Durham

A SERIOUS complaint into Durham Police’s handling of the county’s only unsolved murder in the last 70 years has been made in a family’s bid to clear the “lifetime of public suspicion and abuse” – despite the force confirming an active investigation is still in place 32 years on. In 1990, part-time carer Ann Heron […] […]

The mother of a County Durham man who died in a police cell has told ITV News Tyne Tees she is “disgusted” at the way Durham Constabulary officers treated him in the final hours of his life. Jake Anderson was arrested on 24 June 2019 on suspicion of alleged assault. He had a history of […] […]

The inquest into the death of Jake Anderson – which concluded on Friday – found he died an alcohol related death whilst held in Peterlee police custody. The Independent Office for Police Conduct investigated the circumstances surrounding police contact with Mr Anderson, prior to his death on June 25, 2019. The 24-year-old was arrested at […] […]

The delivery man was held by officers in County Durham, even after they witnessed him leaving milk on a customer’s doorstep, according to his boss. A milkman was arrested on suspicion of being a burglar despite showing police pints of milk and empties in the back of his van, his employer said. The delivery man […] […]

A former police officer told one of his sexual abuse victims there was no point in reporting him because he was ‘Teflon’ and the claims ‘would not stick’. Kevin Bentley, 69, used his position of authority as a ‘shield’ against being exposed for the ‘horrific’ abuse of five women and one girl. But he was […] […]

An apprentice police worker accessed the force’s computer system to find out if her murder suspect brother was in prison with an undercover officer. Naomi Jayne Buckland […]