TWO MEN in their 20s became involved in an altercation with a third man after they left a bar in Curtain Road, Shoreditch. The incident occurred shortly after 11pm on Sunday, 11th July. During the altercation, both men were assaulted. ...
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Find man wanted in connection with indecent exposure
BUS PASSENGERS should be able to travel safely, without being threatened by predatory men. This is why police are keen to find a man who exposed himself on an East London bus last month. The incident occurred between 7.30 and ...
Read More »Newham murder: man appears in Court
ON BOXING DAY, a woman was killed in Newham. Just two days later, on 28th December, a man appeared at Thames Magistrates Court, charged with murdering her. The victim’s body was found at a residential property in Earlham Grove, E7. ...
Read More »Boxing Day death in Newham: was it murder?
TRAGEDY STRUCK Newham on Boxing Day, as police found a woman dead at a house in Earlham Grove, E7. They had gone to the property just before midday after receiving reports from people concerned over the welfare of the occupant. ...
Read More »Man arrested by Counter-Terror cops
A 19 YEAR OLD man has been arrested by police officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command on suspicion of dissemination of terrorist publications, contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2002. The arrest was made at an undisclosed ...
Read More »Island Network launches community safety drive
LAST MONTH saw another fatal stabbing on the Isle of Dogs – and the Island Network lost no time in calling its member organisations together, to meet representatives of the local police and housing providers. The meeting had a single ...
Read More »Police appeal for info after fatal Newham stabbing
A MAN WITH STAB wounds was found by the emergency services during the early hours of 10th September. He was in a residential property in Ringlet Close, E16 – which is just south of Newham Way in Canning Town. Although ...
Read More »Long jail term for Newham drug dealer
IT’S NINE YEARS in jail for Georgis Kefeyalew, 45, of Silvertown, E16. That was the sentence handed down to the convicted drug dealer when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week. Kefeyalew had already been convicted of: •intent to ...
Read More »Police renew appeal after hate-crime murder in Cemetery
POLICE STOOD outside Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on Sunday night, staying until Monday morning. The exercise was part of the investigation into the murder of Ranjith Kankanamalage in the Park three weeks ago. The London Ambulance Service was called out ...
Read More »Man charged with race-hate attacks in Hackney
A MAN HAS appeared in court to face charges in connection with a series of assaults on Jewish people in Stamford Hill, Hackney, on 18th August. This followed a public appeal to try to identify a man whose image was ...
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