Corrupt Prison Officer

I've been reporting on the sentencing of a prison officer who struck up a relationship with an inmate at HMP Lindholme in Doncaster. Charlotte Winstanley also smuggled a range of contraband material into the prison for prisoner Jabhari Blair including a mobile phone which they used to send intimate photos and videos. 

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Abdullah Darnall Defence

A driver who struck and killed an innocent teenager who was walking along a pavement in Sheffield says he feels deep remorse and didn’t intend for it to happen. Zulkernain Ahmed admits the manslaughter of 16-year-old Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb but denies murder. 

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Roger Leadbeater Inquest

I covered the deeply disturbing story of the killing of Sheffield pensioner Roger Leadbeater by a woman who had absconded from a mental health unit. Click here for the online story and this is the TV version...

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Grimethorpe Trial

A man who’s accused of rigging his Barnsley house with traps to stop people stealing drugs he and his wife grew and stored inside was inspired by the film, ‘Home Alone’. Ian Claughton has gone on trial alongside his wife Lesley Claughton at Doncaster Crown Court. A hundred homes were evacuated in Grimethorpe in May last year when police raided the houses and arrested the pair. 

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Alfie Franco Murder Trial Defence

This week I covered a murder trial in Leeds. A man accused of stabbing a 16-year-old Syrian refugee to death said he only intended to cut his cheek and "didn't believe it" when police told him he’d died. Alfie Franco from Kirkburton, denies the murder of Ahmad Al Ibrahim, who was stabbed in the neck in a crowded shopping street in Huddersfield on the afternoon of the 3rd April this year. 

Alfie Franco has since been found guilty of Ahmad Al Ibrahim's murder.

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Dangerous Driving

I've been filming residents who're living by a street in Sheffield where dangerous driving is rife.

16-year-old Abdullah Al Yazidi died in hospital after being struck by a car on Staniforth Road in June. People living there say the road is a death-trap and are demanding speed cameras. I wrote this story for the BBC News website and made this TV story...

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Abdullah Hit and Run

I've been to meet the father of a 16-year-old boy who died after being hit by a car while walking on the pavement in Sheffield. In June this year, Abdullah Al Yazidi died in hospital after being struck by a car on Staniforth Road in the Darnall area of the city. His father Yaser described the deep sadness he and his family are now left with.

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Chris Marriott Murder

I've been reporting on the killing of 'Good Samaritan' Chris Marriott. This week Hassan Jhangur was found guilty of his murder when he drove into Chris while he was helping Jhangur's sister who was lying injured in the road. I helped put together this report for the BBC News website on Chris. I reported live on BBC Look North...

I also reported on the outcome of the trial on BBC Radio Sheffield...

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Kidnap

A Yorkshire millionaire feared he would be killed after he was abducted alongside his girlfriend and held hostage for four days in Ecuador. Fifteen armed men dressed in police uniforms took Colin Armstrong and Katherin Santos from his farm in December 2023. He owns the Forbidden Corner attraction in North Yorkshire but lives much of his life in Ecuador.

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Lucas Akins

I've been reporting from court in Leeds on the jailing of a footballer from Yorkshire for causing the death of a cyclist...

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Shoplifting

Shoplifting is on the rise in South Yorkshire. According to police data, there were more than fifteen thousand reports of shoplifting in South Yorkshire in 2024. That's up more than a thousand on the previous year. Conversely, in Doncaster shoplifting is down in the same period - but some shop owners are not convinced and say thieving is worse than ever.

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House Murder Investigation

I reported live from York this week where two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in his seventies at a house in the Huntington area. 

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Doncaster Prison

This week I reported from outside Doncaster prison where a ten hour police operation to stop drugs and other banned items getting inside did not trace any contraband among 120 visitors or more than a hundred and fifty prison staff yesterday. However, Following searches of fourteen prison cells, illicit items were found including cannabis, spice, tobacco, USB sticks and charging devices.

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Baby Abduction

I headed to Barnsley this week on a very troubling story to do with an attempted abduction of a baby. Police are appealing for information after a man grabbed a baby from her mother's arms on a train in Worksop. Detectives investigating the attempted abduction of the baby have released a CCTV image of a man they say can help with their enquiries.

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Huddersfield House Murder Investigation

Police are continuing a murder investigation following the discovery of a man's body at a house in West Yorkshire. A 59 year old man was found in the Crosland Moor area of Huddersfield. I reported from the scene.

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Manvers Riot

I've been reporting on the aftermath of the deeply disturbing riot in Manvers on the outskirts of Rotherham.

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Chris Marriott Murder Trial

I've been covering the very sad story of the Chris Marriott murder trial. Here's my report from day 1 of the court case...

And this is from day 2...

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Post Office Horizon Banner Cross

I filmed a story this week with a post office manager in Sheffield who says a new version of a controversial computer system used by the Post Office has left him almost £3,000 in debt. Nasar Raoof has spoken to Look North after faulty Horizon software led to more than 900 sub-postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for stealing money. The Post Office claims the updated version of the system is "robust" - but Nasar says it is still causing problems.

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Post Office Scandal

Yet again I've been covering the Post Office scandal for TV (see below) and the BBC News website. This time it looks like those wrongly convicted of stealing are closer to justice - strange that it's taken a TV drama for this to happen.

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Hospital Bomber Trial

I went to Sheffield Crown Court to cover the trial of a man who's admitted planning to detonate a bomb at a hospital in Leeds but claims it wasn't a terrorist attack. 28-year-old Mohammed Farooq worked at St James's Hospital and was found outside with the bomb in January. His defence team told Sheffield Crown Court his actions were motivated by "anger and grievance towards his colleagues". He's admitted some charges but denies preparing acts of terrorism.

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