Crime

HE WAS JUST 15 years old when he was murdered – after a large scale fight broke out following a birthday party which was held in a community centre in Clockhouse Lane, Romford. Jordan Douherty died at the scene, of ...

POLICE HAVE confirmed that Babatunde Sijuade, 29, of Western Avenue, Dagenham was arrested on Monday, 25th June and taken into custody at an East London Police Station. On Tuesday, 26th June he was charged with offences arising out of a ...

FOLLET STREET, E14, and the underpass leading to the A12, were the scenes of an argument which led to a stabbing in the early hours of Tuesday, 19th June. A man suffered serious, but not threatening, knife wounds and police ...

FIVE YOUNG men will go on trial on 13th August at the Old Bailey, charge with the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda. Promise was stabbed on Valentine’s Day, in Goldwing Close E16. He was just 17 years old. Four teenagers ...

TWO TEENAGERS have had their pedal bikes stolen in Mayesbrook Park, Barking. The incident happened at approximately 7.45pm on Tuesday, 26th June – and police are appealing for the public to help the investigation. A group of five men came ...

AT JUST 15 years old, Jordan Douherty from Romford. lost his life – apparently during a massive fight which broke out after a birthday party in a community centre in Clockhouse Lane, Romford on Saturday, 23rd June. AT JUST 16 ...

TWO MEN were arrested at a property in Willoughby Drive, Dagenham at the end of last month. The arrests came after the police obtained search warrants and conducted an early morning raid on the property. The police found a shotgun, ...

TEN PEOPLE escaped injury when fire broke out in the basement of a property in Clissold Crescent, Hackney, on 20th June. An investigation revealed the fire was started deliberately – and police are now looking for a suspect who was ...

IT WAS SIX YEARS for conspiracy to rob and three years for conspiracy to steal when Richard Flanagan, 27, of Heathfield Park Drive, Romford, was sentenced at Snaresbook Crown Court last month. The sentences are to run concurrently. The Court ...

A FURTHER ARREST has been made in the investigation of an incident which took place in Shacklewell Lane on 6th May – during which a noxious substance was used as a weapon. This brings the number of arrests to seven. ...