Crime

ON 3RD MARCH, two vehicles collided on the A13 eastbound – between the Ferry Lane and New Road roundabouts. Sadly a man who had been in one of the vehicles died at the scene. He has now been named as ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have launched a new drive to reduce the theft of two wheeled motorised vehicles – scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. Not only are such crimes a bother to vehicle owners – their bikes can be used to commit ...

FOUR MEN from East London who all took part in trying to recruit a group of 55 children to carry out organise a massive terrorist attack on London were given long jail sentences at the Old Bailey last week. •Umar ...

THE FAMILY OF Abraham Badru, who was murdered in Hackney last weekend, have paid tribute to their son and brother, saying they are “beyond heartbroken” and urging the public to help find his killer. His family has issued the following statement. ...

A YOUNG MAN who died in Hackney last Sunday has been named as Abraham Badru, 26, from Hackney E8. A post mortem has confirmed that he died from a shotgun wound to the chest. The emergency services received reports just ...

A MAN WITH A HISTORY of violent offending has been convicted of murdering Rodney Parlour, 51, at Parlour’s home in Hood Road, Rainham on 2nd October. The murderer is Marc Croxson, 47, of no fixed abode. Parlour was a friend ...

POLICE ARE looking for a “large 4×4 vehicle” which failed to stop after being involved in a collision in Redbridge at approximately 9.30pm on Friday, 23rd March. The collision happened on the sliproad leading from the A406 to the M11. ...

A WOMAN has finally won some justice as she has seen the man who sexually abused her go to jail. The attacks were carried out just over 40 years ago – in 1976 and 1977, when the woman was just ...

A MAN HAS BEEN sentenced to nine years in prison, with four years extended licence because of the danger he poses to the public, after being convicted of a range of offences in connection with an attempt to abuse a ...

IT WAS A jail sentence of seven years for seven offences of holding a person in slavery or servitude for Leyton man David Lupu, 29. The sentence was handed down at the Inner London Crown Court, along with a slavery ...