Crime

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 ...

KAAN ASLAN DIED last November – as Monday, 13th November turned into Tuesday, 14th November. It seems that he was returning home from a late shift delivering fast food – and when he got to the Nightingale Estate in Hackney ...

A MAN WAS shot in the head just before 10.30pm on the evening of Sunday, 21st January on Romford Road, E15, at the junction with Vicarage Lane. The emergency services were called out and the victim was taken by ambulance ...

A 16 YEAR OLD youth has been arrested on suspicion of murder by police investigating the killing of Daniel Frederick in Shakespeare Walk, Hackney, on 8th January. Daniel was found on the street with stab wounds and died shortly after ...

THE POLICE OFFICER who chased Rashan Charles,20, into a corner shop in Dalston on 22nd July, forced him to the ground, held him down and then tried to pull something out of his mouth will not face criminal charges. The ...

A 40 YEAR OLD man from Essex was innocently walking down Harbour Exchange on the Isle of Dogs, E14, when an attack happened which was going to leave him with life-changing injuries. As the victim walked along, he was struck ...