Crime

POLICE CONTINUE to investigate the fatal shooting of a 30 year old man in Balfour Road, Ilford, one week on from the crime. The investigation is being conducted by the Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Command (Homicide). STORY UPDATE: Mushin Mohamed, ...

POLICE ARE trying to identify and locate a man who committed a violent assault in Hackney on Sunday, 13th September. They have released a CCTV image of their suspect and appealed to the public for help. The assault occurred just ...

THE STORY started so well.  As soon as homophobic abuse was heard coming from home fans at the West Ham ground – apparently directed at supporters of visiting Brighton & Hove Albion – police were on the case. Two men ...

HE KEPT a gun, wrapped in plastic bags and stuffed inside a gift bag, under his bed. Acting on intelligence, police came to his home in Bethnal Green, found the gun – and nine days later he was arrested and ...

A MAN WILL appear in Court next week after police stopped a vehicle travelling along the M25 as it passed through Enfield. The stop took place on 1st October. The man arrested has been named as Sam Migliorini, 31, of ...

TWO SEXUAL ASSAULTS on young women in Dagenham’s Central Park took place on different occasions – but police believe they may well have been committed by the same man. •Attack 1 The first attack occurred at around 11.30am on Monday, ...

A PEDESTRIAN died in Dagenham after being hit by a car – leaving police with the job of finding the driver, who left the scene. The incident occurred in a car park in Whalebone Lane South, a few minutes before ...

YET ANOTHER report of a sexual assault on an East London bus has come in. Police have released a CCTV image of a suspect whom they wish to identify and locate so that they can question them about the attack. ...

THE MAN who stabbed his victim to death in Lansbury Estate Park, in broad daylight, appeared at the Old Bailey last month and was sentenced to serve 22 years in prison. Yasin Omar Amare, 29, of Pawleyne Close, Penge, had ...

A MOTHER and her child were found dead at their home in Lockesfield Place on the Isle of Dogs on 13th August. Now an inquest into their deaths has been set for 16th December at Poplar Coroners’ Court. The victims ...