Crime

THE POLICE  are appealing for witnesses to help them solve an acid attack case in East Ham which saw a young man suffer life-changing injuries. The victim, 24, was walking along Burges Road, E6 at around 4pm on Monday, 12th ...

A TOWER HAMLETS police constable has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police – three and a half months since he was found guilty of harassment. PC Christopher Gilham was based at Tower Hamlets. He was convicted of harassment on 10th ...

A GANG OF FOUR East Londoners who wanted to inspire an “army of children” to carry out a terror attack in the UK were convicted of a range of terror-related offences at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2nd March. The ...

A 14 YEAR OLD TEEN has been arrested and charged with the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda (known as Promise). The latest arrest came on 1st March, with the teen being charged the same day. He was due to appear ...

WHEN REPORTS came in to the police that a man had been stabbed in the Ilford Lane/Wingate Road area just before 11pm on Thursday, 1st March they probably feared the worst. Fortunately, the victim, who is aged 28, was lucky ...

POLICE ARE appealing for witnesses to help them investigate a collision in Canning Town in which a motorcyclist was killed. The incident took place just after 9pm on Tuesday, 27th February in Silvertown Way, E16. It seems that a BMW ...

AN EAST LONDON man has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of two counts of encouraging terrorism and one count of supporting a proscribed organisation. The guilty man is Mohammed Kamal Hussain, 28, of East ...

POLICE ARE looking for one last suspect as they investigate the murder of Romanian national Sandel Serbu in Ilford last November. Serbu was found on High Road, at the junction with Connaught Road – badly injured, apparently after a fight. ...

A WOMAN in her mid 20s was raped by a stranger in Shoreditch on Saturday, 17th February. Fortunately police moved fast and found the suspect quickly. Nayed Hoque, 20, of Little Ilford Lane, Manor Park, E12 was charged on 22nd ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have welcomed the latest review of their work on child protection. The review was carried out by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. This is the last review of how the Metropolitan Police ...