Cousins who killed man, 47, in Weston-super-Mare among 18 sick criminals locked up in January
A number of serious and violent offences have seen people locked up recently
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Matthew Shaw was among the criminals jailed in the West Country in January (Image: Avon and Somerset Police)
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Dorset criminals jailed in January: Emiljan Gjelaj, Viktor Lastovka, Thomas Harmer, Kevin Appleby, Robert Shapland-Hill, Neil Glover and Connor Beckett CRIMINALS jailed in January for Dorset offences include an armed rapist, a knife attacker and a drink driver who caused serious injuries to a police officer. The courts are continuing to operate and deal with cases, including jury trials, despite the current Covid locdown. The list below includes some of the offenders that were put behind bars by judges this month. Their combined sentences totalled 52 years and 10 months in jail although some of them could be released on licence part way through their terms of imprisonment.
He then became aggressive and punched them, which caused the glass to smash, police said. PC Russell Thomas, of Bournemouth Police, said the incident had left staff at the bookmakers feeling “very distressed”. Gjelaj, of Becher Road, Poole, was charged in relation to the incident. The 25-year-old appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 21, having caught the attention of police the previous day. He admitted a charge of criminal damage, as well as offences of driving without insurance, while disqualified and without a licence when driving a blue Audi in the St Michael’s Road and Poole Road area of Bournemouth on Wednesday, January 20.
THIS shocking image was taken moments before a victim was stabbed in the abdomen as he tried to stop a knife wielding thug stealing from a Poole supermarket. The man who stabbed him, seen in the image holding the knife, has just been jailed for 12 years. Connor James Eric Beckett, aged 23, of Bowden Road, Poole, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court earlier today, Friday, January 29.
Conor Beckett His victim, a man in his 50s, spent a week in intensive care after being stabbed in the stomach. Beckett had been found guilty – at an earlier trial at the same court – of grievous bodily with intent and assualt occasioning actual bodily harm relating to injuries caused to a member of staff.
THIS shocking image was taken moments before a victim was stabbed in the abdomen as he tried to stop a knife wielding thug stealing from a Dorset supermarket. The man who stabbed him, seen in the image holding the knife, has just been jailed for 12 years. Connor James Eric Beckett, aged 23, of Bowden Road, Poole, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court earlier today, Friday, January 29.
Conor Beckett His victim, a man in his 50s, spent a week in intensive care after being stabbed in the stomach. Beckett had been found guilty – at an earlier trial at the same court – of grievous bodily with intent and possessing a bladed article in a public place.