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Serial domestic abuser Dominic Phillips 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.

Convictions and sentencings

Published: 13:00 04/09/2026

Updated: 13:00 04/09/2026

Victim-survivor of Frankie Nielsen's crimes praised

Detectives have praised the courage of a victim-survivor of child sexual offences as she describes the ‘everyday trauma’ she lives with. Frankie Nielsen, 38, initially sent sexually explicit messages to the secondary school-aged girl. However, the abuse escalated and he then went on to sexually assault the victim-survivor twice. Now, the girl describes how she has gone from feeling ‘safe in her everyday life’ to ‘disgusted and too scared to tell her family’.

Convictions and sentencings

Published: 11:00 02/09/2026

Updated: 11:00 02/09/2026

Philip Watson jailed for sexual abuse

A man has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for the sexual abuse he committed more than three decades ago. Philip Watson, now 60 years old, sexually assaulted three schoolboys on separate occasions between across the 1990s. The abuse was committed in the Sunderland and Northumberland areas when Watson was employed as a teaching assistant.

Convictions and sentencings

Published: 11:00 28/08/2026

Updated: 11:00 28/08/2026

Alexander Tang sentenced for voyuerism

Thirty-seven-year-old Alexander Tang has been sentenced for the taking and selling of non-consensual intimate pictures of a woman on OnlyFans.

Convictions and sentencings

Published: 10:00 19/08/2026

Updated: 10:00 19/08/2026

Abuser Kern Rayne jailed

Kern Rayne, aged 40, subjected the victim-survivor to more than two-and-a-half-years of psychological and physical abuse which left her mental health ‘devastated’.

Convictions and sentencings Gateshead and Newcastle

Published: 11:00 11/08/2026

Updated: 11:00 11/08/2026

Domestic Abuser Ryan Cleverly jailed

Ryan Cleverly, 27, was sentenced to five years and eight months prison on Thursday morning (August 6) for two counts of battery, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation, and criminal damage.

Convictions and sentencings Northumberland

Published: 12:00 10/08/2026

Updated: 12:00 10/08/2026

Man jailed after fatal A1 collision

A dangerous disqualified driver who killed his front-seat passenger in Berwick-upon-Tweed has been jailed.

Convictions and sentencings

Published: 08:00 21/07/2026

Updated: 08:00 21/07/2026

Operation Sentinel: Northumbria Police joins regional forces in reaffirming commitment to ...

Operation Sentinel has led the regional charge against organised crime, including drug supply, exploitation, and cyber and economic crime.

Convictions and sentencings Gateshead and Newcastle North and South Tyneside Northumberland Sunderland

Published: 00:00 20/07/2026

Man jailed after being found guilty of kidnapping woman in Newcastle

A predator who posed as a taxi driver and picked up a vulnerable woman in Newcastle has been jailed – with help from dedicated officers intervening.

Convictions and sentencings Gateshead and Newcastle

Published: 13:00 09/07/2026

Updated: 15:12 09/07/2026

Two men jailed for delivery driver assault

On the morning of Tuesday, December 16, a delivery driver was delivering packages on Stannington Gardens when a car has pulled into the street and parked nearby.

Convictions and sentencings Sunderland

Published: 17:01 30/06/2026

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