Crime

A 92 YEAR OLD woman was the victim of a vicious mugger in Hackney on 27th June. The woman had gone out to post a letter and then visit the Lawson Medical Centre on Nuttall Street. She went past a ...

STORY UPDATE: John Tomlin, 24, of Colman Road, E16, has been found and arrested. He was charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in connection with the incident in Tollgate Road which is described in our ...

JUST TWO DAYS after a man died from stab wounds sustained on White Horse Road late last month, two people were arrested – and a man has now been charged with murder. The Metropolitan Police Homicide and Major Crime Command ...

A CARELESS young driver collided with three pedestrians – and earned himself a journey straight to jail, losing his driving licence on the way. Haris Najeeb, 19, of St Martin’s Avenue, E6, failed to stop following an accident in Central ...

LAST NOVEMBER, two friends set off for a pizza. Only one of them returned home. While they were out, 17 year old college student Duran Kajima was stabbed and later died. Now his killer has been convicted of manslaughter. It ...

LAST MONTH Richard Laurent was found guilty of manslaughter. Last week he appeared at Woolwich Crown Court and received a prison sentence of nine years, together with a three year extension to the sentence – a total of twelve years ...

HOMICIDE AND Major Crime Command are investigating an incident which occurred in East Ham on Monday, 26th June – which left a man dead from stab wounds. Just after 8pm the emergency services received reports that there had been a ...

THREE MEN in their late twenties appeared at Thames Magistrates Court yesterday, 27th June, and were charged with murdering Brenton Roper in Bow on 13th May. Mr Roper died of gunshot wounds at the scene of the crime, in Eagling ...

SATURDAY, 24th June a bus collided with a car in Barking. The incident occurred at approximately 4.45pm in Upney Lane, close to Upney Tube station. Police, the Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service all attended. A 58 year old ...

LAST WEEK SAW five nightime break-ins in homes in Hackney – which look like they were carried out by the same person. Fortunately, no one was physically injured during any of the incidents – but many of the victims have ...