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Youth in stable condition after bus stabbing

Youth in stable condition after bus stabbing

Police are appealing for information following a stabbing on a bus in Croydon on Friday afternoon 3 May. The incident took place at around 4.10 p.m on the top floor of the No 60 bus. The Air Ambulance service attended and the teenager was accompanied by a HEMS (Helicopter Emergency…

Met Police taser roll out in ELL Boroughs

Met Police taser roll out in ELL Boroughs

Stop Criminalising Hackney Youth, a campaigning group monitoring the policing of young people,  is questioning the roll out of  Metropolitan Police tasers in the Borough in the light of controversial incidents elsewhere of suspects being  injured or dying during “taser arrests.” East London Lines reporter Saskia Black has been given…

Witnesses come forward in Stephen Lawrence appeal

Witnesses come forward in Stephen Lawrence appeal

The Metropolitan Police are following up a number of phone calls regarding the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The calls were received after an appeal for information on appeared on Crimewatch. The BBC 1 programme aired on April 29, almost a week after the 20th anniversary of Lawrence’s murder. Detective Chief…

Over 40 arrests in soccer crowd violence inquiry

Over 40 arrests in soccer crowd violence inquiry

The Metropolitan Police inquiry into violent disorder by fans in the Millwall supporters area of the Wembley FA Cup semi-final with Wigan on 13 April has resulted in over 40 arrests and ‘Operation Arrowtip’ continues to release CCTV images to identify people detectives would like to interview. Television footage of…

Man convicted of historic sex abuse in Blackheath

Man convicted of historic sex abuse in Blackheath

Patrick Ryan, 64, was found guilty Tuesday 30 April of a continued series of sexual assaults on two young girls during the 1970s. He was convicted by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court on four counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape and seven counts of indecent assault. The…

Crimewatch appeal for the Stephen Lawrence murder

Crimewatch appeal for the Stephen Lawrence murder

Crimewatch will make a fresh appeal tonight  in connection with the murder of Stephen Lawrence in Eltham.  Lawrence was fatally stabbed on 22 April 1993 by a group of up to six white youths in an unprovoked racist attack. In wake of the 20th anniversary of the attack, DCI Clive…

£20,000 reward in hunt for Gary Hayward’s attackers

£20,000 reward in hunt for Gary Hayward’s attackers

A father from New Addington, John Hayward, made a plea on BBC Crimewatch Monday last night, 29 April, for any information that can lead to the arrest and prosecution of a gang of youths who attacked him and his son with baseball bats and metal poles about one and a…

Head of Trident Gang Crime Command pledges zero tolerance for all levels of gang criminality [Audio]

Head of Trident Gang Crime Command pledges zero tolerance for all levels of gang criminality [Audio]

The head of the Met Police’s Trident  Gang Crime Command, Detective Superintendent John Crossley, has pledged zero tolerance for any level of criminality by gang culture after three men and one woman from Lewisham were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday 23 April for possession of firearms and controlled…

Dramatic anti-soccer hooligan arrests

Dramatic anti-soccer hooligan arrests

The Met Police’s anti football hooligan Operation Arrowtip intensified Saturday 27 April…

12 more allegedly identified in Millwall crowd trouble probe

12 more allegedly identified in Millwall crowd trouble probe

The Met Police’s Operation Arrowtip inquiry into crowd trouble at Millwall’s Wembley semi-final game…