HERE'S a round-up of some of the biggest court cases to have taken place in Carlisle and West Cumbria this week.
Guilty: Paul Irwin found guilty of Tiffany Render murder
WHITEHAVEN man Paul Irwin has been found guilty of murdering his partner on the day he subjected her to a violent sexual assault.
It took a Carlisle Crown Court jury three hours and forty five minutes to deliver their unanimous guilty verdict on 50-year-old Irwin, who admitted manslaughter but denied murder.
Carlisle driver, 68, blamed her careless driving on poor eyesight
A TWELVE-month driving ban has been handed to a Carlisle woman whose careless driving caused an accident that left a cyclist with a broken arm.
Prosecutors accepted the admission from 68-year-old Judith Ramdin, who was originally charged with causing injury while driving dangerously.
Couple returning to Stanwix home confronted by masked burglary gang
A YOUNG Carlisle couple who returned to the Carlisle home they were staying late at night were confronted by three masked burglars.
Walking in on the ongoing burglary must have been “terrifying” for the couple involved, who had been out for the evening to celebrate a birthday, said a judge at the city’s crown court.
Carlisle jewellery shop boss was tailed by burglary gang
A THIRD man has admitted plotting to burgle homes in north Cumbria, including that of a Carlisle jeweller.
Shortly after his trial had started at the city’s crown court, Antonio Baja, 33, abandoned his denials and admitted three counts of conspiring to burgle houses – one in Stanwix in north Carlisle and others in Hayton and Bothel.
Man sent offensive message to Cumbria police over complaint handling
A CARLISLE man annoyed with the police’s handling of his complaint sent them an email saying: “Every time I seen an officer injured or killed, I will be smiling.”
Stephen Harding, 33, made the comment in an online complaint form which he filled out and then emailed to Cumbria Constabulary, the city’s Rickergate court heard. He admitted a “malicious communications” offence.
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