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Man appears at Old Bailey following incident on a bus in Brixton

A man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with attempted murder following an incident on a bus in Brixton and the later death of the victim. The Met’s Specialist Crime Command launched an investigation following an incident involving two men on a route 59 bus in Brixton Road, SW9, at around 10:20hrs on Thursday, 21 November. One of the men sadly died from his injuries.

Two men sentenced to total of 44 years for attack on brothers in Croydon

Two men sentenced to total of 44 years for attack on brothers in Croydon

Two men have been sentenced to a total of 44 years for murdering a man and seriously injuring his brother. Shane Canavan, 23 and his half-brother Joshua Langley, 29, both of Greyfields Close, Purley, were sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years and 21 years in prison respectively for murdering 20-year-old Bradley Hutchins and seriously injuring his 19-year-old brother Calum.

Sobirjon Boltaev sentenced to three years' imprisonment for two counts of sexual assault on a woman

Met secures justice for a woman sexually assaulted in east London 

An exhaustive investigation by the Met has seen a sexual predator who targeted a lone woman in Stratford jailed. Sobirjon Boltaev, 26 (12.04.98) from Lawton Road, Leyton, was sentenced on Friday, 29 November at Snaresbrook Crown Court to three years' imprisonment for two counts of sexual assault on a woman.

Man sentenced for multiple sexual offences against teenage girl

Man sentenced for multiple sexual offences against teenage girl

Met detectives have brought a historic case to justice by seeing a man jailed for committing multiple sexual offences against a teenage girl almost 30 years ago. Colin Moore, 58 (04.06.66) of Grove Lane, Southwark was sentenced to 15 years in prison for four of rape and five of indecent assault against the same girl, now aged 41.

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