Crime

A prolific shoplifter who carried out 17 thefts in less than four weeks has been jailed.

A driver who hit a teenager has been banned.

A prolific shoplifter who continued to steal while waiting to appear in court has been jailed.

Cambridgeshire Chief Constable Nick Dean welcomed the Prime Minister to the force’s headquarters yesterday.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of being found with a firearm.

Police are investigating after meat was stolen from a town supermarket.

A man has been jailed for his part in a plot to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into HMP Whitemoor after a drone carrying the goods crashed.

A drink-driver who mounted a roundabout in his car before walking away from the scene has been banned from the roads.

A woman who committed 16 offences in Fenland over two months has been jailed.

A man who threatened to stab an electric scooter rider before making off with the vehicle has been jailed.

A prisoner at HMP Whitemoor has had a year added to his sentence after he attacked another inmate.

Three men have been jailed following a fight involving two stabbings in a residential street.

Three inmates who attacked a prison officer, who is believed to have since taken his own life, have been handed extra time on top of life sentences.

A drug dealing operation run by two brothers was uncovered after the pair were arrested in connection with a burglary.

A derelict house fire thought to have been started deliberately has prompted police to appeal for information.

Police were unable to find the culprits after two pigeons were shot and killed on Monday.

A driver who had two empty bottles of whisky and a half-empty bottle of rum in his car has kept his licence.

A drug-driver who was seen “swerving across the road” and later kicked a police officer has been banned for three years.

A drink-driver who was seen veering to one side of the A47 has been disqualified and hit with a £500 fine.

A 48-year-old who carried out a prolonged violent assault on a woman and man - leaving one of them unconscious - will have to wait to hear his fate.