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Woman left with broken teeth after being punched at #Shoreditch High Street station.
Man punched two people at Shoreditch High Street station after being pushed on stairs, said police.
Update Scotland Yard said: "On Friday, 26 May, officers arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order.
"He has been taken into custody. Enquiries are ongoing."
A 16 year old boy has been arrested after a firearm incident on Mungo Park Road on Saturday 13 May.
On Monday, 15 May, police received a report of a gun having been seen at Mungo Park Road, Rainham.
The incident was reported to have happened around 4pm and involved a young male pointing what appeared to be gun at passing cars.
There were no reported injuries or damage.
Officers made local enquiries and #CCTV from the area was examined.
No gun/firearm was recovered. Enquiries continue.
A 16 year old boy has been arrested after a firearm incident on Mungo Park Road on Saturday 13 May.
On Monday, 15 May, police received a report of a gun having been seen at Mungo Park Road, Rainham.
The incident was reported to have happened around 4pm and involved a young male pointing what appeared to be gun at passing cars.
There were no reported injuries or damage.
Officers made local enquiries and #CCTV from the area was examined.
No gun/firearm was recovered. Enquiries continue.
A DRIVER who caused the death of a mum when he smashed his Range Rover onto train tracks at 110mph has today been jailed.
Yagmur Ozden, 33 a mum of one died in the crash
Rida Kazem, 23, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after he pleaded guilty to causing Yagmur's death in the horror crash.
A man who fired a gun at two pedestrians in a road rage incident in Mitcham has been brought to justice
William Solhotra, 35 of London Road, SW16, was identified by officers through a combination of CCTV, ANPR and phone work.
He was apprehended in his car with the loaded firearm, which had been concealed in the very same Emporio Armani strap bag he was captured wearing only minutes before the incident.
He was jailed for 13 years and six months at Kingston Crown Court today, Friday, 19 May, having been convicted at an earlier hearing of two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and possession of ammunition. He had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A, B and C drugs.
National Crime Agency officers have uncovered a specialist factory in south London for converting blank-firing guns into lethal weapons using 3D-printed parts.
As part of an intelligence-led operation, officers from the agency’s Armed Operations Unit arrested 47-year-old Evan Girdlestone, from Colliers Wood, at a location in #Croydon on Thursday morning (18 May).
In his car, they recovered what is believed to be a functioning converted weapon and magazines filled with 9mm ammunition.
Investigators then conducted a search of an industrial unit linked to Girdlestone in the Lombard Road area of Merton.
Inside they found an array of tools and machinery, including parts used in the manufacture of weapons and ammo, blank firers ready to be converted, more than a hundred rounds of live ammunition, around a thousand rounds of blank firing ammunition ready to be converted, and three potentially functioning converted weapons.
Officers also found several 3D printing machines suspected of being used to print component parts for converted weapons.
At one point the army bomb squad was called in to ensure the safety of the location after a quantity of suspected explosive powder was discovered.
The seized weapons are now being assessed and analyzed by forensic experts.
After being questioned by the #NCA, Girdlestone was charged with offenses under the Firearms Act. He is expected to appear before Croydon magistrates today (Saturday 20th May).
This car collided with the central res yesterday eve. The female driver blew a staggering 209 at roadside (legal limit 35). Thankfully she only suffered minor injuries. Samples obtained and sent for analysis. A day in court is to be expected.
The Ministry of Education yesterday launched an investigation into claims that an unqualified teacher is in classrooms at the Christ Church Foundation School.
The issue went viral on Wednesday night when a copy of a May 18 letter purportedly written to the school questioning the qualifications of the teacher, appeared on numerous social media platforms.
Five of the six men accused of shooting at police said it was lawmen who opened fire on them on the night of May 20, 2018.
The sixth, Renako Kadeane Brathwaite, said he was nowhere near Kew Road or Promenade Road that night.
The owner of the Bromswood Nursing Home yesterday (23rd May) recalled how her employee Denise Clarke relieved her from duty at the 7 o’clock shift on the night of July 24, 2013.
When she returned the next morning, said Maraline Sobers, there were lawmen at the home and she saw the body of Clarke inside.
24-year-old Ibrahim, a resident of Asamankam in Offinso, one of the popular towns in the Ashanti Region sadly ended his life on Tuesday evening around 11 pm.
The deceased, popularly known as Pablo at Offinso is said to have slashed his throat to death in his mother’s room after he visited them on the said day.
According to a report by Richard Amankwaa Boateng who detailed the sad event to Newsmen, the 24-year-old Pablo prior to the suicide was seen in the company of his friends.
Per the report, he was motivating his friends whom he was seen with, urging them that life will soon be smooth and Okay with him.
On the day of the incident, Pablo had visited his mother at Offinso upon his return from Kumasi.
After a short family moment outside, he silently went into the room, took a knife and slashed his throat.
Surprisingly, Pablo, according to the details gathered slit his throat amid tapping the blood in a bucket.
Following this, he came out of the room with his hand around the neck with the blood still oozing.
After some time when he had come out, he fell unconscious and gave up the ghost even before he was rushed to St Patrick’s Hospital for urgent medical attention by people who saw him bleeding.
A businessman who allegedly stole 16 different brands of cars, totalling $115,850 (GH¢1,621,900) from Auto Plaza, has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court.
The accused is also accused of unlawfully entering the compound and warehouse of Fafia Auto Plaza Limited and threatening Jihad Hijazi with a pistol by firing two rounds of ammunition.
During the unlawful entry, the accused also stole workshop items and furniture, including diagnosing machines, tool boxes, a pressing machine, car jacks, and various other items, amounting to $41,033.19 (GH¢574,464.66).
In addition, he took a sofa set, tables, cabinets, office desks, chairs, and other office furniture, totalling GH¢ 44,745.00.
The accused, Abdullatif Ghamrawi Azzam, pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful entry, threat of death, and three counts of stealing.
The defence counsel requested bail for the accused, and the prosecution did not oppose bail but asked the court to consider factors such as the accused's nationality, the amount of money involved, and the gravity of the offences.
Considering the circumstances, the Court presided over by Mr Jojo Amoah Hagan, granted the accused bail in the sum of GH¢2.5 million with two sureties.
The sureties were required to provide a landed property with a stamped and registered title deed, and they were also instructed to deposit their passport pictures at the registry.
The accused person was ordered to submit his original passport to the registrar.
The case has been adjourned to May 27, 2023.
According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Haligah, the complainant, Madam Mavis Opoku Kani, is the Credit Control Manager of Auto Plaza.
The accused person used to work as an errand boy for the late Mohammed Hijazi, Chairman of Auto Plaza and Managing Director of Fafia Auto Limited.
After the death of Mohammed Hijazi, the accused forcefully took over the premises of Fafia Auto Limited and drove away with some of the vehicles parked in the yard.
The accused person also broke into shops and stole workshop items and furniture.
Management of Auto Plaza became aware of the unlawful takeover and CEO Mr Jihad Hijazi, along with other workers, went to investigate.
During the confrontation, the accused person fired two shots with a pistol but fortunately, no one was harmed.
The complainant and witnesses collected two expended ammunition shells from the scene and handed them over to the police.
The accused person was subsequently arrested after the complainant filed a petition with the Director General of CID.
During a search of the accused person's office, a 380 ACP CAL TALON Pistol was found and seized.
The pistol and empty shells have been sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory for ballistic examination.
Source: Ghana Standard
A man has been remanded in custody after a converted handgun and ammunition was seized from a car.
Evan Girdlestone, 47, who lives in Colliers Wood, appeared before magistrates in Croydon on Saturday morning charged with offenses under the Firearms Act.
He was arrested in Croydon on Thursday morning and officers from the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Armed Operations Unit recovered what was believed to be a functioning converted weapon and magazines filled with 9mm ammunition from a car.
Girdlestone has been charged with possession of a firearm, namely a handgun contrary to Section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 and possession of ammunition contrary to Section 1 of the Act.
The defendant, wearing a Napapijri fleece, appeared in the dock for five minutes to confirm his name, date of birth and address
No pleas were entered and he was remanded in custody to appear at Croydon Crown Court on June 16.
Are police finally cracking down on TikTok 'prankster'? Cops swoop on teenager's flat that he shares with his mum as outrage grows over clips of him storming homes at random, harassing women, stealing dogs, and jumping into strangers' cars
Police officers today swooped on the flat of a teenager behind a series of vile TikTok 'pranks' that have included stealing a woman's dog, ripping up library books, and jumping into strangers' cars.
Bacari Ogarro, an 18-year-old from Stoke Newington, north London, who goes by the name 'Mizzy', has prompted disgust after he stormed in the home of a random family with a group of other young men.
It is just one of a number of disturbing videos in which he harasses people. In his latest sick #prank, he films himself stealing an elderly woman's dog and is seen running away while laughing. He later returns the animal to its owner, who is visibly distressed.
Further videos show him harassing women on a train and in a park; walking into a library and destroying books; and riding an e-bike through Sainsbury's while security guards try to stop him.
This afternoon at around 3 pm two police officers arrived at the flat the teenager shares with his single mother Donna in Stoke Newington as outrage grew over his TikTok videos, which have gone viral.
He said: 'There's enough evidence now for the Met Police to arrest the vile & idiotic TikTok/YouTuber 'Mizzy'(Bacari Ogarro) for at least criminal damage & assault. He has documented all his crimes as well so that will help with a prosecution.'
Mr Ogarro's TikTok/YouTube account has been taken down.
The 18-year-old previously filmed himself picking up a dog belonging to an elderly woman and running away with it.
Another video showed him walking into a library and tearing pages out of books in front of staff.
In another clip, he gets into the back of a man's car while saying 'It's my Uber' before becoming aggressive when he is asked to leave.
'We are keen to speak to anyone with any information that could assist. Please contact police on 101 or via @MetCC and quote CAD4160/16 May.'
Some 29 Civil Society Organisations are demanding the immediate removal of GNPC’s Chief Executive Officer, Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah, and Board Chairman, Freddie Blay.
The CSOs made up of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Imani Centre for Policy and Education and 25 others accuse the two men of working against the interest of the state.
The demand for their removal comes in the wake of GNPC’s intention to sell a 50% stake in Jubilee Holdings Limited (JOHL) to PetroSA, despite the substantial revenue potential this interest holds for the state.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, May 23, the Coordinator for the coalition, Abdul Karim Mohammed said the continuous presence of these individuals, closely associated with petroleum operations, poses significant risks to Ghana’s interests.
Mr Mohammed explained that the Energy Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh is against a decision by the Board Chairman of GNPC, Mr Blay for offering interest in Ghana’s oil fields to a South African oil company, Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA).
Mr Blay in his capacity as the GNPC Board Chairman is said to have written to PetroSA offering it an equal split in the interest held by GNPC’s subsidiary Jubilee Oil Holdings Ltd.
“It is a viable field, and it is giving us a lot of money if we allow this to go forward. What it means is that PetroSa will be entitled to 50 percent of the earnings from the field, whereas they have not had any role in developing the field to the point where it is now viable.
“The information we have is that the Minister for Energy has objected to this transaction but the Chairman of GNPC Board is pushing this transaction to the extent that the Minister of Energy had written to the Jubilee House over this transaction.”
In all the domestic abuse cases where the CPS took no further action, it had made the right decision, says chief inspector Andrew T Cayley, while Duncan Woodhead of the FDA union also rejects claims of ‘cherrypicking’
I have read with interest the views expressed by Sir Mark Rowley about the Crown Prosecution Service “cherrypicking” cases (CPS ‘cherrypicking’ cases to prosecute, say senior police chiefs, 18 May). However, evidence from my organisation, His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, suggests a different set of conclusions.
Between 2021 and 2022 my inspectors inspected a sample of 1,260 cases across all 14 CPS areas. We found that the CPS made the correct charging decision in 94% of those cases. In our recent inspection of the CPS’s handling of domestic abuse cases, we found 97.3% of the cases complied with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. In all of those cases where the CPS did not take further action, it had made the right decision
Sir Mark clearly does appreciate the need for us to identify and examine the best ways for the police and the CPS to collaborate to bring about fair and just outcomes in the courts. Together with the chief inspector of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services, I have commissioned an inspection to examine communication and collaboration between the CPS and police service.
The future of our criminal justice system demands we come together now and find the solutions to those challenges we have expressed dissatisfaction with for many years.
Andrew T Cayley
His Majesty’s chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service
The FDA, the union for managers and professionals in public service, echoes the statement from the director of public prosecutions – included in your article – in which he rejected the claims by the commissioner of the Metropolitan police that the Crown Prosecution Service “cherrypicks” cases.
Hard-working FDA members and their colleagues in the CPS are often working through the night from home to provide charging advice and decisions, fulfilling their obligations under the Code for Crown Prosecutors to assess whether there is a reasonable prospect of conviction for each case sent to them by the police. Poor file quality, including a paucity of evidence, means that some of the cases presented to the CPS simply cannot be successfully prosecuted, and police should be working with prosecutors to avoid this. If evidence becomes available later, the police can also seek to have the case reviewed.
It is a waste of taxpayers’ money, and justice is not served, if we are prosecuting cases where the evidence is not there – raising the expectations of victims and witnesses, and holding defendants in custody who are subsequently acquitted. Or worse still, a judge throws out a case before it’s put before a jury due to a lack of evidence, with the defendant having spent months on remand, and victims and witnesses having prepared themselves for a trial that doesn’t take place.
Duncan Woodhead
National officer for the CPS, FDA
Coronation of King Charles III
The police had to make "tough choices" while handling protests during the Coronation, a minister has said, following criticism over arrests.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer told BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg the police were right to factor in the scale and global-nature of the event.
MPs, human rights groups and a former chief constable have criticised the police's tactics.
Police said on Sunday that 64 people were arrested during the Coronation.
The Metropolitan Police had previously said 52 arrests were made on Saturday. In its latest update, it said four people had been charged, while another person arrested remains in custody for non-payment of fines.
Fifty-seven people have been released on bail while two others will face no further police action.
Among those held on Saturday was the head of the anti-monarchy group Republic, Graham Smith. He was released after 16 hours in custody and said there was "no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK".
Other concerns have been raised over reports three volunteers with a Westminster-based women's safety programme had been arrested while handing out rape alarms.
The Met said it received intelligence protesters were planning to use rape alarms to disrupt coronation proceedings.
Ms Frazer said the right to protest was "really important" and people should be heard but there had been a recent change in protesters' tactics.
Protesters have been stopping people going about their day-to-day lives, she said, and there was a need to redress that balance.
Officers would have made operational decisions on a case-by-case basis, she said, taking into account the scale of the Coronation celebrations.
"We were on the global stage, there were 200 foreign dignitaries in the UK, in London at an event, millions of people watching and hundreds of thousands of people at the scene," she added.
Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC he was reassured the Met were aware of a gap in public confidence over policing and the force was "explaining and justifying" why they made some of the arrests.
He said Labour would "wait and see" whether the force got the balance right, adding "accountability" over policing decisions was important.
Mr Streeting said if they did not get it right, it was important to "hold your hands up".
The King and Queen went past some protesters on their way to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation ceremonyMetropolitan Police Commander Karen Findlay defended her officers' response, saying they had a duty to intervene "when protest becomes criminal and may cause serious disruption".
She added the Coronation was a "once-in-a-generation event" which was a key consideration in their assessment.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the rain in central London on Saturday, with chants including "down with the Crown", "don't talk to the police" and "get a real job".
But Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said some of the arrests "raise questions" over the Met's actions, adding he has "sought urgent clarity" whilst investigations are ongoing.
Other protests were organised in Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh. No arrests were reported outside London.
While campaigners insisted their protests were peaceful, the police said they had intelligence that groups were "determined to disrupt" the occasion.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said he was not sure about the exact circumstances of the arrest, and called for more detail from the police.
Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, he criticised the government for "passing legislation to clamp down on protest that breached British traditions of civil liberties".
Several Labour MPs have also been critical of the Met's response. Senior backbencher Sir Chris Bryant said on Twitter that "freedom of speech is the silver thread that runs through a parliamentary constitutional monarchy".
In a statement on Sunday, Republic chief Mr Smith said the arrests had "destroyed whatever trust might have existed between peaceful protesters and the Metropolitan police".
"What is the point in being open and candid with the police, working with their liaison officers and meeting senior commanders, if all their promises and undertakings turn out to be a lie?"
Mr Smith was arrested early on Saturday - before the Coronation began - at a protest in Trafalgar Square
The Met said it had confiscated "lock-on devices" which protesters can use to secure themselves to things like railings.
It has now become illegal to prepare to lock-on following changes to the law passed this week.
But Matt Turnbull, another member of Republic who was arrested, said the straps were being used to hold the placards and had been "misconstrued" as lock-on devices.
A former police chief has said she is "very disappointed" by the arrest of protesters and strongly criticised the new powers.
Sue Sim, a former chief constable with Northumbria Police and a specialist in public order policing, said she was "very disappointed" by the arrest of protesters and called the new powers "draconian".
"I think when you're talking about terrorism, where people's lives are at risk that's a very different thing. But where you are talking about peaceful protest the whole thing for me is, what type of society do we want? We do not want a totalitarian police state," she told BBC Radio 4's World This Weekend.
Concerns about the police's approach were also raised by Westminster City Council over reports that volunteers with its Night Star women's safety programme had been detained and questioned after being stopped by officers while handing out rape alarms.
Councillor Aicha Less said the authority was working with the Met to establish what happened and was in touch with volunteers to make sure they were being supported.
The Met said it had received intelligence about plans to use rape alarms to disrupt the Coronation procession by scaring military horses, causing "significant risk to the safety of the public and the riders".
The force said three people were arrested in the Soho area of London over suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance.
One man was also further arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods. All three have since been released.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said the force were "aware of and understand there is public concern over these arrests" and added the matter was still under investigation.
A psychologist at the Child Care Board (CCB) believes corporal punishment is outdated.
Yesterday, clinical psychologist Josette Sam led the CCB’s workshop for foster parents to discuss alternatives to corporal punishment as part of Child Month celebrations.
She said people needed to change their mindset and find healthier ways to address children’s behaviour.
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