Crime

IT’S A NEW YEAR – but there’s no let up on the knife crime on East London’s streets. One of the last victims, possibly the very last victim, of 2020 has now been named. Abiola Olalekan Akerele, 28, was stabbed ...

THE CASE OF a man who was kidnapped in Newham is being investigated by police – who have appealed to the public to come forward if they have any evidence which can help them make progress. The story began on ...

A MAN HAS BEEN found guilty of sexual activity with a child after a one week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.  The conviction was finally reached over three years after the event – following a long police investigation. The police ...

POLICE ARE investigating an incident in Newham in which a man preyed on two 11 year old girls. The incident took place on 19th November, just after 8am, on Woolwich Manor Way, E6. The two girls were walking along the ...

AN EAST LONDON bus driver has been given a suspended jailed sentence after admitting four counts of making indecent images of children. The sentence is suspended for 18 months. The guilty man was named as Ronald Neill, 57. As well ...

POLICE HAVE appealed to the public to help them identify and find a man caught in a shop’s CCTV footage. They want to speak to him in connection with an allegation of attempted rape. The allegation arises from an incident ...

POLICE OFFICERS are continuing their investigation into a case of indecent exposure on the Isle of Dogs. The incident took place nearly six months ago – but police have now released a CCTV image of a suspect. The incident took ...

A WOMAN WAS taken to an East London hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds – leaving police looking for a reason why she had been shot. Detectives from the Trident team are leading the investigation. It was nearly 9pm on 22nd ...

A MAN CONVICTED of manslaughter has been jailed for 15 years, with an order that he serve a further three years on licence. The sentencing came a year after the victim died from stab wounds. The killer – Kieron Brown, ...

THREE YOUNG MEN have already been sent to jail for their parts in murdering Abdulrahman Nassor Juma, 23, in Barking. Now a fourth man has been convicted of playing a part in the murder. The fourth man is Warrick Carson, ...