Crime

A Hackney man was found in possession of cannabis and an offensive weapon (a knife) on 11th April – and just two days later he was in Court, pleading guilty. He has been remanded in custody, and within a month ...

IT’S NOT CLEAR why Peter Brown, 29, of Stanford-Le-Hope thought it was a good idea to wave an imitation firearm at a group of youngsters out on Wellington Road, Newham – but it won him a ten year, nine month ...

POLICE NEED help finding a second man who was involved in an unprovoked attack in Ilford last November. A suspect will be on trial next week – and police are still looking for his accomplice. The assault occurred just after ...

AN EAST LONDON teenager died last night after being stabbed in Forest Gate, Newham. He is thought to have been just 18 years old. This morning, police cordons were still up around the scene. The emergency services received a call ...

HE WAS IN A position of trust as a Scout Leader, but Antony Allen betrayed that trust – and now he has been sentenced to 11 years in jail after being convicted of a series of sexual offences against minors. ...

The man who died outside a bookmaker’s in Upper Clapton Road, Hackney, on 4th April has been named as Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso (also known as Bobby), aged 53, from Springfield. Despite receiving emergency medical treatment, Mr Awofeso died at the ...

A WOMAN HAS BEEN charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of John Maclean, 35, in Galleon House a block of flats at the southern end of Manchester Road, opposite George Green school. Police were called out at around 8am ...

NEW IMAGES have been released of two young men whom police want to trace in connection with an assault that took place in Newham just before last Christmas. A total of three assailants were involved. The victim, a 32 year ...

A DELIVERY DRIVER on a moped was attack and robbed by a group of youths as he drove along Ronnie Lane, E12 in Newham. The incident happened at around 6.30pm last Thursday, 5th April. The 23 year old driver was ...

THE POLICE investigation to bring those who killed Hackney man Daniel Frederick is pressing forward. The following four male suspects appeared in Court earlier this month and have been remanded in custody to appear for trial at the Old Bailey ...