More than 350 knives taken off streets in week of intense action on knife crime
Running from Monday 9th to Sunday 15th November, Op Sceptre is a national initiative which sees police working with partners to conduct an intense activity to tackle knife crime. The theme of the week was ‘knives and the law’ and saw neighbourhood officers visiting schools to provide information to young people about the repercussions […]
Man charged following fire in Civic Square in Tilbury
A man has been charged in connection with a fire at a block of flats in Civic Square, Tilbury, on 19 November.Residents were evacuated from the building after a fire was started in a communal hallway.Wesley Thomas, 31, of Civic Square, Tilbury, was charged with arson with intent to endanger life and two counts […]
Three Men Have Been Convicted And Sentenced For Drilling A Hole Into A Jewellers And Stealing Almost £300,000 Worth Of Goods
Three Men Have Been Convicted And Sentenced For Drilling A Hole Into A Jewellers And Stealing Almost £300,000 Worth Of Goods
Dewsbury Man Jailed For Life For Murder Of Stephen Freeman
A Dewsbury man who murdered a male he was staying with in a sustained attack has received a life sentence. Craig Midgely (40) from Dewsbury was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court today ( Thursday November 26) of the murder of Stephen Freeman (54) in an assault last December. He was sentenced to […]
A man from Abthorpe has been handed a four and a half year sentence for sexually abusing a child
David Cambray, aged 51, was convicted of 12 offences – all relating to child sexual abuse.The offences were committed a number of years ago and in January this year, the victim bravely spoke out about the abuse and a police investigation was launched.Cambray was sentenced on Friday, November 20 at Northampton Crown Court.Handing him the […]
A jealous husband who stabbed his wife to death in a drug-fuelled rage been convicted of her murder
As their marriage crumbled, Tamer Moustafa accused his wife Nelly of having affairs with their next door neighbour and even his own father, among others, all of which were unfounded. On the morning of Monday 16 March earlier this year, Moustafa sent his two oldest sons to work and took the two younger ones […]
AstraZeneca – the company collaborating with Oxford University on a coronavirus vaccine – is set to run an extra trial of the jab
Chief executive Pascal Soriot said it followed the accidental discovery that it performed best when half a dose was given, followed by a full one. “Now that we’ve found what looks like a better efficacy we have to validate this, so we need to do an additional study,” Mr Soriot told Bloomberg. It is […]
Grim reality of gang life laid bare as two guilty of drive-by murder
One teenager shot dead. A man and boy set to be jailed for life. The grim reality of children being drawn into gangs was laid bare again today (26 Nov) after two young men were convicted of murder. The gunman was aged 19 and his co-conspirator just 15 when they fatally shot Abdul Xasan […]
Two suspected robbers have been charged after a delivery driver was targeted near Longfield
On Monday 14 September 2020, patrols were called to Well Field in Hartley where a man alleged he had been assaulted and his van stolen. The vehicle was recovered near Cliffe with a quantity of parcels missing from the rear. Later the same day two men were arrested. On Thursday 25 […]
Kent Man charged with robbery of Pensioner in Bexleyheath
Detectives investigating the robbery of an elderly woman in Bexleyheath have charged a man. Jay Makwana, 40 of Northumberland Park, Erith, Kent was arrested on Tuesday, 24 November. He was taken to a south London police station and was charged on Thursday, 26 November with robbery. He was remanded in custody to appear that same […]
