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This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.

Appeal after Preston North End fan injured by pyrotechnic

Deepdale Stadium Pic: @katerosebud Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and mobile phone footage after a football fan was injured during the Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End derby at Ewood Park earlier this […]

4 days ago
Preston Police continue shoplifting crackdown in the city

Christmas lights down Fishergate in Preston city centre Pic: Donna Clifford Police say they are continuing a crackdown on shoplifting in Preston city centre. Officers visited stores in Fishergate and Friargate during Tuesday (21 November) to follow-up on reports of shoplifting […]

5 days ago
Police decision to release personal Nicola Bulley information ‘unnecessary and avoidable’

Nicola Bulley The decision made by police to release personal information about Nicola Bulley while undertaking a missing persons operation was unnecessary and avoidable and led to a significant, negative public response. […]

1 week ago
A critical incident, family liaison and personal information: How police could’ve improved in Nicola Bulley investigation

Nicola Bulley The findings from the independent report into Lancashire Constabulary’s response to the widely publicised missing person Nicola Bulley have been published this morning (November 21).  Nicola Bulley was reported missing […]

1 week ago
Advertisement Advertisement Man tricked vulnerable women into his car before serious sexual assaults

Nazim Asmal A man who tricked vulnerable women into his car before driving them to secluded locations and raping them has admitted his crimes. Nazim Asmal lured the women into his vehicle […]

1 week ago
Appeal to identify cyclist after ‘cowardly’ robbery committed against elderly Preston woman

Police are asking for help to identify the cyclist in this image from CCTV Police are asking for help to identify a cyclist after an elderly woman was robbed in Preston. The victim, who is aged in her 70s, was walking in Emmanuel Street […]

1 week ago
Preston city centre shop worker caught selling vape to a child

A Preston shop assistant has been fined after selling a vape to a 15-year-old. Faeem Aziz, 46, sold a strawberry flavoured e-cigarette to the child without challenging their age or […]

1 week ago
£50,000 worth of illegal vapes and nicotine products seized from shops in South Ribble

Seized illegal vape and nicotine products Illicit products including cigarettes and disposable vapes, which, if sold as genuine, would be worth almost £50,000, have been seized as part of Operation Centurion.  Following information from the public, […]

2 weeks ago
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