A man has been convicted of money laundering offences after officers seized an estimated £800k in cash following a routine traffic stop in north London

  Elisian Belishaku, 32  of New River Avenue, Haringey, appeared at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 19 November where he pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing and concealing criminal property. At approximately 5.30pm on Tuesday, 26 Mayofficers from the Met’s Operation Venice Scorpion team carried out a traffic stop on a vehicle in Colney Hatch […]

A ‘prolific’ burglar who admitted targeting seven West Hull homes has been jailed for six-and-a-half years following an appearance in Hull Crown Court

  Leslie Leach, 41, of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to burglaries on Hall Road, Chanterlands Avenue, Cottingham Road, Newland Avenue, Clough Road and Ashbury Court this August, often by throwing heavy objects through windows and doors in his desperation to steal what didn’t belong to him. In one case, the resident suffered minor injuries […]

Man jailed for nine years after casino robbery

  A man has today (20 November) been jailed for nine years after imprisoning two women in a Rotherham casino and violently assaulting them while demanding cash. Marcel Gazi, 28, locked the two members of staff in the Admiral Casino on Effingham Street on 20 February this year. The two women were alone with Gazi […]

A prolific fly-tipper dumped mattresses, builder’s rubble and other waste around Slough and South Buckinghamshire for over a year, a court heard

Mohammed Afzal admitted nine counts of illegally dumping of waste behind homes, near footpaths and beauty spots, and two further counts of waste licence infringements, when he appeared at Reading Crown Court.On two occasions Mr Afzal fly-tipped just a few yards away from Chalvey household waste and recycling centre in Slough, where it would have […]

A man has been jailed for sending malicious communications to Parliamentarians

    Wajid Shah, aged 27, of Connaught Road, Slough, was found guilty by a majority verdict at Southwark Crown Court following a six-day trial which concluded on 6 October. Returning to the same court today (20/11), Shah was jailed for two years for six counts of sending a letter/communication or article conveying a threatening […]