Crime

SHAHIDUL ISLAM of Covelees Wall, E6, is only 23 years of age – but the rest of his 20s will be spent in jail after he was convicted on one count of kidnap and another of robbery. The kidnap took ...

DETECTIVES investigating the London Bridge terrorist attack have thanked the public for coming forward with information about the three pink knives used by the attackers to stab innocent victims. Police now believe they have identified where the terrorists obtained these weapons. ...

STEPHEN WEBB, 57, of Weston Green, Dagenham, was convicted last week at Snaresbrook Crown Court of one count of a rape of a child under 16 and four counts of indecent sexual assault. The verdicts came after Webb had pleaded ...

Police believe an Asian man walking his dog near the Greenway, E6, could have vital information which could help find a vicious thug who broke the jaw of an 81 year old man last Thursday. Samuel Cooper went out to ...

AFTER A three month spree of robbery and violence across Hackney, which included threatening children, Marvin Melvin-Browne is beginning a six year prison sentence.   Melvin-Browne committed robberies and attempted robberies between 14th November 2016 and 21st January 2017. He ...

Shah Yousuf London Bridge: information appeals Appeal for pink knife info The police are asking the public for information about the distinctive pink knives used by the London Bridge terrorists. The knives are twelve inches long. They are of the ...

Shah Yousuf A firearm was discharged at a 40th birthday party being held at the Praba Banquesting Hall in the High Road in Ilford late on Monday night and going into the early hours of Tuesday morning. This was the ...

Chief Superintendent Dave Stringer, Head of Community Engagement for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), issued the following statement on 7th June, detailing the Met’s position on tackling hate crime in the capital. The Met is committed to tackling hate crime ...

TWO TWEETS to an MP landed Michael McAlpine, 25, of Cephas Street, Bethnal Green, E1 in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 6th June. The MP has not been named. In court, McAlpine pleaded guilty to two counts of sending a ...

VIOLENCE BROKE OUT at the Whitechapel eatery on Tuesday evening when three intruders ran in and began attacking a group of diners with batons. The attack was filmed by Mr Sushanta Das Gupta and the footage has been circulating round the ...