Three men have been charged after a woman was left with life-changing injuries following a shooting in east London
Police were called at 8.52pm on 22 November 2020 to reports of a shooting in Westgate Street, Hackney. A 32-year-old woman was taken to the hospital where she continues to receive treatment. Akile Lee-Walton, 23 of Pemberton Road, N4, was charged with attempted murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily […]
Man found guilty of sex offences with teenage boys
Julius Edwards, 49, formerly of Queens Road, Farnborough, was charged with the offences, which took place between March and April 2020 against the two victims, who were aged 13 and 14 at the time, in May 2020. Edwards, who has since changed his name by deed poll to James Edward Ramsay, pleaded guilty to one […]
A 46-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of Jacqueline Grant
The 54-year-old’s body was discovered in her flat in Cumlodden Drive, Maryhill, Glasgow, around 17,25 on Tuesday, 6 April, 2021. The man is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 14 April, 2021, and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal. Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Grainger, Police Scotland’s Major Investigation […]
A Sheffield man has been found guilty of the murder of Jordan Marples-Douglas, who was stabbed to death at his home last year.
Ben Jones, 25, was found guilty by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday (12 April) after a four-week trial. The jury also found Dina Aweimrin, 22, guilty of assisting an offender after she helped another man involved in the killing to flee the country. Aaron Johnson, 21, formerly of Mawfa Crescent, Sheffield, who […]
A business owner has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after illegal tobacco was discovered in his shop
A business owner has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after illegal tobacco was discovered in his shop.The council’s trading standards team conducted a test purchase and received illegally packaged tobacco from the Brothers Pan Corner Limited shop on Stoke Poges Lane, Slough, in February 2019.A week later the team returned with […]
A man has been jailed for life for planning to commit a terrorist attack, as the Met’s Counter Terrorism Commander urges the public to remain vigilant as coronavirus restrictions are eased
Sahayb Aweys Munye Abu, 27 of east London, ordered weapons, equipment and clothing online in preparation for an attack, while visiting websites with Daesh material and sharing his extremist views with people online over several months. However, MI5 and police were actively investigating Abu. He was detained during a proactive armed police operation led by […]
A 15-year-old boy was convicted after a series of incidents in Croydon in which he attacked teenage girls as they were walking to school
The teenager appeared at Croydon Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of GBH. He further pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault, one count of assault by penetration, and one charge of common assault. A charge of robbery was left to lie on file. He was remanded in custody for […]
If you have not completed your 2021 census a field officer may knock on the door of your home
The role of field officers is to give help and encouragement to those who have not yet filled in their census questionnaire online, or on paper, and direct them to any support services they might need to complete it. They will not enter the household, and will carry ID to show they are genuinely working […]
A robber who targeted two Dartford shops in two days has been jailed for more than five years
Over the course of his offending, Michael Thormann assaulted two different members of shop staff, threatening one with a knife and damaging a glass screen in the process. The 31-year-old, of Wright Close, Swanscombe, admitted robbery, attempted robbery, actual bodily harm, theft, criminal damage and threatening a person with a knife. He […]
A man has been jailed for more than 13 years for his part in a violent assault in Eastbourne
Maximiliano Pereira, 25, a cleaner, of Seaside, Eastbourne, was the fourth person to be sentenced in relation to an attack in St James Road on October 8, 2019. The four men, all Portuguese nationals, had chased the victim into a dead end road before brutally attacking him by punching, kicking and stamping on his […]
