A South Cheshire man has been jailed after he admitted engaging in sexual activity with children as young as nine years old.
Andrew Cork, 53, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after his activities were uncovered by Cheshire Police’s online child abuse investigation team.
A man found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Crewe has been jailed for eight years.
Brandon Bentley appeared at Chester Crown Court where he was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Three Cheshire Police “Safety Buses” often seen in Nantwich town centre on busy nights, have helped more than 6,600 people in the last 18 months.
The buses are part of the force’s Safer Streets initiative aimed at improving safety for women and girls.
Detectives hunting an armed robber who targeted a Crewe convenience store are appealing for witnesses and video footage.
The robbery happened when a man wielding a bat entered the Morrisons Daily store on West Street.
A criminology student from Nantwich is celebrating after becoming a published author.
Second-year Keele University student Alex Godfrey is co-author of “The Criminal Classes: Who Does Society Fear and Why?” alongside her dad Barry, a former Professor of Criminology.
A Nantwich man’s parked works van was badly damaged after a car smashed into it in the early hours before the driver fled the scene.
Paul Sun was woken by the crash in the early hours of Sunday outside his home on London Road, Nantwich.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and video footage after men armed with a weapon robbed a convenience store in Crewe.
Two men entered the Morrisons Daily store on Gainsborough Road, Crewe, with a weapon at around 9.25pm on Sunday (February 18).
A woman has been charged in relation to the death of a pedestrian on Nantwich Road in Crewe, police have confirmed.
Oghenevwaire Shittu, 38, of Ruskin Road, Crewe, was arrested on Friday (February 9) following the incident on the same day.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire residents will have to pay 4.99% more in the police precept from April, adding an extra £12.50 to the annual bill for a band D property.
The £12.50 increase to the policing element of the Council Tax bill amounts to an extra £1.04 a month for a band D household.
The devastated friend of a young student killed in a horror car smash has hit out at the Prison Service over its plans to move the man responsible to an open prison just a year into his sentence.
Charlotte Hope was killed when her car was hit head on by Ashley Kosciekowski, who was driving at up to 90mph in his BMW while on cannabis on the A53 near Shrewsbury.
A pilot project allowing Crewe and Nantwich residents to report obstructive and illegal parking has been deemed a success.
In January, police received 17 reports of parking problems online as part of “Operation Park Safe” in the Crewe and Nantwich area.
Cheshire Police have issued the county’s first GPS tag on a stalking offender after securing a five-year protection order.
The Constabulary’s Harm Reduction Unit (HRU) secured the stalking protection order (SPO) with the stipulation that the offender has to wear the tag.
Cheshire Police Crime Commissioner “sorry” for schoolgirl skirts comment
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
~Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner has apologised for an “inappropriate and unacceptable” comment he made about schoolgirls wearing ‘very short skirts’ and said he is not a misogynist.
John Dwyer made the comment during a meeting of Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council back in November in a discussion about abuse and violence faced by women and young girls.