DARK SECRETS: Lancashire constabulary | Vintage Vibes

Funeral firm employee stole ring from dead priest’s hand and sold it to fund drug habit

Nicholas Mather, 34, prised the 18-carat gold priesthood ring from the finger of the late Father Peter Crowther

The Independent UK · Oct 16

Former teacher used ‘spy pens’ to take more than a million upskirt images of pupils

Matthew Gilkes, 47, was unmasked after he was caught taking photographs of children under cubicles at a leisure centre

The Independent UK · May 15

Sickening Details Emerge After Baby’s Life Ended By Teacher Who Planned To Adopt Him

A former teacher faces trial for the heartbreaking passing and alleged ab*se of a baby boy he planned to adopt.

Bored Panda · May 13

‘My son was everything you are not’, mother tells killer of ex-prison officer

Elias Morgan shot Lenny Scott outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Father who kept driving despite medical advice jailed over son’s death in crash

Daniel Burba had an epileptic fit at the wheel of his wife’s Peugeot van which swerved off the M6 near Lancaster and hit a tree on April 20.

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025

Football fan killed with one punch in clash outside pub

Mr Johnson was among a group of Blackpool fans who gathered outside the pub

The Independent UK · May 22, 2025

Football fan jailed for five years after fatal pub fight

Jake Balmforth punched Tony Johnson during trouble after Blackpool played Burnley in 2023.

Evening Standard · May 22, 2025

Two arrested and 27 cockerels seized in suspected cockfighting raid at Lancashire stables

Police investigating potential crimes under Animal Welfare Act after raid on Lytham stables

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Vandalised church hides graffiti with plants to host wedding

Lancashire Constabulary said officers were called to a report of criminal damage to the church building and a number of gravestones in Leyland.

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2025

‘Almost blind’ motorist, 81, blamed fatal crash on pedestrian, coroner says

Neil Pemberton is a “prime example” of why eyesight self-certification for driving licences does not protect road users, a coroner has said

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025