Author Lynda Roughley

FOLLOWING a violent incident in a Warrington bingo hall a 37-year-old man has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.

A lonely widower from Warrington was cruelly scammed out of £20,000 by a manipulative blackmailer after he joined the Tinder online dating app.

A convicted drug addict burglar with more than 80 previous convictions, who was heading home after a failed shoplifting mission, spotted an open garage door and stole a bicycle.

A dad-of-two’s sexualised conversations with three “12-year-old girls” came to light because he was actually chatting to an under-cover police officer.

A young Warrington man who threatened to knife his brother ended up injuring their dad who had disarmed him.

A bullying violent boyfriend from Great Sankey, Warrington, pressed a pillow over his terrified partner’s face for thirty seconds, a court heard.

An axeman who threatened to chop another man “to bits” has been given a chance by a judge.

A sex offender who objected to sharing his cell with another prisoner at Risley Prison raped him, a court heard.