Tag Archives: West Yorkshire Police

Man arrested over crash that killed six people, including two teenage girls

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in a crash in which six people, including two young girls, died. Poppie Roller, 11, was the only immediate family survivor after Shannen Morgan, her partner Shane Roller and their other daughters Lillie and Rubie, aged nine and four, were killed in… Read More »

Woman raped by her father wins compensation as police finally admit mistakes in four-decade-long fight for justice

A woman raped by her father has exposed the failings of misogynistic police during her four-decade-long fight for justice. Carol Higgins, from West Yorkshire, was repeatedly raped and abused by Elliot Appleyard in her youth; Her father, now 77, was convicted of five counts of rape and 10 counts of indecent assault in 2019. West… Read More »

Killer ‘sexually motivated’ killed ex-girlfriend and new partner days after reporting them to police

Steven Harnett and Katie Higton were found dead at a house in Huddersfield in May 2023 (PA Media) An obsessed ex-boyfriend “executed” a mother-of-four and her new partner just four days after she reported him to the police. Marcus Osborne, 35, of Harpe Inge, Dalton, West Yorkshire, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Leeds Crown… Read More »

Family who left arranged marriage bride in a vegetative state after being forced to take pills jailed

A family who left their arranged marriage bride in a vegetative state after being forced to take pills and doused with a corrosive substance have been jailed (West Yorkshire Police) A family who left their arranged marriage bride in a vegetative state after being forced to take pills and doused with a corrosive substance have… Read More »