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 […]
13 Just Stop Oil supporters in Southwark Crown Court today charged with public nuisance; 1 released on bail
13 Just Stop Oil supporters appeared at Southwark Crown Court charged with public nuisance after taking action on M25 gantries on Nov 8th. 8 had already been granted bail, 5 attended from prison where they are on remand. Their cases will be further heard on 20th December. Just Stop Oil supporter granted bail Alfred Beswick, […]
19 Just Stop Oil supporters are appearing in court today to face charges associated with M25 and art actions as the group continues to demand that the government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents
This week sees the continuation of court hearings for the Just Stop Oil supporters arrested as part of the four days of action on the M25 during November. A total of 17 supporters including 9 currently on remand are appearing at Southwark Crown Court today in 3 separate hearings in connection with actions taken […]
19 Just Stop Oil supporters are appearing in court today to face charges associated with M25 and art actions as the group continues to de…
This week sees the continuation of court hearings for the Just Stop Oil supporters arrested as part of the four days of action on the M25 during November. A total of 17 supporters including 9 currently on remand are appearing at Southwark Crown Court today in 3 separate hearings in connection with actions taken […]
Imran Ahmad Khan, the disgraced former Wakefield MP, has lost his appeal against his conviction for sexually assaulting a child
Khan, who served as the Conservative MP for Wakefield from 2019 until his resignation in April, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in May after being found guilty of assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in 2008. He had denied the charge. Last month, the 49-year-old appealed his conviction to the Court of […]
A court heard that a schoolboy was murdered in “cold blood” while trapped on a bus with his attacker
Tyler Hurley, 16, had only left his Romford school 20 minutes before being chased onto the 173 bus and stabbed to death with a Zombie-knife on March 14, this year. The talented boxer and Year 11 student received two knife wounds, one of which went through the back of his arm and pierced his lung. […]
A serving British Transport Police officer has been convicted of sexual communication with a child, following an investigation by BTP’s P…
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 today. He will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at a later date. The court heard that on 23 and 26 September 2022 Chatfield was using Snapchat and […]
A serving British Transport Police officer has been convicted of 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 today. He will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at a later date. The court heard that on 23 and 26 September 2022 Chatfield was using Snapchat and […]
An officer has been dismissed without notice following an Accelerated Misconduct Hearing.
PC Mohammad Ghalayini, previously attached to North Area Command Unit, was jailed after stealing £80 from a wallet that had been handed into the police. He was sentenced to a total of 22 months’ imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday, 31 October. He was also ordered to pay £3,000 in costs. Ghalayini was […]
The deputy head of a primary school from London has pleaded guilty to five child sexual abuse offences
Matthew Smith, 34, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers at his home in East Dulwich on Sunday 6 November. Smith was charged with causing or inciting the sexual abuse of a child under 13, distributing indecent images of children (IIOC) in category A, and three counts of making IIOC in categories A-C. He pleaded […]
A man has been jailed after he caused the death of a young woman when a car he was driving collided with a pedicab
*.*Luis Balcazar-Soto, 24 of Law Street, Southwark, SE1, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, 1 November where he was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving and three years’ imprisonment for causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The sentences are to run concurrently.He was also sentenced to nine months imprisonment […]
A serving Met officer has been jailed after stealing £80 from a wallet that had been handed into the police
PC Mohammad Ghalayini, who is attached to North Area Command Unit, was sentenced to a total of 22 months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, 31 October. He was also ordered to pay £3,000 in costs.Ghalayini was found guilty of theft and perverting the course of justice at the same court on Thursday, 29 […]
Two men from Newham who were involved in an online romance fraud scheme that scammed £674,000 from multiple women and a man in the UK and…
Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command identified five victims who were based in the USA, Switzerland and different parts of the UK. James Olagbaiye, 47 ( of Barking Road, Newham was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, 14 October after pleading guilty to […]
Two men from Newham who were involved in an online romance fraud scheme that scammed £674,000 from multiple women and a man in the UK and overseas, have been jailed
Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command identified five victims who were based in the USA, Switzerland and different parts of the UK. James Olagbaiye, 47 ( of Barking Road, Newham was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, 14 October after pleading guilty to […]
Two men from Newham who were involved in an online romance fraud scheme that scammed £674,000 from multiple women and a man in the UK and overseas, have been jailed
Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command identified five victims who were based in the USA, Switzerland and different parts of the UK. James Olagbaiye, 47 ( of Barking Road, Newham was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, 14 October after pleading guilty to […]
Police encourages the public to be vigilant about investment opportunities after two heartless men are jailed for a £22 million pension f…
After two heartless men were jailed for a £22 million pension fraud, police are urging the public to be cautious about investment opportunities. The two men devised a complex scheme to persuade hundreds of pension holders to transfer their pensions into Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS), which they then used for personal gain. Both men put […]
Police encourages the public to be vigilant about investment opportunities after two heartless men are jailed for a £22 million pension fraud
After two heartless men were jailed for a £22 million pension fraud, police are urging the public to be cautious about investment opportunities. The two men devised a complex scheme to persuade hundreds of pension holders to transfer their pensions into Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS), which they then used for personal gain. Both men put […]
An investigation by Met detectives, a man who assaulted two women was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison
Following an investigation by Met detectives, a man who assaulted two women was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. Mohammed Tarik, 21, of St Stephens Crescent, W2, was sentenced on Friday, July 8, at Southwark Crown Court. He was sentenced to 20 and a half years in […]
