Crime – Hackney Citizen

Hackney crime chief says cuts to blame for Tower Hamlets police merger

By Adam Barnett | Monday 12 February 2018 at 17:58

Caroline Selman

Cllr Selman said she would work to ‘minimise the impact’ on residents

Hackney police to merge with Tower Hamlets as Met looks to save £325m

By Adam Barnett | Monday 12 February 2018 at 13:19

Basic Command Unit will share police officers, buildings and resources

Mangle E8: Arthur Collins jailed for 20 years for ‘cowardly’ acid attack in London Fields nightclub

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 December 2017 at 10:44

Hackney’s borough commander says Collins ‘recklessly sprayed the substance in a crowded place’

Crackdown on renting to illegal immigrants will be ‘ineffectual’ says charity

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 6 August 2015 at 12:38

Dr Rayah Feldman says dishing out heavy penalties to landlords will not make homeless and destitute leave the UK

Hackney police launch murder investigation following death of mother and baby

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 31 March 2014 at 19:33

53 year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder

Fundraising appeal launched to support mother of Shereka Marsh

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 31 March 2014 at 15:17

Online appeal launched to raise funds for funeral of Urswick School student Shereka Marsh

Hackney mayor Jules Pipe speaks out over Shereka Marsh shooting

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 March 2014 at 15:50

Hackney mayor issues statement on death of “much valued” member of the community, and warns on gun crime

15 year-old boy charged with murder of schoolgirl Shereka Marsh

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 March 2014 at 11:26

Two 16-year-olds previously arrested released without charge

Hackney shooting victim named as teenager Shereka Marsh

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 23 March 2014 at 19:04

Shooting of 15-year-old at a house in Eastway may have been an accident

Three arrested after teenage girl shot dead in Hackney Wick

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 23 March 2014 at 08:29

Three men arrested following shooting in Eastway

Convicted murderer Lerone Boye arrested three months after fleeing mental health unit

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 January 2014 at 10:50

Police announcement after planned operation to detain absconder who escaped from John Howard Centre

Hackney man charged with 1985 murder of PC Keith Blakelock appears in court

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 25 July 2013 at 15:49

44-year-old charged with stabbing to death policeman during Tottenham riots

Driver dragged from cab and kicked in face in terrifying assault near London Fields

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 June 2013 at 17:11

Victim pleaded with assailants to stop attacking him as he lay bleeding on the ground

Over a decade after Stephen Lawrence inquiry, how has stop and search changed?

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 June 2013 at 15:21

Judicial inquiry into 1993 murder condemned disproportionate use of powers. Now experts hear too many young people still feel the law is ‘not for them’

High alert after Hackney named measles hotspot

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 May 2013 at 16:13

Rates of diagnosis in borough three times higher than in any other London area

Hackney ranked by Peace Index third least peaceful area in England and Wales

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 May 2013 at 15:35

Violent crime rates exceed double national average over last ten years

Hackney schoolboy fatally stabbed on 16th birthday

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 May 2013 at 13:37

Parents to bury their son along with unopened birthday card

Unprovoked attack in Birthdays bar – police appeal for witnesses

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 April 2013 at 14:12

Man suffers fractured cheekbone after being hit with a glass in a popular Dalston bar

Police appeal after woman sexually assaulted on Regent’s Canal

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 April 2013 at 16:01

Twenty-year old woman throws herself into the canal to escape her attacker

Hackney man jailed for 11 years for supplying gun to Mark Duggan

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 February 2013 at 13:17

Kevin Hutchinson-Foster of Stoke Newington was convicted today at the Old Bailey