Crime

ONE UNFORESEEN side effect of the Coronavirus Lockdown has been an increase in the incidence of domestic violence. The Metropolitan Police have been keen to point out that they are playing a part in rescuing victims and apprehending alleged perpetrators. ...

POLICE ARE asking for anyone who witnessed a serious assault in Hainault which took place just before midnight on Thursday, 23rd April in Fowler Road, Hainault. Police attended and found a man who had been left seriously injured after being ...

THE VOLUME OF traffic on London streets has been greatly reduced during Lockdown – but the number of deaths on the road has been worryingly high. Since Lockdown began, eight people have died in collisions on London roads. It is ...

POLICE EXECUTED a number of search warrants in Hackney last month – as a result of which seven people were arrested. A further two people – a male, 23, and a female, 24 – were taken into custody. The seven ...

A SERIES OF violent actions in Barking led to Brandon Wallace being jailed last month. He had threatened a woman in an incident of domestic violence – and went on to spit at police trying to arrest him. Officers from ...

POLICE ARE traying to identify and locate the man in this picture, taken from CCTV after an incident last year on a W15 bus. The incident occurred at around 4.40pm on Wednesday, 16th October. A teenage girl got on to ...

THE BURGLARY was violent. Three, or maybe four, young men went into the home of an elderly couple via the back door. Intent on finding money, they set out to terrify the couple until they got it. The attack took ...

THE NUMBER of fatal road incidents may be down because locked down London is seeing less traffic, but police are still seeking help from the public as they investigate accidents in which people have died. The emergency services were called ...

POLICE ARE asking for anyone who saw a collision between a Mercedes motor vehicle and a motorbike which took place just before 8.30am on Friday, 17th April in Pembury Road, London E5. Police and the London Ambulance Service came to ...

IT IS A YEAR since Steven Brown was found, dying from a stab wound, in a Hackney street. Now his daughter has added her voice to a police appeal for someone to come forward and help them find whoever killed ...