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Teen sentenced after kidnap and robbery of 16-yr-old male, Enfield

News   •   Apr 30, 2020 10:47 BST

A teenager has been sentenced after he forced his victim to withdraw money from an ATM in Enfield.

Statement from DAC Matt Twist ahead of tonight's Clap for Carers tribute

News   •   Apr 30, 2020 09:00 BST

Members of the public who are not away from their homes for one of the reasons outlined in the Government's emergency legislation should expect to be asked to return home

Appeal following fatal collision in Dagenham

News   •   Apr 30, 2020 08:07 BST

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a fatal collision in Dagenham this morning.

Man charged with murder in relation to fatal house fire in Brent

News   •   Apr 30, 2020 07:30 BST

Damion Simmons, 44, was charged on the evening of Wednesday, 29 April with the murder of Denise Michelle Keane-Barnett-Simmons.

Man jailed for possession with intent to supply cocaine

News   •   Apr 30, 2020 06:00 BST

Perry Rickenberg, 23, of Ricardo Street, E14, was sentenced to four years and eight months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to supply class A drugs

Three teenagers sentenced for attempted robbery of cab driver in Enfield

News   •   Apr 29, 2020 16:45 BST

Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old targeted a mini-cab driver aged in his 30s on 11 October 2019.

Man arrested on suspicion of assault

News   •   Apr 29, 2020 16:35 BST

​A man identified by forensics has been arrested for allegedly spitting at a bus driver

Appeal following stabbing in Camberwell

News   •   Apr 29, 2020 13:49 BST

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was stabbed near Burgess Park on 20 April.

Two jailed after firearm found

News   •   Apr 29, 2020 12:03 BST

Image released of man as part of investigation into rape of woman in central London

News   •   Apr 29, 2020 08:00 BST

The victim, a woman in her late teens, reported being attacked in Victoria Embankment Gardens in Villiers Street, WC2N in the early hours of Friday, 16 August 2019.

Man who died following assault in Hackney is named by police

News   •   Apr 28, 2020 22:02 BST

Jay John was aged 27 and lived in Hackney.

Misconduct hearing concludes involving former officer

News   •   Apr 28, 2020 14:40 BST

The panel found all the allegations were proven as gross misconduct and the former officer, who left the police on 12 January, would have been dismissed if he had still been serving.

Man jailed for drug offences and for spitting at officers

News   •   Apr 28, 2020 10:34 BST

A man has been jailed for spitting at officers and possession of drugs.

Officers donate children's clothes to support domestic abuse support centre

News   •   Apr 28, 2020 08:00 BST

Dozens of bags filled with toys and clothes – for babies, toddlers and young children – were dropped off at the Family Justice Centre (FJC) in Croydon, south London last week.

Images released of man sought in connection with indecent exposure incidents in Stratford

News   •   Apr 28, 2020 06:00 BST

The first offence occurred on Saturday, 9 November 2019 between 13:05 and 13:27hrs in the Stratford area, and the second offence occurred on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 between 18:00 and 18:23hrs between Stratford and Lonsdale Avenue.

Murder investigation launched in Putney

News   •   Apr 27, 2020 18:56 BST

Police were called at around 17:35hrs on Wednesday, 15 April to reports of a 42-year-old man with stab injuries in Huntingfield Road, SW15.

Detectives investigating ABH incident in Newham

News   •   Apr 27, 2020 18:03 BST

​Detectives are asking two men two men who walked with the victim, or any other witnesses, to come forward.

Officer saves man from fire in Lewisham

News   •   Apr 27, 2020 16:31 BST

Officers were called at 00:09hrs on Monday, 27 April to a residential address in Manor Avenue, SE4, where a man, apparently suffering from a mental health crisis, had started a fire in one of his rooms.

UPDATED: Ilford murder investigation

News   •   Apr 27, 2020 11:08 BST

Police were called at approximately 17:30hrs on Sunday, 26 April following reports of a man and two children injured at a residential address in Aldborough Road North, Ilford.

Man charged with murder in Hackney

News   •   Apr 27, 2020 08:51 BST

The charge has been brought in connection with the death of a man following an incident on Saturday, 25 April.