Crime

“THERE ARE people in the area who know what happened that have yet to call police,” said DCI Paul Considine from the Metropolitan Police Homicide and Major Crime Command. Considine is leading the investigation into the murder of Israel Ogunsola, who ...

A MAN WAS STABBED at Stratford International DLR station this morning. The incident took place around 9am – as commuters made their way to work and early shoppers came into Stratford. British Transport Police and paramedics from the London Ambulance ...

POLICE ARE still trying to find out who murdered Newham teenager Karim Samms – who died in Roebourne Way, E16, late on 7th April 2017. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Another young man had been shot ...

SO MANY TIMES a story about a knife concerns the harm it has done to a victim in the course of a stabbing incident. News has now come in about a knife that was captured over the weekend: its stabbing days ...

A MAN WAS shot dead at an Esso garage in Romford in the early hours of this morning – after roaming round the Collier Row area claiming that he had a gun and making threats. He is understood to have ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE has announced the formation of new team to tackle violent crime, weapon-enabled crime and serious criminality. It will be staffed by full-time officers who will be selected for work in this squad. The Met hopes that the ...

POLICE HAVE worked quickly in the case of the 13 year old male stabbed on 5th April – the day which saw six stabbings take place across London. The boy was found just before 7pm in Gainsborough Avenue, Newham, suffering ...

A NEW APPEAL has come from the police to the public to work together to root out extremist messages from the internet. The message comes after four East Londoners were jailed for trying to groom 55 school students to help with ...

WEDNESDAY, 4TH APRIL was a bad day for Hackney – with two people being murdered on the streets. The police are making progress in their investigations – and they are now appealing to the public for further help in finding ...

DANIEL FREDERICK died on 8th January in Hackney – another young life cut short by a stab wound. Police have now confirmed that a fourth person has been charged with this murder. He is a 16 year old male who ...