Crime

ZIGGY WORRELL-OWUSU died on 27th October 2016, and to mark the first anniversary of his death Crimestoppers have put up a £10,000 reward for information which leads to a successful prosecution. Ziggy, from Hackney, lost his life at a party ...

IT WAS AROUND 2am on Sunday, 22nd October when the emergency services received a report that a man had been injured near a Marks & Spencer supermarket in George Lane, Woodford. The Ambulance Service and found an unconscious 30 year ...

A  MAN WHO ROBBED a pawnbrokers and a bank in Hackney – in one case threatening a shopkeeper with a knife – has been jailed for a total of over eight years. The offences were committed by Dane Seraphin, 35, ...

POLICE HAVE released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an incident in Beckton on Sunday, 8th October when a woman was subjected to a sexual assault. A woman was walking along Valiant Way ...

POLICE HAVE appealed to the public for help in identifying a knife-wielding street robber who committed a sexual assault when his attempted robbery went wrong. The attack took place at approximately 10.30pm on 3rd May, but police have now put ...

A SECOND teenager has been arrested in connection with the acid attacks carried out in Walthamstow and Tottenham on 2nd November. A 16 year old male was arrested late on Saturday, 4th November on suspicion of Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) ...

MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a requirement to serve a minimum of 16 years, following his conviction for sexually assaulting and raping a teenager in Leyton’s Jubilee Park. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register ...

A CORROSIVE LIQUID was used as two fast food delivery drivers were attacked on Thursday, 2nd November by young men trying to steal their mopeds. The attacks took place in Walthamstow and Tottenham.  •The first occurred at approximately 6pm on Thursday, 2nd ...

A MAN LOST his life on The Highway in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets last week. Police have already made four arrests, but they are now appealing for any further witnesses to come forward so they can be sure what happened. The ...

TECHNICALLY, Barry Peacham did not kill Qinguing Rao – but in every other sense he ended her life. Rao was a banker in the City: now she lies in a vegetative state, receiving round the clock care in a specialist ...