Crime

POLICE investigating a stabbing near Stepney Green Tube station, which took place on 5th April, have arrested five young men.  They have also seized a number of weapons, including two large knives. The stabbing took place just before 11pm. The ...

POLICE ARE investigating the murder of Mark Baker, 62, from Chingford. He was found unconscious, with a head injury, in Peacock Close, Walthamstow, in the last minutes of Sunday, 19th April. The London Ambulance Service went to Peacock Close and ...

A STUDENT has started a four year jail sentence handed down at Wood Green Crown Court earlier this month. Rami Othmane, 21, who is originally from Sicily but was living in Hackney when the offence was committed, had pleaded guilty ...

POLICE HAVE now released CCTV footage of a man they wish to interview in connection with assaults which took place in the Three Crowns pub in Stoke Newington High Street, N16, on 9th November last year. A customer who was ...

JADEN MOODIE was just 14 when he was murdered on 8th January 2019. A formal Serious Case Review has now reported on what happened to him – and concluded that opportunities to save Jaden were missed by the authorities.  The ...

A MAN HAS BEEN charged with offences connected with the supply of drugs, money laundering and possession of a false identity document. Amir Shkrela, 27, of E17 has been remanded in custody. Shkrela was arrested on Friday, 22nd May after ...

A MAN dubbed a “dangerous offender” by the court stacked up 32 criminal offences of a sexual nature appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court at the start of the month – and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The trial ...

POLICE HAVE issued a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an assault which took place in Newham on 17th April – but which began at Shadwell DLR station. Police are also trying to ...

AS RAMADAN drew to a close, roads were closed off in the Chrisp Street area after a collision between three cars in Cordelia Street, E14. The cars were badly damaged and the emergency services were quickly in attendance. One eye ...

A MAN HAS been identified, found, arrested and charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a collision in Dagenham left the driver of another vehicle dead at the scene of the accident. Police were called out just after 6am ...