Crime

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE are taking a new model of organisation – piloted in East London – and rolling it out across the capital. No more will each borough have its own police force, as new Basic Command Units (BCUs) will ...

THREE POLICE forces in London are working together this week on reducing knife crime in London – the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police (BTP) and the City of London Police. The week runs from Monday 12th to Friday 16th February. ...

SEVENTEEN ARRESTS have been made since 1st January in a joint operation – “Operation Continuum” between Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets police. There is no explanation of what “Operation Continuum” is. In the second anti-drug operation held under Operation ...

A 71 YEAR OLD MAN is in an East London hospital, in a critical condition, after being hit by a Mercedes C220. The car collided with the man, a pedestrian, at approximately 6.40am on the morning of Saturday, 10th February. ...

POLICE ARE looking for Mark Christopher Woolley, 52, of Albion Road, Hackney. He had been released from HMP Ranby on 16th November last year – on licence. Woolley attended a probation meeting on 31st January – but he then breached ...

PC KASHIF MAHMOOD, 29, was found guilty of assault by beating at Hendon Magistrates’ Court on 9th February. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 19th February for sentencing. PC Mahmood was based in Hackney. On 5th May last ...

A MAN WHO lost control and resorted to violence when a neighbour complained about the noise at a party has been sent to jail for six years and nine months. He has been named as Yasin Ahmed, 23, of Florida ...

THE STREETS OF Dagenham are a tiny bit safer after police found a shotgun and ammunition in a property in Goresbrook Road – and four people linked with the weapon have received prison sentences. The operation which led to the ...

A VIOLENT and vicious attack was carried out on 21st December 2017 on an 18 year old woman in a shop on Cranbrook Road, Ilford. Police have been hunting the attacker and are now appealing to the public for help. ...

POLICE HAVE this evening (6th February) named the Barking teenager who died on Saturday, 3rd February in Abbey Road, Barking. The stabbing was reported to police just after 10pm on the Saturday, with the victim being formally pronounced dead just ...