From Weekend Use to Life Sentence: Alex Powell’s £80,000, Eight-Year Cocaine Addiction Tuesday, May 26, 2026 addiction cocaine recovery bipolar overdose prison mentalhealth rehabilitation substanceabuse supportworker Alex Powell, a 32-year-old engineer from Gloucester, found himself trapped in an eight-year battle with cocaine addiction that drained £80,000 from his life and left him fighting for survival. What began as an occasional … Read More
From Weekend Boost to £80,000 Addiction: Alex Powell’s Eight-Year Battle with Cocaine Tuesday, May 26, 2026 addiction cocaine bipolar recovery prison mentalhealth overdose methadone rehabilitation Alex Powell, a 32-year-old engineer from Gloucester, began using cocaine as a weekend pick-me-up to manage gruelling 16-hour workdays. What started as occasional use quickly escalated into an eight-year addiction that cost … Read More
‘Shocking’ Cheltenham Driver Avoids Jail After High-Speed Police Chase Reaching 114mph Wednesday, April 22, 2026 cheltenham police driving offences prison mentalhealth speeding abuse rehabilitation law A Cheltenham man who reached speeds of up to 114mph during a police chase between Tewkesbury and Gloucester has been spared a prison sentence. Patrick Bermingham received a five-year driving ban and a 12-month prison sentence … Read More
Men Jailed Over Six-Hour Torture Ordeal in Forest of Dean Tuesday, April 14, 2026 torture forestofdean assault abuse kidnap violentcrime psychologicaltrauma sentencing criminaljustice prison Two men from the Forest of Dean have been sentenced to a combined total of more than eight years in prison after subjecting a young man to a terrifying six-hour torture ordeal. Joshua Rice, 38, and Andrew Rowbotham, 44, … Read More
Gloucestershire Mother Known as 'The Witch' Imprisoned for Decades of Abuse Thursday, March 12, 2026 gloucestershire abuse neglect prison crime victim squalor sentencing domestic investigation A Gloucestershire woman, who earned the grim nickname ‘The Witch,’ has been sentenced to prison after decades of abusing a victim kept in deplorable conditions. The case revealed a prolonged period of … Read More
‘I was in charge of Rose West in prison - she had chilling reaction to Fred's suicide' Saturday, February 21, 2026 rosewest fredwest prison psychopath murder segregation holloway suicide crime abuse Vanessa Farke-Harris, a former prison governor at HM Prison Holloway, has described Rosemary West as a “manipulative psychopath” after supervising her during incarceration. Despite West’s horrific crimes, Farke-Harris … Read More