Crime

A BRAVE MEMBER of staff stopped an early morning attempted robbery at a newsagent in Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, E2 in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 18th June. A man came into the newsagent at about 6am. He produced ...

HACKNEY POLICE have offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information which leads to the conviction of the killer of Alex Vanderpuye, 24, in Hackney back in December 2017. Alex lived in Hackney – and police found him in ...

THE MAN found dying in Alton Street, Poplar on Saturday lunchtime has been named. He was Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky,34, a Poplar resident originally from Russia, who was known locally as Gleb Stalnoy. The name was released on the day that ...

A 42 YEAR OLD man lost his life in Stratford in the early hours of this morning – and police are appealing for anyone who was in the area to come forward, as they piece together what went on. It ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public after a 28 year old man was shot in Birch Grove, Leytonstone, E11 just after 11.30 am this morning, 17th June. The emergency services turned out in force when the report of a shooting ...

IT WAS broad daylight. It was a Saturday afternoon. It was Poplar. And other young man lost his life to knife crime. The emergency services must have thought they were getting deja vu as they returned to Poplar yesterday afternoon, ...

A YOUNG MAN from Leyton is in a Young Offenders institution, starting a 14 month sentence handed down at Snaresbrook County Court last week. He had been carrying a hunting knife on the Tube and then resisted arrest. The offences ...

THE BODY OF Mark Smith, 48, was found on 15th February 2018 at a flat in Warren Road, Chingford, E4. A post mortem examination two days later established that Smith had died from multiple injuries. The police went to the ...

POLICE HAVE confirmed that the woman injured in a collision with a motor vehicle near Crossharbour DLR station, E14, died the following day. She has now been named as Charlotte Kenning, 26, from Goole in Humberside. Police and the London ...

TWO MEN robbed a Willliam Hill betting shop in Station Lane, Hornchurch on Tuesday, 14th May. Now police have released CCTV footage in an attempt to identify the suspects. The incident took place at around 9.30pm. The two men demanded ...