Crime

A WOMAN from Tower Hamlets and a man from Brixton were jailed this week on several counts related to child abuse. And now police have asked the public to come forward if they have any concerns about the man’s behaviour ...

AN 81 year old man died on 6th December from injuries sustained in an accident on Beauly Way, Romford, just before 5pm on Tuesday, 3rd December. He was hit by a car. The pensioner had received treatment at the scene ...

IT ALL WENT wrong when Isakov Akhmad, 42, and Firuz Raupov, also in his 40s, had an argument. The two had shared a house in Thorogood Gardens, Stratford, E15. The argument began in the early hours of Sunday, 9th June. ...

BE VIGILANT if you are out and about over the Christmas period – that’s the message coming from the Met Police as the festive season begins. If you are out shopping or at events such as shopping or Christmas-related festivities, ...

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 32 years, at Snaresbrook Crown Court. He was named as Vasile Gorghescu, 47, of Rayner Gardens, Southampton. Gorghescu was convicted at the same court of murdering Chaudhary ...

IT’S JAIL for three years and a decade on the sexual offenders’ register for Sobirjon Boltaev, 26, of Lawton Road, Leyton. That is the penalty for committing a sexual assault on a woman on the streets of Stratford. The assault ...

LIANNE GORDON lost her life nearly a year ago. Now Joshua Alexander, 17 has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the Hackney resident. The Judge ordered that he must serve a minimum of 29 years. The teen was sentenced ...

POLICE HAVE now charged a man with attempted murder after a serious assault took place in Stratford on 19th August. The charge came just days after police issued a CCTV image of a man they wished to speak to in ...

IT WAS ONE teen against another back in February: one of them died, and one of them was found guilty of manslaughter at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 29th November. Police established the basics of what happened very quickly. Just before ...

A CYCLIST WAS killed last weekend, just after midnight on Saturday, 23rd November. The death occurred after a collision occurred between the cyclist and a bus on Westferry Road, E14. As reports of the incident came in to the emergency ...