Ten people have been charged following firearms warrants in east London, Essex and Kent
The warrants, at eleven addresses, were executed on Wednesday, 3 March, and resulted in ten people being arrested. They have since been charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. They are: A 16 year old male who cannot be named […]
A man who kicked, punched and spat at police officers has been jailed
The assault occurred as two officers were returning Andrew Huxley to his home address in Kenilworth Road, Leamington on Monday 22 February after they found him drunk in Jephson Gardens. They decided to take him home so he was safe. Huxley also threatened to stab one of the officers. Appearing at Coventry Magistrates’ Court […]
A woman has been sentenced for multiple incidents of theft in Reading
Layla Thompson, aged 28, of no fixed abode, was sentenced on Monday (1/3) at Reading Magistrates’ Court to six weeks imprisonment. She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a shop. The sentencing relates to offences that took place between 22 January and 9 February this year when Thompson stole large amounts of alcohol […]
Three men responsible for a violent assault in Eastbourne have been jailed for a total of 35 years and eight months
Bruno Tavares, Carlos Semedo and Rui Pereira appeared at Brighton Crown Court on Tuesday (March 2) for sentencing after being convicted of wounding with intent. A fourth man – Maximiliano Pereira, 25, a cleaner of Seaside, Eastbourne – was also convicted of wounding with intent and will be sentenced at a later date. […]
Following another hit day under the Met’s highly successful ‘Operation Continuum’, a further 16 people have been arrested for drug-supply offences in Tower Hamlets and Hackney
The new arrests bring the combined total to 145 arrests for similar offences since March 2020. On the morning of Wednesday, 3 March search warrants were executed simultaneously at addresses across the boroughs and in wider east London. Officers seized around £13k in cash from one venue, along with multiple wraps of suspected Class A drugs […]
A man has been jailed for a horrific machete attack in Tooting that left the victim with life-changing injuries to his arm
Officers from South West Command Unit CID led the investigation against 37-year-old Noor Kayani, of Gatton Road, Wandsworth, who was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 26 February. He had been convicted in December 2020 of Section 18 wounding with intent, having an article with a blade or point, […]
A man has been convicted of the murder of 20-year-old Jaden Christie who was fatally stabbed in Stockwell in September 2020
Jacob Koutouan, 22 of Stockwell Road SW9, appeared at Croydon Crown Court for trial and was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, 2 March. Officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at approximately 14:50hrs on 15 September 2020 to Stockwell Road, after Jaden was found with stab injuries. Despite the best efforts of […]
The couple trafficked women in and around the UK exploiting them by forcing them to be sex workers.
Wai Tsang, 53 and Wenwen Pan, 41 , both of St Mary’s Terrace, Westminster, were sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday, 26 February. Tsang was sentenced to five years and eight months’ imprisonment, while Pan was sentenced to six years and eight months’ imprisonment. They were both found guilty on Thursday, 26 November […]
A man and woman have been arrested after two guns and rounds of ammunition were found at a house in Essex
Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP), a joint NCA and Metropolitan Police unit, carried out a search of a property on Broom Way, Colchester, on Thursday where they seized two handguns, one of which was fully loaded. Lance Ames, 64, was arrested at the scene and was charged on Saturday with possessing firearms, […]
A teenage boy has been sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment
The 17-year-old from Milton Keynes, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to his age, was today sentenced at Oxford Crown Court. It follows his conviction on one count of manslaughter, after he pleaded guilty at a hearing at Oxford Crown Court on 4 February 2021. His conviction relates to the death of […]
