A man wanted by the National Crime Agency for his involvement in the supply of class A drugs worth millions of pounds has been arrested in Lanzarote.
Gary Vickery, 38, originally from Dublin, previously admitted to having a leading role in conspiring to import class A and B drugs and money laundering. In July 2021, he failed to attend court where he was due to be remanded in custody, and at the end of July a warrant was issued for his arrest. […]
Man jailed for possession of a knife in a public place
Dorai Harrison, 23 of Mostyn Road, Lambeth appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 24 September where he was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for possessing a knife in a public place.
A man has been charged with the murder of Sir David Amess MP
. Ali Harbi Ali, 25 of north London, was charged on Thursday, 21 October with murder (contrary to common law), and preparation of terrorist acts (contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006). The charges were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division (SCCTD). Ali remains in custody and […]
A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by a judge for illegally letting out an outbuilding for more than three years
A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by a judge for illegally letting out an outbuilding for more than three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice which prohibited the outbuilding being used as a self-contained residence which he was letting out. The structure in the garden […]
A routine DNA swab led to the arrest of a man five years after he raped a woman at knifepoint in Northamptonshire
Martin Twort, aged 31, is today (Wednesday, October 20) facing a lengthy jail sentence for the sex attack which happened more than nine years ago. The defendant was yesterday found guilty of rape following a trial at Northampton Crown Court during which his victim gave evidence. Twort, formerly of Byfield Road, St James, Northampton, had […]
An extended prison sentence has been imposed on a man who stabbed his victim with a knife
Andre King, 20, stabbed the victim after he saw him involved in an altercation at the accommodation he lived at. During the evening of 10 June 2021, King had been in his room in the property in Burley Road, #Sittingbourne, when he heard a commotion downstairs. He went to see what was going on […]
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man who had been found injured in Feltham
Officers were called at 12:04pm on Sunday, 17 October to reports of an injured man at a residential property on Fawns Manor Close in Feltham, Hounslow. Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance. A man was found at the scene with head injuries, he was taken to hospital where […]
Two teenagers charged with assault on an emergency worker following incident in Brent
Two boys both 14, have been charged with assault on an emergency worker following an incident in Brent. At approximately 3.50pm on Monday, 18 October a male PCSO who was on duty in Bridge Road, Wembley was assaulted. He was not seriously injured and is being provided with welfare support by the Met. Two teenage […]
A Bradford man has been jailed today after pleading guilty to offences of abduction and blackmail
On 9 May this year, a 14-year-old boy was approached by a male suspect outside Mahmood’s takeaway on Leeds Road, Bradford and bundled into a nearby parked car. The car was driven away from the scene and contained a number of other suspects. The suspects made demands to the victim’s mother for a substantial […]
This mural of Sir David Amess has appeared at Leigh-on-Sea skate park
The skate park was officially opened by David Amess MP in 2008, and young people have enjoyed using the facility ever since. It’s the work of a local artist named Madmanity who simply called it ‘Why?’.
