The Latest Breaking News from Derbyshire Police

Burglar jailed for life after murdering 86-year-old woman in Derbyshire

Vasile Culea subjected Freda Walker and husband Kenneth to ‘savage attack’ in pursuit of money

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

Locals horrified by CCTV of killer walking on their street on day he left woman to die

This week a jury found Vasile Culea guilty of murdering Freda Walker, but he was cleared of murdering her husband Ken - he had snuck into the couple's home looking to steal £30,000

Daily Mirror · Oct 27, 2022

Dad of eco-protestor who poured human faeces over Captain Tom statue 'deeply ashamed'

Jim Budd said he "felt sick" when he saw the video of his daughter Maddie "desecrating the memory" of the late army veteran.

Daily Record · Oct 3, 2022

Police statement after hundreds of people block roads in Long Eaton to swim in quarry

'Swimming in gravel pits of this nature is extremely dangerous'

Nottingham Post · Jul 24, 2022

Fugitive taunts police on podcast claiming 'bumbag' helps him escape

"I truly do advise that, after you leave the mandem, you go and hand yourself to the closest police station"

Liverpool Echo · Jun 21, 2022

Gracie Spinks: Five Derbyshire Police officers to face misconduct case after woman ‘murdered by stalker’

Keen horse rider, 23, had reported her suspected killer to police just four months before her death

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Former cyber-crime cop secretly filmed children in swimming pool changing rooms

James Land, 43, used to work for an online crime unit and had collected explicit images of children for almost 20 years.

Daily Record · Jun 1, 2022

Neighbour told woman he'd torch her house if she didn't send him naked photos of herself

Gary Braidwood, 41, was spared jail after he confessed to stalking his victim, who lived next door alone with her young son.

Daily Record · May 25, 2022

'Send nudes or I'll burn your house down...' woman's terrifying ordeal after being stalked by her own neighbour

Gary Braidwood, 41, was spared jail after he admitted stalking his neighbour who lives alone with her young son

Manchester Evening News · May 24, 2022

Victim of the Motorway Monster? The unsolved murder of Barbara Mayo

Barbara's murder triggered one of Britain's biggest murder investigations

Manchester Evening News · May 15, 2022