Crime

WE ALL WANT the Metropolitan Police to become more aware of what kind of service women and girls living in London want from their officers. For their part, we know the Met are keen to regain the trust of the ...

LAST SEPTEMBER the Home Office launched a scheme called StreetSafe in an attempt to make London’s streets safer for the public. Just eight months later, the Metropolitan Police have had 3,272 reports of unsafe areas – nearly 75% of which ...

HE’LL BE detained for a decade, after Snaresbrook Crown Court sentenced him to seven years in prison and three further years on licence thereafter – for a series of stabbings carried out at random in Hackney. The jailed man is ...

A HACKNEY MAN has been charged with the murder of Yasmin Begum, 40, who died in Bethnal Green on 24th March. The man who was charged has been named as Quyum Miah, 40, of High Street, Homerton. He was also ...

BREAKING NEWS: Police and the London Ambulance Service went out to a residential property in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, this afternoon after receiving reports of concerns for the welfare of a woman in the property. They found a 40 year ...

POLICE HAVE released a photo of a man they wish to find and question in connection with a number of thefts – possibly around 20 – on London buses in and around Newham. The man has been named as Gigi ...

A CAREFULLY co-ordinated raid on premises in Sewardstone Road, Chingford, last month saw dogs and puppies being seized – together with a firearm, combat knives and stolen plant machinery. The operation, which was carried out to execute a search warrant, ...

A WOMAN who survived four months of physical abuse and mental torture at the hands of her partner – and who bravely reported his behaviour to police – has now had the comfort of seeing him jailed for 19 years. ...

A CHANCE MEETING sent Maria Rawlings, 45, to her death – and sent her murderer, Valentin Lazar, 21, to prison for over 20 years. The two met on a bus at just after 11pm on 3rd May last year. They ...

THE STORY began on 17th September 2020, when police had some business premises in Hackney, E9, under surveillance. They saw a man put a brown paper bag in the boot of a car. Armed police followed the car, which drove ...