Crime

A NEW COHORT of police officers took part in the traditional passing out parade on 13th July – and almost a quarter of them were from a BAME background. The 172 new officers were congratulated by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida ...

POLICE HAVE released an image of a man they wish to question in connection with an inquiry into a possible insurance fraud. The inquiry is being conducted by detectives from the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). ...

TWO MEN from the Isle of Dogs were sentenced last week at Snaresbrook Crown Court after a police investigation into an assault charge uncovered a drug dealing network. A 31 year old man was assaulted in Hackney Road, E2, back ...

THERE WAS A serious assault in Chingford last October – and police have not given up their quest to find their suspect. Detectives undertaking the investigation have now released CCTV footage of a man they wish to question. It was ...

IT HAS BEEN a long and painstaking investigation – but the work of the Metropolitan Police has finally paid off as two further men have been convicted of killing Raja Ali in Dagenham in 2016. The two new convicts are: ...

A MAN WHO committed robberies across East London, as well as carrying out two bomb hoaxes, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week – with an order that he serve at least seven years. Omar Farooq, ...

BURGLARY WENT wrong – but, even so, Paul Hensley, 57, of Code Street, E1, was given a six year prison sentence. Hensley appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last Friday, where he was convicted of attempted robbery and possession of an ...

IT WAS 3rd May, around noon, and a cash delivery and collection was taking place at the Sainsbury’s shop on Hall Lane, Chingford. Two men, riding a blue and silver motor scooter approached. The pillion passenger got off the scooter ...

POLICE HAVE found and charged the missing William Deo, who was being sought in connection with an attack in which a “noxious substance” – believe to be ammonia – was thrown. The incident happened at a residential address in Argyle ...

A MALE NURSE has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after being convicted of raping a woman patient while he was at work in an East London hospital. He was also issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ...