Crime

AT JUST 15 years old, Jordan Douherty from Romford. lost his life – apparently during a massive fight which broke out after a birthday party in a community centre in Clockhouse Lane, Romford on Saturday, 23rd June. AT JUST 16 ...

TWO MEN were arrested at a property in Willoughby Drive, Dagenham at the end of last month. The arrests came after the police obtained search warrants and conducted an early morning raid on the property. The police found a shotgun, ...

TEN PEOPLE escaped injury when fire broke out in the basement of a property in Clissold Crescent, Hackney, on 20th June. An investigation revealed the fire was started deliberately – and police are now looking for a suspect who was ...

IT WAS SIX YEARS for conspiracy to rob and three years for conspiracy to steal when Richard Flanagan, 27, of Heathfield Park Drive, Romford, was sentenced at Snaresbook Crown Court last month. The sentences are to run concurrently. The Court ...

A FURTHER ARREST has been made in the investigation of an incident which took place in Shacklewell Lane on 6th May – during which a noxious substance was used as a weapon. This brings the number of arrests to seven. ...

A MAN WHO launched a premeditated, vicious attack on his girlfriend which killed her within minutes has been convicted of murder and jailed for life – with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 28 years. The jury took ...

AN INQUEST JURY has given a verdict of accidental death in the case of Rashan Charles, who died in Hackney in July last year. The jury added a narrative to their verdict. Rashan Charles was in a car in Kingsland ...

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment of the murder of Lamar Stewart, 21, of Mitcham. The Judge imposed a minimum term of 22 years. Stewart was at a party in Mile End last September when he was stabbed ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public to help them find William Deo, 20. They want to speak to him in connection with an incident which happened at around 10pm on Wednesday, 13th June in Ilford. During the incident, a man ...

A HACKNEY MAN convicted in April of possessing an offensive weapon and a quantity of cannabis has been jailed for six months. Daren Weekes, 33, of Upper Clapton Road, E5, returned to Wood Green Crown Court on 15th June, where the ...