Hundreds of street deals seized in Tunbridge Wells as cocaine crackdown continues
Significant quantities of cocaine have been seized as part of the latest enforcement action to tackle the supply of drugs in Tunbridge Wells. Over the past week proactive work by the town’s Community Policing Team has led to the recovery of hundreds of street deals, as well as cash totalling almost £10,000. […]
Two arrested made after a 16-year-old boy died after being stabbed in Lambeth
Police were called at 7.38pm on Monday 4 April to reports of a stabbing in Hicken Road, SW2. Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service and found 16-year-old Rommel McKoy suffering stab injuries. He was taken to hospital where he later died. The date of death will be recorded by doctors as 20 April […]
Barber paid thousands to recruit lorry drivers for cross-Channel people smuggling
A north west London barber who offered lorry drivers thousands of pounds to illegally bring people into the UK from northern France and Belgium has been convicted of people smuggling. An NCA investigation found that Gul Wali Jabarkhel, 33 and from Cricklewood, was using his barbershop in nearby Colindale as a front to commit organised […]
ITV has commissioned a one off documentary. ‘People vs Post Office: The Real Story’ which will accompany a new four-part drama to be broadcast next year
The film has exclusive access to Alan Bates, the man who has campaigned tirelessly for nearly twenty years to expose a scandal that is now described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history. Alan’s deal was negotiated by Luke Speed of the Curtis Brown Group. ‘People vs Post Office: The Real […]
A gun runner has been jailed for seven years after an investigation by a specialist London crime team
Givaunni Macdonna, 28, imported a self-loading 9mm pistol, nine bullets and some cannabis from the United States to the UK. His attempt to smuggle the items through the post was being watched by the Organised Crime Partnership – made up of officers from the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service. On 27 July […]
A man who plotted with others to abuse a very young child has been sentenced to seven years in prison
Towhid Choudhury, 26 of Maitland Park Road, Camden appeared at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 22nd April having previously pleaded guilty, at the same court, to the following offences: Distributing indecent photographs Attempting to arrange/facilitate the commission of a child sex offence Three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child Possessing […]
A ‘dangerous’ knife attacker who stabbed a man leaving him fighting for his life in hospital has been locked up
Malick Jones, 20, pulled a knife from the back of his trousers, lunged towards the 22-year-old victim and stabbed him to the chest. Following the incident the victim walked a short distance holding his chest before he collapsed. He received first aid from a member of the public who applied pressure to his wound until […]
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his baby daughter
Darin Harvey of Birch Road, Wardle stands accused of the murder of his two week old daughter Felicity-May Harvey who passed away in hospital on Monday 11 January 2021 after police were called to a report of concern for her welfare. The case has been sent to Manchester Crown Court to be heard tomorrow, […]
A Swindon man has been handed a life sentence after being convicted of numerous sexual offences
Patrick Dean Williams, 46, previously of Gooch Street, in Swindon, had previously been found guilty of rape, assault by penetration, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, following a trial at Swindon Crown Court in January this year. Today (21/04) he appeared in […]
A Tonbridge man who left a woman suffering critical injuries following a violent assault in a town centre nail bar has been sentenced to 28 years in prison
Thuan Dinh was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court of attempted murder after he stabbed his victim in the neck and tried to strangle her with a rope. On the morning of 11 March 2020, Dinh entered the Tonbridge High Street premises before it opened and lay in wait for the victim, a […]
