October 2023 has seen some shocking crimes brought to justice in Lancashire's courts. Among the criminals now behind bars is a cruel puppy killer, who tortured the American Bully to death at his home.
And their cruel empire only crumbled when kingpin Kurt Bradshaw was observed behaving suspiciously by police who had pulled up behind his Volkswagen Scirocco in Blackpool on May 1, 2020. Inside his vehicle they found binbags packed with cannabis and an iPhone. David Eyre, from Southport, has now been jailed for 14 years while the victim's family say they will spend a "lifetime picking up the pieces" after her "innocence was taken away" following his sickening attacks. The 55-year-old was charged with offences including sexually assaulting a girl under 13 and police also found hundreds of indecent images and videos on his devices, including images of prepubescent girls as young as seven.
Sex offender back in prison just days after release A convicted sex offender who was sent to prison last month for abusing staff and customers at two Morecambe cafes is now back in jail. Parker, of Stonegarth, has been confronted by the occupant and pulled a plank of wood from a nearby bike shed and waved it at the occupant. A dog walker intervened and Parker dropped the plank before making threats of having a knife and lunging at the occupant, causing the dog walker to flee the scene.
Nguyen eventually fled with around £2,500 in cash but was stopped nearby by police. The prolific criminal spat at both officers as he became angry while being transport in a police vehicle. A court heard how Fregonese had been receiving regular visits from an offender manager at his Lathom Road home when in October 2022 they noticed the search history on his phone had been erased. The suspicious offender manager conducted a further service of the device and found two indecent images of children, including one of a boy "aged five to seven years old".
According to court documents the offence happened at Cask and Tap on Topping Street in the town centre on September 15 this year. Gould was given an immediate prison sentence totalling four months.Crossbow attack boy left teenager in six-day coma before trying to pay him off A teenager stabbed another boy in the eye with a crossbow - then offered his victim money in a desperate bid to swerve justice. James Moreton confronted his victim on a footbridge in Skelmersdale.