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Man-hunt for Chingford rapist

POLICE ARE trying to find Joseph McCann, 34, who is wanted in connection with the kidnap and rape of two women – one abducted from a street in Chingford just after midnight last Thursday and the second taken from a ...

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Whitechapel murder: man arrested

CROWDER STREET, E1 was the location of a flat where police found the body of a woman early on Friday afternoon, 26th April. She is believed to have been the resident of the flat. Staff from the London Ambulance Service ...

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Knife crime soars: it’s official

OFFICIAL FIGURES for last year show that knife crime is on the rise. The Office of National Statistics has confirmed that police forces in the UK recorded 40,829 offences involving knives or other sharp instruments in 2018. That’s a rise ...

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Hackney murder victim named

POLICE HAVE named the man who lost his life in Hackney last Wednesday as Steven Brown, aged 47, who was from Hackney. Formal identification is awaited, with specialist police officers supporting Mr Brown’s next of kin. A post-mortem has now ...

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