Man charged in connection with robberies in Hilsea and Portchester
Officers investigating robberies in the Hilsea and Porchester areas have charged a man. It comes after two men were reported to have entered a BP garage on West Street in Portchester at around 10.30pm on Tuesday 8 June and threatened staff members. The two men fled the scene with a quantity of cash and tobacco. […]
UPDATED:A man has been jailed after an investigation led by the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command revealed he was attempting to buy a grenade, which he was planning to use to target a police station.
Mohammed Chowdhury, 24 of Bethnal Green, east London was arrested in February 2020 after a proactive police operation identified that he was attempting to purchase a grenade. Following his arrest, officers attended Chowdhury’s address and seized a number of digital devices. Detectives found evidence on a phone seized that Chowdhury had downloaded and viewed […]
A prisoner who was found in possession of improvised knives, and mobile phones, at HMP Swaleside has received a new jail sentence
A prisoner who was found in possession of improvised knives, and mobile phones, at HMP Swaleside has received a new jail sentence. Martin McCartney was found with the items during a routine inspection of his cell but denied eight separate counts of possessing an offensive weapon in prison, and a further six counts of […]
Serhiy Pelykh has been convicted of the manslaughter of Stepan Suslyk of Greenford
Pelykh was sentenced at the same court on Friday, 18 June to five years’ imprisonment from the retrial at Isleworth Crown Court.An initial trial in February 2020 failed to reach a verdict.An investigation was launched after police were called on Sunday, 16 June 2019 to a north London hospital where Stepan Suslyk had been taken […]
David Harris, 62, grabbed, punched and headbutted 77-year-old Sidney Collier in the doorway of the hotel where they both stayed in Margate
A jail term has been imposed on a man who caused fatal injuries to his victim following a petty row at the building where they lived. David Harris, 62, grabbed, punched and headbutted 77-year-old Sidney Collier in the doorway of the hotel where they both stayed in Margate in October 2020. […]
A sex offender who made arrangements to meet and abuse a young child in Strood has been jailed
Maurice Clayton was arrested in the car park of a supermarket last year, having travelled 30 miles to meet a woman he believed would allow him access to her daughter. Clayton, aged 60, initially contacted a user on a pornographic website during September 2020, believing her to be the mother of a 10-year-old girl. He […]
Wife convicted of murdering her husband of 38 years by pouring boiling water and sugar over him
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Corinna Baines, 59, killed Michael Baines on 14 July 2020 at their home in Highfield Road in Neston. They had been married for 38 years and Corinna was her husband’s carer. The CPS said she killed him after a family dispute. Both had children from previous relationships and […]
Witness appeal following attempt indecent exposure in Hythe
Police are appealing for witnesses, or anyone with information, following an attempted indecent exposure incident in Hythe. The incident occurred at around 3.40pm on Sunday 13 June on Frost Lane in Hythe. A teenage girl was walking alone along Frost Lane and then Rosebery Avenue when she noticed a vehicle – possibly a blue Peugeot […]
Detectives investigating the shooting of 27-year-old Sasha Johnson in south London have made a further arrest
A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in the earlier hours of Wednesday, 16 June at a residential address in Kent. He has been taken to a police station where he remain in custody. Sasha was shot on Consort Road in Southwark in the early hours of Sunday, 23 May. […]
A man has been charged with murder following a shooting in Islington
Jaden McGibbon – 19 of Warltersville Road, N19 was charged on Sunday, 13 June with the murder of 19-year-old Taylor Cox. McGibbon will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 14 June. Enquiries into the circumstances remain ongoing. An investigation was launched after police were called at 16:24hrs on Tuesday, 8 June […]
