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Posts Tagged ‘Metropolitan police’

Man who planned Hackney shooting that left girl with bullet in her brain sentenced to life

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 September 2025 at 18:01

Javon Riley given minimum term of 34 years for ‘meticulously organising’ attack at Evin restaurant last year

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Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 4 September 2025 at 13:42
Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

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Man guilty over Dalston shooting that left nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in brain

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 August 2025 at 18:54
Javon Riley was found guilty of three charges of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent

Javon Riley, 33, had denied three charges of attempted murder, relating to three men, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl

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‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 16 August 2025 at 09:37
Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties

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Inside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 August 2025 at 09:11

Recycle Vinyl’s owner came to Dalston with dreams of a multi-use record shop and dance space – the reality has been harsh

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Record shop’s silent disco blocked due to risk of noise complaints

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 21 July 2025 at 15:21
Kingsland Nursery

Plan opposed by Metropolitan Police after confusion around previous amplified events

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Council casts doubt on ruling that race was ‘not a factor’ in Child Q incident

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 June 2025 at 15:53

Police complaints body says sacked Child Q officers guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ but teenage girl’s ‘humiliating’ strip-search was not prompted by her race

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Child Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 June 2025 at 16:25

‘They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place’

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Police launch murder probe after stabbing and gas explosion in Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 20:54

Victim named as 46-year-old Annabel Rook, with man, 44, arrested following ‘domestic-related incident’

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Dalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 11:46

Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace

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Criminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 19:05

Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker

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Council reaffirms vow to ‘help rebuild trust’ in communities ‘most affected by racism in policing’ as Child X officers cleared

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 December 2024 at 12:27
water pistol

13-year-old black boy was ‘rammed’ off bike by police van and handcuffed for holding a water pistol in July 2023

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Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 September 2024 at 20:00
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident

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Police to propose new safer schools policy for Hackney in wake of Child Q review

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 September 2024 at 19:33
Protestors listen to the speeches

The Met’s intervention in schools is still under the shadow of the strip-search scandal

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Hackney councillors voice concern over potential rollout of live facial recognition

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 12 August 2024 at 13:06
Zoë Garbett

‘Any decision to deploy it would rest with the police’

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Police launch murder probe after man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 12:52

Victim, thought to be in his fifties, was found with a knife wound on Northwold Road last night

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Hackney’s Deputy Speaker charged with sexually assaulting a child – just days after handing in his resignation

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 July 2024 at 20:31

Lee Laudat-Scott, 48, appeared in court today charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 13

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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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Woman, 42, shot dead in Hackney as police launch murder inquiry

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 December 2023 at 08:49
Police tape

A 20-year-old man and a boy, 16, are in hospital with gunshot wounds following incident in Lower Clapton

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Child Q: Three police officers to face gross misconduct hearings over school strip-search

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 14 September 2023 at 14:58

Child Q and her family welcome ruling but express ‘disappointment’ over speed of police watchdog’s investigation

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