Shaun Mandale, 45, of Workington
Elizabeth Faragher, 43, Barrow
A Barrow woman who administered needless and harmful medication to a child has been ordered to serve a longer prison sentence following a hearing at the Court of Appeal.
Faragher also deliberately injected the child on five separate occasions with hypodermic needles contaminated with faeces.
Two teens charged with attempted murder
Two teenage boys accused of attempting to murder a pedestrian who was hit by a car in Brampton appeared in court.
In the aftermath, police charged the two boys, who are aged 15 and 16, with attempted murder.
Alex Patricia Nicholson, of Hall Park in Burneside, sentenced to five years in prison
A woman whose careless driving caused the death of her best friend has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Alex Patricia Nicholson was driving under the influence of drink and drugs when she 'lost control' and flipped a car on a road outside Kendal.
Matthew Davidson, 24, of Caird Avenue, Belah, avoids jail
A young Carlisle man who turned to dealing the class A drug cocaine to fund his £100-per-day addiction has escaped going to jail after a judge heard about his "courage" as he turned his life around.
Ju Singh, 42, formerly of Whitehaven, sentence deferred
A West Cumbrian woman who was appearing before Carlisle Crown Court after admitting offences of indecent exposure and assault complemented the judge, saying: “He’s handsome, isn’t he?”
Adam Cartwright, 32, of Buttermere Road, Maryport imposed a one-year community order and driving ban
A drug-driver without a full driving licence was more than eight times the limit for a cocaine breakdown product when he was pulled over on the A596.
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