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Judge slams gang members^ involved in village garage fraud


by Court Reporter


FOUR members of a seven-strong gang vho targeted a garage in Whalley for cred- t card fraud have been jailed by a judge at


Preston Crown Court. The court heard that the gang targeted sery-


ce stations they regarded as “soft touches” in ;he £5,000 fraud committed a year ago. The gang, from Preston, were told "by word


)f mouth" that security systems in place at the ;ime at two garages - one in Whalley and mother in Bolton - made fraud more easy to


;et away with. Using stolen or intercepted credit cards, they


;ravelled to the garages to, in the words of Fudge Brian Duckworth, "milk them dry".


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greed-driven cult of deliberate, calculated dis­ honesty, based on a callous decision to milk the credit card system for all it was worth," said the judge. He added that the "real evil" of the offences was that the banking system was undermined, innocent garage businesses were caused great hardship and members of the pub­ lic subjected to more intense security checks. Mr Francis McEntee (prosecuting) said the


police investigation surrounded 16 cards used at the two garages, where goods and services to a total value of £5,450 were obtained last Octo­


ber and November. I t became known that the garages were


potentially vulnerable because of possible lax security systems and the word got round in Deepdale, Preston, said Mr McEntee.


Raiders target empty house


RAIDERS stole £5,590 worth of a goods when they burgled a house in


Langho. Among the goods taken


were a laptop computer and its case, two gold rings, a computer screen and a DVD writer. The thieves made their way into the house some


time during Sunday, Octo­ ber 23rd, and Thursday, October 27th, while the owners were on holiday. Police are asking any­


one who can help to call 01200 443344, or the free- a n d - c o n f i d e n t i a l Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111 with informa­ tion.


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A COPY of the Ciitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times has helped a for­ mer Whalley resident relive memories of her life in the Ribble Valley. Yarrow Valley resident Mrs


Evelyn Armstrong (nee Martin), lived in Whalley with her hus­ band in the 1940s. After serving in the Second


World War, Mr Armstrong returned suffering from tubercu­ losis and had to be treated by a local doctor for the disease. The couple subsequently struck up a friendship with Dr


Stalker and his family, but lost touch on moving away from the area. This friendship was to be rekin­


dled when Mrs Armstrong, now a widow, was posted a copy of the Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times. From the newspaper, she discov­ ered Dr Stalker had died and decided to contact his widow Mrs Beryl Stalker. The two women have corre­


sponded regularly ever since and recently met up at Mrs Stalker’s home in Whalley to reminisce about the past.


Mrs Stalker invited established


Whalley-ites along to this gather­ ing to share their memories about village life with Mrs Armstrong. They enjoyed lunch, while


talking about past times and cherished memories. Picture shows those who helped


Mrs Armstrong reminisce. Back row, from left to right, Donnie Wallis, George Davenport, June Weaver, Elizabeth Thompson, Monica Ward, Derrick Alderson. front row, left to right, Marion Thornber, Beryl Stalker, Evelyn Armstrong and Elsa Alderson. (s)


Staff are asked views on work


STAFF a t Calderstones NHS Trust have been asked for their opinions on working in the NHS as part of a national survey under way throughout last month. Questionnaires have been sent


to more than 700 employees at the Whalley-based Trust. Staff who received a question­


naire were chosen at random, therefore ensuring a cross-section of all staff groups was taken and an accurate reflection of staff opinion throughout the Trust. The survey is completed annu­


ally and contains questions about all aspects of working in the NHS,


including job satisfaction, train­ ing opportunities, team working and health and safety. It is organised by the independ­


ent inspection body, the Health­ care Commission, and in conjunc­ tion with the Staff Survey Advice Centre at Aston University. In the 2004 survey, staff at


Calderstones said they were some of the best-trained in the country and the Whalley Trust was also ranked in the country’s top 20 mental health and learning dis­ ability trusts in 12 of the 29 cate­ gories. Mr Graham Jowett, Director of


Corporate Strategy, said: “The aim of the survey is to gain the opinions of staff about their work­ ing lives and to make improve­ ments that will benefit them and the people we care for where neces­ sary. Last year we received an excellent response to the survey and we are encouraging staff to again show the same enthusiasm and spend a short time completing the questionnaire.” Results from the survey along


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PORLUX In total, there were 125 dishonest transac­


tions, the court was told. Those sentenced for obtaining by deception,


to which they all pleaded guilty, were; •


Imran Patel (22), of St George's Road, who admitted seven charges, including one attempt,


and was jailed for two years • Sufyan Saleh (31), of Deepdale Road, who


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offences • Sidique Gurjeed (29), of Rook Street, who


for nine months • Lukman Umarji (22), of St George's Road,


who pleaded guilty to four offences committed while on bail and was sentenced to 11 months.


admitted three specimen charges and was jailed


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Ciitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 Sex offender’s ‘grave lapse’


A CONVICTED sex offender who had contact with two members of a boys’ cricket side - in defiance of a court order - has been jailed for six months. John Gidlow was seen chatting to a


rv,o,-£, wore 19.5 dishonest transac- consecutive to a term he is already servini consecutive to a term he is already serving.


Also in the dock were: • Faisal Ghani (20), of Albert Terrace, who


admitted two offences and was sentenced to 200 hours’ community punishment, with £74 com­


pensation • Shoyab Patel (22), of Deepdale Road, who


pleaded guilty to four offences and was sen­ tenced to 200 hours’ community punishment • Mohsin Umarji (21), of St Thomas Road, who admitted two ch a r ts and also received 200


hours’ community punishment. Counsel for all said they had admitted their


parts with guilty pleas at the first opportunity. Passing sentence. Judge Duckworth told the


defendants; “The message must go out that this kind of criminal dishonesty involving credit cards will be punished severely.”


Fond memories of the past relived


youngster at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket Club, in Ciitheroe, just three months after having been made the subject of the full Sex Offences Pre­ vention Order. Preston Crown Court also heard


that Gidlow wrote letters to another boy and made a sexually inappropriate comment towards him in a telephone call. Gidlow (61), of Chatburn Road,


Ciitheroe, was told by the judge who sent him to jail: “It seems to me when these orders are imposed, and there can be no chance or no reason for a misunderstanding as to what they mean, that imprisonment must follow. These orders are to be obeyed.” Gidlow had admitted three offences


of breaching a Sex Offenders Preven­ tion Order (SOPO). The court heard that an original


interim order was made in the summer of last year as a result of concerns about Gidlow’s behaviour on the local cricket scene.


The order was then made into a full


one in March this year following a four-day hearing.


Under the terms, Gidlow was pro­


hibited from having contact or trying to contact anyone under 16, or attend­ ing or joining sports or leisure clubs. He was allowed to attend Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket Club, but only in the public areas. Mr Philip Potter (prosecuting) said


around three months after the full order was made, Gidlow was seen talk­ ing to a boy at the club. He had been talking to the lad in the company of adults, but ended up chatting alone with him. An under-15s match was taking place on that occasion. An off-duty detective was at the


club on that date and someone pointed out to him that Gidlow was a convict­ ed sex offender. The officer became aware of the


SOPO being in place. It was pointed out to the defendant that the boy was


clearly under 16 and that he would be reported. Following Gidlow’s arrest it was dis­


covered that he had contacted a 15- year-old boy, another cricketer for the same club. He sent three unsolicited letters to the boy and also made a sex­ ually Inappropriate remark to him during a telephone conversation. The same teenager had received a


letter from the defendant around the end of March, the same month that the full SOPO had been made. Back in 1985, Gidlow had been


stopped going to Ribblesdale in 2002 and switched to Ciitheroe Cricket Club, across the road from his home. Mr Richard Prew (defending) said


VOLUNTEERS are urgently need­ ed to help out with the East Lan­ cashire Hospice shop in Blackburn. Mr Harry Grayson, hospice fund­


raiser, said: “Due to the success of the venture in King William Street, we desperately need extra volun­ teers. “The weekday shifts between 10


a.m. and 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. especially need extra cover”.


Volunteers sought for hospice shop Monitor stolen Shop volunteers, preferably with


experience of shop work, are urgent­ ly sought, although everyone will receive a full induction and on-going training programme. Anyone interested should call at


the shop on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., or call Olive Bolton on 01254 342816, or the shop manager­ ess, tel. 01254 663616.


THIEVES broke into a house and stole a computer monitor from a property in Church Street, Read. The offenders broke into


the property between 2 p.m. on Friday and 10-45 p.m. on Sunday and stole the 17in. monitor worth £270. Police are continuing to


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jailed for seven offences of indecent assaults on males under 16, while housemaster at a boys’ boarding school in the south of England. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprison­ ment, three of them suspended. The offences were all indecent assaults against boys under 16. In 1987 he returned to Ciitheroe, the area where he had been bom and bred. The court heard tha t Gidlow


Gidlow had been coaching at Ribbles­ dale for eight or nine years. “Three thousand boys passed through the coaching that took place”. Through­ out that time, said Mr Prew, nothing else came to light. He went on to say that Gidlow’s


behaviour became somewhat erratic. There were concerns about his behav­ iour towards young boys. Approximately four families came


forward to the effect that letters had been written to their sons that were inappropriate. After the full order was made, Gid­


had to put the two boys' families through this. He believes himself to be a grandfatherly-like figure to the boys he has been in contact with at the cricket club. He doesn't see when he oversteps the mark.” He could not “honestly remember”


low, he said, “fell at the first hurdle.” “He is extremely remorseful he has


making the comment to the 15-year- old on the phone. But he pleaded guilty after seeing the boy’s ■video evi­ dence. “Having seen what he said, and the manner in which it was said, he has


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no doubt.” Apart from that, conversa­ tions had been about cricket. Mr Prew said that Ribblesdale


Cricket Club president Mr Denis Birch was among those who had writ­ ten testimonials in Gidlow’s favour. Shortly after Gidlow came to Rib­


blesdale, the club had received an anonymous tip that a paedophile had joined. Through a process of elimina­ tion, Gidlow was singled out, there­ after watched far closer than would normally have been the case. Prior to the sentencing hearing, the


terms of Gidlow's SOPO had been extended to bar from him any sports ground in the country. Passing sentence. Judge Andrew


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