Posts Tagged ‘crime’
Council’s anti-crime chief Caroline Selman joins police on weapons sweep following spate of stabbings
Cracking down on knife crime remains ‘massive priority’, she insists amid alarm about attacks and concern over changes to police use of stop and search
Read MoreAnother stabbing: Police called to Kingsland High Street after latest attack
Dalston has been the scene of numerous attacks in recent weeks, and on Wednesday deputy mayor is set to answer question about council’s ‘interventions’
Read MoreBrawl between orthodox Jews and traffic warden in Stamford Hill probed by police
Parking has been a contentious issue in Stamford Hill. Hackney Council has said the warden did nothing wrong and was subjected to threats
Read MorePeter Fabiyi convicted of attempted sexual assault of two joggers on Hackney Marshes
DCI praises courage of victim who gave evidence during trial at Wood Green Crown Court and says he hopes to see a lengthy prison sentence handed down
Read MoreArrests follow yet another stabbing, this time in Coopersale Road, Homerton
Incident happened on same day as sergeant apprehended suspected knifeman in Stoke Newington and follows troubling spate of violent attacks
Read MoreDouble stabbing ‘sign of gang tensions’ says neighbourhood watch volunteer
Police continue to investigate following two incidents which occurred in close proximity to each other in Dalston on Sunday
Read MoreMissing man Christoph Häusler, a former fugitive and ex-politician, is reunited with mother
Bizarre life of 46-year-old, who is thought to have mental health problems, looks set to prompt questions over security owing to far right tattoos and conviction
Read MoreYoung man found stabbed in Stoke Newington in latest knife attack
Two people have been arrested for affray and a third person was arrested for affray and possession of a knife.
Read MorePentonville Prison escapee James Anthony Whitlock arrested in Hackney
Fugitive arrested at address in Shepherds Lane, Homerton, yesterday afternoon after escaping from jail earlier this month
Read MoreBurglars strike again at Black Cat Cafe – just weeks after last break in
Oli Dunk, a chef at the popular Clarence Road vegan eatery, said he arrived this morning to find windows shattered, adding: ‘I’m gutted’
Read MoreRise in knife crime blamed on declining use of stop and search
Two Hackney youth workers at the Crib say figures show stabbings spike coincided with dwindling use of the police powers
Read MoreKaren Prosser convicted of harbouring absconder Cornell Destouche during manhunt
Police highlight drain on resources spent searching for patient after he escaped from John Howard Centre while on escorted leave
Read MoreBlack Cat Café burglary: Residents rally with funding drive after vegan eatery break-in
Police informed after glass is smashed and cash and till system are stolen from ethical eatery run as workers’ co-op
Read MoreSex offender Frank Dent jailed for attack on young girl 16 years ago
De Beauvoir Estate resident sexually assaulted 10-year-old Kayley Howson in Egypt in 2000 but was not traced at the time
Read MorePolice officer injured after car he was pursuing was driven into him near Hackney Downs
Incident happened over the weekend but details have only just been revealed by Scotland Yard
Read MorePolice hunt man suspected of grabbing 11-year-old girl
Description of suspect is released following attack, which happened last Tuesday in Homerton
Read MoreYouth caught vandalising council vehicle with warden inside
Young man caught red-handed graffitiing a council van
Read More‘Rapper’ Grymey D jailed for sex with schoolgirls
“He used social media to groom children online, paying them compliments, pretending to be affectionate’
Read MorePolice investigating allegation of rape of thirteen-year-old girl in London Fields
Police believe attack believe took place between 9pm Saturday 16 July and 1am the following morning
Read MoreStamford Hill: boy fined £20 for sticking lit fireworks in pockets of Jewish passers-by
14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault
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