Another Suspended Sentence For ASBO Accountant

A 77 year-old ASBO accountant involved in a bitter parking and access dispute, which he says claimed the life of his son and over £200,000 in legal bills, has received a suspended sentence for breaking the order again.

Roger Jocelyn Gloucester-Trotman, of Devon Road, Sutton and his late son Ian Trotman, who committed suicide aged 44, owned the service road behind a suburban parade of shops, where the defendant's accountancy business is based.

Planning permission was successfully won - despite local objections -  to build two three-storey townhouses at each end of the road and Gloucester-Trotman tried to stop neighbouring business owners using and parking there despite them having legal access rights.

Since February 2005 Gloucester-Trotman has continuously been convicted of breaching of ASBOs and restraining orders - around his home and business premises in Westmead Road, Carshalton.

He was convicted by a Croydon Crown Court jury of two counts of breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order.

His sentencing was heard at Guildford Crown Court, where he received six months imprisonment, suspended for twenty-one months.

He was also ordered to pay £1400 costs.

The court heard he has clocked-up 27 convictions for similar offences.

Cursed Alley

His lawyer said: "Mr. Gloucester-Trotman's health seems to be deteriorating markedly.

"He can seem feisty at times, but he's not a man in good health.

"He seems to have become more frail."

The ASBO was made as a result of him continuing to complain to police about issues regarding his son's death, vehicle access and parking to the rear of his office and outside his home.

The dispute has also cost Gloucester-Trotman his professional reputation after he was struck-off by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2011, after they finally lost patience with his constant court appearances and ASBO breaches. 

On May 28, 2010 his property-developer son was found dead inside a drain located in the disputed access road with an angle-grinder, petrol can and towels and a subsequent inquest found he killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning. 

"He was driven to it by the police," said Gloucester-Trotman, after previously receiving a suspended prison sentence for another ASBO breach.

The development proved incredibly unpopular amongst local residents, who claimed their lives had been made a misery by the father and son's behaviour, their instillation of CCTV and declaring their own parking-free zone.

One neighbour reported Ian Trotman to police for criminal damage after her boiler flue, which was adjacent to the second development site, was vandalised and another 73 year-old resident claimed the son deliberately shovelled lumps of rubble against his legs, sending him crashing to the ground.

That resulted in a criminal trial, but even though Mr. Trotman was cleared of causing actual bodily harm his father says the stress of the prosecution, plus a civil dispute between his son and his ex - Sue Gloucester-Trotman -  caused unbearable stress.

The accountant's battle with his business neighbours concerning parking and access in the road ended up at Guildford County Court, which ruled against Gloucester-Trotman, costing him £200,000 in legal bills.

During the dispute he dug up the access road on Boxing Day, preventing any vehicles gaining access and parking.

Those incidents continued to occur from what Gloucester-Trotman saw as a lack of road traffic enforcement, forcing him to be distracted from his accountancy practice to ensure regulations at his home address and office were maintained.

The ASBO was made to prohibit Gloucester-Trotman abusing his neighbours, calling 999 except in an emergency and calling police to complain about car parking and the death of his son.

The order was made to protect three neighbours from harassment, but he has continued to abuse them in the street and regularly turn up at Sutton Police Station to make multiple complaints, at one point having six live cases before the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Woman Sexually Assaulted Schoolgirl On Bus

A woman who admitted a bus sex attack on a teenage schoolgirl has been sentenced.

Nadia Schroeder, 39, will now be on the Sex Offenders Register for the next five years.

She was sentenced at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.

Schroeder, of Kingston Road, New Malden, south-west London pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the thirteen year-old girl on July 3, last year.

The defendant was travelling on a 111 bus in Hampton Court Road when she targeted the victim.

She was sentenced to a two-year community order, who includes a sixty day compulsory activity requirement. 

Jail Warning For UK Citizenship Baby Plotters

Fausat Abolore

A Nigerian illegal immigrant and the bogus father of her new-born baby were told today they are facing prison after he posed as the dad so she could stay in the UK.

The audacious plot was exposed when Home Office investigators found photographs posted online of the true father - a Nigerian illegal - at the child’s Christening ceremony.  

The mother was facing deportation and paid the stand-in £1,000 to pass himself off as the baby’s father so she and her son could remain.

“You face the prospect of custodial sentences,” Inner London Crown Court Judge Mark Bishop told Fausat Abolore, 29, and Anthony Ezekpo, 44, adjourning the case until October 17.

Jobless UK-born Ezekpo, of Litchfild Street, Winlaton, Gateshead allowed his name to be falsely entered on the baby’s birth certificate as the father and a bogus passport application was also made.

Both he and Abolore, of Colombus Square, Erith were both found guilty of conspiring to breach immigration law.

A third defendant, nurse Samson Awoyinka, 29, of Havil Street, Southwark, who countersigned the passport application, was acquitted of one count of making a false statement.

Abolore and Ezepko were also convicted of one count of giving false information when registering a birth and Abolore alone found guilty of seeking leave to remain in the UK by deception.

Abolore gave birth at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich on August 6, 2014 and Home Office investigators found a picture on her phone of her partner, Peter Gentry, cradling the new born.

The Nigerian-born couple have no status in the UK and there are no records of them ever entering the country legally.

He is the true father, the jury were told, but as he had no right to remain in the country a plan was hatched to find a stand-in citizen.

“It was necessary for Miss Abolore to find a British citizen  and that’s where Mr. Ezekpo come in,” explained prosecutor Mr. Alan Gardner.

Ezekpo & Awoyinka

“He was enlisted as part of a fraudulent scheme to get British citizenship for her to remain in the UK.”

However, online photographs of the baby’s naming ceremony on September 15, 2014 with Mr. Gentry in the role of doting father were found, exposing the fraud, the jury were told.

“A man turned up with her at council offices in Greenwich to register the birth and get a birth certificate.

“The man putting himself forward as the father was not Mr. Gentry, but Mr. Ezekpo and they both said they lived together at 111 Chandlers Drive, Erith, a false address.

“Having obtained the birth certificate Miss Abolore makes an application for a passport and this is signed by Mr. Ezekpo and countersigned by Mr. Awoyinka.

“He said he knew Mr. Ezekpo for five years from his church congregation. This was not true, he barely knew the man.

“British-born Mr. Ezekpo has a separate life from Miss Abolore, he lives near Newcastle.

“When he was questioned he told a pack of lies and refused to give the PIN to unlock his phone,” added Mr. Gardner. “He said someone must have stolen his identity and he had never been to Greenwich.

“He was questioned a second time and changed his story. He said he had an affair with Miss Abolore and she became pregnant and told him the child was his.

“He then admitted he signed the passport application and went to Greenwich.”

Abolore was co-habiting with Mr. Gentry when she was arrested on September 17, last year. “On her phone was a picture of Mr, Gentry holding his newborn son as the hospital.”

The jury was told Abolore was under Home Office investigation and she had no legal basis to be in the UK.

“She said Mr. Gentry was not the father and that he (Ezekpo) was trying to save her face at the naming ceremony.”

Abolore refused consent to a DNA test.

“She had a great deal to hide. She knew if she gave consent to the DNA test it would reveal the truth that Mr. Ezekpo was not the father and her application for a passport and birth certificate were all lies.

Home Office investigators discovered a text Ezekpo sent Abolore giving her his date of birth and bank details.

“He was going to get paid for lending his name to this commercial enterprise,” added Mr. Gardner.

The £1,000 payment was transferred to his account the same day he was entered on the baby’s birth certificate.

She has since had a second child with Gentry.

Creepy Stalker Wanted By Police

Police are hunting this stalking suspect after a woman in her thirties was followed in Croydon.

Detectives from the borough have issued CCTV footage of a man they wish to identify and speak to in connection with the incident.

On Wednesday, March 9, police were approached by the concerned woman at around 5.00pm to reports of a man watching her.

Earlier that day fellow-customers at a town centre coffee shop told her the suspect had been staring at her for fifteen minutes and they were concerned for her safety.

The same man was seen by the victim standing at a bus stop on Brighton Road and was staring at her closely, making her feel uncomfortable.

The man is described as a slim Eastern European, aged in his early twenties, 5ft 11ins tall, with blond hair, very pale complexion and dry skin.

He was wearing a shiny plain black leather hooded jacket with a zip at the front.

He walked with a slight hunch in his shoulders.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the man shown on CCTV.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 020 3649 0115 or 101 quoting reference number 206901, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Bandit Bungles Bookies Blag

Police are hunting a wannabe armed robber, who fled a bookies empty-handed after demanding cash.

Flying Squad detectives have released this CCTV image of their suspect, who they wish to identify.

The raider entered Paddy Power bookmakers in Barking Road, Plaistow at 12.50pm on February 28.

He threatened staff with what was believed to be a firearm.

Nobody was injured and he fled without any money.

The suspect is described as an Asian male in his twenties.

He was wearing a blue jacket and carrying a green bag.

Anyone with information can contact the Flying Squad on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Young Crystal Palace FC Prospect Freed After Bloody Nightclub Bottle Attack

"On Me 'ead Son": Ryan Inniss

Young Crystal Palace FC star Ryan Inniss has been freed from prison despite admitting smashing a bottle over a fellow nightclubber’s head during a drunken brawl.

The victim was left covered in blood after the early hours attack, but yesterday the footballer successfully won an appeal against his 14 week sentence.

Six-foot five centre-half Inniss, 21, of Lait House, Albemarle Road, Beckenham, was jailed at Bexley Magistrates Court last Wednesday.

He pleaded guilty to assaulting George Bryan, by beating, at Time nightclub, Beckenham in the early hours of May 1.

Today Croydon Crown Court suspended that sentence for eighteen months and Inniss will also have to complete 240 hours community service work.

He must also comply with an alcohol treatment requirement and a twenty day activity requirement and has been excluded from entering licensed premises, except for work or buying food, for twelve months.

An order to pay the victim £300 compensation will remain.

Another Win In The Bag: Parish

The Penge-born defender, who represented England at U-16 and U-17 level on thirteen occasions, was unable to make his debut last Saturday for new loan club Southend United because he was in HMP Belmarsh.

He was not produced from the top-security prison for today’s hearing.

Even though this was his first criminal conviction Inniss has previously been arrested an cautioned for common assault, being drunk and disorderly and resisting a police officer last year and a public order offence in 2011. 

Prosecutor Mr. Matthew Bolt told the court: “This stemmed from an incident at Time nightclub in Beckenham.

“It was the Bank Holiday weekend at two in the morning and he was in Time, where Mr. Bryan had gone with a group of friends.

“Mr. Inniss, as well as being something of a public figure is distinctively tall and he has been part of the professional football club since he was fourteen years-old.

“There was a disagreement between the victim and the appellant, it was minor, but involved some pushing and shoving.

“Mr. Inniss took advantage of his height and reach to hit Mr. Bryan with a bottle as he was standing at the back of the group.

“The bottle broke, considerable bleeding was caused, but at the hospital it was realised the injury was not as serious as the amount of blood suggested.

“Mr. Inniss suffered a cut to his finger and door staff persuaded him to leave via a back entrance, but the recriminations between the groups continued outside.”

The police were called and Inniss admitted his finger had been cut on a broken bottle, but made no comment in interview.

In his victim impact statement Mr. Bryan says: “I am at an age when my social life is an important aspect of my life and involves being in tightly-packed pubs and clubs.

“I enjoy going out with friends and enjoy Beckenham, where there is a good atmosphere, but that all changed on May the first.

“It was excessively violent and I was bleeding heavily and in the ambulance on the way to hospital I was fearful about the extent of my injuries.

“I was left with a small scar and with anxiety about going out socially. I feared something could happen again.”

The victim did not leave home for a week, adding: “I am in a state of anxiety in Beckenham. I fear I will encounter the attacker or his friends.

“I used to enjoy going out, but feel that has been taken away from me.”

Mr. Bolt added: “There was a cut, causing heavy bleeding and a fear of much worse injury. An attack in the early hours in a crowded place, drink had been taken and a weapon used.”

Inniss’s lawyer Mr. Peter Hunter told Judge Adam Hiddleston his client’s employer, CPFC Chairman Steve Parish was in court along with the defendant’s mother, a recovering drug-addict, his agent and the club’s lawyer.

“Steve Parish sits here to give his support on behalf of the club. He’s been involved with Mr. Inniss since becoming Chairman of the football club.

“Mr. Inniss is devastated by his actions, he’s a young man with a very bright future and this act jeopardises that future.

“This is a defining moment for him and he realises this behaviour is unacceptable.

“He has not had the easiest of backgrounds. When he was a young teenager his mother was a drug addict and his father was in prison.

“Ryan had the responsibility for two younger siblings. He has worked very, very hard to give himself the opportunity he has now.

“His mother has gone through treatment that Ryan has funded and she has recovered.

“To become a professional footballer is not just talent, but commitment, hard work and dedication.

“As he said to the probation officer: ‘I have no other skill set.’ He accept his actions have been stupid.

“He is not someone the club would stand behind if he did not have these attributes.

“He’s not all bad and one stupid mistake has blighted his whole future.

“That night, in drink, he has let himself down.

“The alcohol is now the issue highlighted by the club and they have passed him on to counselling and an appointment has been made with a counsellor.”

Professional anxiety at season’s end contributed, added Mr. Hunter. “The fear of injury, the fear of what is going to happen.”

Inns has endured an injury-plagued career, which has often cut-short his numerous loan spells with other clubs.

“He understands after the last five days where this behaviour ends. In prison. He’s had a short, sharp shock.

“He earns good wages and can pay compensation. 

“He apologises and is very remorseful. He is ashamed of his actions, he is absolutely devastated.

“Custody would simply destroy his chances.”

Judge Hiddleston announced: “In the pre-sentence report he says he was so drunk he could not recall the events at all and his cautions for violent and unruly behaviour all seem to have occurred while he was in drink.

“He accepts alcohol has played a part in all his offending behaviour.

“Use of a weapon is utterly unacceptable and deplorable.

“Anyone, no matter how famous or popular, must accept prison will follow.

“Mr. Inniss needs to appreciate that with success comes responsibility.

‘He is in the public eye. He’s a role model to young people.

“There seems to be an underlying issue with alcohol that needs to be addressed.”

Inniss can now join-up with League one club Southend United, having missed their trip to Scunthorpe last Saturday, where they lost 4-0.

He turned pro in 2011, but has never made a first-team appearance for Crystal Palace and has had loan spells at Cheltenham Town; Luton Town; Gillingham; Yeovil Town and Port Vale.

A product of the Crystal Palace youth academy, which he joined aged fourteen, Inniss signed his first pro contract two years later.

West London Stabbing: Suspect Named

Alem Shah

A tattooed QPR fan is suspected of a stabbing, which resulted in a young man being taken to hospital.

Alem Shah, 24, who has the team's tattoo on the underside of his right wrist is suspected of involvement.

At around 7.00pm on March 25 the victim – aged in his twenties – was stabbed in Little Ealing Lane, Ealing, west London.

Fortunately his injuries were not the most serious.

Ealing CID would welcome information and can be contacted on 07825 114094 or via 101.

To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Reckless Epileptic Jailed For Tragic Car Crash

Life Ban: Stuart Lusher

An epileptic motorist, who ignored medical warnings not to drive, has been jailed for mounting the pavement and killing a pedestrian during an attack.

Stuart Lusher, 56, was locked-up for three-and-half years and has also been given a life driving ban.

He was driving his wife's car in the afternoon to visit her in hospital, where she was seriously ill.

Lusher, of Benhill Wood Road, Sutton pleaded guilty to causing the death of 48 year-old Philip Westnott by dangerous driving.

Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court heard he was behind the wheel of his wife's Mazda SUV in Merantun Way, Merton on June 27, last year.

At about 1.40pm he stopped at a red traffic light and suffered an epileptic seizure.

The seizure caused him to drive onto the pavement and collide with Mr. Westnott, who was struck from behind.

He was trapped by the car and suffered a catastrophic head injury.

Mr. Westnott was pronounced dead at the scene.

A police investigation established that Lusher had a history of epilepsy and chronic sleep apnoea and had ignored numerous medical warnings from medical professionals not to drive.

Detective Sergeant Jeff Edwards, of the Metropolitan Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "I must firstly pay tribute to family of Mr. Westnott for their dignity and courage during this difficult investigation.

“Mr. Lusher's decision to drive, despite warnings from medical staff, resulted in a terrible collision that cost an innocent man his life.

“The consequences of that day have resulted in an innocent man losing a life and now Mr. Lusher losing his liberty."

Movie Couple Blame Each Other For Boozy Birthday Party Brawl

Birthday Bash: Catherine Quantschnigg

A film industry couple inflicted injuries on each other during a late-night drunken birthday party brawl outside their luxury £2.6m home, a court heard.

The evening turned sour when film financier Gregory Browne, 49, and movie executive Catherine Quantschnigg, 42, began rowing violently in front of thirty guests.

One invitee was pushed down the stairs of the six-bedroom Edwardian house by Browne, receiving a cut to his ear, when the host found him wandering around the first floor.

Police arrested the couple, who have a four year-old daughter, in the early hours of October 11, last year at the house in Kitson Road, Barnes with each accusing the other of assault.

Catherine was earlier cleared of assault when Browne did not appear for her trial and on Thursday he was found not guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates Court of assaulting her.

The incident finally brought an end to their turbulent five-year on-off relationship, which they had tried to save when moving into the £6,000 a month property a month before.

“It was my birthday and house-warming party for around thirty guests and my parents flew over from Austria,” said Catherine, who is Head of Sales for Cornerstone films - makers of recent Amy Winehouse bio ‘Amy’.

£2K Booze Bill: Gregory Browne

She is the former vice-president of international sales for Goldcrest Films and the ex-president of Hollywood film distributor IM Global.

“I was outside saying goodbye to some guests when I heard a really loud noise from inside. The sound of someone being thrown down the stairs and screaming.

“My friend Ramin was bleeding from the ear, he broke a finger and went to hospital. There was blood everywhere.

“Ramin said: ‘Your boyfriend is insane. I don’t know what’s wrong with him.’

“He was very aggressive and very drunk and I believe also on drugs, it was very scary.”

Browne does not deny his push caused the guest’s fall, but insists he was not bleeding heavily and that Catherine exaggerated the injuries.

She told the court Browne violently blocked her from returning inside. “He held my wrists, grabbed me and threw me out.

“He pushed me and kicked me and I fell down the steps at the front of the house. My arm was black and blue and my knee was bruised.”

Browne, who helped finance Robert de Niro and John Travolta’s ‘Killing Season’ told the court Catherine bit a chunk out of his left hand, bit his arm and kicked him in the back with her stiletto heel, causing a fracture to one of his vertebrae.

He told the court she had been knocking back strong cocktails and was speaking intimately with ‘Ramin’ and a hedge fund manager for most of the evening.

Guest Plunged Down Stairs

Browne, who had bought £2,000 worth of alcohol for the event, approached the men and told them: “Enjoy my house, enjoy my party and it looks like my girlfriend as well.”

This sent her into a “violent rage” said Browne and she followed him outside. “I heard Catherine screaming abuse and she launched into me with punches and kicks.

“I pushed her away with my foot and turned and then felt a thud to my back. When I grabbed hold of her she bit a chunk out of my arm.”

Browne went upstairs and found ‘Ramin’ emerge from his daughter’s empty bedroom. “I said: ‘What the f*** are you doing?’ and he started mouthing off.

Couple Brawled At Front Door

“I said: ‘Get the f*** out’ and pushed him and he slipped and went down the stairs.”

He then tried to block Catherine entering the house. “I grabbed her and pushed her. She was standing on the steps in high heels and fell backwards.

“She’s not a small girl. She packs a punch and takes a big bite.”

Guest Maxine Henshilwood, 48, backed-up Browne’s account of being attacked by Catherine. “Kung Fu Panda comes past, arms flailing.

“She’s kicking and punching him. Then she went to hit me and attacked him again.”

Browne called 999 to complain he had been assaulted and when police arrived he flagged down their car, saying: “I’m the victim here. Don’t judge me yet.”

Mr. Tony Wyatt, defending, told the court: “This is a woman that will do anything and say anything to get herself out of trouble and see Mr. Browne convicted.”

The magistrates found Browne not guilty and chairman Mr. Gordon Lawson announced: “We did not find Miss Quantschnigg to be a credible and reliable witness.” 

Attempted Abduction Of Toddler: E-Fit Released

Police in Enfield have released an e-fit of a man they would like to speak with after a two-year-old girl was grabbed in a park.

The incident happened at approximately 4.30pm on Thursday, March 17 in a playground near Albany Park.

The girl was in the playground when she was approached by a man who grabbed her arm.

The girl's mother challenged the man who then ran away from the scene.

The suspect is described as a black man, aged in his late twenties and of medium build.

He was wearing an Adidas hooded top, black trousers, dark coloured shoes and was carrying a black bag.

Detective Inspector Chris Rixon, of Enfield CID, said: "Thankfully the child was not hurt during this incident but both her, and her mother, were very shaken up by the experience.

“The motivation for the incident remains unclear, but I would ask anyone who was in the park, or knows who is responsible, to contact police."

Anyone with information is asked to call Enfield CID on 020 8345 3323 or via 101. Alternatively, they should contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Cashpoint Robber Smashed Victim Over Back Of Head

A 35 year-old man was smashed over the back of the head and had £220 he had just withdrawn from a cashpoint snatched by this suspect.

Detectives from Bexley Borough have issued this CCTV image of a man they wish to identify and speak to in connection with the street mugging.

On Monday, January 11, police were called at around 4.00pm to a report of a robbery on Blackfen Parade, Blackfen Road, Sidcup.

The victim had visited the cashpoint earlier that day and withdrawn the money.

As he walked along Blackfen Road, he became aware that a man was following him.

Moments later, the suspect approached him from behind and hit him over the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.

The suspect ran off down the road towards Bexley Village with the money.

The suspect is described as a white man of a large build and 5ft 10ins tall.

He was wearing a long black coat, beige trousers, white trainers and a dark coloured beanie hat.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the man shown on CCTV or who witnessed the robbery.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting reference number 201991 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Nightclub Horror: Victim Needed 25 Stitches After 'Bottling'

A Hackney nightclubber needed over 25 stitches after this suspect smashed a bottle into his face after the pair bumped into each other.

Detectives have issued this CCTV image of a man they wish to identify and speak with in connection with the horrific attack.

In the early hours of Sunday, September 6, last year the 32 year-old victim was in the Basing House nightclub in Kingsland Road.

At about 2.30am a man bumped into him before attacking him, hitting in the face with a bottle.

The bottle smashed causing serious cuts to his face which required over 25 stitches.

Bouncers at the venue intervened and ejected the suspect.

The victim was then taken by cab to an east London Hospital, where he was treated for his injuries.

He was released two days later following treatment.

The suspect is described as a black man, with short black hair, wearing a dark coloured jumper.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the man shown in the CCTV footage or who witnessed the assault.

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigating officer DC David Leitner on 07825 793 215 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting ref 194451.