Man sentenced to life for ‘senseless’ Shoreditch stabbing
A man who fled to Turkey after stabbing another man to death in a Shoreditch street fight has been sentenced …
Crime Archive
Lewisham police officer wins award for rape victim care
A Lewisham area police officer has been recognused for her work helping two victims of a rapist. Police Constable Hannah …
November 27, 2020/
Crime, Local News/
Labour MP’s online abuser admits also targeting Corbyn and Javid, court hears
A man who terrorised Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali with an 18-month flood of violent and racist messages has …
November 27, 2020/
Crime, Lead Stories, Local News/
Rugby foundation launched in memory of police officer shot in Croydon station
A fund raising charity foundation to support grass roots rugby has been launched in memory of Sergeant Matt Ratana, the …
Eight officers under investigation over force used against woman during Lewisham arrest
Eight Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated for using force against a black woman during her arrest and custody at …
November 25, 2020/
Crime, Lead Stories, News/
Online outreach is key to tackling hate crime in Croydon, says charity
A strong virtual connection with Croydon’s LGBTQ+ community is needed in order to help reduce hate-crime, a new charity has …
Police officer charged over 2016 Hackney moped chase death
A serving police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving almost five years after a collision with …
Croydon schoolgirl stabbings: Teenage boy charged
A teenage boy has been charged with two separate attacks on schoolgirls in Thornton Heath, Croydon last week. The boy, …
November 9, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Local News/
Police appeal after woman, 80, was attacked and robbed in her Lewisham home
The Metropolitan Police have released a photo of a woman they would like to speak to in relation to a …
October 13, 2020/
Crime, Lewisham, Local News, News/
Appeals to identify car following fatal shooting in Hackney
Detectives investigating the murder in Hackney of Oluwamayowa Adeyemi, 21 also known as Samson, are appealing for information on a …
June 20, 2020/
Crime, Hackney, Local News, News/
Four in court on charges of assaulting police officers
Three men and a 13-year-old boy appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on Friday charged with assaulting emergency workers, after they …
June 12, 2020/
Crime, Hackney, Lead Stories, News/
Seventeen arrests in Tower Hamlets police anti-drugs sweep
Seventeen people have been arrested by police in Tower Hamlets as part of the anti-drugs dealing Operation Continuum. Police said …
June 3, 2020/
Crime, Local News, Lockdown lifestyle, Tower Hamlets/
Rabbi Herschel Gluck: ‘We are not here to be vigilantes; we are here for justice’
Racist and religious hate crime across all Eastlondonlines boroughs has increased by 40 per cent. But our communities are fighting …
April 15, 2020/
Crime, Features, General Features, Hackney, Lead Stories, People/
Are those in power doing enough to combat hate crime?
When we asked our councillors and police how they were combatting hate crime, we were met with silence. The authorities …
April 15, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Data, Features, Hackney, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets/
Trains, trams – and racism: how East Croydon Station became unsafe for minorities
Recent figures reveal that East Croydon station has more than twice the number of racists incidents than any other station …
April 14, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Data, Features, Hackney, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets/
COVID-19 hate crimes continue against East Asians
The current coronavirus pandemic has created an environment of fear that is manifesting itself in increased racist abuse of Chinese …
April 14, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Data, Features, Hackney, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets/
Lewisham Council warns residents of fake coronavirus scammers
Scammers are said to be going door-to-door posing as coronavirus testers in order to gain entry to other peoples homes, …
March 27, 2020/
Crime, Lewisham, Local News, News/
Mayor of Lewisham supports Lewisham as ‘pilot zone’ for legalisation of cannabis
Damien Egan, Mayor of Lewisham, has endorsed the legalisation of cannabis in an interview with the Evening Standard. A pilot …
Boy stabbed to death on bus yards from Crystal Palace ground
Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenage boy was stabbed to death on a bus just yards from …
March 9, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories/
Croydon shisha bar owners fined thousands of pounds over indoor smoking breach
Two men responsible for three shisha bars across Croydon have been fined thousands of pounds and had more than 350 …
February 28, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories, News/
Mobile phone thief convicted
In just one night Peter Abdel Ogunsakin stole nearly 20 mobile phones in Shoreditch worth more than £15,00), according to …
February 14, 2020/
Crime, Lead Stories, News, Society/
Man jailed for violent attack
A 50-year-old Hackney man has been jailed at the Old Bailey for a total of 13 years for a ‘brutal …
February 12, 2020/
Crime, Hackney, Lead Stories/
Father of Meredith Kercher dies in Croydon
More than a decade on from the tragic murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, her father has died …
February 7, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Uncategorized/
Teenager appears in court for Croydon station murder
A 16-year-old boy from Wandsworth has appeared in court charged with the murder of Louis Johnson who was stabbed to …
January 31, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories, Lewisham/
Croydon station murder victim named
The victim of a fatal stabbing at East Croydon station on Monday afternoon has been named by police as Louis …
January 29, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories/
Boy Murdered at East Croydon Station
A murder investigation is underway after a young man was found with stab wounds around just as the rush hour …
January 28, 2020/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories/
Police ramp up towpath patrols amidst latest spike in armed robberies
Police have ramped up towpath patrols in the Hackney Marshes area following the latest spate of armed robberies. Acting Police …
Croydon musician jailed for county-lines drug supply
A Croydon musician has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for conspiracy to supply heroin and …
Man charged with Clarence Mews murder
Kieran Brown, 26, of Hackney was charged early this morning with the murder of 22-year-old Exauce Ngimbi, and for possession …
December 6, 2019/
Crime, Hackney, Lead Stories, News/
“Disgraced” former police officer stole from dead
A former police officer with 26 years service who stole thousands of pounds worth of property from dead people was …
Rabbi attacked and abused as hate crime in Hackney hits two-year high
A senior Rabbi was assaulted and subjected to anti-Semitic abuse in Stamford Hill as police figures show that hate crime …
Croydon car criminal ordered to pay £1.3m
A Croydon man whose garage was found crammed with stolen luxury cars has been ordered by a court to pay …
Croydon man jailed for rape and torture of woman with MS
A man from South Norwood was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of rape and causing actual bodily harm …
Eight arrested in Lewisham drug raids
Eight people were arrested earlier today in a police operation against drugs and violence. Warrants were executed at 15 addresses …
November 27, 2019/
Crime, Local News, News/
Outrage over ‘dangerous’ police ram tactics used on teenage knife suspect
Witnesses claim to have seen police use “ram” tactics on a teenage cyclist suspected of carrying a knife in Hackney on Saturday. An …
November 26, 2019/
Crime, Hackney, News, Uncategorized/
Manhunt underway after gunpoint kidnap attempt
A police manhunt is underway after an attempted kidnapping at gunpoint in Croydon in the early hours of yesterday morning. …
Man killed and three injured in Whitechapel stabbings
A man was stabbed to death in Whitechapel yesterday morning and three others were injured in related knife attacks. Police …
November 24, 2019/
Crime, News, Tower Hamlets/
Police launch murder hunt after man shot in head in Whitechapel
A murder investigation has been launched after a 40-year-old man found with gunshot wounds to his head on Tuesday died …
November 22, 2019/
Crime, Local News/
More than 100 arrests as police tackle late night drugs and violence in Shoreditch
More than 100 people have been arrested in a Hackney Police drive to tackle late night crime in the Shoreditch …
Companies fined after selling weapons to 13-year-old
An undercover operation by Croydon Council has led to two companies being fined a total of £18,305 for selling dangerous …