Detectives continue to investigate the murder of Salem Koudou in Brixton on 20 August 2020
On Friday, 16 April, a 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation. He has been released under investigation pending further enquiries. While three men have previously been charged with the murder, officers are continuing to appeal for anyone with information who has yet to speak with police to call the incident room […]
Man found in the grounds of Buckingham Palace with knife due in court
A man is due before Westminster Magistrates after Police arrested him in the grounds of Buckingham Palace for Trespass offences and being in possession of a locking type craft knife. Chorrie Thompson 47, of Woodhouse Road, London was arrested by Police on the 15th April 2021 and charged with three matters. He was refused bail […]
Two men charged in connection with Eastbourne stabbing
Police attended The Beacon, Terminus Road, just after 8.30pm on Saturday (April 10) after a 17-year-old boy suffered significant stab wounds to the stomach. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, where he remains in a stable condition. Inno Makolo, 20, unemployed, of Chatsworth Road, Hackney, and Ashley Roberts-Araujo, 19, a scaffolder, of Sutton […]
A serial offender serving 14 years in prison for a string of serious drugs offences has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 for his crimes
. Derrick Woods, 41 years old, of Blakeridge Mills, Batley, faced confiscation proceedings at Leeds Crown Court on Friday 16 April 2021. His offending has spanned 15 years, first going back to 2005 when he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for drugs trafficking. He received a further ten-year prison sentence in 2010 for drugs […]
The gang who fatally stabbed Joshua White have been convicted of his murder and of causing grievous bodily harm
Taylar Isaac, 20 of Amhurst Road, Hackney and David Kerrigan, 20 of Brackenfield Close, Hackney were found guilty of murdering 29-year-old Joshua after a trial at the Old Bailey that concluded on Friday, 16 April. Theo Momodu, 18 of Overbury Street, Hackney had previously pleaded guilty to murder. All three men were also found […]
Six people have been charged with 62 offences following an investigation by the Met’s Modern Day Slavery Team targeting the sexual exploitation of women at brothels in London.
Jie Zhang, 40 , of Fountain Park Way, Hammersmith and Fulham and Qitao Xu, 31 of Bullrush Grove, Hillingdon, have each been charged with 13 offences:– Possession of criminal property– Three counts of conspiracy to hold another person in slavery– Conspiracy to use, acquire or possess criminal property– Conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or […]
A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered by police for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Sami’s murder
Detectives investigating a murder that took place three years ago today believe an anonymous caller may hold the key to identifying those responsible. Sami Sidhom, who was 18, was fatally stabbed just before 11pm on 16 April 2018 as he walked along Chestnut Avenue in Newham. He was on his way home after watching West […]
Two men who seriously injured a victim in a pub assault in Ashford have been jailed
Two men who seriously injured a victim in a pub assault in Ashford have been jailed. John Reading and Levi Smith attacked the man following an argument at the bar in Church Road, Willesborough on 15 August 2019. During the assault, the man was knocked to the floor and a fire extinguisher was dropped […]
Pub owner David Bearman, 73 jailed for nine years in prison for gross negligence manslaughter and abstracting electricity
Two men have been sentenced today in relation to the death of seven-year-old Harvey Tyrrell in September 2018 The pub’s owner, David Bearman, 73 of Little Leighs, Chelmsford, was sentenced on Thursday, 15 April at Snaresbrook Crown Court to nine years in prison for gross negligence manslaughter and abstracting electricity. This comes after he pleaded […]
Derek Adams has been sentenced to 12 years at the High Court in Edinburgh
The offences occurred over a 30-year period between 1985 and 2016, in the Fife, West Lothian and Dunfermline areas involving five victims.Detective Inspector Craig Fraser, said: “It takes an enormous amount of courage for victims to speak out. I am extremely grateful to them for their faith in us and for having the confidence […]
