Crime

A MAN killed in a double stabbing in Silvertown on Friday was originally named as Mark Orayibi. That was indeed his birth name, but he was better known as  Grammy-winning musician who used the stage name Talay Riley. The revelation ...

ONE MAN has been killed and a second man has been wounded after a double stabbing in Silvertown, Newham. The dead man has been named as Mark Orabiyi, 35. A report that a man had been stabbed in Pankhurst Avenue ...

TWO MEN charged in connection with the alleged arson attack on the former synagogue in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, have appeared at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing of the case against them. The defendants have been named as Dominic ...

THE TRAGIC death of Henry Nowak was not the first time a young man has died while police officers don’t see what is before them. This has been overlooked by politicians who have tried to make political capital out of ...

WITH THE headlines all too often full of bad news about people, often young people, stabbed to death, the Metropolitan Police have this week taken a welcome step to reduce knife crime levels. In a new approach, Met police have ...

AGED ONLY 16, he is too young to be named – but old enough to be charged with murder – and with possession of a bladed article. The charge arises from the murder of a young man on the street ...

POLICE HAVE launched a murder investigation after a young teenager was stabbed on Monday, 25th May. Sadly, the young man died at the scene. Just after 7pm police received reports that a large number of people had gathered in Towpath ...

AN IMAM has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with an Order that he serve a minimum of 20 years. He had been found guilty of preying on young women and girls, some as young as 12, and sexually abusing them. ...

A POLICE chase through Ilford ended with the police car being involved in a collision in the early hours of Saturday, 16th May. Five people were seriously injured and five people have been arrested. The police explained that officers saw ...

TWO MEN now face charges of arson with intent to endanger life after a small fire outside a building in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, E1 on 5th May. The building used to be a synagogue and is in the process of ...