Crime

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment for attacking a woman in Rectory Road, Hackney. He is Sabir Sharife, 32, who is of no fixed abode but from the Hackney area. The Judge ordered that he should serve a ...

CRIME IN LONDON went up 6.4% last year (April 2016 to March 2017) compared with the year before (April 2017 to March 2018) – that’s from 777,458 to 827,225. The rise happened as the Government cut funding for policing in ...

A MAN who was convicted last month of the manslaughter of Titu Miah in Newham has appeared at the Old Bailey – where he was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison. The killer, Emdadul Islam, 23, had been found ...

POLICE HAVE issued a fresh appeal to the public to find James Jason Hamilton, 41, who was released from prison in 2013 – but who has broken the terms of his release. As he cannot be found, there is no ...

A BOW MAN has been convicted of duping three women into believing that he was a genuine landlord – and then, when they rented a room from him, raping them and carrying out a range of sexual attacks. Mamun Rashid, ...

A MAN HAS BEEN sent to jail for eight years for carrying out a vicious attack with a carpet knife. The assault took place outside Alice Shepherd House, on Manchester Road on the Isle of Dogs, last October. The guilty ...

IT’S BAD NEWS from the Metropolitan Police, who have reported that the number of recorded crimes rose last year (April 2016 to March 2017) compared with the year before (April 2017 to March 2018). The number of notifiable offences increased ...

A TEENAGER WAS found out and about on the streets of Newham with a dangerous weapon last week. The item was a combined knife/hammer. The youngster, 17, was found to be carrying the weapon during a stop and search operation ...

TWO MEN HAVE BEEN convicted of offences connected with the death of Titu Miah in an incident in Plashet Road on 12th October last year, during which a 16 year old boy was wounded. Just before 3.30pm the police received ...

A POLICE OFFICER has been dismissed without notice from the Metropolitan Police after a misconduct hearing on 23rd April. The hearing learned that on 3rd September 206, PC Anis Riabi was driving a police motor vehicle in the course of ...