Crime

TEN VICTIMS of a money transfer scam saw justice done on 16th September when two men from Hackney were convicted for fraud. The criminals took £5,000 from the tricks they played on their victims. Patrick Mongan, 24, and James Maughan, ...

A STRING of physical attacks on Muslim organisations and venues in East London has led to a man being charged with five counts of racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage. The man has been named as Illia Bilyk, 21, of ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is overflowing with news about the achievements of its CCTV system. There has been a great deal of investment to improve the hardware (and the operators), and it seems that is now paying dividends. The latest news ...

WHERE IS Balasankar Narayanan? The 46 year old absconded while on escorted leave from a care facility in Ilford, and police are trying to find him. Mr Narayana was last seen at 2pm on Thursday, 3rd September. He was with ...

IT’S A NIGHTMARE. We have so much on our phones these days and we use them so often. Sadly, we know that mobiles are all too often stolen – often by organised gangs who make a quick getaway. That’s where ...

CCTV is controversial. While some communities see it as a way for the “Big Brother” authorities to observe what all citizens are doing, others see it as a way to ensure that good people are safe and bad people are ...

WHO IS this man? British Transport Police would like to speak to him in connection with an assault which took place on a District Line train arriving at Barking railway station. The incident took place at around 12.40pm on Sunday, ...

A VEHICLE parked on a pavement can be a real nuisance. It makes it more difficult for pedestrians to use the pavement – particularly those with pushchairs or wheelchairs – and it’s dangerous for road users, particularly cyclists. It’s no ...

WHEN Tower Hamlets Council had a Day of Action against drugs, a couple of days ago, we called for the Council to roll out anti-drug actions across the borough. They did. OK: we are not claiming cause and effect, because ...

A SERIOUS assault has left a man with life-threatening injuries. Now police are appealing to the public for help with the investigation. The emergency services were called to Penny Brookes Street, Stratford at about 9.15pm on Saturday, 22nd August after ...