• Two cars stolen while owners leave them running to defrost

  By HitchinPeople at 14:05 on 02/02/12

  

  Police are warning people not to leave their cars unattended whilst defrosting the windows after two incidents where thieves have stolen cars in North Hertfordshire. The first incident occurred yesterday when offender(s) stole a blue Lexus which was left running while the owner went back inside her house. The second incident happened in the same way this morning where the offender(s) made off with a BMW X5. Chief Inspector for Welwyn...

• Stevenage man pocketed thousands in benefits whilst working three jobs

  By HitchinPeople at 14:00 on 18/01/12

  

  St Albans Crown Court heard how benefit cheat Paul Smith claimed incapacity benefit while holding down three different jobs. Smith, 63, had been legitimately claiming the benefit when he stopped working as milkman in 2002 after suffering a heart attack. But prosecutor Imran Khan said he failed to tell the Department of Work and Pensions that he had started working again.  He worked as a delivery driver in 2005 until 2006, then at...

• Teenager arrested after fatal stabbing in Hitchin

  By HitchinPeople at 09:02 on 09/01/12

  

  Detectives from the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit have launched a murder enquiry following the death of a man in Hitchin in the early hours of this morning (January 8). Officers were called to a house in Milestone Road in Hitchin at 2.10am after receiving reports a man had been stabbed. The ambulance service was also in attendance and a 36 year old man was taken to the Lister Hospital where he sadly died. A 15 year...

• Man Attacked Outside Hitchin Supermarket

  By HitchinPeople at 16:36 on 05/01/12

  

  A man in his twenties suffered several injuries following an attack outside a supermarket in Hitchin. Police are appealing for witnesses and information regarding the assault which took place outside Sainsbury's in Hitchin on Tuesday 27th December. At around 12.20pm the victim, a man in his twenties from Hitchin, was approached from behind by two men. One punched him to the head and the other then kicked him. The victim suffered a...

• Christmas Present Stolen Minutes after Being Opened

  By HitchinPeople at 10:48 on 29/12/11

  

  Police are appealing for the public's help after a opportunistic thief stole a 13 year old girl's Christmas present. The little girl had only just unwrapped the white and purple 'Jasmine' mountain bike at 3.20pm on December 27 and had just propped it up outside her home in Fellowes Way to go inside and ask for help lowering the seat. When she came back out, the bike had disappeared. Tracks across grass show the offender made off in the...

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