Chief Reporter

Phil Coleman

Chief Reporter for North Cumbria covering a variety of stories, including court and crime, in Carlisle and beyond for the News & Star, Cumberland News, Times & Star and Whitehaven News.

Latest articles from Phil Coleman

The defendant was distressed and intervened as her husband was being taken away by the police.

Woman assaulted police officer as her husband was being taken away
A WOMAN who was distressed by seeing her partner being taken away by police at the Carlisle hotel where they were guests turned violent.

Councillor Louise Atkinson

Support growing for Labour councillor expelled from his party
SUPPORT IS growing for a veteran Labour Cumbria county councillor who has been kicked out of his party in what critics claim is a “witch-hunt”.

Defendant Cub Thomas Mahon wants to avoid a lengthy ban, his defence lawyer told the court

Teenager drove dangerously as he fled from unmarked police car

A TEENAGER from Houghton near Carlisle who has admitted driving dangerously showed a “deliberate disregard for the safety of others,” a court heard.

Magistrates at the city's Rickergate court imposed 24 weeks jail - but this will be swallowed up by the defendant's recall to prison until January, 2024.

Rapist recalled over breach of Sex Offender Register rules
A CONVICTED rapist from west Cumbria has been recalled to prison after he flouted a court order by staying in a house where there was a child.

The defendant spat at an officer while at Carlisle's Durranhill Police HQ.

Suspended jail for spitting at police officer
A SUSPENDED jail term has been handed to a 27-year-old Carlisle woman who assaulted a police constable by spitting at her.

The wrong pub - also called the Hope and Anchor - is just down the road from the Humber Bridge, 183 miles away from the place where Michael Faulkner was stranded. (Image courtesy of Google Maps).

AA sent to Humber Bridge - 183 miles from Cumbrian pensioner's stranded car

PENSIONER Michael Faulkner did what he always does when his car broke down 11 miles from his Abbey town home near Carlisle.

Alan McGuckin and his political compatriots say he is the victim of a

Mass resignations at constituency Labour Party over left-winger's expulsion

A NORTH Cumbrian constituency Labour Party is the first in the north to suffer “mass resignations” from its ruling committee as members protest over what they say is a “toxic” political culture.

The defendant will be sentenced next week at Carlisle Crown Court.

Burglar was caught with stolen binoculars after spate of break-ins
A BURGLAR who targeted two home in Penrith in three days is to be sentenced by a Carlisle Crown Court judge.

Weapons expert and BBC Antiques Roadshow presenter Bill Harriman

Antiques Roadshow expert helps end machete prosecution

THE prosecution of a man for having a machete in his Carlisle home has been dropped – thanks to the intervention of a BBC Antiques Roadshow expert.

The defendant repeatedly directed transphobic abuse at her former partner, a transgender female, the court heard.

Court sentences woman who subjected ex-partner to transphobic abuse

A COMMUNITY order with unpaid work has been handed to a former Penrith woman who twice assaulted her ex-partner and subjected her to transphobic abuse.

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