Pair mouth “I love you” to each other as they are brought into the dock and blow kisses
Constance Marten’s baby is thought to be a ‘girl named Victoria,’ according to reports, after the mother and her lover appeared in court today charged with the manslaughter of their newborn. Marten, 35, and her husband, Mark Gordon, 48, appeared before magistrates in Crawley, where the baby was discovered dead in a locked shed wrapped […]
Detectives investigating the murder of Trei Daley in Hackney Wick have charged a second man
Mawien Mawien, 38 of Portland Close, Romford, has been charged with murder, Section 18 wounding of another man and possession of a bladed article. He is due to appear at Highbury Magistrates Court on Friday, 24 February.
A man convicted of murdering Norma Girolami has been jailed.
Serkan Kaygusuz, 42 of Sparsholt Road, Islington appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 22 February, where he was jailed for 35 years [less 505 days spent on remand]. Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn said: “This has been a horrific and traumatic case for everyone involved – but particularly for Norma’s loved ones.
A man convicted of murdering Norma Girolami has been jailed.
Serkan Kaygusuz, 42 of Sparsholt Road, Islington appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 22 February, where he was jailed for 35 years [less 505 days spent on remand]. Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn said: “This has been a horrific and traumatic case for everyone involved – but particularly for Norma’s loved ones. “Due to Kaygusuz’s […]
A man has been convicted of the murder of Norma Girolami whose remains were found buried in a north London cemetery
Serkan Kaygusuz, 42 of Sparsholt Road, Islington, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 21 February, and was convicted of murder after a trial. The jury deliberated for only 29 minutes before reaching a decision. Kaygusuz was remanded to appear in the same court on Wednesday, February 22 for sentencing.
He had used his position at the British embassy in Berlin to gather sensitive information that could have endangered people’s lives
David Smith, 58, received a 13-year and two-month prison sentence for betraying Britain by selling classified documents to Russia. He had used his position at the British embassy in Berlin to gather sensitive information that could have endangered people’s lives.
A man has been charged with a terrorism offence, following an arrest and investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command
A man has been charged with a terrorism offence, following an arrest and investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 30 , an Austrian national, was charged in the early hours of Monday, 13 February with collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act […]
Wayne Couzens admits to three indecent exposure offences
Wayne Couzens, the former Met Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard, has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. The pleas are related to an incident in Deal, Kent, in 2020, and two at McDonald’s in Swanley, Kent, in February 2021.
Wayne Couzens admits to three indecent exposure offences
Wayne Couzens, the former Met Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard, has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure. The pleas are related to an incident in Deal, Kent, in 2020, and two at McDonald’s in Swanley, Kent, in February 2021. The prosecution will not pursue the remaining three counts, which will be left […]
A man has been sentenced for the manslaughter of his father following an investigation by detectives from Specialist Crime
Mateusz Staszczyk, 26, of Great South West Road, Hounslow was charged on 16 December 2021 with the murder of 48-year-old Jacek Staszczyk. Jacek had been found three days earlier suffering stab wounds at his home address in Chatsworth Crescent in Hounslow. Mateusz Staszczyk pleaded guilty on 27 October 2022 at the Old Bailey to manslaughter […]
A teen who killed a man after he questioned why he was ‘on his strip’ has been sentenced to prison
Following a trial at the Old Bailey that concluded on Thursday, 17 November, Christian Kuta-Dankwa, 19, of Rayners Lane, Harrow, was found guilty of the murder of Mohamoud Mohamed Mahdi. On Monday, February 6, Kuta-Dankwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 13 years in the same court.
A woman has denied killing a mother whose decomposing body was discovered on her child’s bunk bed
Shakira Spencer, 35, was discovered by police on September 25 at her home in Ealing after a neighbour expressed concern about her well-being and a foul odour emanating from her flat.Her body was so decomposed that a post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death. However, it is alleged that she was detained and […]
A man who attacked and killed a wealthy banker after he left London’s West End’s The Ivy Club is facing prison
Electrician Steven Allan punched Paul Mason three times in the mistaken belief that he had stolen his friend’s mobile phone.Mr Mason, the CEO of Qatar National Bank, was knocked unconscious and died six months later as a result of serious head injuries.Allan, 34, of Hook in Hampshire, admitted manslaughter but denied intending to cause serious […]
A man has been sentenced for killing his 43-year old female roommate in east London
David Cheres, 21, of Ellen Street, Tower Hamlets, was sentenced to a hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act with conditions under Section 41 for the manslaughter of Tiparat Argatu on Wednesday, 1 February, at the Old Bailey.On 26 August 2022, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the same court, but his […]
A man has been found to have fatally stabbed a man in a random, unprovoked knife attack in central London
Tedi Fanta Hagos, 27, of Ravenhill, Swansea, launched a vicious assault in Oxford Circus, W1 on the unsuspecting Stephen Dempsey, 60, of Leigh-on-Sea.Hagos was found guilty of murdering Stephen Dempsey on Wednesday, 1 February, at the Old Bailey.Under the Mental Health Act, the Judge ordered that he be detained in a secure hospital indefinitely.On Thursday, […]
A father and son were sentenced to 48 years in prison after being convicted of robbing and murdering a man in Greenwich
Ernesto Elliott, 45, of Parquier Road, E17, and Nico Elliott, 23, of Walthamstow, were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey following a trial.Ernesto Elliott was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 26 years and a concurrent sentence of 12 years in prison for robbery on Friday, 27 January, […]
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, a man was found guilty of his father’s murder
On Friday, 27 January, Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, of Chelmsford Road, Southgate, was found guilty of murder. Arjan Singh Vig, 86, was also a resident of Chelmsford Road in Southgate. At 9.41pm on Saturday, 30 October 2021, police were called to the address for a disturbance, and despite the efforts of emergency services, Arjan […]
Driver who killed Kent university graduate during police chase in the A13 told to expect a substantial prison sentence
During a police chase, a man admitted to killing a young woman by driving the wrong way on a main road in a stolen van. Ashley Loveday, 38, was driving a Peugeot Boxer van when the accident occurred on the A13 in east London on November 25, last year.
