POLICE STOOD outside Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on Sunday night, staying until Monday morning. The exercise was part of the investigation into the murder of Ranjith Kankanamalage in the Park three weeks ago. The London Ambulance Service was called out ...
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Man charged with race-hate attacks in Hackney
A MAN HAS appeared in court to face charges in connection with a series of assaults on Jewish people in Stamford Hill, Hackney, on 18th August. This followed a public appeal to try to identify a man whose image was ...
Read More »Suspects sought after Brick Lane race-hate attack
IT BEGAN AS an ordinary evening, with a 34 year old man going out for dinner and drinks in East London. He left a venue in Brick Lane at approximately 3.30am – and was then assaulted by three men. The ...
Read More »Muslims and Jews unite to find hate-attacker
POLICE are trying to identify and find a man in connection with a series of random attacks on Jewish people which took place on the streets of Hackney on Wednesday, 18th August. On Friday, 27th August police officers from the ...
Read More »Newham man guilty of child sex abuse
A MAN has been found guilty of sexually abusing a child after a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court last month. The guilty man is William Powell, 66, of East Ham Manor Way, Beckton. The Court heard that in May 2018 ...
Read More »Bethnal Green man gets 9 years for grenade plot
HE WAS TRYING to buy a grenade – with a view to using it in an attack on a police station. This much was discovered by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command. What remains unclear is why he wanted to ...
Read More »Isle of Dogs gun dealer sent down for five years
A MAN WHO lives on the Isle of Dogs has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his part in the supply of a gun and ammunition. Police continue to seek Danielle Forde, 31, of Manchester ...
Read More »Gun crime hits luxury flats on Isle of Dogs
POLICE CONTINUE to seek three men in connection with an incident in a restaurant in Pan Peninsula Square, E14 – one of the developments of luxury flats on the Isle of Dogs. The incident occurred just after 11pm on Saturday, ...
Read More »Gun threat used in theft of BMW in Bow
A WHITE BMW was stolen in Priory Street, Bow, earlier this month – in a strange theft which involved the use of threatening weapons including a knife and a gun. A man was parking his car, a white BMW 3 ...
Read More »Boat party man escapes with fine after Covid breach
NOISY PARTIES can be annoying for neighbours who are kept awake in the early hours of the morning. If they take place on a boat, they will annoy even more residents, as the boat chugs down the canal. The boat ...
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