A serving British Transport Police (BTP) officer has been sentenced after being convicted of attempting sexual communication with a child, following an investigation by BTP’s Professional Standards Department

Police Sergeant James Chatfield, 36, based in London, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 November. On Monday , a judge at Inner London Crown Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and handed him a seven-year […]
A serving British Transport Police (BTP) officer has been sentenced after being convicted of attempting sexual communication with a child…

Police Sergeant James Chatfield, 36, based in London, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 November. On Monday , a judge at Inner London Crown Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and handed him a seven-year […]
A man who entered his neighbour’s south London home and sexually assaulted her as she lay sleeping has been jailed

Abel Mahari, 35 of no fixed abode was sentenced on Thursday, 8 December, at Inner London Crown Court, to four years and three months imprisonment for sexual assault by touching. The court heard how on 5 September 2021, the victim, aged in her 20s, was asleep at home when she woke to discover a […]
Just Stop Oil supporters have stopped traffic on key routes in Central London today to demand that the government halts all new fossil fuel licences and consents

At 8:15am, around 20 Just Stop Oil supporters wearing hi-vis vests walked onto the A24 near Clapham South and proceeded to march slowly Northwards. They continued along Clapham High Street accompanied by around 7 police officers. Further actions took in Camden Town. Adam Beard, 53, a gardener and carer from Stroud said: “I’m taking […]
Just Stop Oil supporters have stopped traffic on key routes in Central London today to demand that the government halts all new fossil fu…

At 8:15am, around 20 Just Stop Oil supporters wearing hi-vis vests walked onto the A24 near Clapham South and proceeded to march slowly Northwards. They continued along Clapham High Street accompanied by around 7 police officers. Further actions took in Camden Town. Adam Beard, 53, a gardener and carer from Stroud said: “I’m taking […]
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with rape

PC Rupert Edwards, attached to the South West Basic Command Unit, was arrested on suspicion of rape of Monday, 5 September. He was bailed and suspended from duty. On Thursday, 8 December, he was further arrested on suspicion of rape. On Friday, 9 December, he was charged with two counts of rape. The 29-year-old […]
A drunk, violent man who stabbed another man to death over a row in a restaurant has been found guilty

Aturas Kurpis, 39 of St Anne’s Row, Limehouse appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 December where he was convicted of the murder of Paulius Karalius and possession of an offensive weapon. He will be sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, 9 December. Detective Chief Inspector Neil John, from the Specialist […]
Two West London men have been sentenced to prison and three others have been sentenced for stealing nearly £157,000 from drunk Londoners on nights out

In a series of thefts across the capital, a gang of five men targeted members of the public late at night and early in the morning. Victims’ bank cards were stolen and used fraudulently, including the purchase of designer clothes worth £37,000. On Friday, August 12, the men pleaded guilty to the acquisition, use, and […]
Two West London men have been sentenced to prison and three others have been sentenced for stealing nearly £157,000 from drunk Londoners …

In a series of thefts across the capital, a gang of five men targeted members of the public late at night and early in the morning. Victims’ bank cards were stolen and used fraudulently, including the purchase of designer clothes worth £37,000. On Friday, August 12, the men pleaded guilty to the acquisition, use, and […]
Two West London men have been sentenced to prison and three others have been sentenced for stealing nearly £157,000 from drunk Londoners on nights out

In a series of thefts across the capital, a gang of five men targeted members of the public late at night and early in the morning. Victims’ bank cards were stolen and used fraudulently, including the purchase of designer clothes worth £37,000. On Friday, August 12, the men pleaded guilty to the acquisition, use, and […]
A judge has commended two Met detectives for their ‘painstaking and thorough investigation that led to a conviction of a man for attempte…

On 20 October 2020, Firad Muhammed 28 of Ellison Gardens, Ealing, travelled to an address in Chingley Close, Bromley. He knocked on the door and when the victim, a 32-year-old man, answered he fired two shots from a handgun, which hit his legs. Muhammed then fled the scene. With no obvious motive for the […]
A judge has commended two Met detectives for their ‘painstaking and thorough investigation that led to a conviction of a man for attempted murder in Bromley

On 20 October 2020, Firad Muhammed 28 of Ellison Gardens, Ealing, travelled to an address in Chingley Close, Bromley. He knocked on the door and when the victim, a 32-year-old man, answered he fired two shots from a handgun, which hit his legs. Muhammed then fled the scene. With no obvious motive for the […]
A man who struck a teenage boy in the head with a machete during a brawl at Benfleet station has been jailed for six years

Tranele Green, 20, and of Imperial Drive, Harrow, pleaded not guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon following the incident.He then pleaded guilty to both charges on the day the trial was set to begin at Inner London Crown Court on 20 June.On Thursday 20 October, he was sentenced […]
A £10,000 reward remains on offer for information to trace a man who is wanted in connection with a murder of Michael Fadeyibi in Newham

On the day after a man was sentenced for Michael’s murder, detectives are reiterating their plea for information to trace Ryan Igbinovia. He is a suspect for Michael’s murder, who was stabbed to death in a violent attack in Henniker Road, E15, on 6 August 2021. Igbinovia, who is aged 26, has not yet been […]
A serving BTP officer has been convicted of sexually assaulting a colleague, following an investigation by BTP’s Professional Standards D…

Police Sergeant Tristan Davis was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault at Inner London Crown Court. He will be sentenced on 18 November. On 23 April 2021, PS Davis sexually assaulted another officer on an escalator in London Bridge station as they travelled back from a night out socialising with colleagues. The pair […]
A serving BTP officer has been convicted of sexually assaulting a colleague, following an investigation by BTP’s Professional Standards Department

Police Sergeant Tristan Davis was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault at Inner London Crown Court. He will be sentenced on 18 November. On 23 April 2021, PS Davis sexually assaulted another officer on an escalator in London Bridge station as they travelled back from a night out socialising with colleagues. The pair […]
Man facing 16 months in prison after railway sex offences

Following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation, a man faces 16 months in prison after being filmed masturbating in front of a woman on the London Underground. Terence Emberson, 55, of Church Road, Hertford, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 18 and pleaded guilty to one count of indecent exposure and breaking a Sexual […]
Detectives are offering a £10,000 reward for information as they continue to appeal for information to trace a man who is wanted in conne…

Ryan Igbinovia has been named as a suspect in the murder of Michael Fadeyibi, who was stabbed to death in Henniker Road, E15, on August 6, 2021. One person has already been convicted in Michael’s death, but Igbinovia, 26, has yet to be found. He has connections in the east London borough of Stratford, […]