Courts

Six men have been charged after a cannabis factory was discovered in a Suffolk town.

A man and woman have been sentenced after a police raid in which cocaine worth more than £8,000 was found.

A man has been jailed for attacking a shopkeeper after stealing thousands of pounds worth of tobacco products.

Russell Hinkins, who pounded the beat in the north-west Essex district, was initially arrested in August 2022.

SuffolkNews looks back at 2023’s biggest trials and court cases as the year draws to a close.

Three men have been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after two of them were found with a block of cocaine with a street value of £100,000.

A resident has been charged with attempted robbery after a man entered a shop and threatened a worker.

A US servicewoman accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving following a crash has been found not guilty.

A jury has begun deliberations in the case of a US servicewoman who is accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving.

A sex offender has been jailed for more than two decades – despite refusing to show up to his sentencing hearing.

A US servicewoman wept in court and said she had no idea why she did not see a motorcyclist who crashed into her car and died.

A trio of men have been jailed after police raided a town property and found cocaine with an estimated street value of £100,000.

A man has been banned from the road for 14 months after crashing into a roundabout while drunk.

A shoplifter who stole £200 worth of LEGO has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Two men charged with attempted murder after a man was assaulted and driven over appeared in court.

A man who previously served time after causing death by dangerous driving has been jailed again.

The teenager who stabbed 16-year-old Harley Barfield to death last January has been sentenced to 17 years in custody.

A crash investigator told a court that a motorcyclist killed after a US servicewoman emerged from a junction in front of him was ‘there to be seen’.

Two women have told a court how they tried to save the life of an 18-year-old who was stabbed in Ipswich earlier this year.

A trio of suspected shoplifters who were all arrested on the same day have been charged with offences in and around their town.