WE'RE almost at the end of January and so far this year a number of cases have been brought before the courts.
Many suspects have faced judges and juries and below and some people in Berkshire who face lengthy sentences behind bars.
James Devlin
James Devlin. Picture: Thames Valley Police
A MAN who threatened two pensioners with knives and demanded gold and money from them was jailed earlier this month.
James Devlin, aged 19, of Kingsmill Drive, Northolt, Ealing, admitted the offence in a hearing at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday (January 13).
Returning to the same court for sentencing on Friday (January 15), Devlin was sentenced to a total of eight years and two months’ imprisonment.
Police said at just before 9pm on November 17, 2019, two masked men forced their way into the home of the victims in Bradley Road, Slough.
The force added: "The victims, an 80-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, were asleep at the time and were woken and threatened with knives before a demand was made for gold and money.
"Devlin and his accomplice conducted a messy search of the property before fleeing empty handed."
Ashley Jenkins
Ashley Jenkins
A 26-year-old man from Maidenhead was jailed for numerous child sex offences.
Ashley Jenkins, of Ray Park Avenue within the town, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on January 18, where he received an extended sentence of 26 years – 18 of them to be served behind bars.
Jenkins pleaded guilty at a previous hearing on November 5 to four counts of rape of a child under 13, three counts of possession of an indecent photograph of a child, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, two counts of taking an indecent photograph of a child and two counts of making indecent photographs of children.
It is in connection to incidents that happened between January 1, 2018, and June 8, 2020.
Jenkins was charged on June 9, 2020, with the crimes.
Aaron Theodore
Aaron Theodore. Picture: Thames Valley Police
A robber who "grabbed" a victim's neck and stole his phone and bank card has been jailed.
Aaron Theodore, aged 26 of Elm Lodge Avenue, pleaded guilty at Reading Crown Court on Friday, January 8, to one count of robbery, four counts of attempted burglary and one count of burglary.
All the incidents took place on November 8, 2020, in Bath Road and Hatford Road.
Khairi Saadallah
TVP image of Khairi Saadallah who attacked and killed three people in Forbury Gardens in June 2020
The knifeman who rampaged through Reading's Forbury Gardens killing three people was handed a whole-life sentence.
Khairi Saadallah, 26, shouted “Allahu akhbar” as he fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, on June 20 last year.
Three other people – Stephen Young, 51, Patrick Edwards, 29, and Nishit Nisudan, 34, – were also injured in the horrific attack before Saadallah threw away the eight-inch knife and ran off, pursued by an off-duty police officer.
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