A man has been charged with the murder of a man and a woman in 1993
Danville Neil, 63 of Sandrock Road, SE13 appeared in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday, 7 July) having been charged with the murders of Ann Castle, 74, and her brother William Bryan, 71, who died at an address in Clare Street, E2 in August 1993. Neil was also charged with burglary. He is […]
A convicted fraudster jailed following a complex VAT scam which involved him using multiple false identities has been ordered to pay back almost £3.5 million under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
In 2018, John Dalton was sentenced to five years and four months’ imprisonment after he was finally brought to justice having fled the country following a string of offences committed more than a decade before. Dalton was part of a conspiracy, focused around the false claiming of VAT repayments from Her Majesty’s Revenue […]
Three men have been charged by detectives investigating a serious assault in Maidstone
Kent Police was called at 4am on Saturday 3 July 2021, regarding a report of a disturbance in Lower Stone Street. Officers attended the scene where a man had sustained stab wounds. He was taken to a London hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable condition. An investigation by the […]
Kent Police is appealing for information following two suspicious incidents in the Singlewell area of Gravesend
On Sunday 23 May 2021, at around 11.30am, the force received a report that a woman had been approached from behind by a man while she walked in the alleyway that runs between Cedar Avenue and Hever Court Road. The man placed his hand over her mouth but ran in the direction of Cedar Avenue […]
Drug driver jailed and banned from the roads for more than four years
A drug driver has been jailed for four months and banned from the roads for more than four years. In September last year officers were alerted to a red Mazda being driven in the Downton area without insurance. They located the vehicle in Wick Lane and arrested the driver, 24-year-old Adam Scott. He later pleaded […]
Detectives have named the victim of a fatal stabbing in Oxford Street as 60-year-old Stephen Dempsey
Police were called shortly before 8pm on Thursday, 1 July to reports of a man stabbed at Oxford Circus, close to the junction with Regent Street, W1. Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance. 60-year-old Stephen was found with stab injuries and taken to hospital where he later sadly died. […]
Detectives investigating an assault at a Maidstone barbers have charged two people
Kent Police was called at 9.45am on Wednesday 30 June 2021, to a disturbance in Week Street, near its junction with St Faith’s Street. It is reported a man, who was in a barber shop, suffered a cut to his hand following an assault and was treated at the scene by South […]
Police are appealing for these two skateboarders to come forward who helped to detained Oxford Circus killer
Detectives have released an image of two heroic members of the public who they are keen to trace following a fatal stabbing in Oxford Street. A 60-year-old man was attacked shortly before 8pm on Thursday, 1 July. He died later the same day as a result of his injuries. Tedi Fanta Hagos, 25 of Ravenhill, […]
A teenager who murdered a 16-year-old boy before being caught on camera demonstrating how he carried out the attack has been sentenced to more than 17 years in jail
Ignas Stauryla, 18 of Shackleton Way, E16, was previously found guilty of the murder of Shanur Ahmed near Gallions Reach DLR station in March last year. He was also found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon and pleaded guilty to two counts of affray and one count of ABH and sentenced to a […]
Kamal Gordon of Eaton Drive, Brixton, London was jailed on Tuesday, 29 June, for five years and nine months after being found guilty of two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs – heroin and crack cocaine, following a three day trial at Southampton Crown Court
The court heard that on Thursday, 3 October 2020, officers from Southampton’s High Harm team located a car, a grey Fiat Bravo, suspected to be involved in drug dealing, parked in the car park of McDonald’s in Green Park, Millbrook. Officers approached the car and found a man sat in the driver’s seat. They […]