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Posts Tagged ‘crime’

‘Heritage crime’: Residents decry vandalism and decay at Old St Mary’s churchyard

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 18:53

Graves opened and graffiti sprayed on walls of Grade II-listed medieval church in Stoke Newington

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Dalston councillor urges London mayor to push for fairer policing after deputy mayor resigns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 09:21
Zoë Garbett

Green Party’s Zoë Garbett says new appointment must set London towards ‘more just policing era’

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Hackney man jailed for life after antisemitic arson attack

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 11:06
Ian Pitkin

‘Offence was motivated by a hostility towards people of Jewish faith,’ judge rules

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Murder investigation launched after boy, 15, stabbed to death in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 July 2024 at 10:10
Police tape

Officers appeal for witnesses following stabbing near Hackney Downs yesterday afternoon

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Girl, 9, left ‘fighting for life’ after shooting in Dalston

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 May 2024 at 18:00

The youngster and three men were hit with bullets outside Evin restaurant last night

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Man, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 March 2024 at 11:53

The suspect is in custody in east London after a woman was shot in the head and a man was hit in the neck in separate assaults

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Teenager arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal stabbing on Hackney Road

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 February 2024 at 10:30
Police tape

Seventeen-year-old in custody after boy of the same age died on Saturday night

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Tom Dewey: Little could have been done to stop him becoming a councillor, concludes inquiry

By Darryl Chamberlain | Thursday 25 January 2024 at 16:14
John Henderson

‘Bail conditions are an agreement between the individual and the officer making bail to that person, and it’s no business of the council’s’

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Four-year-old boy dies after suffering knife wounds in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 December 2023 at 15:52
Police tape

A 41-year-old woman who was known to the boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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Boy arrested on suspicion of murder after woman shot dead

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 December 2023 at 10:52
Lianne Gordon

Lianne Gordon, 42, died at the scene

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Hackney man admits criminal damage of Israeli embassy

By Carla Feric | Thursday 23 November 2023 at 11:58
John Harvey

75 year-old John Harvey threw a tin of red paint

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Hackney cyclist who died in Kenworthy Road collision named

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 October 2023 at 12:33
Cyclist Harry Webb

24-year-old woman arrested after colliding with cyclist and another car

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Teenager jailed for four years for string of sex attacks around Hackney Marshes

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 October 2023 at 14:33

Zyroam Allen pleaded guilty to one count of rape, one count of indecent exposure, and seven counts of sexual assault

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Councillor in Eurovision party photo says she knew nothing about Dewey arrest at the time

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 8 September 2023 at 13:22
Sem Moema

‘I only became aware of the arrest, and its nature, when it was reported in the media in June 2023.’

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Mayor speaks of shock and anger at former councillor’s actions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 August 2023 at 16:36
Tom Dewey

Tom Dewey was convicted of possessing indecent images of children

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Former Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 August 2023 at 13:13
Tom Dewey

Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail

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Former Hackney councillor charged over indecent images of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 30 June 2023 at 17:52
Tom Dewey

Thirty-six-year-old was previously elected as Labour councillor for De Beauvoir ward

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‘Above and beyond the call of duty’: Phone-snatching youth found guilty after off-duty police officer intervenes

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 June 2023 at 11:47
PC Fox

A teenager has been convicted after an off-duty officer spotted him armed with a knife about to snatch mobile phones

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Homerton man jailed for murdering wife for ‘financial gain’

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 10 June 2023 at 08:38
Quyum Miah

Quyum Miah had history of stealing from Yasmin Begum to fund his drug habit

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Police hunt man ‘from the council’ after Stoke Newington attempted distraction burglary

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 7 June 2023 at 16:00
E-fit of suspect released in distraction burglary appeal

Suspect told 72-year-old resident he needed to fix a leak in the flat above

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