George Ness had been abusing crack cocaine when he turned up at a Bridie Nye's flat in Wallsend looking for drugs or money and turned violent. When 63-year-old John Smyth, who was visiting Bridie ...

John Smyth, 63, was battered to death in a backyard in Wallsend as he tried to stop George Ness from smashing his way into a woman's flat. Ness, 41, from North Shields, had claimed self-defence ...

Asim Kayani, 44, smashed a window at Heron Foods in Wallsend and stole £1,100 worth of goods in the early hours of 7 December, Newcastle Crown Court heard. When he was arrested at his home barely ...