A 40-year-old man will appear at Leeds Crown Court next month accused of attempting to murder two children in Beckwithshaw.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is also charged with assaulting an emergency worker.
It follows an incident in the village on the morning of Monday last week.
He appeared before York Magistrates Court on Saturday after being arrested by police on Friday and subsequently charged.
The case was sent to Leeds Crown Court on Friday, July 22.
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Woman charged with attempted murder in Harrogate
A woman in her 40s has been charged with attempted murder in Harrogate.
Clare Bailey was due to appear at York Magistrates Court today.
A man, also in his 40s, has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
The two people were arrested on Friday after an incident on Byland Road in Bilton on Thursday.
A woman was taken to hospital with what police described as ‘substantial injuries’.
Forensic officers were called to the scene after the incident.
Today’s update by North Yorkshire Police said the man has been bailed while the investigation continues.
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Man, 67, pleads not guilty to sexual act in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens
A 67-year-old man pleaded not guilty in court today to performing a sexual act in Valley Gardens.
Kevin Payne, from Ling Park Avenue, Bingley, was charged with outraging public decency and breaching a sexual harm prevention order.
A member of the public reported seeing a man carrying out a sexual act on Sunday afternoon at the popular family venue.
North Yorkshire Police subsequently arrested Mr Payne and charged him with the two offences.
Appearing at York Magistrates Court this morning, he pleaded not guilty to both charges and was sent for trial at York Crown Court on July 11.
He will remain in custody until the hearing.
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Harrogate man found guilty of animal cruelty
A Harrogate man has been found guilty of mistreating two pet dogs.
Robbie Nelson, 23, of Woodfield View, appeared before magistrates in York yesterday.
He was accused of failing to provide a suitable environment for a mastiff type dog called Rocco and a lurcher type dog called Smudge.
The case was brought by animal charity the RSPCA.
Nelson failed to turn up in court to respond to the charges on December 17 last year and was found guilty in his absence.
Police issued a warrant for his arrest on the same day and finally arrested him on Sunday.
At yesterday’s hearing, he was remanded on bail until June 28 for pre-sentence reports to be prepared.
Hi bail conditions include having to report to Harrogate police station every Tuesday and to live and sleep each night at his home on Woodfield View.
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Harrogate police officer charged with sexual assault
A Harrogate police officer is to appear in court this week charged with sexual assault.
Joseph McCabe, of Kingsley Park Road, Starbeck, will appear at York Magistrates Court on Thursday.
He is accused of touching without consent at Scotch Corner Services, near Richmond, in August last year.
The 27-year-old officer is a serving North Yorkshire Police officer based at Harrogate police station.
He is currently suspended from duty.
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Harrogate man charged with supplying cocaine and assaulting police
Harrogate man Ermal Biba has been charged with supplying cocaine and cannabis and assaulting two police officers.
Mr Biba, 37, of Trafalgar Court, is accused of supplying cocaine and cannabis in Harrogate and supplying cannabis in Rochdale, Greater Manchester on or before May 5.
He is also accused of assaulting a female police officer at Ashfield Road, Harrogate on Thursday last week and of assaulting a male police officer at Nydd Vale Road on the same date.
On Saturday, North Yorkshire magistrates sent Mr Biba for trial at York Crown Court on June 6. He was remanded in custody.
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Harrogate man fined for damaging train
A man from Harrogate has been fined for causing £1,093 worth of damage to a stationary train at Harrogate Station last year.
Michael Anthony Burke, 56, pleaded guilty at York Magistrates Court on Monday to causing criminal damage to a LNER train.
The incident occurred on June 11 last year.
Burke, of Nydd Vale Terrace, was fined £120, ordered to pay a victim’s surcharge of £85 and to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
He also pleaded guilty to trespassing on the railway lines.
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Burke also pleaded guilty to attempting to enter Crampton Moore Electronics on Commercial Street, as a trespasser with intent to steal.
The court issued a further community order to Burke for the final two offences.
Harrogate police officer charged with sexual assaultA 30-year-old police officer based at Harrogate has been charged with sexual assault.
Christopher Hudson will appear at York Magistrates Court tomorrow.
North Yorkshire Police said in a statement that Hudson was based in Harrogate at the time of the allegation and was currently suspended.
No further details are available.
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Harrogate district men fined for selling van with ‘potentially catastrophic’ brake faults
Two Harrogate district men were fined over £4,000 today for selling a van with ‘potentially catastrophic’ faults to its brakes and structural parts.
North Yorkshire County Council’s Trading Standards team began an investigation after receiving a complaint from a resident who had bought the van in October last year to use in a long-distance house move.
The Iveco Daily van was listed on a Gumtree advert as “ready to work and runs perfect”.
However, an expert vehicle examiner found that on a road the van was dangerous because some components were corroded and there was excessive corrosion to the brake discs.
Paul Beesley, of Allotment Gardens, Harrogate and Andrew Birch, of The Green, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon pleaded guilty at York Magistrates’ Court to offences under the Road Traffic Act 198T8 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
Mr Beesley and Mr Birch were each ordered to pay a total of £2,006 in fines and costs at the rate of £200 per month.
The two men are listed on Companies House as directors of Boroughbridge firm Boss Motorhome Hire.
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County Councillor Derek Bastiman, executive member for Trading Standards, said:
Ripon man jailed for persistently breaching animal welfare order“The resident relied on the description of this van in the advert he saw, and thought that he had bought a vehicle that he could use safely on an international journey.
“The nature of the faults on the van could have led to a terrible outcome for him, other road users or pedestrians, and for that reason trading standards officers will always take action where there is evidence that an unsafe vehicle has been supplied in the county.”
A Ripon man has been jailed after pleading guilty to a string of animal welfare offences.
Michael Andrew Hawkswell, 45, of Nunwick near Ripon, appeared at York Magistrates Court on Wednesday, accused of breaching the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which forbids him from keeping animals.
Hawkswell, who is disqualified from keeping or owning animals, was charged with possessing 76 birds and five other offences.
His five other offences included buying and transporting two goats, possessing seven sheep in his trailer, possessing a duck, unloading poultry from a vehicle into sale pens at Highgate auctions in Rotherham and buying and selling poultry.
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Hawkswell was jailed for four weeks to be served consecutively for all six offences and given a further eight weeks for breaching a suspended sentence which was imposed in 2019.
He was handed a 32-week jail sentence in total.
The court also disqualified Hawkswell from owning or keeping goats, poultry, birds and sheep for a period of 10 years under the Animal Welfare Act.
Police examine crates of poultry after stopping Hawkswell in July last year. Picture: North Yorkshire Police.
Hawkswell was also disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 16 months.
Speaking after the sentencing, PC Mark Atkinson, of North Yorkshire Police’s rural task force, said:
“Michael Hawkswell knew full well that he wasn’t allowed to have anything to do with animals – with a court order in place to protect them from suffering at his hands.
“However, he has repeatedly shown a blatant disregard for that court order, and persistently breached it on a number of occasions.
“Members of the farming community were aware of Hawkswell’s illegal activity, and came forward with crucial information, allowing us to arrest him and put him before the court. I would like to thank everyone who has spoken to the police in relation to Hawkswell’s activities – your assistance has been so vital and helped our team to put the strongest case together.”
North Yorkshire Police said it would now distribute posters highlighting Hawkswell’s banning order at livestock marts and other rural businesses.
Animal welfare charity the RSPCA tweeted that the sentence showed breaches of court orders “will not be ignored or tolerated”.
Breaches of court ordered disqualification (breach of ban) will not be ignored or tolerated. #teamwork with @NYorksPolice & @RSPCA_official has seen a successful few days in court #AnimalWelfare #farming #livestock #poultry https://t.co/KxpmumFvws
— RSPCA Frontline (@RSPCA_Frontline) September 9, 2021