A woman whose sleight of hand played an integral role in a £4.2million diamond heist has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court
Lulu Lakatos – 60 from the Saint Brieuc region of France, was found guilty of conspiracy to steal on Wednesday, 28 July following the conclusion of her trial.She was sentenced on the same day to five years and six months’ imprisonment.Lakatos was part of international organised gang who targeted the Boodles store in New Bond […]
A small Organised Criminal Network who arranged the importation of guns, ammunition and heroin have been sentenced to a total of 42 years…
Rocky Thompson, 35 of no fixed address was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell/transfer firearms, conspiracy to possess ammunition and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin). Shakeel Khaliq, 34 of Ardenham Street, Aylesbury was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty following a trial at Southwark […]
A small Organised Criminal Network who arranged the importation of guns, ammunition and heroin have been sentenced to a total of 42 years’ imprisonment
Rocky Thompson, 35 of no fixed address was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell/transfer firearms, conspiracy to possess ammunition and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin). Shakeel Khaliq, 34 of Ardenham Street, Aylesbury was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty following a trial at Southwark […]
A Russian man has admitted carrying an axe near Buckingham Palace four days after Prince Philip died
Vladyslav Dryhval, 46, was detained by armed police after being challenged by private security guards on The Mall on 13 April this year. Images released on. on social media appeared to show officers surrounding a suspect near the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Dryhval, of Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, east London, admitted one count of […]
The woman agreed that Patel would be allowed to sleep over before collecting somebody from Stansted Airport in the morning he than raped her
A man who raped a woman after they met on a dating site has been jailed. Chinmay Patel, 34, of Cardigan Road, Leeds appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, 24 June where he was sentenced to nine years imprisonment. He was found guilty of two counts of rape at the same court on Friday, […]
A police sergeant who used his iPhone to spy on a woman in the shower has been convicted of voyeurism
The victim said she felt “confused and shocked” after catching Benjamin McNish trying to take pictures of her naked on the morning of February 18, 2019. The 30-year-old Metropolitan Police detective sergeant, from Benfleet, claimed he had been using the device as an “extension of my eyes” to find his razor after forgetting to shave […]
Gross misconduct proven against former detective constable
Allegations of gross misconduct have been proven against a former detective constable following a special case hearing which took place on Tuesday, 18 May. It found that the conduct of George Glassey, who was attached to the Central East Command Unit, breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Honesty and Integrity and Discreditable […]
A man has been sentenced to five years in custody after he was convicted of a knifepoint robbery of a sex worker
Muhammed Rashiq,19 of Mildred Avenue, Watford, arranged via phone, to visit a sex worker at an address in W9. On Wednesday 30 December 2020 at approximately 11.50pm, Rashiq arrived at the location with a second man wearing covid face masks and forcibly entered the property armed with large knives. The robbery was disrupted by another […]
Officer jailed for GBH dismissed without notice
A Metropolitan Police officer jailed for grievous bodily harm has been dismissed without notice. PC Charlie Harrison, 39, attached to the Violent Crime Task Force, was convicted by majority verdict on Friday, 26 March at Southwark Crown Court and subsequently sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment. The conviction related to an incident that […]
Two men have been convicted of fraudulent trading following successful investigations by the City of London Police and Hampshire Police, …
Paul Seakens and Luke Ryan were part of a criminal enterprise that used high pressure sales tactics to convince victims to purchase Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) carbon credits that were essentially worthless. Individuals were sold these VERs on the basis they were good and promising investments but, in reality, there was no market for […]
Two men have been convicted of fraudulent trading following successful investigations by the City of London Police and Hampshire Police, with the support of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Paul Seakens and Luke Ryan were part of a criminal enterprise that used high pressure sales tactics to convince victims to purchase Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) carbon credits that were essentially worthless. Individuals were sold these VERs on the basis they were good and promising investments but, in reality, there was no market for […]
A man who set up an illegal Money Service Business (MSB) and bought a £700,000 house with the profits, has been ordered to pay back nearl…
Shunjian Jiang, 30, was arrested in August 2016 after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators found that he was operating an unregistered and unregulated MSB. Jiang was living in London and buying upmarket fashion items in the UK and selling them on to customers in China. His customers were purchasing the goods with the Chinese […]
A man who set up an illegal Money Service Business (MSB) and bought a £700,000 house with the profits, has been ordered to pay back nearly £1 million
Shunjian Jiang, 30, was arrested in August 2016 after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators found that he was operating an unregistered and unregulated MSB. Jiang was living in London and buying upmarket fashion items in the UK and selling them on to customers in China. His customers were purchasing the goods with the Chinese […]
A man has been jailed for five years after police discovered a sawn-off shotgun and a pistol during a raid on his home.
Nick Miller, 56 of Sutherland Court, Westminster, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 18 March, where he pleaded guilty to possession of two prohibited firearms. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for one count of possession of a firearm and another five years for a second count. The sentences are to run […]
A man has been sentenced for seventeen offences of voyeurism following an investigation into a hidden camera
Mark Murphy, 43, of South End Row, W8 was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, 2 March to: – 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years;– Rehabilitation Activity Requirement of 40 days – within the next 18 months;– To complete a 160 hours of unpaid work;– Compensation to each of the identifiable victims of […]
A man was jailed on Tuesday 2 March, for the violent assault and robbery of an elderly woman in Westminster.
A man was jailed on Tuesday 2 March, for the violent assault and robbery of an elderly woman in Westminster. Collin Reid, 42, appeared at Southwark Crown Court and was sentenced to six years and four months’ imprisonment. He had pleaded guilty to robbery at the same court on Tuesday, 24 November 2020. On 7 […]
Drug traffickers jailed for importing £32m cocaine haul hidden in yams
Two men face a combined 36 years in prison after a National Crime Agency investigation found they were behind an attempt to smuggle cocaine worth £32million into the UK. Juan David Perea Lopez, 26 of New Cross, London, and Bashar Fares Al-Safee, 31 from North Kensington, London, arranged to import 400kg of the class […]
A London man who was responsible for controlling a County Line in Cambridge has been jailed for more than five years
Nowa Oronsaye, of Beacon Hill, London, was sentenced to five years and seven months at Southwark Crown Court on Friday (22 January) after admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. The 39-year-old was arrested in Islington on 22 November last year (2020) following a joint operation between Cambridgeshire Constabulary and […]
