All news by author: Rob Kennedy

Chelsea Orrock, of South Shields, lost her temper when the woman said she used to go out with her partner when they were at school, which ultimately led to the horror attack

Christopher Newton was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after he injured a woman and stole £40 in a cashpoint attack at a Spar in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on July 9 last year

Kieton Pearson, 32, has been jailed for two months after stealing 22 tubs of Lurpak butter from a Tesco store in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, despite already having a suspended sentence for stealing cheese

Arrogant Declan Stubbs told friends to 'chill' as he hit speeds of potentially up to 157mph on a road in Northumberland - then second later he lost control and smashed the Ford Fiesta, killing Teegan Waters

Callum Allan, of Sunderland, left his partner terrified and Judge Gavin Doig sentenced Allan to 18 months behind bars with a five year restraining order to protect the victim.

Zoe Williams used her job as a primary school teacher to 'titillate' partner Thomas Surtees and even joined in with his child sexual abuse, Newcastle crown court heard

Stuart McGregor launched a horrific attack on a woman after she asked him to move his van, which was blocking her mum's drive on July 28 in Seghill, Northumberland - he pleaded guilty to the assault

Martin Richards, 50, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court to more than two decades in jail for the rape of a young girl who had her childhood 'stolen' by his 'calculating and manipulative' crimes

Toby Kelly killed Sheldon Flanighan by driving at him twice outside a Northumberland pub causing "catastrophic injuries" with his head "dislocated from his upper spinal column", a court heard

A wicked man who murdered his dog by throwing it into an freezing-cold river after hitting its head against railings has been put behind bars for 27 months. “You killed your own dog callously and wickedly”, the judge concluded

John Semmens was hit in the back of the knee while walking along on a country path in Northumberland, and turned to find his Springer Spaniel lying dead after being shot in the head

Stephen Ansbro has been jailed for life after killing gran-of-nine Jane Collinson. The court heard he warned he would kill her after discovering she had complained about him to their home's manager

Bus driver Scott Cliff dragged pensioner Joan Scott beneath his vehicle in the traumatising incident in Newcastle, after to refusing to let her on board and failing to notice her walking stick was stuck in the doors

Steven Walton, from Newcastle, has been found guilty of murdering Jason Lord by "kicking and stamping" him to death for innocently saying hello to a girl he passed in the street

Hillary French, who defrauded Newcastle High School for Girls over a period of nearly two years by submitting false expense claims for vouchers, meals and a coat, appeared in court

Paul Bell started a fire that left an old bingo hall he owned "completely destroyed", and the man who was renting the building was susbequently £10,000 out of pocket

Restraining orders were placed on Yvonne Sayers and Ashley Donaldson after they 'tormented' a family in Walker, Newcastle including demanding money and attempting to smash a window

Kieran Williams was stabbed more than 20 times and his body was dumped in a makeshift grave near the River Wear in Sunderland, but a judge says he believes the killer is still at large

Northumbria University student Jason Brockbanks, 24, had been dating Aaron Ray, 21, for three months before he was murdered after a night out in September last year

Kathryn Walker, of Washington, abused her position as executor of Richard Walker's will and spend some of it on 'pure extravagance'

The couple had been walking home from their first date in Sunderland when Sean Robinson began attacking the man, before dragging the woman into a bush leaving her traumatised

Cheryl Duggan from Gateshead had been struggling to cope with her life, and took the extreme step in a suicide attempt, telling her children to leave the house first

Newcastle Crown Court heard how Meredith Gibbons was "determined to drink as much" alcohol as he could on a Ryanair flight, as he has been branded a "nuisance"