Crime

Christine Hewitt, who has been found guilty of trying to fiddle her MEP boss’s expenses, has now been sentenced to 40 hours of community service. She has also been sentenced to four months in prison – but this part of ...

A woman was left with substantial injuries after being hit by a car in Thornham Grove, Stratford, London E15. The collision occurred at 03.39hrs in the early hours of Saturday morning, 20th August and the vehicle did not stop at ...

Mohammed Abbas, 29, and Rameez Anjum, 26, of Cross Road, Bradford, have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs. They were arrested in West Yorkshire on 18th August – together with Shaun Kellett, 40 of no fixed abode, ...

Labour’s John Biggs has spoken out about a local fraudster who has stolen £54,000 of taxpayers’ money. The man – Mustapha Bennamane – was found guilty, by a jury, of five breaches of Section 111(1A) of the Social Security and ...

It was coming up to Christmas last year when reports came in of an attack at Leytonstone Tube station. A lone attacker, later identified as Muhiddin Mire, was apparently running round the station, armed with a knife, and was randomly ...

Police in Barking and Dagenham are appealing for the public’s help in tracing Paul Hoque, aged 22. He is originally from Dagenham and now has no fixed abode, but is thought to spend time in Barking and Romford. Paul Hoque ...

Sian Evans, aged 35, was last seen on 16th June leaving Homerton Hospital in Hackney. The police are concerned for her safety and wellbeing and are asking for the public’s help in finding her and making sure she is safe. ...

“It is incredibly fortunate that the victim lived. The investigation has shown that he [Stanislavs Leonovs] was willing to take money and attempt to kill someone – the sentence reflects just how serious a crime this was.” These were the ...

Detectives from Barking and Dagenham borough have today, Wednesday, 22 June, issued CCTV footage of the moment a brazen thief stole a woman’s purse as she choose items from a convenience store. This has been released in an effort to ...

Moses Fadairo, 25, of Hackney was killed last September. At the Old Bailey this week, Christopher Erunse, 28, of Greenwich – who had been his “friend” – was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison for killing him. The story ...