Arturas Ptickinas 28 of Norwood High Street, SE27, has been charged with the murder of Mauricio ‘Maurice’ Nascimento from Croydon. Ptickinas is due...
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David Hughes, 66 of King Henry’s Drive, New Addington, was convicted at Croydon Crown Court of 14 offences against four boys aged between eight and 15...
Leroy Mitchell 36 was shot dead on Birdhurst road at 5am on Saturday. Pictured (left) with Stormzy
Police were called shortly before 5am on Saturday, 2 October, to reports of a male shot in a car park in Birdhurst Road, Croydon. Officers attended along with...
Police were called shortly before 5am on Saturday, 2 October, to reports of a male shot in Birdhurst Road, Croydon. Officers attended along with the London...
Nicholas Jones, 35 of Oaks Road, Kenley pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and was sentenced to an indefinite custodial hospital...
A year on from the murder of Sergeant Matt Ratana, the Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, has announced a special memorial service...
The charges come after a proactive operation involving Hampshire, Metropolitan Police and Surrey officers on Thursday afternoon (12 August). Prince Duah...
Jamie is described as around 5ft 7inch in height and has blonde hair and brown eyes. Police believe he has connections across New Addington, Croydon, East...
Umar Pervez 22 of Midhurst Avenue, Croydon, was arrested during a proactive operation by detectives from Specialist Crime North on Thursday, 5 August. He is...
The operation, which took place on Saturday, 7 August, focused on disrupting county lines drug dealing and gang activity in Croydon, Sutton and Bromley. It...
Baylea, aged 15, was last seen in Southampton at around 1.25 pm on Tuesday, 27 July and is believed to have been in the Croydon area recently. He is...
Police were called by LAS at 8.58pm on Wednesday, 4 August to Limpsfield Road, Croydon to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a motorcycle...
Although formal identification awaits, detectives are now able to name the victim as Mauricio Nascimento, aged 44, who was also known as ‘Maurice’ and was from...
The police and government lost control of London for 2-3 days the riot was linked to the police shooting death of Tottenham man-mark Duggan Who remembers the...
Baylea, aged 15, was last seen in Southampton at around 1.25 pm on Tuesday, 27 July and is believed to have been in the Croydon area recently. He is...
Vicente Forde, 32 , of Gavestone Road, Greenwich, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence at Croydon Crown Court...
A 15-year-old male – was arrested on suspicion of murder in the early hours of Tuesday, 27 July. He was taken in custody to a police station in...
On the morning of Friday, 23 July, local officers from the South Area Command Unit, supported by specialist assets including firearms officers, the Territorial...
On Wednesday, 21 July, officers carried out a number of warrants in Southwark in relation to drugs offences. The following people were all charged on...
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a house fire on Moffat Road in Thornton Heath. Half of the ground floor of a mid-terrace house was...
The 16-year-old boy was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, 16 July to a total of four-and-a-half years in custody and three years on license. He had...
A 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Thornton Heath last week has been named as Demarie Omare Roye. The investigation into his murder has so far led to...
Police were called at approximately 9.05pm on Tuesday, 13 July to reports of a firearm discharge in Whitehorse Road, Croydon. A property and a large area...
The first, a 19-year-old man, was arrested at an address in Croydon on Monday, 12 July on suspicion of murder. The second, a 22-year-old man was arrested at...
Detectives investigating the murder of 16-year-old Camron Smith in Croydon have made a fourth arrest
A man aged 20 has been arrested on suspicion of murder today after attending a south London police station. He remains in custody at this time. Police were...
Police were called to Bracken Avenue in Shrublands, Croydon at 12.46am on Thursday, 1 July. Officers attended with London Ambulance Service paramedics...
Detectives investigating the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Croydon have made a second arrest. The 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder at an...
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Brighton on Friday, 2 July in connection with the murder. He was taken to a local police station in...
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Brighton on Friday, 2 July in connection with the murder. He was taken to a local police station in...
Police were called at 00:46hrs on Thursday, 1 July to reports of a disturbance at a residential address on Bracken Avenue in Shrublands, Croydon. Officers...
Homicide detectives investigating the fatal shooting on 25 September 2020 of their colleague Sergeant Matt Ratana have today charged Louis de Zoysa, 23 of Park...
Police were called to the junction of Gladeside and Woodmere Avenue at 6.12pm on Saturday, 26 June following reports of a collision involving a scrambler-style...
The event, which took place with reduced numbers this year in line with Covid-19 secure regulations, is attended annually by families, friends and...
Police were called at 7.29am on Monday, 21 June to a collision between a cyclist and a pedestrian outside West Croydon train station. Officers attended...
Sean Tuso 21 of Belmont Road, Wallington, Surrey was sentenced to six years in prison for conspiracy to rob. This comes after he was found guilty...
Police were called at 7.59pm to Limpsfield Road, Croydon, to a report of a group of males fighting, some of whom were reported to be armed with weapons. Armed...
Police were called at 12.17am on Sunday, 30 May to reports of a stabbing in George Street, Croydon.Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service. A 29...
A man has been jailed for a string of child rapes and sex offences following a meticulous Metropolitan Police investigation in which detectives examined more...
At around 2.15am on Sunday, 16 May, officers responded to calls about a party in progress and reports of a man with a knife in the area of Watteau Square...
Russell Stowell, 41, , of Rivers Gardens, SM5 was sentenced to a total of 11 years’ imprisonment, with an extended license of four years, at...
Police were called at around 3.04pm on Friday, 30 April to Tennison Road, Croydon, to reports of a stabbing. Officers attended with the London Ambulance...
In response to a spate of unrelated stabbings on the borough, the Violent Crime Taskforce (VCTF) joined local officers over a ten-week period to provide...
Officers from the Met traffic Operational Command (CO15) have stopped 100’s of people and their vehicles examined to ensure they keep within the law...
U23 #TSG NW area completed the #Ratana10k in full public order kit in respect to PS Matt Ratana. That’s a lot of laps in heavy and sweaty overalls...
The teenager appeared at Croydon Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of GBH. He further pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault...
Michael Aidoo, 44 and of no fixed address, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 25 March, where he pleaded guilty to common assault. The...
Police were called at 9.10pm on Tuesday, 30 March to reports of three men fighting in Alpha Road, Croydon. Officers attended and found a man who had...