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Gavin Gray, 48, has been jailed for 22 months.

South Shields pervert jailed for breaching sex offender order

Connar King, 33, who has been jailed for 16 months at Newcastle Crown Court after he attacked a vulnerable stranger and caused £9,000 damage to her car in a row over a horse.

Sunderland man jailed after brutal attack in Boldon Colliery

Christopher Ions, 39, who has received a suspended sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he carried out a revenge arson attack on his own mother's car when she reported him to the police for suspected drink driving.

South Shields son’s revenge arson attack on widow’s car

Case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court.

OAP banned from keeping horses after animal found suffering

The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court.

Breaking Knife attack at South Shields party left victim scarred for life

Danger driver Alfie Ford, 19.

Breaking Jail for Jarrow teen who crashed into police van during 104mph chase

Mark Seff, 49, who has received a suspended sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he hit a rival with a bottle and left him with "blood squirting from his neck."

Breaking South Tyneside attacker left victim with 'blood squirting from neck'

Serial criminal Freddie Newman, 36, who has been jailed for four months at Newcastle Crown Court.

Jail for topless Jarrow shoplifter who attacked a security guard

Watch an armed robber dressed as The Joker cause terror in Morrisons

George Thompson.

South Shields pensioner subjected seven victims to sex offences

Avril Bryne, from South Shields, has been found guilty of a series of sex crimes against a schoolboy.

Breaking Pensioner faces jail for sex offences against a schoolboy

Ton Nguyen, from Vietnam, tried to conceal himself when police raided a property on Stanhope Road, South Shields.

Police raid uncovers £235k cannabis farm and man hiding in cupboard!

Shaun Graham, 40, who has been jailed for ten years at Newcastle Crown Court after he raped a woman.

Breaking 'Arrogant' Jarrow offshore worker who raped woman jailed for 10 years

Dean McLellan who pushed over a frail pensioner, breaking her wrist and fracturing her back in a sickening street attack has been jailed at Newcastle Crown Court.

Breaking Jail for thug who broke wrist of Hebburn Alzheimer's sufferer

Valentino Nikolov (left) and Charlie Jovanovic.

Burglars who targeted footballers stole goods from a Whitburn home

Asylum seeker Peyman Afrasiyabipour.

Breaking Asylum seeker admits robbing cancer survivor from South Shields

Sean Smith, 38, who has been jailed for 35 months at Newcastle Crown Court

Thug jailed after 'vicious' attack on girlfriend in South Tyneside
Attacker also given a ten-year restraining order after the attack on his girlfriend in South Tyneside.
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Serial raider Merrick Ainslie, 43, has been jailed.

Burglar jailed after brave South Shields brothers foil escape

Jonathan Evans 33, has been jailed for 12 months at Newcastle Crown Court

Jail for South Shields thug who threatened to kill woman's son

Sex attacker Aiden Johnson, 25.

South Shields sex offender jailed after raping woman in park

Watch as a drunk driver jumps from a moving car to escape the police

Lee Jackson.

Man admits to attacking his partner in Jarrow

Sex offender Philip Watson, from South Shields.

South Shields man jailed for historic sex offences on pupils

Stalker sent victim pic of himself with her name tattooed on his back

The arson attack took place on the forecourt of the Coast Road Garage in Whitburn.

Arsonist who set hay bale ablaze at Whitburn garage avoid jail

Bryn Williams breached a restraining order.

'Sad and pathetic' - Serial South Shields criminal left mum 'scared'

Faye Dent, a trusted charity administrator, defrauded foundation of more than £46,000.

Jarrow charity worker avoids jail after £46,000 fraud

Jake Dodsworth.

Man caught in police sting after arranging to meet a schoolboy for sex
A South Shields man has avoided prison after arranging to meet a police decoy posing as a schoolboy for sex.
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The case was dealt with at Newcastle Crown Court.

Cruel couple jailed for South Shields attack

The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court.

Troubled Jarrow woman set home on fire causing £10,000 worth of damage

Mental health nurse Gary Pillans, who has received a suspended sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he sent graphic sexual messages to a schoolboy, exchanging pictures and videos with the underage teen on social media over a 16-month period.

Jarrow mental health nurse sent sexual explicit messages to schoolboy

Jack Sjoland, 27, who has received a suspended sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he was caught in a police sting when he sent X-rated online messages to whom he thought was a child on the Kik social media site but was actually an undercover cop.

Man who thought he was sending X-rated pics to child nabbed by police

Garage boss George Charlton, 22, who has been jailed for 31 months at Newcastle Crown Court after he seriously injured an e-bike rider in a hit-and-run smash then blamed one of his customers.

Hebburn garage boss blamed customer for e-bike hit-and-run smash

Serial domestic abuser Stephen Christie, 62, who has walked free from Newcastle Crown Court after he left another partner injured in an assault, leaving her with facial injuries.

Serial woman abuser walks free from court after latest attack

Michael Wilson went into a small store in Jarrow, South Tyneside, last November, paid for a £1 can of Dr Pepper then tried to snatch cash from the till as it opened.

Jarrow store raid attacker put behind bars after £1k shoplifting spree

Owen Wilson, 18, from South Shields, who has walked free from court after he raped a 12-year-old schoolgirl.

South Shields teenager walks free after admitting rape of girl, 12

Garage manager Paul McKay made the victim sit in darkness when he knew she was scared, would lock her inside the house, shaved the back of her head to humiliate her and left her in such a state that a relative feared she had Stockholm Syndrome.

Man kept chainsaw under his bed in campaign of terror against partner

Brian Chilcott already had a history of attacking three former partners when he started a relationship with his latest victim, after chatting with her over social media last year.

Facebook attacker branded 'cold and evil' for South Shields assault

Jonathon Millett and Harry Wilson triggered alarms when they broke into the Brinkburn Community centre in South Shields, South Tyneside on February 27, through a flat roof.

'Stupid' Shields burglar fell from roof - court claims he's 'useless'

Taiwo Lawal-Owinifari, 24, of Brockhill Crescent, London, was exposed as one of the fraudsters after a neighbour of a victim living in Sunderland grew suspicious about what was going on.

Conman nabbed by North East neighbour after eyeing 87-year-old victim

Josh Dunn and Ryan Scott.

Driver serving 10 years for Hebburn mam death revealed as drug dealer

Dean Moore a pervert who chatted with kids on TikTok and sent a picture of his privates to a Snapchat group has been put behind bars.

Former forklift driver Dean Moore is banned from having contact with children due to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order made in April 2023, when he was jailed for having abuse images.

Newcastle Crown Court heard police went to his home in February this year after receiving a tip-off about his behaviour on social media.

South Shields pervert talked to kids on TikTok and shared sexual photo

Alfie Ford drove a Vauxhall Corsa on the wrong side of the road, went through red lights and mounted a footpath after officers tried to pull him over on Hedworth Lane in Jarrow, South Tyneside, on June 26 last year.

Danger driver given 'one chance' after 104mph chase and police crash

Craig Hughes had gone into Morrisons in Jarrow, South Tyneside, where he was known to be a shoplifter, and started stealing last August.

Thief bit worker after flashing knife at South Tyneside store

Robert Gibson, a businessman who has received a suspended sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he knocked out two of his friend's teeth in a shocking attack after drinking a bottle of champagne.

Man had teeth knocked out by Champagne-guzzling boss, court told

HMP Northumberland, near Acklington.

Prison visitor from Hebburn smuggled drugs down his trousers

Daniel Gaunt, 22, who has been jailed for four and a half years at Newcastle Crown Court for throwing a kettle of boiling salt water at his dad, which follows on from other occasions when he poisoned his mum's glass of wine with turps and grabbed his grandmother around the neck when she refused to give him a cigarette.

Son threw boiling water over father after attempting to poison mother

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