Wallsend

A man and his stepson burst into a home and demanded money over a drugs debt, a court hears.

Preston Morlaee grabbed the woman by the throat a day after he raped her, a court hears.

Taylor Moore, 19, is sentenced to a year's detention for the "terrifying" attack.

The court hears John Smyth was killed as he tried to stop George Ness breaking into a woman's flat.

Asim Kayani, whose electronic tag recorded him leaving his house to commit the crime, is jailed.

John Smyth, 63, was battered to death as he tried to stop a drug addict attacking a woman's flat.

Barristers in the murder trial of George Ness are giving their closing speeches to jurors.

Smokey, who now lives in Wallsend, was rescued from the Halfway Dog House in Northern Ireland last year.