Crime

THE CANNING TOWN area of Newham is becoming a hotbed of serious crime. June ended with a woman being charged with murder and now July has ended with a second man being seriously injured as a result of a shooting. ...

THE KILLING of Ricky Hayden was manslaughter, not murder, said the Old Bailey today – at the conclusion of the trial of Tommy Roome, 20, of Rams Grove, Romford. Ricky Hayden was killed outside his home in Gibbfield Close in ...

RAHAD HUSSAIN appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on 29th July. He had been charged in connection with an “acid attack” in Roman Road on 25th July, when two young men – one aged 23, one 24 – were harmed by ...

POLICE ARE appealing for help from the public in finding those responsible for stabbing a man in the centre of Stratford on Sunday, 16th July. The victim is still in hospital, with life-changing injuries. Back on that Sundy, a 28 ...

TWO YOUNG MEN were attacked in Roman Road on 25th July. A liquid was thrown at them, which the emergency services helped them wash off at the scene before they were taken to hospital for further treatment. Rahad Hussain, 23, ...

A HACKNEY MAN who escaped from police custody has been found – and sentenced to ten weeks in prison for the offence. Kevin Brooker, 32, was found and arrested for failing to appear in Court to answer charges relating to ...

A man who failed to appear in court to answer charges of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs was arrested – but managed to escape from Homerton Hospital Accident & Emergency Department. He is thought to be at ...

YOU WON’T be seeing Sydney Mimer, 69, around Oban Street E14 any longer. This week he was sentenced to 18 years and two months in prison for multiple offences against a young girl, committed around a decade ago but which ...

The following arrests and charges have been made over the last few days in connection with “acid attacks” – the use of noxious liquids to disarm victims to facilitate robbery. A 15 year old boy was arrested on 14th July at an ...

ROMAN ROAD was the latest location of an attack on members of the public in which a liquid was used as a weapon. Police are appealing for witnesses. Police officers were alerted to the incident when they were flagged down ...