A TEEN murderer who stabbed a man to death in Winsford and a burglar who broke into an elderly couple's home are two of the Mid-Cheshire criminals sent to prison in February 2022.

First up is this high profile murder case which shocked the Cheshire community.

A TEEN killer will serve a minimum of 19 years behind bars after a Cheshire judge branded him ‘one of the most dangerous 17-year-olds’ he had ever seen.

Noel Reade, of Crewe, was just 16 when he stabbed Keagan Crimes to death in Winsford on Sunday, October 11, 2020.

The killer can be named after the Guardian was successful in appealing a reporting restriction made by the court during the trial.

His Honour Judge Steven Everett, sentencing at Chester Crown Court on February 21, said: “You are one of the most dangerous 17-year-olds I’ve ever come across in my 40 years as a solicitor, barrister and judge.”

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Northwich Guardian: Noel ReadeNoel Reade

A BURGLAR who left an elderly couple 'fearing for their lives' at their Winsford home has been jailed.

Thomas Price, 20, of Slaters Way, Winsford, burst into the bedroom of the vulnerable victims, brandishing a claw hammer and demanded they hand over all their money.

Price and an accomplice rifled through personal belongings while the petrified couple sat trembling upstairs in their home on St George's Road on Tuesday, December 21, last year.

Price, who had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary, was jailed for six years and eight months at Chester Crown Court on Monday, February 21.

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Northwich Guardian: Thomas PriceThomas Price

A MAN has been jailed after assaulting two people in Northwich – one of whom was a police officer.

Richard Murray, of Fairfield Road in Northwich, attacked a woman and a police officer on February 23.

The 40-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating when appearing in Chester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, February 24.

Murray’s guilty plea was taken into account when imposing the total 25-week sentence.

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A 25-YEAR-OLD man who threatened a witness to stop court proceedings after harassing her has been jailed.

Cauley Stewart, of Beaufort Close, Hartford, appeared in Chester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, February 24, charged with harassment and intimidating a witness in Northwich.

The court heard between December 25 and 31, Stewart sent unwanted text messages and social media messages and made a number of phone calls to a woman.

On December 28, he also intimidated the woman – who was a witness – and threatened her to cease court proceedings.

He was sentenced to 26 weeks.

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