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A so-called football fan who headbutted pundit and former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has been convicted.Scott Law, 43, was found guilty of assault and sentenced to a 12 month community order following a trial at Highbury Magistrates’ Court. He was also given a three year Football Banning…
A man who murdered a woman in broad daylight and slashed the faces of three other victims in a series of random attacks in Brixton, has been jailed.Mohamed Nur, 34, pleaded guilty to murdering Johanita Dogbey, possession of an offensive weapon, and possession of a bladed article, and was later…
A man who shouted a tirade of Islamophobic abuse at a group of women on Romford High Street has been sentenced.Terry Eury, 56, pleaded guilty to two religiously aggravated public order offences at Thames Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced today (21 May 2024) to 12 weeks' imprisonment, suspended…
Jaswant Narwal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London North, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Marcus Arduini Monzo with the murder of 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin, who was fatally stabbed in Hainault on Tuesday 30 April.“A further four people –…
A man has been jailed for brutally killing his housemate after discovering that she had started a new relationship.Sheldon Rodrigues, 30, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey today (8 March 2024) after being found guilty of murdering Stephanie Hansen. He will serve a minimum of 25…
A man has received a restraining order after he admitted making abusive calls to a London MP’s office.On 31 January 2024, James Phillips, 46, made several phone calls to Mike Freer MP’s office. In these calls, Phillips was heard heavily breathing down the phone and telling Mr Freer that he was …
Update 01/03/2024:Shaun Pendlebury, Ashana Studholme and Lisa Richardson were sentenced at the Old Bailey on 1 March 2024 after being found guilty of murder at trial last year. Each defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 34 years.Originally published 11/12/2023…
Lisa Ramsarran, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS London Homicide Team, said: “The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge a 16-year-old boy with murder following the death of Harry Pitman.“The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, is also charged with possessing…
A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks’ imprisonment for shouting antisemitic and other racist slurs in public before making violent threats toward a police officer.Police were called to Seven Kings station in Ilford, London, on 11 November 2023, to reports of a man threatening members of the public…
Three people have been convicted after dominating, torturing and then brutally beating a woman to death.
Shaun Pendlebury, 25, Ashana Studholme, 37, and Lisa Richardson, 43, were each found guilty of murder and preventing the lawful burial of Shakira Spencer, 35, today (11 December 2023) at the…
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
