The Met’s War Crimes team are appealing for information as part of an ongoing investigation into a murder committed in Sri Lanka more than 20 years ago
Officers from the War Crimes Team – part of the Counter Terrorism Command – arrested a 48-year-old man at an address in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, 22 February as part of a proactive operation. He was arrested on suspicion of offences under Section 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001. He was taken into […]
Two suspects are to appear in court charged in connection with burglaries in Ashford and Hythe
Robert Davanzo, 28, of Molehill Green, Dunmow (Essex) and a 16-year-old boy from Braintree, were charged with conspiracy to burgle following an investigation by the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad. The burglary charge relates to four break-ins on Wednesday 16 February 2022 where cash and jewellery was reported stolen from properties in Willesborough, Greatstone and […]
A motorcycle rider who performed a dangerous manoeuvre in front of police before riding away at high speed in Brighton has been disqualified
A motorcycle rider who performed a dangerous manoeuvre in front of police before riding away at high speed in Brighton has been disqualified. Officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit were on patrol approaching Lewes Road in Brighton when Giacomino Morrone rode past them at about 8pm on April 26 last year. He flipped up […]
A 22 year old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to a number of driving offences, following a serious collision in Hatfield last year
Just before 1pm on Saturday 22 May (2021), Mohammed Ibriham Hussain, of Dragon Road, Hatfield, sped through a roundabout junction on Cavendish Way, colliding with a pedestrian who had been crossing the road, and failed to stop. The pedestrian, a woman in her 50s, was left with life changing injuries as a result of […]
A man has been convicted of murdering schoolteacher Sabina Nessa after a police investigation provided irrefutable evidence of his guilt
Koci Selamaj 36 travelled from Eastbourne to Cator Park in Kidbrooke where he hid in bushes until he saw 28-year-old Sabina, who he had never met or had any links to. He carried out a brutal and sustained attack, using a metal traffic warning sign as the murder weapon, before hiding her body and […]
Three people have been charged as part of an investigation into county line drug dealing in Ashford
Plainclothes officers carried out patrols in the Willesborough area of the town on Tuesday 22 February 2022, following reports of possible drug dealing. A search was later carried out at a property in Highfield Road and suspected heroin and crack cocaine were seized. Following work by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs […]
Detectives investigating a fatal stabbing in Burnt Oak have charged two teenagers
Muhamoud Mohamed Mahdi, 28, who lived in the Finchley Road area of NW11 was killed in Watling Avenue on Friday, 18 February. A post-mortem examination took place at Northwick Park Hospital on Saturday, 19 February where the cause of death was found to be stab wounds to the chest. On Sunday, 20 February, Christian Adom […]
Tributes have been made to a man found dead inside a flat in Westcliff at the weekend as a man is charged with his murder
Officers had been called to concerns for a man inside an address in London Road and, sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. We are now in a position to identify him as 46-year-old Paul May from Great Wakering. In a statement, Paul’s family said: “Paul was a son, a brother, and a father, […]
A Hampshire drug dealer has been jailed for 15 years for his role in supplying cocaine and cannabis throughout the UK and Europe
Two men have been sentenced for their parts in a widespread cocaine supply conspiracy following an investigation by specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Ryan Playford, 48, of The Farthings, Warsash, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment at Portsmouth Crown Court yesterday. He had previously pleaded guilty, on 14th September, […]
A man has been jailed for firearms offences after an engineer called police when he found two firearms in an electrical cupboard in south London
Rashorn Evans, 26 of the Loughborough Estate, SW9, was found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life after a three-day trial at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday, 17 February. He was jailed for six and a half years. Detective Constable Imran Hansraj, Specialist Crime, said: “Those responsible for hiding […]
