POLICE ARE investigating the murder of Mark Baker, 62, from Chingford. He was found unconscious, with a head injury, in Peacock Close, Walthamstow, in the last minutes of Sunday, 19th April. The London Ambulance Service went to Peacock Close and ...

A STUDENT has started a four year jail sentence handed down at Wood Green Crown Court earlier this month. Rami Othmane, 21, who is originally from Sicily but was living in Hackney when the offence was committed, had pleaded guilty ...

JADEN MOODIE was just 14 when he was murdered on 8th January 2019. A formal Serious Case Review has now reported on what happened to him – and concluded that opportunities to save Jaden were missed by the authorities.  The ...

A MAN HAS BEEN charged with offences connected with the supply of drugs, money laundering and possession of a false identity document. Amir Shkrela, 27, of E17 has been remanded in custody. Shkrela was arrested on Friday, 22nd May after ...

A MAN dubbed a “dangerous offender” by the court stacked up 32 criminal offences of a sexual nature appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court at the start of the month – and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The trial ...

POLICE HAVE issued a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an assault which took place in Newham on 17th April – but which began at Shadwell DLR station. Police are also trying to ...

AS RAMADAN drew to a close, roads were closed off in the Chrisp Street area after a collision between three cars in Cordelia Street, E14. The cars were badly damaged and the emergency services were quickly in attendance. One eye ...

IT TOOK eight months for Perry Rickenberg, 23, of Ricardo Street, E14 to be sentenced – but pleading guilty to charges related to the supply of drugs has now seen him sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. ...

POLICE ARE looking for witnesses to an incident which took place on the evening of Friday, 27th April in which an unknown man followed a woman and then attacked her, causing Actual Bodily Harm. The woman, 37, got onto a ...

A MAN HAS been charged with the murder of Jay John, who was found injured in a Hackney Street last month. Jay John was aged 27 and lived near Trinity Close, E8, where he was found after being assaulted. It ...