Press Releases
Please take a look at some of our recent Press Releases
2009
January
"MORTGAGE FRAUD EARNS MAN JAIL TERM" - A MAN who provided mortgage companies with false details in order to build a letting empire, has been jailed for a total of four years and nine months, following a lengthy and detailed investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary. Leo Kusi-Appiah, 42 of Digswell Road, Welwyn Garden City was caught by .......................................................................
March
"DRUGS TRAFFICKER ORDERED TO PAY £190,000" - A DRUGS trafficker from Borehamwood, who supervised the transportation of Class A and Class C drugs across the country, has been ordered to pay almost £190,000 following a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002). Joe McKay, 29, of Berwick Road, was told he had to pay .........................................................................................................
April
"OPERATION WIZARD CONJURES FINAL RESULT IN £4M BEDROOM SCAM" - A THREE year investigation into a £4 million scam, which was run from the bedroom of a house in Watford, came to a conclusion today (Thursday, April 9), after the final defendant was sentenced. Inaam Ul Haq, 28, of Byrd Road, Crawley, was sentenced to .............................................................................................................
May
"THREE YEAR SENTENCE FOR DISTRACTION BURGLAR" - A BURGLAR who repeatedly burgled a house in Hemel Hempstead and committed a distraction burglary at another property in the town earlier this year has been sentenced to three years in prison. 19 year old Stephen Higgins from Lonsdale in Hemel Hempstead pleaded guilty .............................................................................................
"TWO GUILTY OVER MURDER OF JOHN FINNEY" - TWO men have been found guilty of the murder of John Finney today (Monday, May 11), following a hearing at St Albans Crown Court. John, 42, was forcibly taken from his vehicle, a Mitsubishi Pajero, from Park Farm, Northaw Road West, Northaw, on Friday February 29, 2008. It is believed John was killed ..................................................................
"FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON" -TWO men have been sentenced today (Tuesday, May 12) at St Albans Crown Court to life imprisonment following a guilty verdict yesterday for the murder of John Finney. Norman Jones, 50, .......................................
"MAN GIVEN A YEAR IN PRISON FOR FRAUD AT KINGS LANGLEY BUSINESS" -A MAN was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for fraud at St Albans Crown Court this morning (April 13) after pleading guilty to taking over £57,000 from a business in Kings Langley. Vijay Shah, aged 45, from Clayton Avenue in London, had worked as an ..............................................................................................................
"FIVE SENTENCED FOR BURGLARY OFFENCES IN THREE COUNTIES" - FIVE prolific criminals, who between them carried out nearly 40 offences across three counties, have been sentenced following a collaborative investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary, Bedfordshire Police and Thames Valley Police. The men received their sentances...........................................................................................
June
"RECOGNISING THOSE WHO GO THE EXTRA MILE" -The Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Board has announced that the National Justice Awards 2009 are now open for nominations. The awards recognise staff and volunteers within the Criminal Justice System who have made a difference .........................................................................................................................................................................................
"HARE COURSING CONVICTION FOLLOWING INCIDENT IN NORTH HERTS" - 45 year old Jimmy Cash from Lybury Way in Redbourn has been given a two year anti-social behaviour order (ASBO), following a conviction in connection with an incident which occurred in North Herts. The order, which was issued by Stevenage Magistrates Court on Thursday, June 5, prohibits ........................
"FOUR YEAR SENTENCE FOR DISTRACTION BURGLAR" - A MAN from Rickmansworth who carried out over 20 burglaries and 13 distraction burglaries has been sentenced to four years in prison. 24 year old Patrick Rooney from Oakhill Close, in Rickmansworth appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Friday (June 5) and was found guilty ..................................................................................................
"MAN FINED £5,000 FOR ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A SPEEDING FINE" - AN Elstree man who attempted to claim his car had been stolen after being caught on a speed camera, narrowly avoided a prison sentence when he appeared at St Albans Crown Court last week. Russell Lewis, 48, of High Street, Elstree, was found guilty ........................................................................................................................
"TWO MEN GIVEN PRISON SENTENCES FOR FRAUD AND WARRANTS ISSUED TO TRACE THEM" -TWO men were sentenced to three years and two and a half years imprisonment respectively in their absence at St Albans Crown Court today (June 10) after defrauding a man out of thousands of pounds. George Lavery, aged 42, from..................................................................................................
"COURTS OFFICER WINS EXCELLENCE AWARD" - Courts Officer Nici Harrison has won a national award following her completion of an NVQ Level 3 in Community Justice. Nici Harrison, who works at St Albans Crown Court, won ..........................................................
"FIVE YEAR SENTENCE FOR DISTRACTION BURGLAR" - A MAN from Harrow who carried out over 23 distraction burglaries has been sentenced to over five years in prison. 35 year old James Hanrahan from Victor Road in Harrow appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Friday (June 12), was found guilty of .........................................................................................................................................................
"YOUNG PEOPLE SALUTED AT ARMY-POLICE CEREMONY " - TWENTY- ONE young people have been commended at a ceremony marking the formal end of the Outreach 2009 project, a partnership programme which aims to divert young people away from .............
"THREE BURGLARS SENTENCED FOLLOWING JOINT OPERATION" -THREE men were sentenced to a total of 12 and a half years at Luton Crown Court today (June 22) for burglaries across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire between April and June last year. Alan Smith, aged 31, of Derwent Road in Luton, was sentenced to ............................................................................................................................
"PROPERTY RECOVERED AND OFFENDERS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR HANDLING £50,000 STOLEN ANTIQUES" - ANTIQUES worth over £50,000, stolen during a Brookmans Park burglary has been reunited with its owner and a man involved in selling them on, has been brought to justice. Sean Cross, 24, of Chalkdell Fields, St Albans, has admitted to ..............................................................
"WELWYN GARDEN CITY CONWOMAN SENTENCED" - A 53 YEAR old woman, who used gay and lesbian chat rooms to find victims for a number of scams that netted her more than £80,000, was sentenced to four and half years imprisonment today (Thursday, June 25) Joann (correct spelling) Wood, of Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, received.............................................................................................