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Courts
Ipswich drug dealer ordered to repay £51,000 of criminal gains
A drug dealer must repay more than £51,000 of his criminal earnings or face additional jail time, a court has ruled. Alper Basoglu, who is currently serving a seven-year sentence, was given three months to pay the sum.
Londoner prosecuted for misusing disabled parking badge in Ipswich
A man from London has been ordered to pay more than £1,700 after being caught using someone else's Blue Badge to park in a Norwich Road car park.
'Dangerous' serial paedophile who befriended young families given additional 22-year jail term
A "dangerous" sex offender has been handed a 22-year jail sentence at Ipswich Crown Court for multiple sexual offences against a child.
Drug dealer jailed for five years over Suffolk and Essex cocaine supply
A drug dealer has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying cocaine across Suffolk and Essex. Police caught Alfons Kojku after stopping his car on the A14 near Newmarket.
Two charged after four-storey cannabis factory found on Ipswich high street
Two men have been charged after police discovered a large-scale cannabis growing operation spread across four floors of a former shop building in Ipswich town centre.
Stowmarket paedophile given 17-year jail term for abuse of children as young as six
A Stowmarket man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing two children over a decade – with the offences beginning when he himself was 14 years old.
'Utterly disrespectful' Ipswich man fined and given penalty points for filming fatal A14 crash
An Ipswich motorist has been ordered to pay more than £1,300 and received six penalty points after filming and sharing footage of a fatal collision on social media.
Man jailed for life for 'monstrous' murder of Ipswich toddler
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a two-year-old girl in Ipswich, while the child's mother has been jailed for 10 years for allowing her death.
Man jailed for 19 years for sexual offences against children in Suffolk and Essex
A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexual offences against children in Trimley St Martin and Essex. Darren Hornsby was given a 15-year jail term with an additional four years on extended licence.
Man, 80, likely to die in jail for child sex offences in Ipswich
An 80-year-old Ipswich man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of rape and sexual assaults against children dating back to the 1970s.
Local man charged with three counts of indecent exposure across Suffolk and Norfolk
A 58-year-old man from Rendlesham has been charged with three counts of indecent exposure following incidents across Suffolk and Norfolk dating back to 2018.
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