Crime

STEPHEN WEBB, 57, of Weston Green, Dagenham, was convicted last week at Snaresbrook Crown Court of one count of a rape of a child under 16 and four counts of indecent sexual assault. The verdicts came after Webb had pleaded ...

Police believe an Asian man walking his dog near the Greenway, E6, could have vital information which could help find a vicious thug who broke the jaw of an 81 year old man last Thursday. Samuel Cooper went out to ...

AFTER A three month spree of robbery and violence across Hackney, which included threatening children, Marvin Melvin-Browne is beginning a six year prison sentence.   Melvin-Browne committed robberies and attempted robberies between 14th November 2016 and 21st January 2017. He ...

London Bridge: information appeals Appeal for pink knife info The police are asking the public for information about the distinctive pink knives used by the London Bridge terrorists. The knives are twelve inches long. They are of the Ernesto brand ...

A firearm was discharged at a 40th birthday party being held at the Praba Banquesting Hall in the High Road in Ilford late on Monday night and going into the early hours of Tuesday morning. This was the report a ...

Chief Superintendent Dave Stringer, Head of Community Engagement for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), issued the following statement on 7th June, detailing the Met’s position on tackling hate crime in the capital. The Met is committed to tackling hate crime ...

TWO TWEETS to an MP landed Michael McAlpine, 25, of Cephas Street, Bethnal Green, E1 in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 6th June. The MP has not been named. In court, McAlpine pleaded guilty to two counts of sending a ...

VIOLENCE BROKE OUT at the Whitechapel eatery on Tuesday evening when three intruders ran in and began attacking a group of diners with batons. The attack was filmed by Mr Sushanta Das Gupta and the footage has been circulating round the ...

BREAKING NEWS: A 36 year old man has been charged with murder, following the body of a man being found in a car park in Ilford. He has also been charged with arson and intent to endanger life. The suspect ...

ON 29TH MAY, an unresponsive body was found in a car park in Castleton Road, Ilford, near a badly damaged car which had been on fire. A post mortem examination found that the cause of death had been “blunt force ...