Officers granted more time to question 7 Nigerian men at the centre of the Nave Andromeda incident
Police have been granted a further custody extension by Southampton Magistrates Court to question 7 Nigerian men at the centre of the Nave Andromeda incident off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Sunday. The Nigerian nationals were arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or […]
Detectives from the Central East Command Unit are investigating the theft of thousands of prints by the Hackney-based artist STIK and are urging their safe return
The prints were a 50cm x 50cm poster of one of his 2016 works called ‘Holding Hands’, featuring a drawing of two STIK individuals holding hands. The prints were created to celebrate the installation of STIK’s ‘Holding Hands’ sculpture in Hoxton Square. After everything residents have gone through recently with Covid-19 and lockdown, STIK’s […]
Detectives have charged a man with a number of offences linked to a county lines investigation
Naseem Edwards, 19 , of Dagenham, was charged on Tuesday, 27 October with: – Arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation. – Requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour. – Two counts of possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply. He appeared in custody […]
A drug dealer is starting a prison sentence after proactive officers in Maidstone found drugs hidden inside a metal vacuum flask and cigarette packet
On the afternoon of 24 September 2020, officers from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team were on patrol in an unmarked police vehicle when Xhenson Duka came to their attention in Northumberland Road. Duka was sitting in a stationary Ford Mondeo talking on a mobile phone and, when the officers saw […]
Drug addict who robbed his vulnerable relative jailed for just four years
A drug addict has today been jailed for four years after robbing a vulnerable relative. Liam Oates robbed his relative four times, turning violent and demanding money to fund his drug habit. On one occasion Oates grabbed his family member by the throat and demanded they hand over £140 they had got for their birthday. […]
Man pleads guilty to killing his cell mate at HMP Nottingham
A man has pleaded guilty to killing a man he shared a prison cell with. Ferencz-Rudolf Pusok, 30, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the murder of Brett Lowe at Nottingham Crown Court today (Monday 26 October). Brett Lowe, from Stapleford, was 43 when he died on Wednesday 18 July 2018 after Pusok assaulted […]
Police investigating two street robberies in Hove have charged three men
A group of men, who were mainly wearing hooded tops and dark clothing, approached the victim around 7.50am on Saturday (October 24) and asked if he wanted to buy drugs. When he declined they walked him to a cash machine in Second Avenue and threatened him with violence if he did not buy them […]
A man has pleaded guilty to a firearms offence after specialist officers recovered a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition from a vehicle he was travelling in
A man has pleaded guilty to a firearms offence after specialist officers recovered a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition from a vehicle he was travelling in. Tyler Tanner, 23 , of Henderson Drive, Dartford, Kent, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 23 October. He will be sentenced at the […]
Isle of Wight sex offender Graham Medway set to face life imprisonment after admitting 3 year old rape
A convicted sex offender who was charged with raping a young girl at Fort Victoria Country Park has pleaded guilty and faces the prospect of life imprisonment. Sick feign Graham Medway 62 formally of Freshwater appeared at he Isle of Wight Crown Court on Monday. Medway admitted raping a child under the year of 13 years […]
A touching tribute for taxi driver Norman Bullock
A man who died following a road traffic collision in Orsett earlier this month has been described as a “kind and loving man” who had a “wicked sense of humour”.Sixty-five year-old taxi driver Norman Bullock from Grays died after a collision between his red Peugeot 308 and a black BMW X5 on the A128 Brentwood […]
