Maruf Ahmed A PLAGUE OF THEFTS of catalytic converters has been sweeping across London – and a thorough police operation at the end of last month has put a spoke in its wheels. It took 300 police officers from the ...
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Tower Hamlets man escapes jail after harassment campaign
A MAN WHO conducted a campaign of harassment against a former girlfriend will not have to go straight to jail. Although he received a sentence of two years’ imprisonment, that sentence is suspended. Misbah Ali, 22, of Repton Street, Tower ...
Read More »Jailed for inciting terrorism in Bangladesh
A MEMBER of the public reported messages seen on social media – and an investigation was launched which led to Munna Hamza, 50, of south London being sent to prison. The messages urged readers to commit acts of terrorism in ...
Read More »Police seek witnesses to Stratford stabbing
REPORTS CAME IN to the police that two men had been stabbed in Major Road, Stratford, at just past 7pm on 17th March. The emergency services attended and found two injured men. The London Ambulance Service took the two men, ...
Read More »Teen charged with stabbing teen in Barking stabbing
IT WAS 3.45pm on 12th March when reports came in to the emergency services that someone had been stabbed in Hulse Avenue, Barking. The police and London Ambulance Service attended and found a 16 year old victim with stab wounds. ...
Read More »Suspect arrested after Ilford stabbing is just 12 years old
A BOY HAS been charged with robbery and possession of a bladed article after an incident in Ilford in which a 20 year old man was stabbed. He is just twelve years old – not even a teenager. The stabbing ...
Read More »East London man was planning a terrorist attack
A POLICE surveillance operation stopped a man from carrying out a terrorist attack. What he was planning to do and where he wanted to do it is not clear: but from the weapons he tried to obtain, innocent people were ...
Read More »Three arrested after shooting in Hackney
AN INCIDENT took place in Pownall Road, Hackney, E8 on 31st January – and after a police investigation of a little over a month, three young men were arrested. All three have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. The ...
Read More »Stratford stabbing: police appeal for public help
POLICE INVESTIGATING the stabbing of a man in Stratford have appealed to the public to come forward with information which may help them establish what happened and bring the perpetrator to justice. The day – Saturday, 6th March – was ...
Read More »Sixth teen charged after murder of cabbie Gabriel
SIX TEENAGERS have now been charged with murder after the death of Gabriel Bringye, 37, a private hire vehicle driver whose death sparked protests from his colleagues and calls for better safety measures to be taken to protect them. Police ...
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