Convictions Round Up 2

Please find below a round-up of the last two week’s convictions relating to Cambridge. If you wish to see all news please visit the news section on our website

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/news-and-appeals.

A man who armed himself with a knife and confronted a group of workmen in Cambridge has been ordered to complete a period of rehabilitation. Neil Rumbelow, 35, of Short Street in Cambridge, was arrested on 13 August after having an altercation in Walnut Tree Avenue. The group of construction workers were carrying out repairs when Rumbelow approached them, seemingly agitated. He left and returned a short while later with a knife in his waistband, showing it to the workers, wanting to have a fight. Read more at:

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/neil-rumbelow.

A man who stole Christmas presents worth about £400 from a home in Cambridge will be spending Christmas Day in prison. On Monday, 10 December, Thomas Pawlak, 32, of Hemingford Road in Cambridge, was arrested by officers as part of a week-long operation to tackle burglary in the south of Cambridgeshire. Two days earlier Pawlak entered a home in Hobart Way and left with the wrapped presents. He was identified by the victim as being responsible for the theft and brought into Parkside Police Station to be arrested. Read more at:

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/raptor-cambridge-weekofaction.

A man who sexually assaulted two girls at a squash club after telling them they were ‘stars of the future’ has been jailed. Adrian Shepherd, of Docwra Road, Papworth Everard, touched both girls sexually on 17 February last year. The 62-year-old approached the first girl, who was under the age of 16, at a squash court in Cambridge at just after 9am. Read more at:

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/man-jailed-for-squash-club-assault.

A man who bit a relative’s nose after arguing about a food shop has been jailed for more than a year. Jason Driver, 39, was arguing with the victim, a woman in her 50s, at her home in Akeman Street, Cambridge, about items missing from their shopping list on 31 May. She left the property to let Driver calm down but he followed her outside where he continued to shout at her before biting her nose three times, causing minor injuries. Read more at:

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/man-jailed-biting-relative-nose.

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