Crime

IT WAS IN APRIL last year that Jamel Nwokoye, 30, of Coronet Street, Hackney, began following a woman who was walking, on her own, down Pitfield Street in Hackney – shortly after 2am. As the woman drew near to an ...

A VULNERABLE PENSIONER who has learning difficulties was the victim of a con coolly carried out by Maria Miller, 65, of Simmons Lane Chingford – who is now going to jail for her cruel exploitation of her victim. Snaresbrook Crown ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public for assistance in finding a man who has been indecently exposing himself to women on and near Hackney Marshes – while threatening them with a knife. The attacks happened on Friday, 17th May – ...

SHE COMMITTED robberies and thefts on buses criss-crossing Hackney, and now Gloria Makanjuola, 28, of no fixed address has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. Ms Makanjuola was found guilty of eight counts of robbery, four ...

TWO MEN were stabbed on Hackney Marshes, E9 early on Sunday morning, 18th August. The London Ambulance Service was called out just before 7am on Sunday and, in turn, called out the police. It is thought that there had been ...

POLICE ARE searching for evidence after a premeditated attack on Owen Jones left the campaigning journalist hurt but not intimidated. Jones was with five friends in the Lexington pub in Pentonville Road, Islington on Friday evening – leaving at around ...

A FORMER special constable appeared at Southwark Crown Court on 14th August and pleaded guilty to a charge of committing fraud by abuse of position. He is Moshin Nadeem, 27, of Babbacombe Gardens, Ilford. The Court heard that Nadeem used ...

POLICE ARE looking for Phillip Durand, 31, as they wish to question him in connection with incidents of stalking and common assault. Durand is from Ilford, but he is known to spend time in Romford and parts of Essex. He ...

A SERIOUS collision with a car last night has put a cyclist in an East London hospital, where he is in a critical condition. The police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The emergency services were called out ...

AN INFATUATION with a woman which he failed to control has landed Andrew Costa-Freeman, 24, of Lonsdale Avenue, Newham, a two year jail sentence. The case was brought after a rigorous investigation by police officers at the Stalking Threat Assessment ...