Facebook Points Towards Custody

Scott Woodburn has been jailed after he offered a sum of money to someone via Facebook to take penalty points on his behalf. Daniel Baggaley accepted £250 to take the penalty points, despite not having a licence. The police found out it was Woodburn after forensic evidence showed that he was at the wheel. He was sentenced to 5 months in prison and disqualified from driving for Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice at Sheffield Crown Court.

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Crack Cop

A cop missed a burglary call because he went to his dealer to score crack cocaine. He was caught after his radio was analysed and the police found out his movements. DC Griffiths, of Chorlton, was convicted of misconduct in a public office and possessing cocaine at Manchester Crown Court. He was jailed for eight months. 

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Solicitor’s Mortgage Fraud

A former criminal defence solicitor has been jailed for 2 years for playing a part in a £1.3 million mortgage fraud in east London. 35-year-old Elena Quinlivan planned to build a rented property empire, using forged identity documents, bank statements and payslips. She obtained mortgages on 6 properties and rented them out for the profit. Quinlivan was sentenced to repay £108,405 within 12 months and 2 years imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court. HS&Co have dealt with many fraud cases, including successfully defending solicitors on mortgage fraud matters. In Your Defence.

Train Spotting Rape

A child rapist was spotted on a train by the victim’s aunt seven years after the attack. After she saw rapist Kadiabioko getting on the train at Euston station, she called 999. Kadiabioko was then arrested at Northampton station. October 2004 was when he dragged the victim into his car when she was walking home from school, took her back to a flat and attacked her. Last month Kadiabioko pleaded guilty to three charges of false imprisonment, raping the girl and assaulting her, at Coventry Crown Court. He was jailed for 11 years and three months for each offence, to run concurrently. HS&Co are experts in sex cases and have dealt with many similar scenarios. We have attended on matters in Coventry and Northampton. In Your Defence.

Pilfering Postie

75,000 items of post went missing after a postie horded them in his garden shed. The post man spent a lot of gift cards he had stolen from the mail he failed to deliver. 70,000 of the mail that was stolen was junk mail. The employers of the postman became suspicious after 58 greetings cards went missing in the Prestwich area of Manchester. His employers found him out by putting tracking devices in his vehicle, one of which was in a gift card that he later got caught on CCTV using. The Postman was jailed for 9 months for 2 charges of theft at Bolton Crown Court. HS&Co have dealt with lots of theft cases and have had many good results. Throughout England & Wales. In Your Defence.