Crime

POLICE HAVE appealed to the public for help following an incident in or near Cresset House, Retreat Place, E9 at around 7.35pm on 13th June in which local residents heard gunshots. Police, including firearms officers, attended the scene as soon ...

TWO TEENAGERS will spend years behind bars for their part in the murder of Michael Irving, 15, in September 2019 – but they have gone into prison without showing any remorse for ending a young person’s life. The sentencing took ...

HE WAS minding his own business, cycling northbound on Kingsland Road, Hackney, E8. As he drew level with the junction with Bradbury Street, a man on the pavement pointed what he believes was a handgun at him. The cyclist sped ...

TWO YOUNG MEN made off with an unusual haul after breaking into a warehouse in Ilford. The pair left with 10kg of saffron, leaving everything else in the warehouse untouched – so it seems that they knew just what they ...

POLICE ARE trying to identify and find a man who was recorded on CCTV operating on the 243 bus as it went through Dalston. This follows a female passenger reporting that a sexual assault took place on the bus. The ...

A MAN in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of robbery.  The arrest follows the police releasing a CCTV image of a man they wished to speak to in connection with a robbery in Dalston shopping centre and appealing ...

AN ATTACK labelled “appalling and completely unprovoked” has left police trying to locate Daniel Weston (pictured above), 39, who is believed to live in Dagenham. Police were called out at round 8.30pm on 21st May to an address in Farmway, ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public for help as they investigate the death of a man at a residential address in Cross Road, Chadwell Heath.  He has been named as Melvin Trotman, 37, from Sheffield. Police were called out to ...

TWO MEN suffered serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling collided with Cyprus Roundabout on Royal Albert Way, E6. The incident occurred at approximately 9.50pm on 25th May. The injured men, both in their twenties, were both ...

ANOTHER young man has lost his life after being shot in Hackney’s notoriously gun-prone postcode E5 – and police continue to appeal to the public to come forward with information. Police received reports at around 11.30pm on 5th June that ...