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Kieran Usher.

Sunderland man first to be convicted of riot after UK disorder

Serial criminal attacked two police officers on derby day

Haggerston Castle holiday park

Man in court after mass brawl at Haggerston Castle in Northumberland

Tracy Ashbridge, 44, of Plough Road, Sunderland, admitted six charges of fraud, and was sentenced to two years and four months behind bars. Her husband Robert, also 44, admitted one fraud charge and was jailed for 18 months, suspended for two years, with rehabilitation requirements.

Couple who faked children in £300k fraud must pay back only £2

Shaun Doran.

Man 'brought shame on Sunderland shirt' after turning on police

Ronald Perry

Pervert pensioner jailed after second child pornography conviction

Scott Francis

Jail for dad who traded indecent child images on-line

HMP Frankland in Durham where the attack on the prison officers took place.

Murderer stabbed prison officer with piece of porcelain from toilet

Holly Newton was just 15 when she died.

Youth convicted of murdering North East teenager Holly Newton

Deli worker convicted of murder after sausage roll row

Kevin Sandilands.

Man hit with claw hammer after attacker got wrong address

Police officers at Sycamore Gap the day after the tree was cut down

Sycamore Gap accused face trial after formally pleading not guilty

Former EDL member hurled abuse outside mosque

Grafian Stanescu

Travelling thief used 'can you speak Italian?' line to steal phones

Newcastle Crown Court

Sausage roll seagull row evidence presented to jury in murder case

Philip Cawthorne.

Iraq war veteran is latest jailed for violent disorder in the city

Kelly Steel.

Serial thief finally jailed after stealing Nicorette from Boots

A serial thief who stole Nicorette products from a Boots store she was banned from has been put behind bars.

Karon Kelly

'Perv' who had vile sex chat with 'children' online caught in sting

Dean Vincent Groenewald.

Years in jail for man who threw missile at police

Paul Williams

Man who attacked in Sunderland disorder, then apologised, is jailed

Bradley Bute. Picture c/o Northumbria Police.

Customer squirted ammonia in pub manager's face at Yates in Sunderland

Reece and Adey (l-r)

Judge tells pair they 'brought shame on Sunderland'

Aimen Touati.

Civil servant caught with sickening child abuse images

Man smashed rival's window and threatened to cut his head off

James Allsopp.

'Spiteful' ex made woman's life a misery

Leanne Hodgson 'tried and failed to buy balaclava' before bin attack

Scott King.

Man assaulted girlfriend weeks into whirlwind relationship

John Veitch.

Knifeman threatened to kill ex when trip to make apology turned sour

A knifeman who caused fear when he threatened to kill his ex while children were in the house has been put behind bars.

Karon Kelly

Brandon Moffatt.

Man bit woman twice then had violent stand-off with police

John Nicholson.

Sunderland drug dealer jailed for selling cocaine alongside canines

John Ferguson.

Sunderland burglar broke into two homes so he could go back to prison

Shaun Patrick Flanagan.

Attacker kicked man as he lay injured outside Sunderland club

Pictures issued by Northumbria Police of gang members (top, left to right) Youssef Wynne, 39, and John Wandless, 33, and (bottom, left to right) Kenneth Fawcett, 33, and Josh Hawthorn, 22, who murdered Andy Foster by throwing ammonia in his face as part of a violent campaign to control the drugs trade in a community, and have been told they must serve minimum jail terms of up to 33 years. Andy Foster, 26, died in what a judge described as a "cruel and terrifying" attack at his home in Wrekenton, Gateshead, in August 2023.

Killers jailed for life after horrific chemical attacks

Kristofer Storrie. Picture issued by Northumbria Police.

Family man caught with sickening child abuse images

Prisoner attacked guards after complaining about conditions in jail

Albanian cannabis gardener shed blood and £10 notes as he climbed

Mother lured ex to brutal planned attack involving son and friend

Jamie Wilkinson.

Masked robber jailed after hammer raid on Morrisons store

Tracy Ashbridge. Picture c/o Northumbria Police.

'Greedy' mother won't have to pay back £300,000

Man threw chair at ex-girlfriend in angry outburst at bookies

Maths teacher broke into home of wife's new partner

Grandad caught with huge haul of illegal cigarettes

Usman Ali

Former Sunderland councillor jailed for coercive behaviour

Man punched girlfriend then gave her bag of frozen vegetables

Darren Roberts

Sunderland burglar caught after leaving smears of blood at crime scene

Connor Anderson.

Man jailed after police seize cocaine and discover cannabis farm

Anthony Hamilton. Picture c/o Northumbria Police.

'Self-pitying' rapist sent off to jail