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Lowthian Street stabbing: Kingsley Cairns jailed for attack down dark alley

Detectives on the scene in Lowthian Street A teenager who stabbed a man behind a pub in Preston city centre has been sentenced to six and a half years in a young offenders institute. Dominic Horton, 18, […]

8 years ago
Lee Ashton sentenced after forcing former girlfriend into stolen car

Lee Ashton A Preston man has been told to ‘get some stability’ after he bundled his teenage girlfriend into a car following a break up. Lee Ashton, 20, appeared to accept the break-up when the […]

8 years ago
How a house party in Ashton-on-Ribble descended into chaos

CCTV pictures were shown in court of trouble flaring in the early hours Three men have been convicted after gangs from Ashton and Callon clashed at a house party. Missiles were thrown and one man brandished a golf club when youths came face-to-face […]

8 years ago
Stuart Stansfield jailed for string of burglaries in Preston

Stuart Stansfield claimed he was collecting for charity A burglar who raided two homes in Ashton and one on Fulwood said he was trying to get himself a better place to live when he set about his stealing […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Warren Charles jailed: Preston man left brother brain damaged with pub beer garden push

Warren Cross has been jailed after the incident at the Golden Cross pub (Pic of Golden Cross: Tony Worrall) A man who pushed his brother in a Preston city centre pub beer garden – leaving him with permanent brain damage – has been jailed. Warren Charles, 44, caused his […]

8 years ago
Darren Tunstall jailed: Burglar led police on 95mph pursuit through the city

Darren Tunstall A burglar who drove through a 30mph zone in Preston at speeds of up to 95mph in a stolen high powered BMW has been jailed. Darren Tunstall, 48, was convicted […]

8 years ago
Jail for woman who attacked pensioner outside Ribbleton doctor’s surgery

Lynette Oakey A drug addict who knocked a pensioner to the floor and grappled for her handbag outside a Preston Health Centre has been jailed for two years. Members of Lynette Oakey’s […]

8 years ago
Peter Bakewell jailed: Attack on best pal left him with permanent scars

Peter Bakewell A man who slashed his best friend several times across the face in a frenzied attack at a party in Preston has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Leon […]

8 years ago
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