Posted on February 17, 2013 by Helen Lock and saved under Lead Stories, Local News
A 19-year-old man has died and a 22-year-old man was injured last night after being shot in the street. The incident took place on Hindrey Road, in Clapton, Hackney at 8.20 pm yesterday, police said. The victims were taken to hospital by ambulance, where the 19-year-old later died. The…
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Posted on December 11, 2012 by Tooba Masood and saved under Crime, Hackney, News
A member of Hackney’s ‘Lordship Boys’ gang has been convicted of murdering a man out celebrating his birthday in Clerkenwell. Dean Smith, 26, of Stoke Newington was on Monday found guilty of murdering Aarron McKoy, 22, on New Year’s Day this year. The verdict was returned by a jury at…
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Posted on March 25, 2012 by Claire Shaw and saved under Crime, Lead Stories
A former Russian banker is said to be in a “critical but stable” condition and under police guard after he was shot multiple times outside his home in Tower Hamlets on Tuesday. German Gorbuntsov, 45, was shot several times in a suspected assassination attempt as he entered his multimillion-pound apartment…
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Posted on February 29, 2012 by Lauren Powell and saved under Crime, Lewisham
A man whose shooting in Forest Hill on February 19 is at the centre of an independent investigation has been arrested in hospital for attempted murder of three police officers. The 25 year old man named in reports as ‘George’ was Tasered and shot on Stanstead Road after officers were…
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Posted on February 21, 2012 by Laurence Dodds and saved under Lead Stories
Investigators have assured the local community they are committed to ”uncovering the truth” over the shooting by armed police of a man in Forest Hill on Sunday morning.…
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