Tag: Reading Crown Court

3 Men Jailed for Supplying Fugitives With ‘Genuine’ Passports

Three men have been jailed for running a racket that supplied fugitive drug traffickers and murderers with “genuine” passports. Christopher Zietek, 67, and Alan Thompson, 72, were found guilty in March, after a nine-week trial, while Anthony Beard, 61, pleaded guilty on the eve of his trial. Jailing them at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday,…


Illegal Immigrant Who Started Fire That Killed 2 Given Whole Life Sentence

An illegal immigrant from Uganda who set fire to a block of flats in the middle of the night, killing two of his neighbours after he was served with an eviction notice, has been jailed for life by a British court. Hakeem Kigundu, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, two counts of causing grievous…