Crime

HE WAS STANDING on Green Bank, E1, having a cigarette when he was approached by three men on bicycles. And then he was stabbed. No reason; no warning – just stabbed in the leg. The incident occurred at approximately 10.30pm ...

POLICE HAVE now released a CCTV image of a man they want to talk to in connection with an incident at approximately 6pm on Sunday, 1st April, when a 16 year old teen was stabbed in the leg in St ...

POLICE HAVE arrested three young men after the brawl in Shacklewell Lane at the start of last month. During the altercation, a noxious substance was used to attack three men. The three arrested were: Turgut Adakan, 22, of East Ham; ...

A CONVICTION for making indecent images of children has seen a Special Constable being dismissed from the Metropolitan Police. Special Constable George Corr was attached to Hackney. An investigation by Surrey Police found 1,656 indecent images and videos of children ...

A NASTY BRAWL in Shacklewell Lane, E8 turned even nastier when a “noxious substance” was used as a weapon against three men. The incident happened on Sunday, 6th May. Police moved quickly and arrested Hackney youngster Serkan Kiziltan, 21. He ...

BETHNAL GREEN Road was the scene of a hit and run collision on 20th April – and police have been unable to find the driver, who did not stop at the scene of the accident. The incident took place just ...

A FIFTH PERSON has been charged in connection with the murder of Daniel Frederick of Hackney. The new suspect is a 17 year old male, who was charged on 9th May and appeared at the Old Bailey on 10th May. ...

A ROMFORD man was critically injured when an argument ended in a case of assault on 8th May. The incident took place just before 7.30pm at the Aldeman public house on Chippenham Road in Romford. The victim, a 51 year ...

CEDRIC KIYAGO sent Liam Harman a text message, calling him “a dead man”. Then he murdered him. And now Kiyago is beginning a life sentence. Harman, 28, from Harold Hill, was found in the communal area of a block of ...

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Alfred Purcell, 34, in Newham last summer. The trial of Keith Nelson, 51, of Mountsfield Road, E6, began on 25th April at the Old Bailey. He was convicted on 3rd ...