Pontefract

American

[pon-tuh-frakt, puhm-frit, pom-] / ˈpɒn təˌfrækt, ˈpʌm frɪt, ˈpɒm- /

noun

a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.

Pontefract British

/ ˈpɒntɪˌfrækt /

noun

an industrial town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: castle (1069), in which Richard II was imprisoned and murdered (1400). Pop: 28 250 (2001)

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At the end of April 2024, Wai and Trickett, who both owned private security companies, were in Pontefract in West Yorkshire where a woman called Monica Kwong lived with her school-age son.

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They all travelled up to Pontefract.

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Trickett was already in Pontefract with Wai.

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Two UK immigration officers who had allegedly been hired by a Chinese-Australian woman were arrested after forcing entry into a flat in Pontefract, a jury has heard.

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Duncan Atkinson KC said the alleged operation "involved persons connected with the Hong Kong authorities acting as if Pontefract were a town in China rather than Yorkshire".

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