Abdulahi Mohamed Mohamud, 38, of Surrey, was today sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and two years' extended licence at Kingston Crown Court for the kidnap and rape of a vulnerable young woman.

In the early hours on 25 January 2022 Mohamud was driving around Soho when he spotted a young woman who had become separated from her friends and was lost in central London, semi-conscious and slumped in a doorway. Mohamud stopped his car and picked her up and put her in his car.  He then violently raped her before dropping her off on the street.

A man who sent racist and abusive emails to two politicians in 2019 has been sentenced.

Richard Devereux, 55, sent a highly offensive email with racist content to David Lammy MP on 30 May 2019.

The email was opened and read by Mr Lammy’s personal secretary, who then reported the message to police. The police investigation confirmed that the sender email address was linked to Devereux.

The CPS in London held an event at Petty France on Thursday, 20 April to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence on the streets of south London on 22 April 1993. 

The Chief Crown Prosecutor (CCP) for London South, Lionel Idan, hosted an in-person conversation with Stephen’s father, Dr Neville Lawrence OBE, in the presence of more than 700 staff in London.