1 – Large amount of cash stolen in robbery Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Lilac Close in Purley in which a man had £6000 stolen The incident happened last Thursday shortly after 12.30pm. The victim, a 40 year old man, had just withdrawn money from the Lloyds TSB in Tilehurst Triangle and driven home. As he got out of the vehicle two men approached him, demanded the money and punched him several times. The [...]
1 – Man Robbed at Knife Point Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed in Reading on Monday night. At about 11.30pm, a 43-year-old man was walking along Northumberland Avenue, when he was approached by three men. One of the men produced a knife and asked for money and a second man pushed him over. Around £50 and a key were stolen in the robbery, but the victim was not injured. The offenders are described [...]
1 – Pair robbed at gunpoint in Reading A man and a woman were robbed at gunpoint in Reading during the early hours of Sunday. The victims, in their twenties, were robbed as they walked in Katesgrove Lane between 2.20am and 2.35am. Detectives believe that two men were involved. One of them was holding what was believed to be a handgun and demanded property. Both victims had belongings stolen but were not assaulted. The man with the gun is described [...]
1 – Trio sentenced for sex offences against teenage girl A young woman and two men found guilty of sex offences against a 16-year-old girl were sentenced last Thursday. Amber Roderick, aged 19, of no fixed abode, Joseph Lawrence, aged 29, from Oxford Road and Patrick Maughan, aged 26, from Sun Street, appeared at Reading Crown Court. The court had heard that on April 3, 2011, the 16-year-old victim was plied with alcohol and subject to an ordeal of sexual [...]
1 – Rape – Reading Thames Valley Police is investigating the report of a rape of a 17-year-old girl in Reading. The girl was walking home some time around 6.30am on Saturday 14th January, when she was approached by an unknown man in Oxford Road, who started talking to her and walking with her. As they walked along Elgar Road, the man raped the girl before leaving the scene. The man is described as black, 5ft 9ins, of medium to [...]
1 – Driver killed by own Lorry A lorry driver died in a fatal collision in a service road at Apex Plaza near Reading railway station on Sunday night. The driver, a 69-year-old man from Redhill, Surrey, was out of his lorry cab coupling it to a trailer when the incident happened at 11.55pm. It is believed the lorry rolled forward while the driver was coupling the trailer to the tractor unit and that he was struck by his lorry [...]
1 – Man jailed for conspiring to supply class A drugs Reading man, Lincoln Crooks, aged 54, of Cambrian Way, Calcot, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Thursday 12th January and jailed for eight years after being found guilty of conspiring to supply cocaine. On Sunday 10 July 2011, officers from the UK Border Agency intercepted a Parcel Force package addressed to a property in Tilehurst. The package, that originated in California, was found to contain a large quantity [...]
1 – Serious Injury Collision Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision in Woodley on Monday 9th January. At around 11.20am, a silver Mercedes E200 was reversing out of the Nat West car park onto Lytham Road when it was involved in a collision with two pedestrians. One of the pedestrians, an 86-year-old woman, was taken to Royal Berkshire Hospital. She remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. The [...]
1 – Men jailed for vicious robbery and burglary series Two men have been jailed for their involvement in a robbery and burglary series in Reading. Aaron Coaker, aged 28, from Belmont Road, Reading and Simon Asher, aged 31, from Pages Orchard, Sonning Common, were jailed at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday 4th January. They were charged with conspiracy to rob and burgle various shops and garages around Reading, including Smiths News in Gosbrook Road, Caversham. The robbery offences involved [...]
1 – Man jailed for 18 years for rape A 44-year-old man from Theale has been jailed for 18 years for committing a series of rapes and sexual assaults against a teenage girl. David Ward, of Meadow Way, Theale, was found guilty of eight counts of rape and two counts of sexual activity with a child, when she was aged between 13 and 16 years old, between 2007 and 2010. The offences were disclosed to Thames Valley Police in January [...]
1 – Man Injured in Collision Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a serious single-vehicle collision at around 4.07am on New Years Day. A black Mercedes S320 was being driven on the Reading-bound carriageway of the A4, Knowl Hill, when it left the road and crashed into a ditch and tree. The driver of the vehicle, a 34-year-old man from Knowl Hill, was pulled out of the car by passers-by before the vehicle caught fire. The driver suffered [...]
1- Man Attacked With Glass Bottle A man was attacked with a glass bottle, in Rotherfield Way, Emmer Green, at around 3am on New Year’s Day. The victim, a 22-year-old man from Caversham, was walking back from a night out with his girlfriend when she approached a group of teenagers and asked for a light. One of the group struck the victim across the face with a bottle which smashed. His injuries were initially feared to be life threatening. The [...]
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