Crime

THREE MEN in their late twenties appeared at Thames Magistrates Court yesterday, 27th June, and were charged with murdering Brenton Roper in Bow on 13th May. Mr Roper died of gunshot wounds at the scene of the crime, in Eagling ...

SATURDAY, 24th June a bus collided with a car in Barking. The incident occurred at approximately 4.45pm in Upney Lane, close to Upney Tube station. Police, the Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service all attended. A 58 year old ...

LAST WEEK SAW five nightime break-ins in homes in Hackney – which look like they were carried out by the same person. Fortunately, no one was physically injured during any of the incidents – but many of the victims have ...

CONOR BOLGER is just 15 years old. Normally he lives in Buxton, up in Derbyshire – but he has not been seen since 7th June. Conor has strong links to Hackney, and some associates report having seen him there since ...

POLICE ARE appealing for help in identifying two men in connection with a serious assault which took place in Poplar in February. The suspects have been at large for the last four months. The assault took place at in the ...

NIREN PATEL, 38, has been sentenced to a total of 12 months in prison, after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of a position of trust, possession with intent to supply a Class B drug and five ...

A MAN WHO stabbed a plain clothes police officer in an alleyway off the Bow Road and assaulted a member of the public has been jailed for twelve years – with a further two years on extended licence. Andrew Beadie ...

TWO WOMEN – one from Tower Hamlets and one from Ilford – pleaded guilty to charges relating to escaped prisoners when they appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court last week. Kelly Baker, 22, of Friars Close, Ilford, pleaded guilty to a ...

LONDON’S SMALL BUSINESSES are increasingly being targeted by online criminals who are trying to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems. Now the Metropolitan Police are trying to help those businesses protect themselves. The London Mayor and Metropolitan Police set up ...

HACKNEY POLICE are escalating their attempts to find a suspect in connection with two separate sex attacks in Hackney which took place in May. •The case has now featured on BBC1’s Crimewatch programme, which broadcast CCTV footage of one of ...