After a seven year campaign by his family and supporters, including the actor Ray Winstone, Sam Hallam, 24, from Hoxton has been freed on unconditional bail. The prosecution said they would not oppose his appeal against a murder conviction of a young trainee chef in October 2004.
Four men operating a drugs factory from a flat in Deptford aimed at “flooding the streets of London
Mohammed Abu Hasnath, 19, of Blair Street E14, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 14 months
Spectator Magazine, the weekly conservative periodical, is to be prosecuted
A married father of four from Thornton Heath has appeared in court charged with plotting to mislabel parcels
Detectives are still determined to prosecute anyone responsible for murdering
EastLondonLines live-blogged the counting of the votes in the elections for London’s Mayor and the Greater London Assembly. See below for a summary of the night. Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term with a margin of 62,538 over Ken Livingstone – 51.5 per cent for Boris and 48.5 per [...]
Electronic counting for the Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections
From 7 am this morning East London Lines voters decide who will be the next Mayor
Woolwich Crown Court heard that Sandra Clarke, 50, started the fire in Marine Tower on the day there was due to be a county court hearing over her rent arrears.