Crime

A MAN HAS BEEN charged in connection with the murder investigation in Dagenham which began after Gitana Matukeviciene, 50, died in suspicious circumstances. It is being conducted by local officers from the East Area Command Unit and the Metropolitan Police ...

A 13 YEAR OLD girl suffered a distressing attack on a bus last November – and police have now issued a CCTV still of a man they wish to question in connection with the incident. The attack took place at ...

POLICE LAUNCHED a number of raids last week aimed at cracking a “county line” drug supply line suspected of having ferried illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine from East London out to Essex and Suffolk. Five of the raids were on ...

A MAN WHO terrorised families in a shopping centre as he sought to attack a man with a large hunting-style knife was sentenced to 18 months in jail at Snaresbook Crown Court earlier this month. During a hearing at the ...

COREY JUNIOR DAVIS was just 14 years old when he was killed in another grim chapter of gang feuding in Newham. He died last September – but police have not given up their investigation. DCI Dave Whellams made a live ...

A DISPUTE over a smoke alarm in a block of flats in Norbiton Road, E14, escalated – and now one of the residents involved is starting a two year jail sentence. Trouble began on 23rd July last year. A smoke ...

IT WAS 18 MONTHS imprisonment and a five year criminal behaviour order for Arbias Thaqi, 18, as he was sentenced at Stratford Youth Court earlier this week for offences relating to the possession of material related to Daesh and sharing ...

POLICE ARE SEARCHING for Anton Ward, 28, who is believed to live in the Hammersmith area. They wish to speak to him in connection with a violent assault which took place in Bow. Ward had made an arrangement on a ...

POLICE ARE ASKING the public for help in finding a violent attacker who used a hammer to attack a teenager who was waiting at a bus stop. The attack took place on 4th October last year at a bus stop ...

A MAN WAS found outside the police station in High Street, Ilford, just after 4am on Sunday, 3rd June. He had been stabbed. The victim, 29, was taken to an East London hospital. He received treatment for his injuries and ...