Police Appeal After Freckleton Fire

Kirkham and Rural Fylde newsletter inMarch 2012 theincorporating Bryning know with Warton, Clifton, Elswick, Freckleton, and Wrea Green. Kirkham, Newton, Singleton, Staining , Weeton, Wesham know your Police appeal after local team Bryning with Freckleton Freckleton fire Warton intended to kill the children or did things go horribly wrong? “We believe somebody who was inside

the house on the night of the fire holds PC Vicki Doherty the answer to what happened and that the person responsible for causing the fire PC Robin Hardiman PC Dave Little may well have confided in someone close PCSO Mark Partington PCSO Carly Smith to them. It is important that misplaced loyalties do not get in the way of somebody Kirkham coming forward and telling us what they know; as even Emergency services were called to a house the smallest piece of information could on Lytham Road in Freckleton following a prove crucial. report of a fire at just before 11.30pm on

Saturday 7 January. Four people, 19 year old “I can assure the public that any information PC Bev Davis PCSO Arran Woodward Reece Smith, four year old twin girls Holly and received will be treated in confidence and Ella Smith and Jordan Smith, aged two, sadly dealt with appropriately.” died from smoke inhalation. Anyone with information is asked to call Newton and Clifton Detective Superintendent Dermott Horrigan the Major Incident Room at Blackpool said, “This is a murder investigation into the Police Station on 101 or Crimestoppers on PC Dave Little PCSO Angela Slater deaths of four people; a teenage man, his 0800 555 111. twin sisters and baby brother. We have a major investigation team working on a Singleton, Elswick, number of lines of enquiry to establish Staining and Weeton

exactly what happened that night. It is PC Lyndsey Hooper PCSO Andy Rigby important that people know that we do not believe that this was an accident. Wesham “We know that the fire was started by a naked flame inside the wardrobe which was in the children’s bedroom. We know that the children were in bed and that whoever did this would have known that the children

were inside that room. What we do not PC Gary Cross PCSO Jacqui Marwick know is whether the person who set the fire Wrea Green Kirkham.NPT 01253 607044 @lancashire.pnn.police.uk

PC Gary Cross PCSO Trevor Stirling

Let us know your views on this newsletter, email [email protected] Working hard for you Warton team tackles drugs Crime continues to fall in Lancashire A drug warrant was executed at a Crime in Lancashire has continued to PACT property on Queensway, Warton on fall at a rate higher than the national Friday 27 January. Support unit officers average, according to Home and events were deployed alongside the Warton Office figures. neighbourhood policing team and two Come along and meet your local The county has seen a 4.9 per cent occupants were arrested on suspicion reduction in all crime from September officers at the following Police and of supplying controlled drugs. 2010 to September 2011. This equates Community Together (PACT) meetings: A £400 lawn mower was also recovered to 5,097 fewer victims of crime in Staining from the address which has now been comparison to the same period the year Thursday 19 April 6.30pm, returned to the rightful owner. Both before. The national average is a four Staining Village Hall. offenders have been bailed pending per cent reduction. further enquires. The team is dedicated Kirkham Reports of burglaries have fallen by to taking drugs off your streets. In order First Monday of the month 5.30pm, 7.2 per cent, vehicle crime was down to do this we rely on the help of the Mill Street Community Centre. by 9.1 per cent, and violent crime also community. If you know something, do dropped by 3.7 per cent. Medlar with Wesham something. Call us on 01253 607044 Check website for details. or 101. Alternatively you can contact However, theft offences increased by the independent charity Crimestoppers 3.6 per cent, robbery by 4.4 per cent Wrea Green anonymously on 0800 555 111 or and sexual offences by 5.6 per cent. First Monday of the month 7 pm, on-line at No Crimestoppers-uk.org. Assistant Chief Constable Andy Cooke Wrea Green Institute. personal details are taken, information is said: “It is reassuring to see that crime not traced or recorded and you will not Warton figures in Lancashire have continued to go to court. In an emergency always dial Monday 2 April 6.15pm, fall and that on the whole the county is Warton Village Hall. 999. one of the safest places in the country.” Newton and Clifton Man arrested after Wesham First Wednesday of the month 5pm, burglaries Newton Village Hall. Officers have arrested a man after two burglaries took place on North Drive Weeton / Singleton / Elswick Wesham in January. At both addresses First Tuesday of the month 6pm, the offender tried to gain entry to Venue subject to change – check the property but failed. At one of the website for details. properties the occupants were disturbed the new non-emergency number to Freckleton alerted the police. Investigations contact Lancashire Constabulary. First Monday of the month 6pm, resulted in a man from the Salford area being charged with both burglaries and Freckleton Methodist Hall. remanded in custody. For information about your current priorities please visit www.lancashire.police.uk and type your postcode in the My Area box. SIGN UP NOW... Receive news and information about local policing issues via email or text. Visit registration.lancashire.police.uk to sign up.