Crime

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 ...

PC STUART OUTTEN, the police officer attacked by a man with a machete in Leyton last week, has been discharged from hospital – as his family spoke out to commend his bravery. PC Outten’s family said: “We have been overwhelmed ...

IT WAS AN unprovoked attack – and the assailant is still at loose, probably in the East End. Now police have issued an image taken by CCTV in the hope of identifying and locating their main suspect. It was back ...

TWO MEN have now been charged with manslaughter after seven year old Harvey Tyrrell from Harold Wood was found unresponsive at the King Harold pub in Station Road, Romford on 11th September last year. Harvey was taken to hospital, but ...