Rookie Sex-Crime Teen's Park Attack

A serial teenage flasher, who plagued a popular Tottenham park throughout the summer and attacked one female victim who dialled 999, was locked-up for two years yesterday.

Jobless Haringey 18 year-old Leon Alexander was spotted by the woman playing with himself in bushes at Downhills Park (pictured) while watching a children’s play area.

He pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to robbing the 49 year-old victim of her mobile phone on September 16 and indecently exposing himself on the same occasion.

Alexander also pleaded guilty to three further charges of indecently exposing himself in the park on various dates through May, June and July.

Prosecutor Mr. Travers Sinanan told the court: “After the victim saw the defendant in the bushes he turned to face her and she could see he was masturbating while looking at her. She was shocked and horrified.”

The woman told Alexander she was old enough to be his mother and continued walking.

Alexander shouted: “Hey sexy,” and followed the woman on his bike.

“As she called the police he grabbed the phone from her hand and punched her in the face then continued kicking her in the head until she blacked-out,” added Mr. Sinanan.

A week later he sold her phone for £50.00 on Wood Green High Road.

The victim told police: “I felt pain all over my body. My body was covered in bruises and I have had headaches every day and I am afraid to walk anywhere alone.”

Police linked Alexander to the earlier spate of indecent exposures in the park and when arrested he told officers: “I desperately need help.”

Sentencing him to two years youth detention Judge Jeff Blackett told Alexander: “You clearly need help and I have read the psychiatric report, but I am more troubled by the robbery.

“You followed a woman on your bike, you attacked her, leaving her blacked-out, having punched and kicked her to the ground.”

Stalker Charged With Arson Jailed For Harassing Ex

A suicidal Hastings man – locked-up on suspicion of setting his ex’s flat ablaze – was jailed today for twice flouting a court-imposed restraining order, once on the day of the fire.

Nicholas Bellhouse, 31, of Channel Way, Fairlight, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at North London’s Wood Green Crown Court for continuing to text his ex and entering an exclusion zone.

He will be released immediately having already spent four months in custody charged with arson, with intent to endanger life, which was dropped on the day of the trial due to insufficient evidence.

“When the court tells you to do something you do it, you have been contemptuous towards the courts,” Judge Jeff Blackett told Bellhouse.

“If you do get in touch with your former partner again you will end up in prison again.”

Bellhouse pleaded guilty to breaching an indefinite restraining order on June 30 and July 1.

Haringey Magistrates’ Court imposed it on May 25 after the defendant was convicted of harassing his ex-girlfriend Rachel Kelly, 28, and he was also sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for twelve months.

Prosecutor Mr. Travers Sinanan told the court Bellhouse shared a flat in Muswell Hill, North London with Miss Kelly, but after they split he returned to his native East Sussex.

Soon afterwards she spotted him stalking her at busy commuter times at her local railway station and made a formal harassment complaint to police.

Bellhouse was prohibited by the magistrates from contacting Miss Kelly and banned from entering the N.10 postcode.

“On June 30 between 8pm and 10pm Miss Kelly received text messages from Bellhouse in which he said he was taking heroin and drinking whiskey and wanted to meet her.”

In the early hours of July 1 a blaze engulfed Miss Kelly’s second-floor flat (pictured) while it was occupied by friends Eve Pearson, 28, and Oliver Machin, 28.

“The fire was started in the bedroom of Miss Kelly and engulfed the apartment,” explained Mr. Sinanan. “They were overcome with fumes, but Miss Pearson was nudged by her pet dog and woke up.

“She suffered cuts to her hands and wrists while attempting to escape through a window.”

Firemen rushed to the blaze and entered the flat wearing breathing apparatus, rescuing the soot-covered woman and her friend who was sleeping on the sofa.

Miss Kelly was not in the flat at the time, but fifteen minutes before the fire she received more texts from Bellhouse, who police proved was in the area.

“The messages were suicidal in nature and Bellhouse was again insisting he wanted to see her and claimed he intended to take his own life,” added the prosecutor.

CCTV proved the defendant was in the N.10 exclusion zone when he was filmed making a cash point withdrawl.

Sadly Miss Pearson’s pet dog did not survive the fire.

Bellhouse was arrested a week later at St. Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth, where he was being treated for slashing his wrists and charged with arson.

Mr. Sinanan recommended the Crown Prosecution Service drop the charge due to insufficient evidence and the fire brigade’s opinion the blaze was non-suspicious.

Electrical cables were a potential cause, however Miss Kelly remains convinced Bellhouse deliberately started the fire, the court was told.

The defendant was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on each count to run consecutively and the restraining order remains in place.

Rape Suspect Caught On Bus CCTV

This is the man police are hunting after a 21 year-old woman was raped in the early hours of the morning in a railway station alleyway.

The young woman was walking home alone after a night out on June 17 when he tried to engage her in conversation then raped her in Approach Road, Raynes Park, South West London.

The bus CCTV image was released by the Metropolitan Police’s Sapphire Unit, which specialises in investigating sex crime in the capital.

The suspect, who pounced near Raynes Park Railway Station, is described as a being about 5'6 tall with short black hair and brown eyes.

He is also described as being of a slim, athletic build, spoke with an English accent and may have a speech impediment. 



Detective Constable Andrew Wadey said: “Thankfully incidents of this nature are rare and I would like to reassure the community that Sapphire detectives are doing all they can to identify and arrest the suspect. 



“I would appeal to anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV images to contact the police as soon as possible. 



“I would like to reassure callers that they will be treated with the utmost sensitivity and that we are also able to quickly eliminate anyone unconnected to the rape through forensic evidence.”



Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8721 5903 or to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Guns In Garden Teen Behind Bars

A teenage armourer – who buried two pistols and ammo in his back garden – has been locked-up for five years after a surprise police raid.

Emiljan Shega, 19, (pictured) of Priory Gardens, Wembley, North West London had an image of himself pointing a lawnmower at the spot where the deadly cache was buried in the flowerbed.

The Metropolitan Police’s Central Task Force seized a German Rohm 9mm self-loading pistol (pictured), a Russian Baikal self-loading pistol, magazines, a silencer, 23 bullets, plus two rounds loaded with a noxious substance.

On July 7 police executed a search warrant at Shega’s address and at the edge of a flowerbed in the rear garden detectives recovered a large cling film package buried approximately 30-50cm below the surface containing the guns.

A mobile phone seized inside the house contained images of Shega seemingly mowing the lawn, but pointing the machine towards the spot the firearms were buried.

Officers believe he was pin-pointing the secret location to criminals who would be collecting the weapons, Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court was told.


Shega was eventually arrested in on September 3.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Beyer of the Central Task Force said: “Shega is a young criminal who believed he was being shrewd in concealing firearms in the garden.

“Unfortunately for him, he didn’t count on them being recovered by police and that his own stupidity - taking photos of the scene - would ultimately serve to assist in his incrimination.

“What he planned to do with the weapons is unclear, but I have no doubt they would have ended up in the hands of those involved in organised crime.

“In that sense this is a successful operation which has culminated in the removal of two loaded weapons from circulation.”



Celebrity Make-Up Artist Drove Into TV Producer After Foul-Mouthed Rant

A royal make-up artist-to-the-stars carried a terrified television producer on the bonnet of her car moments after hurling a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse at him for a scolding email, a court heard today.

Beauty expert Teresa Fairminer, 59, (pictured) who took care of the Duchess of Cornwall's hair and make-up for her wedding to Prince Charles and boasts of a string of celebrity clients "was absolutely possessed," the jury was told.

She has pleaded not guilty to driving her Mini Cooper dangerously in Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, West London on March 9 and causing criminal damage to t.v. boss Dominic Moran's £600 Prada spectacles.

He told Isleworth Crown Court Fairminer - whose clients include Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lilly Allen, Cherie Blair and Yasmin Le Bon - burst into his office after delivering a tirade of abuse in a phone call.

Mr. Moran, 51, (pictured) boss of Chiswick Life TV, had emailed Fairminer telling her he was "very disappointed" she pulled out of a make-up consultancy for his niece's wedding in return for two free programmes he made for her.

"I received a call from Teresa that staggered me, I got a tirade of abuse down the phone," he told the jury. "She said she was coming in to sort me out, her and her boyfriend.

"She stormed straight through reception and past my twelve employees. "It was like listening to a docker. Everything was F and C.

"It was unbelievable, I had never heard anything like it. She was so out of control.

"She grabbed my glasses off my face and refused to give them back, then threw them at a wall and broke them.

"She started pushing me and punching me. She was absolutely possessed, screaming and shouting.

"There was a crowd gathering and she shouted: 'How can you work for this fucking cunt?' and when I told her the police were coming she high-tailed it out calling me a fuckhead."

Mr. Moran tried to block Fairminer leaving the office car park and CCTV captured him being carried on the bonnet into Chiswick High Road.

"She looked out of control and I realised I was in a bad position," he told the court. "She just went for me and I realised: 'Oh my God she's not going to stop.'

"I was carried on the bonnet into the bus lane and thought I was going to go under one.

"It wasn't pleasant to be run over. She could have killed me.

"I did her a favour, but I regret it now. It's probably one of the worst decisions I've made in my life."

Police quizzed Fairminer, of Park Road, Chiswick a few weeks later and she admitted grabbing Mr. Moran's glasses, but insisted she dropped them gently on the carpeted floor.

"I childishly just wanted him to grovel down and pick them up," she told police, adding later: "The moral of this is don't stand in front of an angry woman in a car'."

Prosecutor Mr. Dominic Bush told the jury: "She was in a foul mood, shouting and screaming and calling him all the names under the sun. She was not listening, she was absolutely beside herself.

"It must have been obvious driving into the bus lane with a man gangling on her bonnet was dangerous."

Fairminer has also given expert beauty tips on shows including GMTV, This Morning, The Clothes Show and Style Challenge.

Trial continues..............

DNA Breakthrough In Twelve-Year Murder Mystery

Police hunting the killers of a Lithuanian woman twelve years ago have made a fresh appeal for witnesses after a DNA breakthrough in the case.

Kaunas-born Nijole Siskeviciene, 44, (pictured) of Lancelot Road, Wembley, North West London was found dead near garage 200 yards from her home on October 20, 1998.

She had been strangled.

Mysterious letters from two different authors informed police two unknown black suspects carried the mother-of-one from an address in Lancelot Road to a car.

Superintendent Keith Niven of the Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command said: “I think it is fair to say Nijole came to England hoping to build a successful future for herself and her son.

“Unfortunately this was not be and she died a lonely and depressed person who had suffered fatal injuries and her body abandoned 200 yards from her home.

“Nijole’s son is a lone voice and seeks justice for his mother who was clearly a defenceless and vulnerable person. I am committed to identifying who is responsible for Nijole’s death and ensuring that the perpetrator is placed before the courts.”

Divorced Nijole moved to London on May 3, 1997 without her only son, earning a meagre living in the low-paid job of hotel chambermaid, becoming isolated and depressed with few friends or prospects.

“Following a re-investigation into the murder there has now been a significant development,” added Superintendent Niven.

“Thanks to the advancement in scientific procedures we now have a DNA profile of a possible suspect. 



“At this moment in time we do not know the identity of this person, but all we need is a name and we will be able confirm who this profile belongs to. 



“If you know or suspect who this may be please come forward.”

She only moved into the Lancelot Road address a week before her death and on October 18 returned to her former home in Charteris Road, Kilburn to collect the last of her belongings.

She was seen alive at 8.00am on October 20 the Lancelot Road address - 10 hours later she was dead. 



Nijole was found wearing jeans, a pale blue round-necked jumper, a distinctive multi-coloured three quarter length cardigan and open-toed shoes.

Her black leather handbag and her wristwatch have never been found. 



Just days after the murder, two anonymous letters were sent to Wembley police station.

They appeared to have been written by different people and both described the body being moved following the murder. 



The letters were posted locally and it was stressed by the authors they were afraid to speak to the police. 



In the first letter, the author described seeing a woman being carried out of a house in Lancelot Road between 1.15pm and 2.30pm by two black men and put into a car.

The letter ended: “I am not much help, am I, I am to old, I am afraid to go outside my door.”



The second letter describes seeing two men lifting a woman wearing blue jeans and a blue jumper.

The writer said: “Sorry, I do not want my family in this sort of thing.”

“We are still appealing for the authors of the two letters to contact us,” explained Superintendent Niven.

“I know that originally they did not want to speak to police, but the passage of time may now mean that people feel able to come forward, it is important that they know the information they may have is still valuable to us and we would like to speak to them. 



“I would like to reassure anyone in possession of information relating to Nijole's death that any concerns they may have about contacting police can be addressed and measures put in place to resolve any issues.

“Anything said can be treated in the strictest of confidence. Their evidence could be absolutely vital.



“Your assistance may enable us to finally secure justice for Nijole and her family.”



Anyone with information is asked to call the Incident Room on 0208 733 4613 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Hit-And-Run Killer Jailed For Car Death Horror

A nightclub row ended in a hit-and-run murder when a killer stalked his prey for ten miles – finally running a father-of-three over twice – leaving the victim with fatal crush injuries.

Garry Frater, 32, (pictured) of Cobham Close, Edgware, North London was left dying in the road at 4am after 24 year-old Louis Tate of Rosamun Street, Southall, Middlesex ran him over.

The Old Bailey heard following a row when the defendant and a pal approached a woman in Garry’s group during a night out in Watford, Hertfordshire on May 30, last year Tate followed the victim and his two friends who took a mini-cab to Halford Close, Edgware.

There was a second argument and Garry and a friend chased Tate’s Ford Fiesta to the end of the road, where he suddenly reversed at high speed, striking the victim and dragging him under the car.

The vehicle then drove forward at speed, dragging Garry under the wheels again, leaving him with fatal multiple internal injuries to the chest and abdomen.

Officers traced the Ford Fiesta to Acton, West London where it was parked on a driveway with significant damage consistent with the collision.



Forensic analysis revealed Garry's fingerprints and blood on the bodywork.

After Tate was sentenced to life imprisonment with an 18-year minimum for murder Detective Inspector Andy Chalmers of the Met’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command said: “It has been a long process to get to this conviction today, involving a very thorough investigation and two trials.

“I would like to thank not only my officers for their dedication to solving this case, but also Garry's family and friends who have supported us throughout.

They miss Garry a great deal and continue to try and make sense of why this happened.”



'Costa Cannibal' Back Behind Bars In U.K.

A notorious killer dubbed the 'Costa Cannibal' - who killed and claimed he ate parts of his girlfriend after fleeing to Spain following a daring escape from police - has been locked-up for an extra eight years and eight months.

Ex-fugitive Paul Durant, 50, (pictured) is serving a 12-year manslaughter sentence after admitting killing mum-of-two Karen Durrell, 41, in Calpe near Benidorm in 2004.

The East Londoner pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to attempting to rob a security guard of a cashbox on November 26, 2003, robbing another guard of a cashbox on December 1 and escaping from the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel on December 2.

He denied two further charges of robbing guards of cashboxes on October 28 and November 25 and those allegations will lie on the file.

Durant was receiving medical treatment for a hand injury sustained during his arrest when he leapt thirty feet from a balcony, dodging police guarding him and made his way to Spain.

There he met Karen (pictured) of Emsworth Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex, who moved abroad to start a new life in January, 2004, but vanished within weeks.

She was battered over the head with a mallet after rowing with Durant over a child abuse video. Her body has never been found.

Police found a knife with traces of flesh, blood in the bath and a blood stained suitcase at her flat.

Durant was arrested in March, 2004 and told a UK tabloid: "I believed God had delivered her to me and I was getting messages from the telly.

"After I killed her, I cut her body into small parts, eating what parts of her I found eatable. I finally disposed of what was left in small rubbish bags."

The Spanish authorities recently repatriated Durant to this country to serve out his sentence and he was due for release in February 2013, but will now have to finish this term before he is freed.

Welfare Sponger Puts Son Through Private School

A benefits cheat sent her son to private school with money she should have declared to the Department of Works and Pensions, a court heard today.

Pallavi Patel, 56, of Marston Way, Upper Norwood, South London had £22,000 in a bank account under her control while pocketing unlawful income support payments totalling £9.771.

She pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court (pictured) of failing to notify the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) of a change of circumstances between April 5, 2005 and July 21, 2008, namely her capital excess.

The court heard divorcee Patel began claiming income support in May 1998 and was obliged to report any change in her circumstances to the DWP

In July 2007 a matching service referal ordered by the department revealed savings above the threshold of benefits entitlement in Patel's bank account.

All benefit payments were frozen and the defendant took legal advice to recoup money she believed she was still entitled to.

Her lawyer told the court Patel, who is making modest repayments to the department, was saving money donated by family for her son's education and it all had been spent in private school fees.

The DWP are pursuing Patel for compensation under Proceeds of Crime Act legislation.

"She is a woman of very very limited resources," her lawyer told the court. "The prosecution authorities are putting her through this ordeal in what will be a futile exercise."

Sentencing her to a twelve month community order with 80 hours community service work the Recorder of Croydon Warwick McKinnon told Patel: "You pleaded guilty to a serious offence. It is an offence of dishonesty.

"The destination of this money was for your son's education.

"You used some of it and paid it back. It was in your sole name and it is clear it should have been declared.

"You have not benefitted from the failure to notify a change of circumstances," added the Judge. "You have not spent the money in the account on lavish living."

Violent Post Office Raider Caged

An armed robber, whose brutal gang left a 74 year-old Post Office manager with severe internal injuries during a violent daylight raid, has been locked-up for six years.

The frail victim was repeatedly kicked in the stomach by the all-white gang, spent four days in intensive care and now suffers flashbacks and needs specialist care at home.

Iulian Constantin Anisiu, 22, (pictured) pleaded guilty to robbing the Post Office in East Barnet Road, Barnet, North London of cash and stamps worth £11,700 on July 7 and possessing an imitation firearm.

Wood Green Crown Court heard Anisiu – with two unidentified white accomplices – parked their green Ford Ka getaway car outside the Post Office at 1pm and entered.

Two of the robbers were armed with black imitation firearms and after forcing their way into the back office pushed the manager to the floor and repeatedly kicked him in the stomach.

An imitation firearm was recovered at the scene (pictured).

Anisiu was arrested three weeks later on July 30 in Edgware, North London on suspicion of robbery.

Detective Sergeant Adam Rodger, of the Finchley Flying Squad, said: “This was an appalling crime where a frail and elderly man was beaten up so badly, he ended up in intensive care with substantial internal injuries.

“The victim now requires specialist care at home and has flashbacks from the attack.

“The Flying Squad is committed to detecting crimes and apprehending violent criminals to make our business communities feel safer.”

Wanted: Ringleader Of Black Gang

This is the face of the leader of a violent black gang police are hunting after they dragged a motorist from his parked car and robbed him late at night.

The victim was sitting in his vehicle parked in Valentine Court, Forest Hill, South-East London (pic.bottom) at 11:00pm on September 10 when targeted by the unknown mob.

Metropolitan Police detectives have released this e-fit in the hope the assailant can be identified and brought to justice.

After being robbed of personal property the victim was beaten by the gang

Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Constable Abraham Pino of Lewisham Police on 020 8284 8372.

If you wish to remain anonymous ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Sparky Cashed-In With Dodgy Mains Electricity Earner

A rogue electrician, who amassed a small fortune by illegally diverting the power supply to over 1,500 new properties, faces losing the profits of his moonlighting operation.

Ex-EDF Energy Networks employee Derek Brown, 45, of Hamilton Close, Tottenham, North London utilised his knowledge to illicitly supply electricity to house conversions.

He pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to ten counts of criminal damage to EDF’s main electricity service cable at locations across Haringey between 2004 and 2008.

He was only caught after a concerned member of the public called police on July 12, 2008 to report Brown working down a hole on the electricity supply without permission.

The counts reflect addresses in Roseberry Gardens, Finsbury Park; High Road, Wood Green; Mount Pleasant Road, Tottenham; Haringey Road, South Tottenham; Downhills Park Road, Tottenham; Stanhope Gardens, South Tottenham; Woodside Gardens, Tottenham; Cunningham Road, South Tottenham; West Green Road, South Tottenham; Philip Lane, South Tottenham.

He was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for a year and ordered to perform 150 hours community service work.

Brown (pictured) also faces a financial investigation and a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act, which will determine the extent of his illegal service.

Cash totalling £28,000 was seized at his home during a police search and enquiries will be made into other assets.

On the day of his arrest police found Brown tampering with the electricity network without authority from EDF Energy Networks.

Police made checks with the electricity distribution company and found Brown was a former employee without authority to be carrying out the work.

He was arrested on suspicion of abstracting electricity and officers carried out searches of his van and home address where they found a substantial amount of EDF property and equipment, including uniform and three ledgers detailing every address he had worked at since he resigned from the company in June 2002.

It is believed that over 1,500 addresses have had illegal connections implemented by Brown. Many of which are still being investigated and corrected by EDF Energy Networks to this day.

Detective Constable Kerry Burgess of Haringey CID said: “This was a lengthy and complex investigation undertaken by police with the assistance of EDF Energy Networks.

“In many cases we believe that Brown was carrying out work for houses being converted into flats and splitting the connection from the mains in order to allow each property to have a separate supply.

“The landlords claimed that they weren't aware because the work had been arranged by contractors who now have the inconvenience of having to arrange for the illegal services to be removed and new services to be properly and safely installed.

“It is a criminal offence to interfere with the electrical mains network and poses a huge safety risk to those who do so as well as to those who are left to live with the results.”

David Shepherd, head of security for EDF Energy added: “We take cases like this very seriously and welcome today's prosecution.

“EDF Energy Networks is committed to providing a safe, reliable electricity service and anyone who tampers with our electrical equipment is risking their lives and those of others who could come into contact with damaged equipment.

“Like any large organisation, we have clear procedures and review systems in place to guard against the risks of illegal behaviour and we will always assist the police with their investigations and support prosecution.

“When the police received information in July 2008 that somebody was tampering with the electricity supply, we worked together with the investigating team to help establish what had been happening.

“We are currently working to complete the restoration and repair of equipment so that people will have safe and reliable power supplies in future.

“It is important to stress that Derek Brown resigned from his role with EDF Energy Networks in 2002, and these offences relate to a later period.”