Why after successfully maintaining a string of relationships over the years, including with a police worker, all while his wife Melanie’s body was hidden in a freezer, did Peter Wallner finally dump her in a wheelie bin for police to discover?
Metropolitan Police officers refused to hand over potential photographic evidence to Surrey officers investigating a fatal high-speed police chase, it has been claimed.
Pleas for leniency from Britain’s biggest cannabis smuggling ring have been largely ignored, despite claims they had found God and become Samaritans and teachers. The bosses of the ring, which operated out of Kingston, Surbiton, Epsom and Sutton lock-ups and homes, will spend up to 16 years each behind bars. During the sentencing of 12…
A drug-addicted jewel thief who stole up to £500,000 in watches, necklaces and jewellery, was snared by cops after he bumped into officers lying in wait for him in bushes. The capture was revealed after Dave Sterling, 45, was jailed by a judge at Guildford Crown Court yesterday to seven years in prison. Sterling roamed…
Burglars who fished car keys through letterboxes before speeding away in luxury cars have been jailed for a total of 18 years. Included in the haul were a BMW worth £15,000, a black Jaguar XF worth £35,000 and a Black Mercedes S350 worth £70,000. None have ever been recovered. But police claims of a ‘Gone…
Earlier trial coverage: A man claiming to be a police informant working in a Surbiton brothel gave a tip-off nine years ago that led to the cracking of a £1m sex trafficking ring, a court heard. Michael Dalton, 43, is accused of running a lucrative brothel in Glenbuck Court, behind Surbiton station, which he denied,…
An exiled ex-Kingston university professor has released a bizarre music video in response to being named on Kingston police’s most wanted list. Dr Howard Fredrics, 49, is believed to have fled the country to either New Jersey or Texas in July 2010 after being convicted in his absence of threatening and abusive behaviour. The charge…
A man arrested with cannabis and heroin took the unusual step of retweeting a story about himself before praising the hospitality of Kingston police’s new cells. Liam Ditchfield, 23, of Langley Road, Surbiton, was charged with possession of cannabis and heroin as part of Operation Big Wing on Thursday, January 24. The next day he…
A pensioner is claiming £10,000 after he was mistakenly mauled on the leg by a police dog leaving him scarred. Brian Kiddell, 71, was gardening when he was bitten by the German Shepherd during a police chase over the Hook Allotments behind Kingston Rugby Club last July. Two men arrested after police chase through Hook,…
4.30pm: A cement mixer has careered off a railway bridge and hit a passing train. The incident happened at 3.33pm on Station Approach, Oxshott, earlier this afternoon. Initial reports are of no fatalities but lots of injured people being treated at the scene. For the original blog with live updates visit surreycomet.co.uk
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