A dog walker was trampled by a cow in a farmer’s field, causing horrific injuries including seven broken ribs and a perforated bowel which required emergency surgery. Former army officer Janicke Tvedt, then 55, lost consciousness following the attack on farmland near...
A Harrogate paedophile, who downloaded more than 30,000 indecent images of children and offered to sell sexual images of young people online in return for Bitcoin and Amazon gift cards, has been jailed for two years. Stuart Witham’s “vast” collection of images...
A notorious Harrogate man waged a relentless stalking campaign against his ex-partner in which he harried her on social media, strangled her and left a crushed-up Viagra tablet outside her home in the hope that her dog would eat it. John Christian Lister, 33, couldn’t...
Leeds United defender Rasmus Kristensen has been fined over £1,600 and had nine points added to his licence for speeding and using a hand-held mobile phone while driving. Kristensen is the second United player from Harrogate to be penalised for speeding in Harrogate...
A vengeful Harrogate man has been jailed today for stalking his ex-partner, breaking into her home and smashing her work van — while she was inside. Colby Beattie, 22, waged a relentless stalking campaign against the young woman following the breakdown of their...
A 62-year-old man has been jailed for two years for child-sex offences committed more than 40 years ago. Sean Harland, from Green Hammerton, appeared for sentence at York Crown Court on Friday after a jury convicted him of two counts of gross indecency with a young...
The eldest brother of murdered Harrogate boy Seb Mitchell has urged young people to "think again" about carrying knives after the killer was sentenced today. Dylan Cranfield, 17, plunged an eight-inch kitchen knife through Seb's heart, causing a fatal loss of blood...
A “lone-wolf terrorist” who plotted to blow up a hospital and a RAF base near Harrogate had been experimenting with firework gunpowder and fertiliser inside his garage, a jury was told. Mohammad Farooq, 28, a clinical support worker, planned to carry out an Islamist...
A man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate did so because it was a designated Islamic State target, a court heard. Mohammad Farooq, 28, is accused of preparing pressure cooker bomb attacks on the US spy and radar base and a Leeds...
A would-be “lone wolf terrorist” plotted to blow up part of a hospital and an RAF base near Harrogate, a court heard today. Mohammad Farooq, 28, a clinical support worker, downloaded material from extremist Jihadi groups and online guides on how to make a bomb, then...
An 18-year-old has pleaded guilty to obstructing police on duty following an incident outside McDonald's in Harrogate yesterday. Alfie Stevens, of Coates Street, Bradford, appeared before York Magistrates Court today. He was charged with obstructing a constable in the...
