Police 7: Community Policing News July ’25

The NYE’s Police 7 articles are intended to be a one-stop shop for our readers covering crime prevention advice, court reports, police appeals for assistance, local community policing news, information on victim support, updates from the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) and the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for North Yorkshire and the Coroner.

We lead these articles with a photograph of the late Shaw Taylor, as a tribute to him. Shaw was a groundbreaking forensic journalist, who pioneered police media appeals for information in the program Police 5. His work led to the successful conclusion of many cases in the UK, Europe and the United States through local programmes that followed the pioneering format of his original program Police 5 in 1962.

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Police 7: Community Policing News July ’25

Court Reports

A York man has been jailed for over five years for sexual activity with a teenage girl and refusing to provide a log-in information for his mobile phone.

Marcus Lee Noble, 26, of Thornton Road, York, was sentence at York Crown Court on 11 July. It followed an investigation into the sexual abuse of an underage teenage girl when Noble was 23.

Noble denied the allegations throughout the investigation and put his young victim through the ordeal of a Crown Court trial, but was found him guilty of three counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and one charge of failing to disclose a password/pin contrary to Section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

Detective Constable Marcus Furneaux-Harris, of York and Selby CID, said:

“The victim in this case has shown maturity and mental strength beyond her years when telling police what had happened to her, in how she has coped with the length of the investigation, and especially when giving her evidence at court.

No teenage girl should ever have to go through this, especially at the hands of a grown man who has lied from the beginning of the investigation. Noble took full advantage of her age and abused her for his own sexual gratification.

The victim’s family have provided vital and constant support throughout her ordeal and I hope the sentence helps her in some way to moving forward with her life.

If you are a survivor of abuse, please be assured that the police are here for you, irrespective of when that abuse occurred. It is never too late to tell us, we are here, and we will listen.”

Reporting rape and sexual abuse – no matter how long ago it happened:

• Make a report via our website or call 101 and speak to the Force Control Room.
• If you or someone you know are in immediate danger, always dial 999 for an emergency response.
• IDAS is an independent charity that supports victims of sexual violence and abuse regardless of whether you have reported it to the police.  Sexual Violence Help and Advice
• Anyone concerned about a child can contact the NSPCC Helpline for advice on 0808 800 5000. Adult victims of non-recent sexual abuse can also contact them for support.
• Childline is available for young people on 0800 1111 or at Childline | Childline
• If you prefer not to go direct to the police and are not in immediate danger, can contact North Yorkshire’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), on 0330 223 0362 or visit www.acerhousesarc.co.uk
• You can also contact the Supporting Victims in North Yorkshire at orgor call 01609 643100.

Appeals

Missing person appeal: Rory Freeman

NYP is searching for missing Rory Freeman 33, from Glusburn, who was last seen in the Glusburn area at 3.30pm on 11 July.

Rory’s photograph and description can be seen here: Rory Freeman

Sexual touching incident in Whitby

Detectives investigating an allegation of sexual touching are appealing for key witnesses to come forward.

The incident involved a man in his 60s and a woman aged in her 50s who left the Whitby Way public house and walked to Broadings Farm Caravan Site on Guisborough Road possibly via Bagdale. NYP is appealing to for a number of key witnesses to come forward including:

• Members of the public who asked if the woman was okay. It is believed that the woman may have been sat on the grass verge at some point along the route they took and at least two parties stopped to ask if she was alright.
• A taxi driver who was driving a white taxi and dropped passengers off at Broadings Farm in the early hours of Sunday 6 July at around half past midnight.
• Anyone who was in the Whitby Way pub on the night of Saturday 5 July and saw the couple leave the pub at around 11.30pm and their subsequent walk to Broadings Farm on the A171, believed to have been via

Both parties were wearing jeans and the man was wearing a short sleeved polo shirt.

The taxi driver, the people who stopped to help and anyone else with any information that could assist our investigation is asked to email Paul.Thompson@northyorkshire.police.uk or call North Yorkshire Police on 101 and pass information to the Force Control Room for incident 12250123178. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Ref 12250123178.

Wanted man arrested following crucial information from the public.

After a public appeal to find him earlier this month, NYP received information that York man Anthony Kerrigan, 33, was in Scarborough and were able to arrest him on 7^th July 2025.

NYP has thanked everyone who supported the appeal.

Note from the Editor. This shows how important it is that Police Appeals are shared and why the NYE makes a point of doing this in Police 7.