IT’S BEEN A busy time for police officers from the Metropolitan Police East Area Command (which covers Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge). They have closed and dismantled 72 cannabis factories over the last six months. The police believe that ...
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Man charged with impersonating police officer in Stratford
A MAN has appeared at Thames Magistrates Court charged with impersonating a police officer. He has been named as Martin McCarthy, 29, of Fairfoot Road, E3, in Tower Hamlets. It is alleged that McCarthy impersonated a police officer in the ...
Read More »Met marks half a century since first Asian woman recruit
IT IS 50 YEARS since the first Asian woman joined the Metropolitan Police. PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu joined the force in 1971. The Met held a special – virtual – event to mark the occasion and remember this pioneering woman. ...
Read More »Police seek suspect after sexual assault on 55 bus
POLICE HAVE released a CCTV image of a man they wish to interview in connection with a sexual assault on a girl travelling on a number 55 bus in Hackney just before 5pm on 17th November last year. The incident ...
Read More »Jail for Redbridge child sex abuser repeat offender
IT WAS JAIL for Martin Sparks, 47 of Maldon Walk, Redbridge – after he was found guilty of downloading and viewing over 200 indecent images of children. The offences were committed while he was under a suspended sentence for committing ...
Read More »Teen charged with murder of Whitechapel woman
A TEENAGER has appeared in Court after being charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman in Whitechapel. He has been named as David Cheres, 19, of Ellen Street, Whitechapel. The murder victim has been named as ...
Read More »Woman, 80, suffers terrible ordeal as robbers break in
IT WAS A truly horrific ordeal – the sort that none of us would want to suffer or have done to our loved ones. But it happened in Newham, and now police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. ...
Read More »Jail for man who assaulted nurse in A&E
A MAN WHO was of no fixed address will now have stable accommodation for the next 26 weeks – in one of Her Majesty’s Prisons. This is as a result of an assault he committed in the A&E department of ...
Read More »Nine arrests in Barking robbery clampdown
A POLICE OPERATION during January, focussed on reducing the incidence of robbery in Barking, saw the Longbridge Neighbourhood Policing Team make nine arrests. The team sent out enhanced patrols in Barking town centre, Barking Park, the Gascoigne Estate and Faircross ...
Read More »Community order for writing anti-Semitic graffiti in Hackney
A MAN found guilty of three counts of writing anti-Semitic graffiti on bus stops in Stamford Hill has escaped with a community order by way of punishment. Antonio Santos, 61, of Cruikshank Street, Islington, admitted three counts of racially aggravated ...
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