WERE YOU IN or near Sussex Road, E6, just before 7pm on Sunday, 27th August? If so, did you see three thugs attack a frail, 82 year old man and rob him of his personal jewellery? One of the thugs ...
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Light sentence for kidnapper
AN EAST LONDON man who kidnapped a woman and kept her tied up in the boot of his car was sentenced to just 15 months in prison when he appeared for sentencing at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week. The woman ...
Read More »Rashan Charles: IPCC investigate police officer
RASHAN CHARLES died on 22nd July after police followed him into a corner shop in Hackney and restrained him. The shop CCTV captured Charles being restrained: there are allegations that he swallowed a substance and that the police officer restrained ...
Read More »Lions Stun Scorchers Keep Winning Run
LONDON LIONS walked out in the Copper Box on Sunday night in high spirits – having picked up some new silverware at the O2 last week and then winning in Worcester on Friday night. They left the arena in the ...
Read More »Bow rapist gets 14 years
A BOW MAN has been sent to jail for 14 years after being found guilty of two counts of rape and one charge of supplying a Class A drug. Amos Mbonu, 48, of Arrow Road, E3, was convicted at Blackfriars ...
Read More »Hackney man jailed for sledgehammer assault
IT WAS JUST after last Christmas that Paul Hugh Johnson, 54, of Clarence Road, Canning Town assaulted a 39 year old man at Clinton Road, Newham – in accommodation which they were sharing at the time. At around 10.30pm on ...
Read More »Saif Uddin: conditional discharge for assault
SAIF UDDIN is a very lucky man, considering that he attacked a woman in broad daylight ten months ago – grabbing her round the throat, slapping her and pushing her on to the bonnet of a parked car. Uddin, 27, ...
Read More »The mindset of a champion
Emdad Rahman meets the legendary Judoka Brian Jacks. AS A CHILD Brian Jacks was very sick, and this prevented him from taking part in sports or even running around the playground. At the age of nine doctors discovered he’d been ...
Read More »Leader and Mayor open Hedgecock Community Centre
Emdad Rahman THE LEADER OF Barking & Dagenham Council and the Civic Mayor were the chief guests at the opening of the Hedgecock Centre – a community hub providing services to all residents. The opening event was attended by over ...
Read More »Mayor visits Barking soup kitchen
Md Ismael THE ENERGETIC TEAM at the Barking & Dagenham Volunteer Bureau have been supporting a considerable number of local causes. Now, thanks to member Jon Gildersleeve, the Bureau has joined with local partners to support homeless residents in the borough ...
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