David Besag, who represented the Walkergate ward for six years, was last week given a suspended prison sentence
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Alan Rothwell was jailed earlier this year after attacking the woman in her 60s in the park
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These dangerous drivers were all caught by police following speed-limit-smashing chases
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Three took the lives of their passengers, while one hit a nurse's stationary car and another caused a smash that kill...
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Locked up in April and May this year, these men made life hell for women who dated them
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These men were brought to justice after attacking people in public streets or businesses
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Blaine Hammond was pronounced dead after being found on Saltburn Road, Sunderland, on December 3 last year
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A number of people have been sentenced for deliberately setting destructive blazes across the North East in recent mo...
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These North East criminals targetted their victims with sickening racial abuse
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The Ministry of Justice has called on on barristers to abandon planned protest action
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Over the last two months North East courts have seen a number of cases of drink, drug and danger drivers
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The vile crimes of some of those sentenced for crimes involving indecent images of children
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The lives and crimes of the criminals given prison sentences at Newcastle Crown Court over the past month
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Jessica Whinham and Jon Hamblin deny trying to murder Paul Binks at a flat in North Shields
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These criminals were handed jail time or suspended sentences this year for stalking women they'd once dated
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Rita Roberts had been drinking at Monument on August 4 last year when she was approached by her former partner
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Aaron Chapman Phillips was ejected from Aveika after door staff tried to stop him leaving the Newcastle venue with bo...
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Adam Young stuffed a pile of tissue in a sink at Gateshead’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital before setting fire to it with ...
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William Campbell is alleged to have murdered Samuel Campbell in Silksworth and is standing trial at Newcastle Crown C...
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Robert Askew, of Esh Winning, murdered his friend, David Teague, in front of a woman who he held captive and assaulted.
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Firestarter David Kirsop was jailed for two years at Newcastle Crown Court after setting fire to his mother’s home in...
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Robert Askew, of Esh Winning, denies murdering David Teague and is standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court
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Predator John Peterson has been jailed for more than 10 years after he subjected his victim to a campaign of abuse
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Mark Thompson clocked more than 121mph before crashing and killing his passenger, Mr Jordan, on the A19 in August las...
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Shaun Dixon tried car and house door handles at various properties in a small area of the Northumberland town on June...
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John Peterson’s victim was left 'dreading Christmas time every year' after the sickening attack which 'destroyed her ...
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Police have praised the victims after Terry Hopper was jailed for nine years at Newcastle Crown Court
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A court heard that numerous commercial premises were targeted over 11 separate incidents between May 2018 and May 2019
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Dominic Allen has been sentenced to 12 months in prison and given 18 months to clear the site
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As the country was released from coronavirus restrictions, criminals coming before Newcastle courts had their liberty...
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Wayne Thompson, from Gateshead, is behind bars after a jury convicted him of raping a teenager and sexually assaultin...
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Shaun Taylor, Lee Carl Coleman and Jade Louise Gallagher were all sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after pleading g...
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Kyle Walsh has now been jailed after claiming it wasn't him behind the wheel
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Keith Pulling collided with a car that had pulled up outside a pub on Commercial Road in Hendon, Sunderland, on Febru...
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Louis Davison was caught out when his ex-girlfriend checked his account for evidence he was having an affair
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Dean Oliver stamped on his victim’s head and punched him repeatedly, leaving him lying injured on the floor of the Ne...
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These are some of the bizarre cases that have come before the North East’s courts so far this year
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Lynn Stoker was jailed in September 2019 after RSPCA inspectors found more than 110 animals - including dogs, puppies...
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Labour says Ann Schofield, Lara Ellis, Shumel Rahman, and Rebecca Shatwell want to "make it clear that they abhor the...
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