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NB: originally published on 26 October 2023.
Bacari O’Garro was sentenced on 21 November 2023 to a total of 18 weeks' detention in a Young Offender Institution and ordered to pay a £154 Victim Surcharge.
A TikTok user has been found guilty of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order after posting…
A convicted murderer and rapist has been jailed for a further four years after sexually assaulting another woman while out on life licence.
Ron Evans, 82, targeted the woman after befriending her at a local community centre he had been volunteering at in Wembley, north-west London.
He was…
A step-daughter and her boyfriend who lured a step-father to a flat before murdering him and disposing of his body in an unknown location have been convicted.
Surie Suksiri, 31, and her partner Juned Sheikh, 48, were both found guilty of murder and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a…
A man who made racist gestures at Son Heung-min during a Premier League match has been banned from football for three years.
Robert Garland, 44, of Croydon, made the racial gesture after the Tottenham Hotspur forward was substituted in the 89th minute against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 6…
Members of an armed gang which kidnapped and brutally tortured a man for 27 hours have been imprisoned for between 25 and six years.
At a flat in Cardiff the victim was waterboarded, beaten and forced to ask friends to provide a £50,000 ransom, while being threatened with guns and knives.
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A man who threw a petrol bomb through a window of his ex-partner’s brother’s home has been jailed.
In the early hours of 16 June 2019, Robert O’Connor, 36, aimed two Molotov cocktail petrol bombs inside the home of his ex-partner's family through an open window.
The petrol bomb immediately…
A man who shouted antisemitic abuse at an orthodox Jewish man in Stamford Hill this week has been prosecuted for a hate crime.
Kevin Joseph, aged 60, pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated intentional harassment at Thames Magistrates’ Court on 18 October 2023.
Having heard the victim’s…
Amraj Poonia, 28, murdered 27-year-old Mohammed Shah Subhani in a row over missing cannabis on 7 May 2019. Later that day, Raneel Poonia, 26, was captured on CCTV assisting his brother to move Mr Subhani’s body from the premises of their family-owned business to his vehicle.
Mr Subhani’s body…
Lee Ryan, 40 from the band ‘Blue’ has been sentenced to a suspended term of imprisonment after displaying inappropriate behaviour towards a member of aeroplane cabin crew mid-flight.
On 31 July 2022, Ryan targeted a member of the cabin crew with inappropriate behaviour and racist comments. This…
Jaswant Kaur Narwal has been announced as the new CPS Chief Crown Prosecutor (CCP) for London North.
As the former CCP for Thames and Chiltern since October 2018, Miss Narwal has 34 years’ service with the Crown Prosecution Service, joining the organisation in 1989. She qualified as a barrister…
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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.
