All news by author: Rob Kennedy

Georgia Hunter screamed as she was sentenced to two years in prison for causing serious injury to her friends by dangerous and drug driving in Gateshead, Tyneside

The man admitted having sex with his own mother, who had been drinking heavily at the time and claimed he took advantage of her, but was cleared of raping the woman

A woman was left feeling unsafe in her Newcastle flat after two robbers broke in, stole items which were worth more than £1000 and threw an orange liquid on her

Deborah Charlton, 50, turned up at the home of a woman associated with the man she blamed for leaving her daughter with catastrophic brain and orthopaedic injuries

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

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.

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

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

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

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"