This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.
Appeal after fire at Preston flat
Police in Preston are appealing for witnesses following an unexplained fire at a flat in Ribbleton on 20 November. The police and fire service were called around 9.30pm to a […]
Update 8.37 pm on Tuesday 20 November. Tim Allen has been found safe and well according to police. Police are appealing for information about a 51 year old man missing […]
Police in Preston are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed and seriously injured late on Friday evening. The victim, a 28 year old local man, was walking on […]
Police have announced that a body has been found in the search for pensioner John Rayton. 70-year-old John Rayton from Fulwood in Preston was last seen leaving his home on […]
A 26-year-old man from Leicester has been jailed for life for stabbing a man in the neck with a broken bottle. Philip Sherriff, a telecommunications worker from just outside Preston, […]
Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked on Sherburn Drive, Penwortham yesterday. Around 4.45pm on Tuesday 6th November, the victim, a 22 year old local man was […]
Police have releaed CCTV footage of the last known sighting of a dangerous sexual offender on the run from prison. Ivan Leach, also known as Lee Cyrus, was seen at […]
The first ever police and crime commissioner for Lancashire will be elected on Thursday 15 November as the county goes to the polls. Here we profile the four candidates seeking […]