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Luke Etheridge’s family have paid tribute to their ‘funny and handsome’ boy who loved his dog Wilf and was football mad after he tragically died in Sunderland. Luke, 16, from the Sunderland area, sadly lost his life after the black Audi A3 car he was in entered the River Wear on Tuesday (September 29).
Zara Shaw’s family have paid tribute to their ‘beautiful girl’ who had an ‘infectious laugh and smile’ after she tragically died in Sunderland. Zara, 16, from Newbottle, sadly lost her life after the black Audi A3 car she was in entered the River Wear on Tuesday.
Three teenagers tragically die after car enters River Wear
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Harry Gray, now 24, sexually assaulted the secondary-school aged girl in the South Tyneside area. Gray sexually assaulted the teenager initially as she slept before physically overpowering her once she awoke and made attempts to get him to stop. Today he has been jailed for five years.
The 38-year-old violent domestic abuser has been jailed after committing a sustained and brutal attack on his ex-partner in March at an address in South Tyneside.
Five men have been charged in connection with the alleged organisation of violent disorder – including the suspected conspiracy behind an incident which saw a hearse driven onto a football pitch in 2023. Following a number of connected incidents reported across the summer of 2023, the Force set up a dedicated investigation in response to the alleged organised offending.
A man who sexually abused three children has been jailed for 24 years. Michael Burke, now aged 66, committed offences against three girls who at the time of the abuse were school-aged.
Matthew Watson, 26, was jailed by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday (September 11) for 11 counts of child sex offences. Watson plied the victim-survivor with drugs and alcohol before assaulting her on multiple occasions at various locations in the Newcastle area.
Three members of an organised crime group who sought to flood the UK with millions of pounds worth of cocaine and methamphetamine have been jailed.
Forty-year-old Phillips was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court this morning (Friday) for a string of domestic abuse offences committed against two women. Both women were ex-partners of Phillips and reported the abuse after their respective relationships had concluded as they were in fear of the abuse escalating. Phillips broke one woman's spine and pelvis by driving a car at her, and threatened to drive another woman off a cliff.