Crime

A SERIES OF petty offences has landed Nathan Forsythe, 35, in jail. He began his latest spree by gaining a reputation as an “aggressive beggar” in Barking and Ilford town centres – and ended by assaulting a police officer. On ...

POLICE WERE called out in the early hours of Wednesday, 2nd August. There were reports that there had been a stabbing at Movers Lane in Barking, at the junction with Ripple Road. When the police arrived they found a young man ...

THE PUBLIC has been disturbed by the number of recent instances of violent crime taking place in parts of Newham. Now the Newham Borough Commander, Chief Superintendent Ade Adelekan, has issued the following statement, in which he suggests that the ...

POLICE WERE called out at just past 10pm on Monday, 31st July after gunshots were heard in or around Woodman Street, North Woolwich, E16. The officers must have thought it was groundhog day: less than 24 hours earlier, they had responded ...

ATTACK TOOK place in the wooded area adjacent to Weavers Fields last Tuesday. Two young teenagers were set upon by two older men of Eastern European appearance who spoke to each other in what appeared to be an Eastern European ...

THE CANNING TOWN area of Newham is becoming a hotbed of serious crime. June ended with a woman being charged with murder and now July has ended with a second man being seriously injured as a result of a shooting. ...

THE KILLING of Ricky Hayden was manslaughter, not murder, said the Old Bailey today – at the conclusion of the trial of Tommy Roome, 20, of Rams Grove, Romford. Ricky Hayden was killed outside his home in Gibbfield Close in ...

RAHAD HUSSAIN appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on 29th July. He had been charged in connection with an “acid attack” in Roman Road on 25th July, when two young men – one aged 23, one 24 – were harmed by ...

POLICE ARE appealing for help from the public in finding those responsible for stabbing a man in the centre of Stratford on Sunday, 16th July. The victim is still in hospital, with life-changing injuries. Back on that Sundy, a 28 ...

TWO YOUNG MEN were attacked in Roman Road on 25th July. A liquid was thrown at them, which the emergency services helped them wash off at the scene before they were taken to hospital for further treatment. Rahad Hussain, 23, ...