Crime

IT WAS life imprisonment for Aman Vyas, 36, sentenced at last for a series of assaults and rapes and, finally, murder. It took a painstaking police operation that went on for over a decade to bring him to justice. Vyas ...

POLICE STOPPED a minicab as it went through Epsom on 19th March this year – a stop that was part of an operation against firearm offences. Immediately, one of the two back seat passengers admitted he had a gun in ...

A POLICE OFFICER had to attend hospital after being injured as he responded to calls that there was a disturbance in a pub on Mare Street, Hackney – caused by a man throwing glasses around and being verbally abusive. The ...

THERE’S BEEN an increase in dangerous driving over the lockdown period – speeding and other forms of putting pedestrians and other road users, and drivers themselves, at risk. Now it seems that the reckless behaviour has extended to mopeds. At ...

POLICE ARE investigating the stabbing of an 18 year old man in Chingford. They believe the injuries were sustained during a fight with three other men. The incident took place in the early hours of 18th August, with police receiving ...

IT’S JAIL FOR MONIQUE ROACH who carried out a cold hearted and violent attack on a 75 year old woman who was at her home in Dalston Lane, Hackney, on 28th March. Roach, 24, or no fixed address, knocked on ...

TWO MEN appeared at the Old Bailey last month to face charges connected with terrorism. The two were: •Sahayb Aweys Munye, 27, of East London, who faced a charge of preparation of terrorist acts contrary to Section 5 of the ...

IT HAS TAKEN over a year – but the man who carried out an acid attack on Burges Road, E6, was finally sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court earlier this month. Sahme Mohammed, 28, of Park Avenue E6 is now facing ...

CAN YOU identify these men? Police are trying to identify and find them so they can be questioned about two burglaries in East London.  The offences in question were distraction burglaries – targeted at elderly people. The two burglaries took ...

POLICE INVESTIGATING an attempted kidnapping are trying to locate Abdur Rahat to question him in connection with the alleged offence, which took place at around 5pm on 28th February. Police are not releasing details of the attempted kidnapping, save that ...