Crime

TWO YOUNG MEN were convicted last October of carrying out robberies in Hackney – and using corrosive substances in the process. They were each sentenced, last December, to 14 years in prison. Sadik Kamara and Joshua Jordan were not alone ...

DETECTIVES have charged a man with the murder of Daniel Frederick, Daniel died on 8th January, in Shakespeare Walk, Hackney. He was found on the street, having been stabbed – and died shortly after reaching hospital. On Tuesday, 30th January ...

ANOTHER YOUNG man has lost his life in Hackney – stabbed to death in the streets. It began when the emergency services were called just after 11.30pm on Sunday, 28th January. An hour later, another stab victim was dead. The ...

POLICE WHO ARE investigating a shooting in Newham are trying to identify or find a silver Lexus motor vehicle, registration number AY52 CKD. They believe the men who carried out the shooting may have travelled to and from the scene ...

POLICE ARE trying to get to the bottom of an armed altercation which took place in Butchers Road, Canning Town at the end of last year – much of which was caught on CCTV.  It all began at around 3.30am ...

A CRUEL COURIER CON has seen an elderly man lose over £2,500. The con began on 17th November last year when a man in his 80s, who lives in Bermondsey, received a phone call from someone claiming to be Hammersmith ...

SIX OF THE men arrested in a synchronised sweep across Newham and Essex have now been charged with drugs offences. The six have appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court and have been remanded in custody until their next court appearance, on ...

POLICE HAVE made an arrest in the case of the Newham man who was shot in the head. The man arrested is just 18 years old and was arrested on Thursday, 25th January at an address in Brentwood, Essex. He ...

WE’VE ALL NOTICED how the number of murders, stabbings and other crimes of violence taking place in Newham seem to be increasing. The police are on the case – and today their ongoing detective work led to six arrests in ...

POLICE HAVE released a CCTV picture showing a man they wish to identify, locate and speak to in connection with a sexual assault which took place in a hotel in Barking last October. On Saturday, 28th October a 19 year ...