Shrewsbury Crown Court news


Suspended jail term for affray case man, 46

A Shropshire man who was struck on the head with a metal sign after getting involved in a fight with two other people has admitted a charge of affray at Shrewsbury Crown Court.


Workers used eBay to sell stolen car parts

A company director turned detective to expose three employees who helped steal more than £15,000 worth of car parts over a 15-month period, a court has heard.


Teenage pair avoid custody after Telford assault

Two teenagers have avoided being locked up after a girl was left with a fractured jaw when she was kicked in the head outside a Telford nightclub.


Telford man in court over firearm

A 33-year-old man from Telford was in court today charged with robbery and having an imitation firearm.


Knife case pair avoid jail after arcade scuffle

A man who admitted threatening another man with a knife during a daylight scuffle in a Whitchurch shopping arcade has been spared an immediate prison term.


Attacker guilty in Market Drayton GBH case

A 30-year-old man has been found guilty of a brutal attack on two men in a Market Drayton flat.


Telford pervert jailed in child sex case

A man from Telford has been jailed for six years after committing a string of sexual offences against a child.


Make footpath safer says victim of Bridgnorth attack

Safety improvements could be made along a footpath in Shropshire where a young woman was viciously attacked.


Choir member in party drug GHB shame

A member of the renowned Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir has admitted charges linked to the lethal party drug GHB in Oswestry.


Ex-policeman in murder plot case

A retired police officer from Telford has been charged with conspiring to murder his wife.


Benefits cheat told she must repay £1

A Shropshire woman who ran a psychic healing business on the internet while falsely claiming thousands of pounds in benefits has been told to repay just £1 under a confiscation order.


22-year-old charged with setting Telford cars alight

A 22-year-old man appeared in court today charged with arson after a spate of attacks in which cars were set alight in Telford.


Shrewsbury thief told pay up or go to jail

A criminal who stole more than £70,000 worth of jewellery from a house in Shrewsbury has been ordered to pay back his victim – or go back to jail.


Three years for knifeman who robbed woman, 59

A robber who threatened a terrified 59-year-old woman at knifepoint in Telford before snatching her handbag has been jailed for three years.


Telford pervert facing jail for offences against a child

A man from Telford has been warned he is facing jail after being found guilty of a raft of sex offences against a child. Stephen Pickering was charged with indecently touching the child.


Telford sex attack man, 56, faces jail

A man from Telford has been warned he is facing jail after a jury found him guilty of sexual offences against a child.


Father jailed for revenge street attack using machete

A 29-year-old father has been jailed for more than five years after attacking another man in the street with a machete, leaving his victim needing major surgery on his hand.


£70,000 Telford benefits cheat spared jail

A benefits cheat has escaped an immediate prison sentence after claiming more than £70,000 she wasn’t entitled to.


£15k Oswestry benefit fraud mother spared jail

A mother-of-two who cheated the benefits system out of £15,000 by not revealing her partner was living with her in Oswestry has been given a suspended prison sentence.


Man in court on Pattingham home raid

A 21-year-old man has appeared in court after a couple were robbed at their home in Pattingham.


Manhunt as Shrewsbury drug dealer goes on the run

A manhunt has been launched by detectives trying to trace the whereabouts of a Shrewsbury drug dealer who has breached the conditions of his licence.


Man smashed bottle over rival’s head in bar

A man who smashed another man over the head with a beer bottle in a late-night bar brawl has been jailed for nine months.


Telford drug dealer jailed after £25,000 find

A 35-year-old man from Telford has been jailed for five years for possessing drugs with intent to supply.


Oswestry banker is jailed for theft from pensioner’s account

A former building society manager from Shropshire has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds from a 97-year-old customer.


Telford samurai sword man found after a tip-off

A man was jailed for nine months this afternoon after being discovered carrying a Samurai sword and knuckle duster in Telford.


Shropshire soldier facing new GBH trial

A soldier accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a woman by stamping on her leg at a party in Shropshire will face a retrial after jurors at Shrewsbury Crown Court failed to reach a verdict.


Katey Wall: I feared that I would die

Katey Wall admitted she thought she was going to die as she lay on the ground on a dark and secluded path while Matthew Atkins rained blow after blow on to her head.


Attack thug is given 9 years

A man who brutally attacked a nursery nurse as she walked home from a night out in Shropshire was today starting a nine-year jail sentence.


Oswestry banker faces jail for account theft

A former building society manager from Shropshire has been convicted of stealing thousands of pounds from a 97-year-old customer.


Oswestry banker theft case jury out

A former building society manager from Oswestry accused of stealing thousands of pounds from customers has told a jury she had nothing to do with any suspicious transactions.

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