Six Years For White Supremacist Loser

A jobless loser - who lived in misery with his mum and dad - was caged for a six-year minimum on Tuesday for making homemade bombs in his lonely bedroom to arm himself in a white supremacy campaign of terror.

Unemployed Neil Lewington, 43, had not uttered a word to his father in ten years at the family home in Tilehurst, Reading where police found weedkiller, firelighters, three tennis balls with diagrams on how to convert them into shrapnel bombs, firework powder, electrical timers and detonators.

He was convicted in July of having explosives with intent to endanger life and preparing for acts of terrorism.

Judge Peter Thornton said: "You are a dangerous man, somebody who exhibits emotional coldness and detachment.

"You would not have been troubled by the prospect of endangering somebody's life."

Lewington was arrested - on his way to an online date - last October at Lowestoft Station, Suffolk, after hurling abuse at a female train conductor.

A search of his bag uncovered two home-made bombs.

The judge said these had been made "to a very high standard."

"These were dangerous firebombs, meticulously constructed, all set to go," he said.

A notebook labelled "Waffen SS UK members' handbook" included a "device logbook" of drawings of electronics and chemical mixtures.

He also kept video tapes about right-wing extremists, including London nailbomber David Copeland and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh - who murdered 168 people when he blew up a US government building in 1995.

During the trial, Lewington was described as a loner who had been unemployed for 10 years after losing his last job owing to drunkenness, and who had also not spoken to his father for a decade.

The court heard he spent time searching for girlfriends on chatlines, where he made racist remarks and spoke of converting tennis balls into bombs.

His defence QC had argued Lewington was just an "oddball" and was not a terrorist, but merely "a big pest, a nuisance".

But the judge told Lewington: "You were in the process of embarking upon terrorist activity.

"You were going to use or threaten action involving either serious violence to people or serious damage to property.

"This action was designed to intimidate non-white people and it was for the purpose of pursuing the ideological cause of white supremacy and neo-fascism, albeit in a rather unsophisticated way."

He will serve at least six years, but even then can only be released if the parole board considers he is no longer a threat to the public.

"Neil Lewington clearly set out to make viable devices which could have seriously injured or possibly killed members of the public going about their daily lives," said Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner John McDowall.

Boozy Birthday-Bash Brawl

A birthday party guest, who downed eight bottles of beer before brawling with club bouncers and police, was rushed to hospital with a bleeding head wound after falling to the ground while handcuffed during the late-night melee.

Plumber Jamie Kenna, 29, of Gaskell Street, Clapham, pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates' Court to being drunk and disorderly outside Reflex nightclub, Watling Street, on August 29.

He also pleaded guilty to resisting two police officers in the execution of their duty and was fined at total of £365, plus £90 costs.

Prosecutor Miss Regina Naughton told the court police were called to the club because Kenna was behaving aggressively towards the door staff.

He tried to break away from the officers when they arrived. "His behaviour was aggressive and unpredictable. He was kicking out at door staff and the police officers."

Eventually drunken Kenna, who told police he had consumed eight bottles of beer, was handcuffed, but suffered a nasty gash to his head as he fell to the floor and was rushed by ambulance to hospital with a police minder.

Following medical treatment police charged him with the offences.

'Bullet-Proof' Gangster Jailed For Cocaine Plot

A notorious criminal – who survived an Old Bailey murder trial and a gangland shooting – was caged for 11 ½ years on Friday for plotting to sell cocaine from a Brixton tyre shop.

The nine-strong gang was jailed for a total of 81 years after police seized £160,000 worth of drugs, plus £65,000 cash.

Ex-market trader Anthony Brindle, 45, of Harris Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to conspiring to supply class A drugs.

Brindle,(pictured) who was cleared in May 1992 with his brother Patrick, 47, of assassinating Ahmed ‘Abbi’ Abdullah, 30, -  shot in a Walworth betting shop - himself survived a hit man’s bullets in September 1995.

Also convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs were: John Cobbina, 43, of Carlysle Courts, Chelsea Harbour, jailed for 12 years.

Tony Zacharia, 33, of Court Bushes Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, jailed for thirteen years and eight months.

Paul Benstead, 51, of Holfields House, Hazel Wood Crescent, Ladbroke Grove, jailed for six years.

Jude Streeks, 52, of Pulross Road, Brixton, jailed for six years.

Andre Clementson, 33, of no fixed abode, jailed for 8 years.

Francis Opoku, 57, of Manour Avenue, Brockley, jailed for four years.

Zakey Zacharia, 56, of Copsleigh Avenue, Redhill, Surrey, jailed for 10 years and 9 months.

Clifton Fritz, 28, of Logan House, Grange Road, Sutton, jailed for 8 years and a half years.

The court heard how the gang used Zak's Tyres in Pulross Road, Brixton, as the hub of their operation.

Two further properties – a South Kensington flat in Manson Place and Brixton house - were used to prepare and package drugs worth £160,000.

Police searches of these addresses uncovered a hydraulic press, large quantities of cocaine and cutting agents, used to bulk-out the drugs.

Further searches of the defendants' homes uncovered £65,000 cash, some of which was hidden behind a sofa.

Detective Sergeant Richard Noble, of the Middle Market Drugs Partnership said: "In undertaking this operation the Metropolitan Police Service, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and City of London Police on the MMDP have worked tirelessly with local police in Lambeth to dismantle a group of criminals, who have caused great harm to the area through the supply of cocaine.

“These prison sentences should go a long way in reassuring the public that we are dedicated to removing drugs and those supplying them from the streets of the capital.”

Brindle was shot three times on September 20, 1995 outside his home in Christopher Close, Rotherhithe, by ex-IRA man Michael Boyle, 48, now serving life for attempted murder.

Undercover cops - some disguised as gasmen - were tailing the gunman and their failure to prevent the hit triggered an unsuccessful court action by Brindle who sued the Metropolitan Police.

Family and friends packed the public gallery at the end of the three-day sentencing hearing with some leaving the courtroom in tears as the sentences were handed down.

Graf Jewellers: Attempted Murder Charge

An alleged gunman charged with attempted murder in connection with the £40m Graf jewellery raid – the most valuable gems heist in British criminal history – appeared in court today (Monday).

Aman Kassaye, 24, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court to appear at Kingston Crown Court on September 22.

He has also been charged with conspiracy to rob, unlawful imprisonment and unlawfully possessing a firearm, namely a handgun.

Shots were fired during the robbery at Graff Jewellers,(pictured above) New Bond Street, Mayfair on August 6.

He will be joined by David Joseph, 22, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, charged with conspiracy to rob.

Six other men, also charged with conspiracy to rob, will appear at the same court on October 23.

They are: Craig Calderwood, 26, of no fixed address; Waiter Solomun Beyne, 24, of Lilestone Street, St. John’s Wood; Doorman Jamal Mogg, 42, of Westby Road, Bournemouth; Gregory Jones, 29, of Elgin Avenue, Harrow; Courtney Lawrence, 30, of Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington and Benjamine McFarlane, 21, of Paveley Street, St. John's Wood.  

Calderwood and Beyne also face one firearms charge each, namely possessing a handgun on August 6.

They were originally arrested and charged by Barnes Flying Squad detectives.

Former business and marketing student Beyne is employed at his Ethiopean parents’ Millennium coffee shop in West Hampstead.

Forty-three pieces, including watches, necklaces and earrings, were snatched during the daring raid – Britain’s biggest ever jewellery robbery.

Ex-Squaddie's 'Kettle' Boil-Over

A former Northern Ireland squaddie “kettled” by riot cops during the violent G20 protest in the City of London hurled his rucksack at police lines after spending five hours penned in at the Bank of England.

Jobless lorry driver William Harvey, 44, of Argyl Avenue, Hounslow pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour towards police officers in Cornhill on April 1 and was bound over to keep the peace for twelve months in the sum of £250 and was ordered to pay £50 costs.

“He is particularly embarrassed because previously he was trained in defusing volatile situation having served in Northern Ireland,” Harvey’s lawyer Mr. Niall Hearty told City of London Magistrates’ Court.

Harvey was the only one of twenty-eight defendants appearing on G20-related charges to plead guilty.

Prosecutor Mr. Edmund Hall told JP’s: “Mr. Harvey was seen by a police evidence gatherer and recorded on CCTV throwing a rucksack over police lines. It landed in an empty space.

“He was about ten rows back at the time and not in the melee and when he was arrested about four hours later said he was frustrated and threw the rucksack containing a towel and his wallet.”

Mr. Hearty said: “He intended to take part in a peaceful gathering that day, but found himself penned in by the Bank of England.

“He found it very frustrating. He was kettled in for five hours with large numbers of people and was unable to go to the toilet.”

Harvey, like many other demonstrators claims he was the victim of police brutality. “Another protester was struck by a police officer and as he bent down to assist he was struck by the police,” explained Mr. Hearty.

“He is the only defendant who has pleaded guilty today and taken responsibility for his actions. He was not intending to hurt any police officers. It was an act of sheer frustration.”

Sixteen G20 Protesters Appear

A further sixteen April 1 G20 protesters appeared at City of London Magistrates Court – bringing the total to twenty-eight - and all either pleaded not guilty or will face jury trial on a variety of charges stemming from clashes with riot police. 

Jobless Darren Withers, 28, of Crayigton Road, Glasgow is charged with entering the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bartholomew Lane, with intent to cause unlawful criminal damage.

It is alleged Withers was caught on CCTV reaching through a smashed window and pushing papers from a desk onto a small blaze started by protesters inside the building.

He was bailed unconditionally until October 22 for Crown Court committal after JP’s declined jurisdiction.

Pedro Arisi, 25, of Seven sisters Road, Finsbury Park, pleaded not guilty to assaulting police constable Zoe Judd and was bailed unconditionally to return for trial on December 21.

Mathew Boden, 24, of Park Road, Hornsey, who pleaded not guilty to threatening behaviour in Queen Victoria Street towards PC Ashcroft, was bailed unconditionally until October 15 to set a trial date.

He claims he was the victim of police brutality and it is accepted he suffered a head wound and was filmed near the police line with blood pouring down his face.

Pascal Bouzenard, 39, of Alvington Crescent, Hackney is charged with violent disorder and was bailed until September 24.

Harvey Brown, 30, of Cathcart Road, Glasgow is charged with violent disorder in Threadneedle Street and was bailed unconditionally until October 15 when he will be committed to the Crown Court.

It is alleged Brown kicked a police officer in the groin and JP’s declined jurisdiction.

Antonio Costa, 31, of Richmond Road, Hackney is charged with violent disorder and was bailed unconditionally to return on October 22 for Crown Court committal.

He is accused of throwing a green glass lager bottle, which smashed against the side of a police vehicle.

Greek national Christos Filinis, 29, employed by the British Council in Athens is charged with violent disorder in Queen Victoria Street.

He is accused of throwing an unidentified missile at the backs of police who were walking away from him and was bailed unconditionally to return on October 15 for Crown Court committal after JP’s declined jurisdiction.

Jeremiah Spillane, 29, of Lisieux Park, Cork City, Ireland is charged with violent disorder and was bailed unconditionally to return on October 29 for Crown Court committal.

It is alleged he threw a glass bottle, which shattered against a police officer’s helmet.

John Turner, 54, of Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, is charged with violent disorder and possessing a police baton as an offensive weapon in Cornhill.

Prosecutor Mr. Edmund Hall, the reviewing CPS lawyer for the entire G20 prosecutions, dropped a charge of stealing the baton.

Turner, accused of striking a helmeted police officer over the head with the baton, was bailed unconditionally to return on October 15 for Crown Court committal after JP’s declined jurisdiction

Michael Wells, 50, of Rutland Gardens, Finsbury Park, charged with causing  £1,200 worth of criminal damage to an ITN camera during a live news broadcast was bailed until September 24.

Huw Norfolk, 22, of Robertson Road, Bristol, is charged with possessing a tin of red spray paint and a marker pen in Paternoster Square on April 2 with intent to destroy or damage property.

He elected Crown Court trial and was bailed unconditionally until October 22 for committal.

Daniel Simmons, 18, of Selwyn Road, Cambridge is charged with violent disorder and was bailed unconditionally until October 22 for Crown Court committal after JP’s declined jurisdiction.

It is alleged he is caught on CCTV at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bartholomew Lane kicking at a window and spray-painting ‘Burn’ on the building wall near a small blaze protesters had started inside and then kicking out at police lines.

Gary Cole, 18, of King Henry’s Drive, New Addington, Croydon, pleaded not guilty to causing criminal damage to two police vehicles and was bailed unconditionally to return on December 14 for trial.

Phillip Georgopoulos, 26, of Prestonville road, Brighton is charged with violent disorder and was bailed until September 24.

It is alleged he threw scaffold brackets during the height of the disturbances.

Couple Lee Jenkins, 37, and Karen Smith, 45, of Prudential Buildings, Above Bar Street, Southampton are jointly charged with violent disorder in Cornhill and were both bailed unconditionally until October 29 for Crown Court committal.

Jenkins was allegedly captured on CCTV punching and kicking the front line of police and Smith is accused of attacking the police officer that arrested him.

G20 'Armoured Car 11' Deny Charges

Eleven protesters arrested for allegedly driving an armoured car into the City of London while dressed as police during the G20 mass protest earlier this year all pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court.

All the defendants are charged with impersonating a special constable or member of a police force on April 1, with intent to deceive, contrary to Section 90 (1) of the Police Act 1996.

They are each also charged with wearing an article of police uniform including NATO helmets and blue overalls so nearing that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive contrary to Section 90 (2) of the Police Act 1996.

They were allegedly part of a group of G20 activists stopped near the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The six-wheel Alvis Saracen, (pictured above) a model once used by the British Army in Northern Ireland, was emblazoned with the word 'Riot' and police-style black and white chequered livery.

They are: Jessica Barter, 19, of St. Andrew’s Road, Plaistow; Leah Borromeo, 30, of Sprules Road, Brockley; Stephen Gibbens, 21, of Allington Circle, Kingsmead, Milton Keynes; Paul Hardcastle, 23, of Bellenden Road, Peckham; Mohammed Hayder, 25, of Hooke House, Gernon Road, Bow.

Stephen Jewkes, 28, of Bellenden Road, Peckham; Suzan Keen, 41, of Parkside Estate, Rutland Road, Homerton; David Parkhouse, 22, of Homerton High Street, Homerton; Robin Priestley, 32, of  Morrison Buildings North, Commercial Road, Stepney; Rebecca Walpole, 21, of Seaforth Road, Aberdeen and David Vannen, 38, of Upper Highway, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.

They all pleaded not guilty to both counts at City of London Magistrates’ Court and have been bailed to appear on February 8 for a four-day trial before a District Judge at City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

£1m 'Boiler Room' Plot Alleged

The alleged administrator of a near £1m 'Boiler Room' conspiracy which allegedly duped investors into buying worthless shares appeared at City of London Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

Christopher Fay, 62, of Holburne Road, Blackheath is charged with conspiring with others between March 1 2008 and April 24, 2009, within the Jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, to defraud investors by selling worthless shares.

Fay is also charged with entering into an arrangement which he knew or suspected facilitated the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property, and with acquiring criminal property, contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act, between the same two dates.

Fay, who allegedly received £300,000 into his account, was bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court on September 7.

Mortgage Frauds On The Rise

City of London police has reported a 72% increase in cases of financial fraud driven by a jump in mortgage scams over the previous year.

The force said cases of mortgage fraud had reached double figures and were one of the largest areas of activity for its officers. 

The number of investigations is expected to increase over the next year as frauds came to light and lenders sought to recover their losses, it said.

Detective chief superintendent Steve Head, who leads the City of London's economic crime directorate, said mortgage fraud "was happening all over the country" and "has jumped from nothing 18 months ago to being one of the biggest areas of investigation".

"While the amounts of money we are dealing with are significant, I don't think we are seeing the full picture. It is a fraction of the amount of fraud that has taken place.

"It is the mortgage lenders that are hit by the crime and they usually see it first. It would be good if the lenders were coming forward more than they are at the moment," he added. 

Last year the Association of Chief Police Officers estimated that mortgage frauds rake in £700m a year.

"Greed is the driving factor in fraud," said Head. "There are some where there are family links, some cultural links and some where the only link is greed. But a valuer is a key figure in the process."

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is currently investigating 10 complaints of valuation fraud, several of them in conjunction with the City Police.

The Financial Services Authority has banned 65 mortgage brokers in the last three years for mortgage fraud and levied fines totalling more than £1m.

In some cases gangs would buy a property, typically in a large development, at a deliberately inflated price.

Once the purchases appeared on the Land Registry website, they would be used as a basis for subsequent valuations, enabling the fraudsters to obtain inflated mortgage applications on other homes, often in the same development.

So, if a property was valued at £250,000 but was only actually worth £200,000, the gang could pocket the spare £50,000 to fund further deposits or to remove offshore.

The gang would usually include a solicitor and surveyor "on the payroll" to ensure that the funds from the lender were siphoned off.

Frauds went undetected because, at the height of the boom, lenders were happy to hand out mortgages without carrying out their own due diligence but relying on third party valuations.

Five Remanded On £40m Graff Heist Charges

Five men accused of the £40m armed raid on Mayfair’s Graff jewelers appeared via video link at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday and were remanded in custody until October 23.

They are: Craig Calderwood, 26, of no fixed address; Waiter Solomun Beyne, 24, of Lilestone Street, St. John’s Wood; Doorman Jamal Mogg, 42, of Westby Road, Bournemouth; Gregory Jones, 29, of Elgin Avenue, Harrow and Courtney Lawrence, 30, of Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington.

All three are charged with conspiring to rob the prestigious New Bond Street store (pictured above) on August 6.

Calderwood and Beyne also face one firearms charge each, namely possessing a handgun on August 6.

They will be joined by a sixth man, 21 year-old Benjamine McFarlane, of Paveley Street, St. John's Wood, who was also charged with conspiracy to rob and was remanded in custody.

They were originally arrested and charged by Barnes Flying Squad detectives.

Former business and marketing student Beyne is employed at his Ethiopean parents’ Millennium coffee shop in West Hampstead.

Forty-three pieces, including watches, necklaces and earrings, were snatched during the daring raid – Britain’s biggest ever jewellery robbery.  

FSA Chairman A "Marxist"

The chairman of the Financial Services Authority, who described the City as "socially useless",has been branded a "Marxist" by the Association of British Insurers. Lord Turner of Ecchinswell makes an unlikely anti-capitalist - he's a former vice-chairman of the investment bank Merrill Lynch, but it takes one to know one, I suppose. His call in Prospect magazine for a reduction in the size of the financial sector, and for steps to eliminate high-risk practices had City bigwigs choking on their champagne.  If capitalism is to be saved from itself, it should listen - not that it is.  Lord Turner has been kicked all round the City by angry bankers and politicians.  Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said Turner was "crackers" for risking the City of London's standing as Europe's leading financial centre and The Association of British Insurers described his remarks as "Marxist". Angela Knight of the British Bankers' Association, interviewed on BBC, refused to believe he'd actually said what he said. "It's a race to see who will sack him first," said one City figure.

Fotball Yob's Boozy Race Rant

A racist football yob – thrown off a tube train with his rowdy pals after an all-day drinking session – hurled abuse at a member of staff and now faces being banned from soccer matches.

Christopher English, 27, of West Street, Havant, Portsmouth, spent the weekend behind bars after failing to turn up for his trial at City of London Magistrates’ Court.

He denied, but was convicted in his absence of racially aggravated threatening behaviour at Charing Cross Underground Station on August 31, last year.

He failed to appear for his February 9 trial and was arrested on a warrant at his home on August 21 and will return for sentencing and a potential football banning order on November 9.

The court heard English and a group of friends had traveled to the capital for the Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur match with the defendant downing eight pints of beer and two bottles of Smirnoff Ice.

Underground staff asked rowdy English to get off the train and he screamed at one of them:”Fuck off. Why are you interfering you Paki?”

Police were called and he was arrested.

English is also due to appear before Portsmouth Magistrates on September 1 to be sentenced for assault.

'Devout' Muslim's Greedy Cash Grab

A devout Muslim, who could not resist a “till bursting with cash” at the trendy ladies boutique she worked at, rang up twenty-five bogus refunds, pocketing £775, a court heard.

Student Aklima Begum, 19, of Messiter House, Barnsbury Estate, Islington, who studies English at City of Westminster College was caught on internal CCTV processing the phantom refunds.

She pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court to dishonestly abusing a position of trust with intent to gain, namely by generating false refunds for herself, between February 12 and July 21 at Warehouse, Blomfield Street.

Prosecutor Miss Regina Naughton told the court management at the store discovered a shortfall and after viewing CCTV saw Begum – who has a shoplifting caution – process refunds without the presence of a customer on five separate occasions.

When quizzed by police Begum confessed to repeating the fraud on twenty-five occasions, claiming she acted in “desperation” due to a lack on money.

Begum, wearing traditional Muslim dress and revealing only her face, has five brothers and sisters and a jobless father recovering from a heart attack.

Her lawyer Miss Joanne Lockston said her client supports herself through college with her family taking the rest of the money she earns. “She could not resist a till bursting with cash.”

The JP’s conditionally discharged Begum for eighteen months, ordering her to pay £775 compensation to the boutique plus £75 costs.

$40m U.N. Trio In Court

Two ex-United Nations consultants and a solicitor, accused of plotting to collect bribes in relation to a massive $40m pharmaceutical contract to an impoverished third-world country,have appeared at Southwark Crown Court.

Dutchmen Sijbrandus Arthur Scheffer,56, of West View Road, Swanley, Kent and Guido Gerbrant Bakker,35, of De Voortweg, Tandon, Netherlands are former consultants to the United Nations Development Programme.

Solicitor Patrick Neale Orr,41, of Beaconsfield Road, Surbiton, Surrey, is a partner in a West End Firm.

The three men appeared following a two-year investigation by the City of London Police’s Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit in relation to Global Fund Aid money overseen by the United Nations Development Programme and earmarked for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

All three are charged with conspiring together to corruptly obtain consideration between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2007 in regard to ensuring the award of a $40m contract to supply pharmaceuticals to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

They also face two charges of conspiring to money launder between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007 in relation to $400,000 and an unspecified sum.

Finally, all three are also charged with fraudulent trading between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007 in relation to H & C Consultants Ltd which traded for a fraudulent purpose, namely money laundering.

The trial, expected to last four months in Autumn 2010, involves 50,000 pages of documents, 7,000 exhibits and witnesses from the U.N. and overseas.

All three were bailed unconditionally to a date to be fixed.

Five Star Brawl At Mayfair Hotel

A romantic anniversary weekend at the luxurious Dorchester Hotel ended in a boozy brawl with security staff and police for a hot-headed Doncaster man, ordered to perform 100 hours community service work.

Robert Kilner, 36, of Middlegate had booked into the Five-Star £300-plus per night hotel in Mayfair’s Park Lane with his girlfriend to celebrate one year together.

However, a row erupted between the couple and three hotel security men bundled Kilner to the floor – breaking the defendant’s wrist – and police were called.

Kilner, whose suspended sentence for battery had only just expired, pleaded guilty to assaulting PC Andrew Scott on May 1 by recklessly kicking the bathroom door against the officer’s arm.

He pleaded not guilty to assaulting security guard Alfredo Jara with a single punch and the prosecution accepted this after the alleged victim failed to attend the trial.

Prosecutor Mr. Mervyn Burton told City of London Magistrates’ Court officers arrived and could hear Kilner hurling abuse towards his partner.

He was restrained and handcuffed and moved by police into the bathroom.

“He kicked the bathroom door which hit PC Scott’s hand and arm,” explained Mr. Burton. “There was no lasting injury.”

Kilner claims he kicked the door to adjust his painful position after being forced to lie handcuffed on his back with a fractured wrist. He later went to hospital with the injury.

In April last year Kilner received a jail term, suspended for twelve months for battery, and has a conviction for resisting police.

“It was part of an alcohol-fueled incident,” said Bench Chairwoman Talia Singer. “It clearly was a domestic incident which we take very seriously as well as an incident involving a police officer.”

The JP’s had also asked the probation service to examine alcohol use and anger management issues when assessing Kilner for community service work.

He was also ordered to pay £125 costs plus £50 compensation to PC Scott.

'Sir' Facing Schoolboy Sex Charges

A French and Latin schoolteacher accused of a two-year fondling campaign involving two eleven year-old boy pupils has appeared at City of London Magistrates’ Court.

Bearded and bespectacled Michael Anthony Gordon, 55, of Thrush Green, Harrow spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth and was bailed unconditionally to return on September 22.

Magistrates declined jurisdiction on the charges which carry a fourteen-year maximum sentence and Gordon is expected to be committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Gordon faces fourteen specimen charges of sexually touching the boys, contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 on various dates between September 1, 2007 and April 9, 2009.

Barclays Bank Two In Court

Two men arrested by City of London Police on fraud charges outside a Barclays Bank branch have appeared in court and were bailed to return on October 14.

They are: Norbert Mapunde, 32, of 215 Powell Street, Wolverhampton and Vitalis Mudzviti, 29, of Flat 3, 12 Windsor Street South, Birmingham.

Zimbabwe-born Mapunde, a Wolverhampton University International Business Management student is charged with possessing Barclays Bank sort codes and a Barclays Connect Card for use in the course of or in connection with fraud in Old Broad Street, City of London on April 21.

Mudzviti is charged with possessing a £3,169 Royal Sun Alliance Insurance cheque and a £94.00 Macfarlane Labels Ltd. cheque at his home address on April 21, for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.

Crime Clan Clocks Up Another Conviction

A member of a notorious South London crime family – whose brother butchered two young French students – has clocked up yet another conviction for the brood.

Bernie Gerald Sonnex, 36, of Etta Street, Deptford, whose brother ‘Mad Dog’ Dano is serving life for murdering Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez was caught shoplifting.

He pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court to stealing £148 worth of clothing from Next at Liverpool Street Station on June 1 and will be sentenced at Woolwich Magistrates’ Court on September 9.

The family have over eighty convictions between them and Bernie (pictured above) has received 10 prison sentences for offences including robbery, witness intimidation and aggravated burglary.

Dad Bernard, 56, has been jailed six times for robbery, burglary, theft and drugs and firearms offences dating back decades.

Many of the 47 charges relate to protection rackets he has run on pubs and bars in New Cross and Deptford.

Sister Louise, 35, is serving five years for GBH after breaking the arm of her dad's girlfriend with a golf putter three weeks after the murders.

The mother of two was previously convicted of glassing a woman who claimed Bernie had raped her saying: "I'm going to open her up like a can of beans".

Even Dano's mother Kathy, 56, who boasts her favourite TV show is Channel 4's Shameless, has been found guilty of theft.

The 23 year-old French biochemistry students were stabbed a total of 224 by Sonnex, 23, and drug addict Nigel Farmer, 34, during a three-hour torture ordeal in Stirling Gardens, New Cross in June last year.

Detectives are convinced the Sonnex family protected Dano - ordered to serve a minimum 40 years - by destroying evidence and threatening prosecution witnesses.

One senior officer said after Dano’s Old Bailey trial: "We could have had most of his relatives in the dock too but we didn't want to confuse the jury.

"They have a fearsome reputation and react to any problem, challenge or difficulty they perceive with violence.”

Rail Cop's S.W.A.T. Team Dream

A semi-deserted rail carriage echoed to the shouts of "Go,Go,Go!" as a pint-sized rail cop hunted down a fare dodger he feared would flee on his bike today.

Four revenue protection inspectors, backed up by three uniformed British Transport Police officers, swooped on the 14.33 London Bridge to Hayes service, finding a young black male ticketless.

Claiming to have travelled from Greenwich the passenger told police he was getting off at New Cross and triggered panic as he left the carriage with his bike.

Fearing a fast getaway, one eager cop, in the style of an Los Angeles S.W.A.T. team shouted:"Go, Go, Go!" at passengers and fellow officers as he intercepted the fare dodger.

One obvious question remains. Why not cycle from Greenwich to New Cross? 

Internet Man On Laundering Charges

A young Milton Keynes man - the poster-child of dodgy Ebay dealer's - accused of laundering £58,000 of criminal loot, was committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Amir Massoud Tofangsazan, 21, of 52 Staten House, Rillaton Walk is charged with concealing, disguising, converting, transferring or removing £26,587.56 by means of completing false expense claims between April 28 and June 3, last year, contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act.

He is similarly charged with laundering £9,057.81 between March 19 and June 17; £8,969.89 between May 1 and June 11 and £13,941.41 between April 28 and July 9.

Tofangsazan is also charged with possessing two electronic documents purporting to have originated from the Financial Times, stating he was authorized to receive those funds, on July 17, last year at 4 Hollow Lanes, Snodland, Kent, Contrary to the Fraud Act.

He rose to Internet infamy after a disgruntled customer posted personal details of Tofangsazan on the web after buying a broken laptop on Ebay.

City of London Magistrates’ Court bailed him unconditionally to appear on September 22.