Who is standing in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election? The contest in the north London constituency is a major test for both Zack Polanski and new Labour leader Andy Burnham The Independent UK · 4h ago
Afghan refugee locked up for killing dog walker in Uxbridge stabbing spree Dawood Safi killed Wayne Broadhurst and stabbed his landlord after arming himself with a knife while gripped by paranoid delusions. Evening Standard · 21h ago
Failed asylum seeker who attempted attack on Israeli embassy jailed for life Kuwait-born Abdullah Albadri was tackled by armed police after he jumped onto a fence at the embassy in Kensington. Evening Standard · Oct 5
Anti-Ulez activist jailed for blowing up camera in ‘terrorism-linked’ explosion Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees sparked a major police investigation. Evening Standard · Oct 3
Burglar who headbutted and killed elderly man while protecting his wife jailed 86-year-old John Burke was attacked in the home he shared with his wife Peggy The Independent UK · Oct 1
Chris Kaba shooting: Family demands answers as Met Police 'resist' inquest The 24-year-old was shot in the head by a police marksman following a police chase The Independent UK · Oct 1
Police Build £2M Replica of Grenfell Tower as 54 People and 20 Organisations Face Potential Charges The Metropolitan Police has built £2 million replica sections of Grenfell Tower as the Crown Prosecution Service reviews evidence involving 54 individuals and 20 organisations. International Business Times UK · Oct 1
Revealed: First organisations to face charges nine years after Grenfell Tower fire Organisations facing charges over Grenfell fire are named as Metropolitan police pass files to Crown Prosecution Service for decisions Evening Standard · Sep 30
Charing Cross police station sergeant accused of perverting the course of justice after Panorama sting Charge comes after a journalist went undercover working in the custody suite and filmed a number of officers The Independent UK · Sep 29
Police chief’s criticism of bail system ‘needs to be heard’, says PM Andy Burnham said the decision to bail paedophile Zafer Dogan back to his flat, overlooking a playground, was ‘disturbing’. Evening Standard · Sep 25
Paedophile Who Used AI To Remove Children's Clothes in Photos Was Bailed Near Playground Despite Objections Convicted paedophile used AI to strip clothes from images of children and was bailed to a flat by a playground despite police warnings, before being jailed. International Business Times UK · Sep 25
Victims ‘grossly failed’ after sex offender bailed to flat above playground Zafer Dogan, 32, has been jailed for two years and four months after pleading guilty to multiple offences, including taking over 5,000 images of women and children and using AI software to convert them into sexualised nude images. London ’s Victims’ Commissioner Andrea Simon stated that victims were "grossly failed"… The Independent UK · Sep 25
Victims ‘grossly failed’ by court bailing paedophile to flat above playground Zafer Dogan was jailed for two years and four months after he was convicted of taking thousands of pictures of women and girls. Evening Standard · Sep 25
Bail should be granted ‘where proportionate’, Government says after criticism Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley took the unusual step of publicly criticising the justice system. Evening Standard · Sep 24
The Independent UK · Sep 24 Victims being ‘let down’ by justice system, Met Police chief says after paedophile sentenced Sir Mark Rowley issued a statement outside court after the sentencing of Zafer Dogan
Evening Standard · Sep 24 Justice system must put rights of children over paedophiles – Met Commissioner Zafer Dogan was jailed after he was convicted of taking thousands of pictures of women and girls, before using AI to turn them into nude images.
The Independent UK · Sep 23 Three men charged with murder after fatal shooting in Newham Officers were called to St Bartholomew’s Road at about 3am following reports of gunshots
International Business Times UK · Sep 22 Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood Faces 17 Charges Involving Nine Women After Two Further Charges Prosecutors have authorised two further sexual offence charges against former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, bringing the total to 17 involving nine women, the Metropolitan Police said.
The Independent UK · Sep 22 Inquest into death of ‘Putney pusher’ suspect suspended pending police watchdog probe Nicholas Brandram, 44, was found dead at his home last Tuesday
Evening Standard · Sep 19 'Nothing could prepare me for the discovery of the murdered body of my missing friend' The remains of Joanne Sheen, who had been missing for seven years, were found last month after they were unearthed by a wildfire
Evening Standard · Sep 18 Putney Pusher: Police minister says up to Met to explain investigation after suspect's death The family of Nicholas Brandram blame Scotland Yard for his death
Evening Standard · Sep 17 Remains found after wildfire identified as mum-of-three missing for seven years Human remains discovered in woodland in south-west London following a wildfire are those of a Southampton mother-of-three who disappeared nearly seven years ago, police said.The Metropolitan Police were called on the evening of August 12 after bones, thought to belong to a woman aged between 25 and 45, were found…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 Nicholas Brandram’s family deny he was ‘Putney pusher’ and say Met police pressure led to his death Banker, 44, was arrested in connection with 2017 incident but family say ‘no credible evidence’ he was involved
Evening Standard · Sep 17 ‘Putney pusher’ suspect ‘took his own life after immense pressure’ – family He had been arrested in June in connection with an incident on Putney Bridge in which a jogger shoved a woman into the path of an oncoming bus.
Evening Standard · Sep 17 Putney Pusher suspect's family blame Met Police for his death as force defend arrest Nicholas Brandram’s family say he was innocent and ‘lived with shame, anxiety, humiliation, and extraordinary pressure created by a wholly unnecessary investigation’