Crime

OVER 250 WEAPONS were taken off the streets by three police forces working together across the capital over half term. The action, the latest phase of Operation Sceptre, was part of a national week of action across the UK. The ...

SEVENTEEN IS THE unlucky number in Canning Town this month, as a third teenager was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda in Canning Town on Valentine’s Day. Promise, as he was known, was just 17 years ...

A POLICE CONSTABLE based in Hackney has been sentenced by Westminster Magistrates’ Court to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community service. The sentence follows his conviction for assault by beating at Hendon Magistrates’ Court on 9th February. PC Kashif ...

TWO SEVENTEEN year old males have been arrested and charged with the murder of fellow 17 year old Lord Promise Nkenda in Canning Town on Valentine’s Day. The arrests took place on Saturday and the two teens were due to ...

IS JUST 18, but East Londoner Arbias Thaqi has pleaded guilty to charges related to terrorism at Westminster Youth Court on Friday, 16th February. The charges followed an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command and relate to various material ...

A SERIOUS road accident occurred at 6.50am on Friday, 16th February on Stoke Newington Church Street, when a motor vehicle collided with a pedestrian. The pedestrian, a 92 year old woman, was seriously injured. She was taken by ambulance to ...

TWO TEENAGERS have been arrested, less than two weeks after Barking teenager Hasan Ozcan,19, died from multiple stab wounds. It was 3rd February when the emergency services were called to Abbey Road and found Hasan, who died at the scene. ...

ONE OF THE most brutal attacks in East London last year was carried out in East Ham in August. Three men attacked Ahmet Dobran, as he was peacefully going about his everyday life. One of the men grabbed Mr Dobran ...

THE POLICE have named the 17 year old who suffered fatal stab wounds in Canning Town during the evening of 14th February. He is Lord Promise Nkenda, who used the name Promise. He was from Newham. Formal identification is still ...

VALENTINE’S DAY was not a day of love in Goldwing Close, E16: it was a day of death, as another young man has lost his life in an East London stabbing. It was still early evening – just after 8pm ...