police said. Fletcher worked in Attercliffe Police Station's property store and in 2013 a "large amount of cash" was seized during a police investigation, the force said. Fletcher said she counted and banked the money for the force but she actually banked £98,500 to her own account with £1,500 into the force account. She left the force in 2015. The theft came to light in summer 2017, police said, when a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigation connected to the seized money requested the cash but it could not be found. An investigation was launched by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU) and Fletcher was told to pay £47,000. Police said the original 2018 order had been reconsidered and Fletcher must now pay the extra sum calculated from assets acquired since the first confiscation order. If she fails to pay in three months she could face a 12-month prison sentence. Det Supt James Axe, the force's head of professional standards, said police employees should behave "professionally, honestly and with integrity" but "Fletcher showed none of these traits" and had "behaved disgracefully". He said the money recovered by YHROCU's "vital work" means more money is secured for community grants and police training so criminals cannot keep benefitting. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North More on this story Police worker stole £100k of seized cash Related internet links South Yorkshire Police
BBC News
17 hours ago
- BBC News
Former South Yorkshire Police worker must pay back £100,000
A former South Yorkshire Police worker who stole thousands of pounds from the force has been ordered to pay back a further £100, Fletcher, 55, of Boundary Walk in Rotherham, was jailed for two years eight months in 2018 for four counts of theft, and told to pay back £47, order has since been reviewed, and a judge at Sheffield Crown Court said on 8 July that Fletcher must pay another £108, she does not pay the total in three months she could be jailed again, police said. Fletcher worked in Attercliffe Police Station's property store and in 2013 a "large amount of cash" was seized during a police investigation, the force said she counted and banked the money for the force but she actually banked £98,500 to her own account with £1,500 into the force account. She left the force in 2015. The theft came to light in summer 2017, police said, when a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigation connected to the seized money requested the cash but it could not be investigation was launched by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU) and Fletcher was told to pay £47, said the original 2018 order had been reconsidered and Fletcher must now pay the extra sum calculated from assets acquired since the first confiscation she fails to pay in three months she could face a 12-month prison Supt James Axe, the force's head of professional standards, said police employees should behave "professionally, honestly and with integrity" but "Fletcher showed none of these traits" and had "behaved disgracefully".He said the money recovered by YHROCU's "vital work" means more money is secured for community grants and police training so criminals cannot keep benefitting. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
