A man has been sentenced to life in prison following the fatal stabbing of Jack Ampadu in Kentish Town

Dwayne Stewart-Akers, 38 of Highgate Road, NW5 was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 15 October of the murder of Jack Ampadu in February. He was sentenced at the same court today to life in prison and will have to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison; less 214 days already served. […]
A man has been found guilty following a fatal stabbing in Kentish Town

Dwayne Stewart-Akers, 38 of Highgate Road, NW5 was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 15 October of the murder of Jack Ampadu in February. He will be sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on October 21. Detective Chief Inspector Claire Hine, the lead investigator, said: “This was a violent and unprovoked assault on […]
A thief who stole a van, crashed it and then head-butted a police officer has been jailed

Jahrell Warren 31 (23.10.1989) of Manor Road, Dagenham, appeared at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday, 13 October and pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, assault on an emergency worker and criminal damage. He also admitted driving with no insurance, failing to provide a specimen for analysis and failing to stop and the scene of an […]
A man and a woman have been jailed after a police investigation found they were trafficking young women from Brazil to London to exploit them as sex workers

Shana Stanley, 29 and Hussain Edani, 31, both of Northolt Road, Harrow, were sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 27 August. Stanley was sentenced to three years and seven months while Edani was sentenced to eight years and two months. They each pleaded guilty at the same court on Monday, 9 August to four […]
A man and a woman have been jailed after a police investigation found they were trafficking young women from Brazil to London to exploit …

Shana Stanley, 29 and Hussain Edani, 31, both of Northolt Road, Harrow, were sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 27 August. Stanley was sentenced to three years and seven months while Edani was sentenced to eight years and two months. They each pleaded guilty at the same court on Monday, 9 August to four […]
Two women who held another woman captive for five hours while forcing her to eat baby food and subjecting her to violent assaults that were filmed and put on social media, have been jailed

Toni Thompson, 26, and Phoebe Hing, 21, lured their 27-year-old victim to their flat in Harlesden before subjecting her to the degrading ordeal on 31 October 2019. The victim was made to lick yoghurt from the floor, ingest washing up liquid, her face was sprayed with mould spray and food was poured over her head […]
Two women who held another woman captive for five hours while forcing her to eat baby food and subjecting her to violent assaults that we…

Toni Thompson, 26, and Phoebe Hing, 21, lured their 27-year-old victim to their flat in Harlesden before subjecting her to the degrading ordeal on 31 October 2019. The victim was made to lick yoghurt from the floor, ingest washing up liquid, her face was sprayed with mould spray and food was poured over her head […]
A man has been convicted of kidnap and false imprisonment with intent to commit sexual assault

Isaac Mabwa, 33 of Melville Avenue, Ealing, appeared at Harrow Crown Court on Tuesday, 24 August where he was convicted of kidnap, false imprisonment and committing an offence (false imprisonment) with intent to commit a sexual offence. He was found not guilty of sexual assault. Mabwa had previously pleaded not guilty to all four […]
A man has admitted manslaughter in relation to a fatal stabbing in Kilburn in July 2020

Chihab Saleh, 24 of Kilburn Square, Kilburn appeared at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 5 August. He pleaded guilty to the manslaughter, by diminished responsibility, of 37-year-old Peter Petrou. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article. Peter, who lived in West Kilburn, was killed on 16 July 2020. The emergency services […]
A teenage boy has been jailed for life after a fatal stabbing that followed a row over payment for drugs

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, appeared at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 29 July. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 16 years, for the murder of 17-year-old Jamalie Maleek Deacon Matthew. He had previously been found guilty of murder at the same court on Thursday, […]
Man jailed after cache of automatic weapons, ammunition, drugs and cash found by police in his home

A man has been jailed after specialist officers discovered a cache of automatic firearms and ammunition hidden in his home, as well as a large quantity of Class A drugs and more than £140,000 in cash. Terence O’Connor, 25 (03.12.95), of Webb Street, Bolton, was sentenced to 16 years, three months at Harrow Crown Court […]
Five men have been jailed for a total of nearly 25 years for assaulting an off-duty police officer and stealing his watch in Harrow

The men were convicted of violent disorder and robbery at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday, 3 February. On Friday, 9 April they were sentenced at the same court as follows: – Rodney Abrokwa, 31 of Great Cambridge Road, Enfield was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment; – Christian Bangisa, 29 of Fair Street, […]
Eight men sentenced to over 100 years in jail following violent robberies in north London

A team of violent robbers, who even tried to rob the police officers who had them under surveillance, have been jailed.The court heard how the men were part of a gang of organised criminals who carried out a string of robberies and aggravated burglaries.All eight were sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, 29 March […]
A former parish reverend and youth club leader has been jailed for indecent assault against three young boys in the 1970s and 1980s

On Friday, 15 January, Stephen Hardwicke, 63 of Church Road, Uxbridge was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Harrow Crown Court for five counts of indecent assault against two victims under the Sexual Offences Act 1956. He was found guilty of the historic abuse on 25 November 2020 after a nine-day trial at the […]
A legal representative who exchanged hundreds of calls and messages with a prisoner who was using mobile phones smuggled into jail has be…

Dene McClean, 37, of Simpson Close, Enfield N14 was sentenced to 42 weeks’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court He had admitted two counts of “causing the transmission of an image / sound from a prison without authority” (contrary to Section 40D of the Prison Act 1952) at an earlier hearing. The prisoner – Jonathan […]
A legal representative who exchanged hundreds of calls and messages with a prisoner who was using mobile phones smuggled into jail has been sentenced

Dene McClean, 37, of Simpson Close, Enfield N14 was sentenced to 42 weeks’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court He had admitted two counts of “causing the transmission of an image / sound from a prison without authority” (contrary to Section 40D of the Prison Act 1952) at an earlier hearing. The prisoner – Jonathan […]
Five men have been sentenced to a total of more than 34 years’ imprisonment following an operation targeting organised crime and class A …

The men appeared at Harrow Crown Court where they pleaded guilty and were sentenced as follows: Abdulla Abdulla, 27,,of Masefield Avenue, HA7, was sentenced to nine years and five months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and crack cocaine. [Abdigani Mohammed, 34, of William Drive, HA7, was sentenced to six […]
Five men have been sentenced to a total of more than 34 years’ imprisonment following an operation targeting organised crime and class A drug supply in the Harrow and Wealdstone area

The men appeared at Harrow Crown Court where they pleaded guilty and were sentenced as follows: Abdulla Abdulla, 27,,of Masefield Avenue, HA7, was sentenced to nine years and five months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and crack cocaine. [Abdigani Mohammed, 34, of William Drive, HA7, was sentenced to six […]