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The Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Thomas Partey with multiple counts of rape.Partey, 32, has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.These allegations relate to three separate women who reported incidents which took…
Update 27 June 2025:Marcus Arduini-Monzo was sentenced at the Old Bailey today (27 June 2025) to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years. A man who rampaged through the streets of Hainault in a drug-induced state, killing a 14-year-old boy and seriously injuring four other victims…
Adele Kelly, the Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London North, said:“We have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Chris Brown (dob 5/5/1989) with one count of grievous bodily harm, contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.“The alleged incident occurred in…
Update: 16 May 2025Shakeil Thibou has been sentenced at the Old Bailey today (16 May 2025) to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years.Shaeim Thibou was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and is prohibited from attending the Notting Hill Carnival for 10 years…
Jaswant Narwal of the Crown Prosecution Service said: “We have today authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Russell Brand with a number of sexual offences.“We carefully reviewed the evidence after a police investigation into allegations made following the broadcast of a Channel 4, Sunday…
A father, who had previously been in prison after he was convicted of assaulting his eight-week-old baby, has been jailed for life for murder after she died of her injuries.Kyle Kitchen, 38, was initially jailed for hitting and vigorously shaking eight-week-old Primrose Kane in November 2014. The…
A man from Hornsey who made a number of threatening, racist and religiously abusive telephone calls to Finsbury Park Mosque has been sentenced.Lee Harper, 47, pleaded guilty to sending a message threatening serious harm, and guilty to two offences of sending menacing messages.He was sentenced…
A mother who drowned her two young children at their home has been sentenced to life imprisonment for their murders.Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, murdered two-year-old Elijah Thomas and five-year-old Marley Thomas in the bath at their home in December 2022.Post-mortem examinations found their…
A man who punched and kicked a chef near Notting Hill Carnival before leaving him dying in the street to go clubbing has been convicted of murder.Omar Wilson, 31, of Leytonstone, attacked Mussie Imnetu, 41, after a row broke out outside a restaurant in Queensway on the night of 26 August 2024.The…
A couple who murdered a woman before dismembering and disposing of her body parts have been sentenced to life imprisonment.Steven Sansom, 45, and Gemma Watts, 49, both pleaded guilty to murder and perverting the course of justice after they killed Sarah Mayhew to satisfy their shared sexual and…
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