Crime

Operation Duntroon has been working away patiently for six months in an intelligence-led attempt to dismantle an organised crime gang of drug suppliers and dealers in class A drugs in Newham. Last week a number of arrests were made. Some ...

A TEN YEAR OLD girl’s quick thinking saved her from a becoming a victim after a man tried to encourage her to get into his van. Now the police are appealing for witnesses so that they can try to identify ...

A MAN WALKING his dog on Wanstead Flats has been brutally assaulted by three men – and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward in the hope of being able to identify the suspects. The incident occurred on Saturday, ...

IT WAS NEARLY 1am on 7th July 2016. Two cars drove into Frimley Way, E1, and three men got out. Akikul Islam sat in his car as the three fell into an argument with a group of about ten men ...

THIRTY YEAR OLD Paul Chambers is looking at five years behind bars after trying to win an argument by slashing his victim across the face with a carpenter’s knife. The incident took place in the Broadway in Stratford. Chambers had ...

IT WAS Green Street, E6, around 4pm on 8th May – and it wasn’t safe. As a 17 year old male walked down the street, he was attacked by a man. The victim was taken to an East London hospital ...

A MAN HAS committed a sexual assault in Newham – but his female victim has disappeared. Police are trying to find her so that they can continue with the prosecution of the suspect. The incident occurred on 4th July, at ...

A DISGRACEFUL attempt at street theft in the Mile End Road ended in Ismail Abbas Urrade, 29, of Holland Road, E6, committing a sexual assault. As a result, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison. His name will be ...

A MAN WHO committed serial acts of sexual abuse against a young girl between 2004 and 2011 has been sentenced to six years in prison. He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention order and his name will be on ...

LAST FEBRUARY, Wapping resident Anthony Duggan, 47, rode his motorcycle up West India Dock Road. It was to be his last journey. Just ahead of him was a gritting lorry, bring driven by Peter Wright, 45, of Stanford-Le-Hope. There is ...