Police in Cumbria have again stressed their commitment to tackling domestic abuse – after a man was jailed for five years following attacks on a woman. Callum Astley, 28, targeted his victim in a number of assaults while living in Grange-over-Sands last summer. Following police investigations he has now been.
A domestic abuse survivor has called for more to be done to support victims after figures revealed that just nine out of hundreds of coercive control allegations investigated by Cumbria Constabulary resulted in a charge or summons. Home Office data shows that the force recorded 203 allegations of coercive control between April and September 2020. Separate figures show that Cumbria officers assigned 125 outcomes to closed investigations in that time, nine of which led to someone being charged or summonsed to court, while 87 per cent of cases were dropped by the force due to difficulties gathering evidence. Paige Middlehurst, who was the victim of domestic violence by her former partner Declan Clough, said she was disappointed by the figures but urged all victims of abuse to continue to speak out and report it to the police.
Justice: Princewill Enaruba was jailed for nine years and six months A HUGE Cumbria Police drugs investigation has today brought the latest of more than 30 criminals to justice. Officers from across the county smashed a county lines drugs-ring that peddled heroin and crack cocaine. The criminals involved have now collectively received jail terms of more than 100 years. Princewill Enaruba, 26, is the 34th person to face justice as a result of Operation Horizon. The probe reached its climax as police carried out more than 20 dawn raids on properties linked to suspects in 2019. The investigation was focused on drugs supply in Barrow.