Crime

POLICE ARE appealing to the public to help them identify and locate four men whom they believe were involved in an assault in Ilford. The incident took place at around 2.25pm on 1st October in Richmond Road. Police believe that ...

JUSTICE CAME swiftly earlier this month when a 15 year old teen was found carrying a knife near Hackney Central Railway station. The teen was spotted by officers carrying out an Operation Sceptre patrol. The story began on 10th November, ...

HE NOTCHED UP eight female victims in less than a month – and now Snaresbrook Crown Court has given him a sentence of twelve years in prison.  His name will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for life. Levi ...

WHO SAYS THE police never recover stolen property? A string of quick work by police, following information from the public, earlier this month saw a stolen motorbike being quickly returned to its owner in Wapping. The story began on 23rd ...

A FIGHT at a music event in Ilford nearly a year ago led to the death of Akeem Dylon Barnes, who was known as Dylon. On 6th November, Jean Marc Dable, 25 and of no fixed abode, appeared at the ...

A TEENAGER has been charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm with intent and possession of a bladed article. The charges come after an incident in Ripple Road which took place just before 2pm on 27th October.  Police were called to ...

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 ...