A gang that stole £17 million in a ‘missing trader’ VAT fraud have been jailed for a total of 12 years
The mastermind behind the fraud, ringleader Anthony Bond, 65, from Great Missenden, and his bookkeeper Stephen Goble, 66, from Tring, were jailed for a total of more than 12 years in April 2019. The final gang member, Taylor Sullivan, 31, from Bushey, was sentenced yesterday for cheating the public revenue by posing as a fake […]
A violent and callous burglar from Headcorn who tied up and assaulted a pensioner inside her own home has been sentenced to life in jail
Billy Williams gagged and bound his elderly victim so tightly she remained secured to a chair for more than two days and was only discovered after worried relatives called police. The ordeal began at around 6.00pm on Sunday 4 April 2021, when the victim initially noticed Williams acting suspiciously next to her […]
A violent and callous burglar from Headcorn who tied up and assaulted a pensioner inside her own home has been sentenced to life in jail
Billy Williams gagged and bound his elderly victim so tightly she remained secured to a chair for more than two days and was only discovered after worried relatives called police. The ordeal began at around 6.00pm on Sunday 4 April 2021, when the victim initially noticed Williams acting suspiciously next to her […]
A violent and callous burglar from Headcorn who tied up and assaulted a pensioner inside her own home has been sentenced to life in jail …
Billy Williams gagged and bound his elderly victim so tightly she remained secured to a chair for more than two days and was only discovered after worried relatives called police. The ordeal began at around 6.00pm on Sunday 4 April 2021, when the victim initially noticed Williams acting suspiciously next to her […]
A man who stockpiled dangerous chemicals at his home, causing several small explosions, has been jailed
Police started investigating Michael Pym-Nixson, 54 of St George’s Road, Kingston, after he was treated for suspicious burn injuries which he said were caused by fireworks.The investigation was led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, following an initial review of the circumstances using the unit’s specialist expertise.Pym-Nixson was arrested. Officers searched his property and found […]
A man from west London who was convicted of inciting racial hatred for posting messages on social media encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command launched an investigation in March 2019 as a direct result of members of the public raising concerns to police about online social media posts which contained comments aimed at particular ethnic groups based in Nigeria. The posts were created by accounts under the name “Adeyinka Grandson” and were reported […]
A man from west London who was convicted of inciting racial hatred for posting messages on social media encouraging violence in Nigeria h…
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command launched an investigation in March 2019 as a direct result of members of the public raising concerns to police about online social media posts which contained comments aimed at particular ethnic groups based in Nigeria. The posts were created by accounts under the name “Adeyinka Grandson” and were reported […]
A drug dealer has been jailed for 12 years after organising cocaine deals worth more than £4m in just three months
Fatjon Kurti, 34, used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to deal the Class A drug. Between 26 March and 2 June 2020, Kurti, was involved in deals to buy and supply at least 58kg of cocaine with a street value of more than £4m. Kurti, of Newport Court near Leicester Square in central London, […]
A husband and wife duo have been jailed at Southwark Crown Court today after being convicted of a series of offences including rape and controlling prostitution for gain involving Romanian women who had been trafficked into the UK
Detective Sergeant Chris Weatherstone from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “This lengthy and complex investigation over several years has dismantled an organised crime group (OCG) who were exploiting women in London for their own financial gain. “Individuals are often reticent or too afraid to come forward in modern slavery investigations, so it is our […]
A husband and wife duo have been jailed at Southwark Crown Court today after being convicted of a series of offences including rape and c…
Detective Sergeant Chris Weatherstone from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “This lengthy and complex investigation over several years has dismantled an organised crime group (OCG) who were exploiting women in London for their own financial gain. “Individuals are often reticent or too afraid to come forward in modern slavery investigations, so it is our […]
An officer who arranged to meet with two teenage girls he met while on duty has been jailed following a Met investigation
PC Adnan Arib, based on the Central East Command Unit, was arrested following a proactive operation by officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards who had information he had arranged to meet a 15-year-old. He was immediately suspended from duty and, following an independent investigation led by the IOPC, charged with two counts of […]
Police are appealing for any further victims to come forward after a man who sexually assaulted a young woman at a £400 “modelling shoot” was convicted of three counts of sexual assault.
Pascal Molliere, also known as Pascal Gerrard, 55 of Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, was found guilty on Friday, 25 February at Southwark Crown Court of three counts of sexual assault. He will appear for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, 12 April. Detective Constable David Roberts, from the Public Protection Unit in the Central […]
Police are appealing for any further victims to come forward after a man who sexually assaulted a young woman at a £400 “modelling shoot”…
Pascal Molliere, also known as Pascal Gerrard, 55 of Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, was found guilty on Friday, 25 February at Southwark Crown Court of three counts of sexual assault. He will appear for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, 12 April. Detective Constable David Roberts, from the Public Protection Unit in the Central […]
Two men involved in laundering £15 million have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail
Jonathan Porter, 57, from Loughton, Essex, and Peter Stanley, 64, from Westminster, central London, were found guilty of money laundering after a ten-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. Porter was the director of alcohol broker Europlus Trading Ltd and claimed to be supplying wholesalers in Calais. He claimed French customers paid him in Sterling […]
Two men involved in laundering £15 million have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail
Jonathan Porter, 57, from Loughton, Essex, and Peter Stanley, 64, from Westminster, central London, were found guilty of money laundering after a ten-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. Porter was the director of alcohol broker Europlus Trading Ltd and claimed to be supplying wholesalers in Calais. He claimed French customers paid him in Sterling […]
Two men involved in laundering £15 million have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail – (ID 520753)
Jonathan Porter, 57, from Loughton, Essex, and Peter Stanley, 64, from Westminster, central London, were found guilty of money laundering after a ten-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. Porter was the director of alcohol broker Europlus Trading Ltd and claimed to be supplying wholesalers in Calais. He claimed French customers paid him in Sterling […]
A Met Police officer arranged to meet a 15-year-old girl in a park where he put his arm round her, a court has heard
PC Adnan Arib, 45, is accused of two counts of misconduct in public office, one in connection with the 15-year-old and another with a second girl aged 16. The officer, based at Bethnal Green police station in east London, is alleged to have told one she was “very pretty” before inviting her out. He […]
A man has been sentenced to four years in jail for his role in a smash and grab robbery on Regent Street in 2018
On Friday, 28 January, Wayne Russell, 23, of no fixed address, appeared at Southwark Crown Court and was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery. He was also sentenced to 16 months for possession of an offensive weapon, to run concurrently. On 5 June 2018, Russell and […]
