“THERE ARE people in the area who know what happened that have yet to call police,” said DCI Paul Considine from the Metropolitan Police Homicide and Major Crime Command. Considine is leading the investigation into the murder of Israel Ogunsola, who ...
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Man stabbed on DLR at Stratford
A MAN WAS STABBED at Stratford International DLR station this morning. The incident took place around 9am – as commuters made their way to work and early shoppers came into Stratford. British Transport Police and paramedics from the London Ambulance ...
Read More »Karim Samms – an open case, one year on
POLICE ARE still trying to find out who murdered Newham teenager Karim Samms – who died in Roebourne Way, E16, late on 7th April 2017. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Another young man had been shot ...
Read More »Police recover knife before harm done
SO MANY TIMES a story about a knife concerns the harm it has done to a victim in the course of a stabbing incident. News has now come in about a knife that was captured over the weekend: its stabbing days ...
Read More »Armed man shot dead in East London street
A MAN WAS shot dead at an Esso garage in Romford in the early hours of this morning – after roaming round the Collier Row area claiming that he had a gun and making threats. He is understood to have ...
Read More »Met launches new Violent Crime Task Force
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE has announced the formation of new team to tackle violent crime, weapon-enabled crime and serious criminality. It will be staffed by full-time officers who will be selected for work in this squad. The Met hopes that the ...
Read More »LMC holds new Roundtable session
THE NEXT EVENT in the London Muslim Centre’s Roundtable Series will be a discussion on Corruption and Ethics in the Age of Change: Analysis of Western and Muslim Societies. The event will take place from 6-8.30pm on Wednesday, 25th April ...
Read More »Three young teens charged with Newham teen stabbing
POLICE HAVE worked quickly in the case of the 13 year old male stabbed on 5th April – the day which saw six stabbings take place across London. The boy was found just before 7pm in Gainsborough Avenue, Newham, suffering ...
Read More »Government promises gentle crackdown on housing market
THERE WILL BE A crackdown on estate and managing agents and reform of the housing sales process says the Government – announcing cosmetic reforms that fall far short of tackling the housing crisis. The package of measures has been announced ...
Read More »ACT and STOP hate crime extremists
A NEW APPEAL has come from the police to the public to work together to root out extremist messages from the internet. The message comes after four East Londoners were jailed for trying to groom 55 school students to help with ...
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