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Man guilty of murdering friend after vodka-fuelled attack
A jury at Ipswich Crown Court has found Arvydas Maliusis, 38, guilty of murdering Ilja Akatjevas, 39, following an attack at a property in College Street last December.
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MP Patrick Spencer cleared of sexual assault charges
A jury at Southwark Crown Court has found Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer not guilty of two counts of sexual assault, following a four-day trial.
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Ipswich man fined £5,600 for running unlicensed pub on Wherstead Road
A man has been found guilty of operating a pub in Ipswich without a premises licence after the borough council brought a successful prosecution against him.
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'Continued disregard' for road law lands driver in jail
A Little Blakenham man who flouted a driving ban has received a four-month custodial sentence, with police warning that disqualified drivers put others at risk.
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How support workers stopped 'incredibly dangerous' arson attempt at Ipswich centre
Quick-thinking staff at a Museum Street support centre disarmed a woman pouring ethanol across the floor and threatening to "light them all up", police have revealed, as she was jailed for four years.
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Teenager jailed for life for Christmas Day murder of Billy McNicholl
A 19-year-old drug dealer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years for murdering 63-year-old Billy McNicholl at his Ipswich home on Christmas Day 2024.
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Ipswich man jailed for 23 years for child sex offences
A 43-year-old man from Ipswich has been handed an extended 23-year sentence after being found guilty of 14 sexual offences against two children.
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Ipswich man jailed for hitting Met officer with car and fleeing scene
A 32-year-old Ipswich man has been jailed for three years and 10 months after seriously injuring a Metropolitan Police officer in a hit-and-run collision on Burrell Road — while drunk, speeding, and on his phone.
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Drug dealer who broke police officer's finger jailed for nearly six years
A drug dealer arrested during a police operation in Ipswich has been jailed for five years and 10 months after assaulting an officer and being found with cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis.
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Teen found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrew Roche
A teenage boy has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrew Roche, 42, following an altercation in the Whitehouse area of Ipswich last summer.
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Ipswich man jailed for 15 weeks after assaulting woman
Scott Hyam, 39, of Ramsgate Drive, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday, 22 January, after pleading guilty to assault by beating following an incident in September.
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Serial killer Steve Wright pleads guilty to 1999 murder of Trimley St Mary teenager
Steve Wright, who is already serving a whole life sentence for murdering five women in Ipswich in 2006, admitted killing 17-year-old Victoria Hall over 26 years ago.