A woman who attempted to smuggle drugs into a prison under pressure from her abusive partner has been sentenced. Sarah Brown was caught with a packet of five buprenorphine tablets at HMP Holme House in Stockton in August 2022, Teesside Crown Court heard. The 38-year-old admitted conveying the Class C drugs into prison and said […]
A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for more than seven years, for directing couriers to supply drugs across the UK while he was in prison. Nathan Henshall, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine, and was sentenced to seven years and four months. His “runner” and co-accused, Steven Howells, 39, was given a […]
Ministers are investigating self-testing kits so nightclubs and the police can tell straight away whether drinks have been spiked, as part of a new crackdown on the scourge. Funding for research into testing kits, alongside training for door staff and better education in schools, form part of the package unveiled by Home Secretary James Cleverly. […]