Crime

FOYSOL HUSSAIN, a PC attached to the East Area Command Unit, was found guilty of gross misconduct on 15th April after a two day telephone hearing. It was alleged that: •on 18th February 2019 PC Hussain had been required to ...

DETECTIVES ARE appealing to the public to help them identify and find a man they wish to speak to in connection with an attempted rape which took place early in the morning of Saturday, 7th March in Hoxton Street. STORY ...

OFFICIAL FIGURES for England and Wales show that knife crime in England and Wales for 2019 showed a 7% increase on 2018 – creating a record high of 45,627 offences. The figures were released today by the Office of National ...

HE WAS MURDERED a year ago. Eleven people have been arrested: ten males on suspicion of murder; one woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. All eleven are currently out on bail, in the community. The police investigation into the ...

AN EAST LONDON resident has appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, charged with dissemination of terrorist material contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He has been named as Shehroz Iqbal, 29 of East London.  His address has not ...

WHO IS THIS MAN? That is the question that police are asking after a woman was attacked in London Fields. They have issued the above CCTV image in the hope that the public can help them answer it. The attack ...

FIVE PEOPLE have been charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs following a police operation on 1st April which was arranged to execute various warrants which had been obtained. The five are as follows. •Javian Gordon, 29, of Urswick ...

A MAN WAS stabbed by two unknown assailants on Baddow Close, Redbridge, at approximately 1.30pm on Sunday, 29th March. Police have appealed for information from the public to help them identify the attackers. The man, who is in his 30s, ...

Tashaûn Aird was killed in cold blood by three fellow teenagers. Those who killed him have now been tried, convicted – and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences. After the sentencing, his grieving family released the following statement, via the police, ...

THE STABBING of Tashaûn Aird of Hackney Downs ended his 15 year life. Tashaûn had wanted to be a music producer: instead, his life ended after an unproked attack. Now three more teenagers are facing long periods behind bars for ...