Crime

THREE MORE arrests were made over the Easter weekend as police search for the murderer of 18 year old Lyndon Davis – bringing the total number of arrests in the case to four. Police continue to appeal for witnesses. Police ...

IT WAS JUST AFTER 6pm on Easter Sunday that news came in to the police of another East End stabbing. The reports were of a young man having been stabbed in or near St Leonard’s Street, E3. Police arrive and ...

A CONFRONTATION over his ex-partner’s new boyfriend turned violent – and it has seen Nathan Gunes, 38, of Cambus Road, Canning Town, E16, jailed for eight years. Gunes followed the couple along Ingal Road, E13 on 20th October last year. ...

DEE HUNTE, 35, of Mary Seacole Close, E8 has been sentenced to 11 years and 4 months in jail after attacking a woman in Croydon so severely that she lost sight in one eye. The attack took place in broad ...

ON 3RD MARCH, two vehicles collided on the A13 eastbound – between the Ferry Lane and New Road roundabouts. Sadly a man who had been in one of the vehicles died at the scene. He has now been named as ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have launched a new drive to reduce the theft of two wheeled motorised vehicles – scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. Not only are such crimes a bother to vehicle owners – their bikes can be used to commit ...

FOUR MEN from East London who all took part in trying to recruit a group of 55 children to carry out organise a massive terrorist attack on London were given long jail sentences at the Old Bailey last week. •Umar ...

THE FAMILY OF Abraham Badru, who was murdered in Hackney last weekend, have paid tribute to their son and brother, saying they are “beyond heartbroken” and urging the public to help find his killer. His family has issued the following statement. ...

A YOUNG MAN who died in Hackney last Sunday has been named as Abraham Badru, 26, from Hackney E8. A post mortem has confirmed that he died from a shotgun wound to the chest. The emergency services received reports just ...

A MAN WITH A HISTORY of violent offending has been convicted of murdering Rodney Parlour, 51, at Parlour’s home in Hood Road, Rainham on 2nd October. The murderer is Marc Croxson, 47, of no fixed abode. Parlour was a friend ...