David Grundy

Convicted murderer David Braddon, serving a life sentence for killing 18-year-old Conner Marshall in 2015, was sentenced to an additional three years and seven months for possessing a mobile phone in prison and controlling criminal property. He used the phone to direct his mother, former partner and a former probationary prison officer to move more than £50,000 between accounts linked to dozens of people, including relatives of prisoners. Claire Jones and Gemma Phillips received two years and nine months each, while Braddon’s mother Karen Graham received a suspended sentence. Marshall’s mother, Nadine, told the court that learning of Braddon’s further offending retraumatised her.

David Braddon, serving a life sentence for murdering 18-year-old Conner Marshall, was sentenced to an additional three years and seven months after admitting he possessed a mobile phone in prison and directed three women to move more than £50,000 between bank accounts. The money was linked to 59 people, including relatives of prisoners at four prisons. Former partner Gemma Phillips and former probation officer Claire Jones each received two years and nine months, while Braddon's mother Karen Graham received a suspended 18-month sentence. The scheme was uncovered after a prison officer reported a suspicious Facebook message, and Marshall's mother described renewed trauma caused by Braddon's further offending.

An inquest concluded that Russell Scozzi, whose remains were discovered in woodland more than two decades after he went missing, died from multiple fractures, though the circumstances remain unknown. Police found no evidence supporting theories that he had been abducted by drug dealers, and identification was achieved through dental records. The coroner recorded an open conclusion, while Scozzi’s family expressed ongoing grief and the difficulty of years without answers.