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Appeal to find vulnerable man missing from north London

Appeal to find vulnerable man missing from north London

Officers are appealing to the public to help find a vulnerable man missing from north west London. Police are concerned about the welfare of 34-year-old Siroosh Hussain who has been missing for more than 24 hours.

Five teenage boys have been charged with robbery following theft of a large number of mobile phones.

Five teenage boys charged following theft of mobile phones

Five teenage boys have been charged with robbery following theft of a large number of mobile phones. Police were called at around 14:35hrs on Sunday, 5 January to reports a group had entered a shop in Brent Cross Shopping Centre before stealing around 50 mobile phones.

A man has been jailed for four years for a brutal attack on a woman in her own home

Man jailed for violent attack on sex worker

Parvez Patel, 34, (02.02.1990), an estate agent, of Empress Avenue, Ilford, was swiftly arrested at the scene after neighbours heard the woman’s screams and called police. The attack took place late on the evening of Monday, 29 January, when Patel booked a sex worker and arrived at her home in Westminster.

 IOPC investigation clears firearms officers of wrongdoing

IOPC investigation clears firearms officers of wrongdoing

An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct into the actions of armed officers who arrested a child who had been playing with a water pistol has found they acted reasonably and correctly.
There was no evidence the child was treated different due to his ethnicity or of adultification during the incident in Buxted Road, Hackney, in July 2023.
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Man jailed for sexual assault and rape of woman in Lewisham

A thorough investigation by the Met sexual offences team has seen a man who took advantage of a young woman after a night out in south-east London jailed.  Craig Dorney, 35 (22.01.89) of Duncombe Hill, Lewisham, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court to seven years in prison on Thursday, 12 December for rape and two counts of sexual assault.

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