What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Detectives are appealing for information to help identify an armed robber who has targeted Cash Converters stores in Leeds, threatening staff with a handgun and an angle grinder. The man struck at the branch in Dewsbury Road, Beeston, at about 4pm on Monday 4 November 2024. He arrived on an
A man who asked a stranger for a lift and then robbed him in a brutal attack has been jailed. Simon Kubalik, aged 20, was given a six-year sentence when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday (13 November 2024). Kubalik, of Dulverton Place in Cottingley, was with a
Police investigating a robbery in Rothwell have charged a man in relation to the matter. Duane Cale, aged 40, of Cardinal Road in Beeston, has been charged with the offence which occurred at business premises in May, after being arrested by police in Leeds yesterday (25 July 2024). He was
There’s a bit in the BBC’s Responder series where Martin Freeman’s character, Chris Carson, wants to access some CCTV recordings to help him with an investigation. So he walks over to a bank of desks inside the police station from where he can access footage from all across Liverpool. He
Police in Leeds are appealing for information after a knifepoint robbery at a shop in Beeston. The incident happened at 8:15pm last night (Friday 15 December 2023) at Barkly News, on Barkly Road. Detectives are appealing for anyone with information or anyone who may have CCTV footage which shows the
Police in Leeds are appealing for information to help locate a man who is wanted on recall to prison. Aiden Stevens, aged 23, from Beeston, is wanted after breaching the conditions of his licence following his release from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for robbery. Despite extensive
Two Leeds men have appeared before magistrates charged with robbery following a break in at a jewellers in Morley. Both men appeared before the morning session of Leeds Magistrates Court after being charged with offences following a break-in at Ramsdens jewellers on Queen Street, Morley on Thursday (8 June 2023).
A man has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to robbing three women in an incident in Leeds. Mark Kitson, aged 37, of Westbourne Mount in Beeston, was sentenced to four and a half years yesterday (6 June 2023) at Leeds Crown Court, in relation to the incident which occurred
Police in Leeds have released CCTV images of a man they would like to identify after a woman was robbed in Beeston last month. The offence happened at 1:15am on Friday 4 March 2022, on Town Street, Beeston. An unknown man assaulted the victim, causing minor injuries, before taking cash
Police are appealing for information after a man was injured during a robbery in a South Leeds park. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was attacked in Cross Flatts Park, off Dewsbury Road, Beeston, sometime between 1-1.30am on Tuesday 14 January 2020. He was punched during the incident and suffered a