Suspended Sentence For Homeless Campaigner Who Nicked £10K From Charity He Ran

An outspoken homeless campaigner, who forged invoices to take nearly £10,000 from a charity he ran, has received a suspended prison sentence.

Jamie Nalton, 41, was the director of The Simon Community, an outreach project for the homeless in Camden, north London.

The father-of-one, of Green Leas, Sunbury-on-Thames was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years.

He pleaded guilty that between June 12 and September 13, last year at The Simon Community, St. Martin’s Vicarage, Vicar’s Road, Kentish Town he stole £2068

Nalton also pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation between same dates, namely altering two invoices to make a gain, namely £7,800.

He was ordered to pay £2,400 compensation to the charity.

Criticising the government’s policy surrounding benefits and how they effect the homeless he once said: “There is a lot of misunderstanding around welfare reform and people are being sanctioned and ending up with no money whatsoever.”

The charity proudly announced Nalton’s arrival in their Spring 2015 newsletter, noting: “We are pleased to tell you that we have a new Director.

“Jamie Nalton joined us as an interim Community Manager last Christmas and has been with us since then.

In February he was appointed as the new Community Director and is now officially in post.

“Jamie has a lot of experience in the homelessness sector that he gained through working for C4WS, the Camden Winter Shelter providers, who organised the church winter shelters in the borough.

“Jamie first came to us when he was working as a consultant who travelled the country advising night shelter providers on best practice.”

Nalton himself said: “I am honoured to work for the Simon Community, a charity that not only helps those without support, but also campaigns on their behalf.” 

He is now a night-shift labourer on the Cheesegrater construction site in the City. 

Much of his mitigation centred on the medical condition of his wife Jhoana Nalton, 36, a weddings and home accessories designer, who was diagnosed with brain aneurysm in July, 2014.

Jhoana, who has a daughter, Jessica, 5, with Nalton had a stent implant to ease a bulging in blood vessel in her brain.

Previously commenting on homeless issues Nalton also said: “Not everyone is aware of services and there may be reasons they feel unable to engage with them.

“Some services in Westminster, for example, are only available to people with a local connection.

“I think we really need to understand more about why people are begging. Arresting people and giving them a criminal record is absolutely not helpful.

“The police need a better understanding of the issues that they are dealing with here.”

Financial Analyst Denies Raping Cambridge Student In Back Of Black Cab

An analyst for financial advisor giants Deloitte raped a drunken Cambridge University student on the back seat of a taxi after a night’s drinking, a court heard yesterday.

Gerald Laryea, 25, says the 21 year-old consented to sex during the journey from a Chalk Farm bar to an address in Lewisham, south-east London.

The University of Leicester business management economics graduate, of Coltsfoot Place, Conniburrow, Milton Keynes has pleaded not guilty to counts of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault.

Woolwich Crown Court heard the pair were part of a larger group attending a rooftop party at the landmark Roundhouse music venue on July 31, 2015.

Laryea says the young woman thrust her hands down his trousers during the event and CCTV shows them still together when walking to a bar opposite.

The student denies groping Laryea and insist she did not say: “She’s jealous. We’re going to have babies,” when the defendant’s mother warned them to cool down. 

CCTV also shows them holding hands in the bar, which they left in a black cab.

“I remember him pulling me forward and taking my underwear off,” she told the jury. “I think he was kneeling on the floor.”

She said Laryea performed a sex act on her. “I was only half-aware of what was happening.

“I was waking up and thinking: ‘I don’t really want this to happen.’ I was embarrassed.”

She told the court the defendant then tried to rape her. “I could feel him trying to do that. I have a half-formed feeling that he turned me over.

“I could feel him trying to enter me. I could feel him trying to open my legs more.

‘He had sex with me that I did not consent to, that I was too drunk to consent to.

“I think he was touching my boobs.”

She admitted not saying: ’No’ or protesting and says she was simply trying to forget about what was going on.

She gave a statement to police the next day, adding: I’ve had a few panic attacks and flashbacks recently when I’ve been drinking.”

Trial continues………….

Women Jailed For Attacking Vulnerable Internet Date During 24-Hour Ordeal

Locked Up: Paige Springer & Tanisha Williams

Two young women, who inflicted “gratuitous degradation” on a vulnerable internet date during a 24-hour ordeal, which saw him beaten, throttled and told he would be killed, have been jailed.

The 27 year-old man, who has learning difficulties, was dunked in a cold bath, strangled with a rope then a hair straightener’s electrical cord and threatened with an electric drill.

Greenwich University student Tanisha Williams, 20, and mum-of-two Paige Springer, 20, were told by a judge: “It is a sickening case.”

Both were sentenced at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to twenty-eight months custody after pleading guilty to causing actual bodily harm on December 4, 2015. 

The victim, James Liddell, who lives in supported housing and has a care worker, enjoyed an online romance with Williams via dating site TangoWire and was lured to her flat in John Parker Square, Battersea.

She was joined by pal Springer, of Ramsden Road, Balham and both participated in a violent joint enterprise attack.

Luckily an unexpected visitor saw the bloody victim, despite the women’s attempts to block his view, and he dialled 999.

“I cannot think of any more appropriate words than gratuitous degradation,” said Judge Timothy Lamb QQ. “Twenty-four hours subjecting him to fear and violence.”

Prosecutor Mr. Gavin Pottinger told the court: “He is particularly vulnerable and this was a sustained assault.

Date From Hell: James Liddell

“He thought Miss Williams was in a relationship with him, but when he arrived she locked the door behind him and said: ‘You’re going to die today.’

“He could hear Miss Williams on the phone to friends saying she was going to kill someone and he was hit by her with a pole that caused bleeding and loss of consciousness.

“Further threats were made and he was dragged from the lounge to the bathroom by Miss Williams, stripped and made to get into the bath and remained there until he felt cold.

“His head was pushed under the water and an electric drill was also taken into the bathroom and brandished by Miss Williams, who kept turning it on and off, revving it.

“He was throttled with the electrical cord of some hair straightener’s by Miss Williams.”

The victim responded by desperately thumping the wall in an attempt to raise the alarm.

Springer threatened Mr. Liddell with a knife, telling him: “If you move you’re going to get stabbed.”

Both women repeatedly punched, kicked and slapped Mr. Liddell, and Springer tried to hit him on the head with a hammer saying: “I want to kill him, I want to hit him.”

She did not make a clean contact, but the blow left a bump and Mr. Liddell was also struck in the eye with a bottle after Williams said: “You’d better hit him with a bottle, knock him out.”

He suffered a lacerated forearm, a cut to his left eye, plus cuts, scrapes and bruising to other parts of his body.

His blood was found on Williams’ shoes and on Springer’s clothing.

Two months later Mr. Liddell complained he was still having nightmares about the incident and was nervous about leaving his home.

“There was a clear intention to cause more injury than he sustained because there were a number of blows that did not connect with any real force,” added Mr. Pottinger.

Williams’ lawyer Mr. Dan Darnbrough said: “She deeply regrets her actions. It will be her first custodial sentence and she is terrified.

“Sometimes she drank to excess and took cannabis and says her anti-depressant tablets turned her into a zombie.”

Making a ten-year restraining order, prohibiting both women contacting Mr. Liddell. Judge Lamb added: “There is no dispute this is a Category One offence.  

“Save for motherhood there’s little in mitigation for these defendants for me to take a different course.”

Paedophile Finally Convicted of Abusing boy After Four Decades

A Derbyshire pensioner, convicted of abusing a young boy four decades ago, has been told he will probably be locked-up after undergoing heart bypass surgery.

Graham Saunders, 78, of Town Lane, Charlesworth, Glossop began preying on the youngster in the mid-seventies when the boy was approximately eleven or twelve years-old.

He was unanimously convicted by a Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court jury of three counts of indecent assault and two counts of indecency with a child and will be sentenced on September 15.

The court heard Saunders was previously an employee of Manchester Polytechnic and some of the abuse occurred during trips to the Lake District.

Judge Timothy Lamb QC told him: “A custodial sentence is almost certain to follow these convictions.

“I have information that you are to undergo major surgery that will keep you in hospital for several weeks.

“I want extensive enquiries about your conduct in 1971 and test how straight you have been in this court.

“I will allow time for the operation and period of convalescence.

“There will follow a probable custodial sentence,” added the judge, who ordered Saunders to sign the sex offenders register.

Knickers Stalker Sentenced For Harassing Neighbour

Wimbledon Magistrates Court

A stalker left six pairs of knickers outside the home of a Kingston School of Art lecturer he visited on half a dozen occasions.

David Tiddy, 44, of Arlington Road, Surbiton is a neighbour on the same street as the woman, living approximately twelve doors away.

He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court charged with stalking, without fear, alarm or distress between February 1 and May 8 by leaving pairs of ladies knickers between two flower pots.

Tiddy was sentenced to twelve weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years.

He must also pay £500 compensation to the victim and was made subject to a restraining order prohibiting contact with her.

Secret Camera Perv Gets Suspended Sentence For Supermarket Snaps

A supermarket pervert, who filmed up female shoppers’ skirts with a key fob-disguised camera, has received a suspended prison sentence.

Andrew Bean, 52, was caught following a woman in Sainsbury’s, Surbiton and upskirt shots of a second victim were found on his secret device.

The jobless former delivery driver, of Gateways, Surbiton Hill Road, Surbiton received eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years.

He must also complete 150 hours community service work, 100 days of group rehabilitation work and up to 60 days of a probation service-specified activity requirement.

The court also made Bean subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which controls his use of taking images in public and he must pay a £140 vicrim surcharge. 

The court heard Bean, who claims Jobseekers Allowance, has been recommended for a post-sentencing dangerousness assesment by the probation service.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of outraging public decency by taking images up the skirts of unsuspecting women on August 31 and 27, last year.

Bean, who was ironically camera-shy when photographed himself outside the court, targeted women wearing short skirts and hot pants.

An off-duty police officer observed Bean as his eyes were fixed on the woman’s bottom as he repeatedly clicked his tiny camera, hidden inside a car key fob.

The officer followed Bean and saw him following another woman.

The store’s security staff were alerted and the defendant was watched on CCTV and then arrested.

NOT GUILTY: Schoolteacher Cleared Of Deliberately Touching Theatre-Goer

A schoolteacher, who consumed a bottle of wine while on anti-depressants, has been cleared of groping a fellow theatre-goer sitting next to him.

Irishman Charles Maxwell, 53, of Elizabeth House, Exeter Close, Watford told a jury his memory of the incident was erased and produced medical evidence to support his claim.

“I can’t remember touching anyone’s leg,” he told Inner London Crown Court. “Maybe I was asleep and it was an involuntary action.”

The jury took just fort-five minutes to unanimously find Maxwell not guilty of sexually assaulting the woman at a performance of ‘Amadeus’ at the Olivier Theatre on London’s South Bank on November 5, last year.

Witnesses said Maxwell, who taught English at the jewish Yavneh College, Borehamwood until February this year, also fiddled with his trousers, which were hanging off him when he stood up.

“I was probably moving my trousers because the button way cutting into my stomach,” he told the jury. “For someone of my size I’m forever adjusting my posture in the seat.”  

Glowing character references from the school’s headmaster and colleagues, praising Maxwell’s work and ability as a teacher, were read to the jury.

He taught at the school for five years, specialising in ‘A’ Level literature.

Maxwell said he was depressed since his wife left him and he drank two large glasses of wine after the interval. “It was to knock myself out.” 

Masseur Accused Of Molesting Hen Night Bride And Two Other Clients

A Hilton Hotel masseur told a bride on her hen night he would doing something “special” to relax her moments before molesting the woman, a jury heard.

She was the second woman 34 year-old Mohamed El-Alfie had groped between the legs that day and the third in total, Isleworth Crown Court was told.

El-Alfie, of Brackenbury Road, Hammersmith denies preying on the two women at the hotel’s Kallima spa in Syon Park, Brentford on January 2, 2015.

He has also pleaded not guilty to a similar allegation involving the third woman at The Happiness Centre, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush on September 12, 2012.

Prosecutor Mr. Alisdair Smith told the jury the bride already felt “exposed” due to the small towel available for her hen night massage.

“Mr. El-Alfie uncovered her breasts and massaged them and asked if she wanted a ‘special massage’ something that would make her feel very relaxed.”

He then groped her between the legs. “She says she felt like a rabbit in the headlights and she put her hand on his and said: ‘That’s enough.’

“Earlier the same day a mother and daughter visited the spa and the mother was massaged by Mr. El-Alfie.

“He moved her legs slightly apart before slipping his hand between them. He pushed his fingers inside her four or five times.

“She said: ‘You have got to stop that right now’ and he said he just wanted to pleasure her.”

After speaking with her family the woman reported El-Alfie to the police, who questioned the masseur.

He described the mother as “odd” and “fishy” insisting: “There’s no way I’m going to touch someone. I’m married and massage women everyday.”

As a result police reopened an investigation from over two years earlier when a keen cyclist in her late thirties, claimed she was similarly molested by El-Alfie after booking a sports massage.

“He asked her to take her pants off and she was rather surprised that he just pulled them down and right off,” explained Mr. Smith.

“He massaged her inner thigh and in doing so touched her intimately five to six times and that touching began to make her feel uncomfortable.

“At one stage he was on top of the table sat astride her and asked if she had a boyfriend and she said she was married.”

The woman was flipped onto her back and again El-Alfie touched her between the legs, the jury were told. 

“He massaged her breasts without really asking her and afterwards asked if she would go for a drink with him.

“She refused to pay, saying she did not expect to be: ‘Felt up’ and reported Mr. El-Alfie to the police.

Without any further evidence El-Alfie was not initially charged in relation to that complainant.

He has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexually assaulting the bride, one count of assault by penetration in relation to the mother and sexually assaulting and penetrating the cyclist.

Trial continues………….

NOT GUILTY: Chef-To-Stars Cleared Of Dirty Car Assault At Heathrow Valet Service

Free: Scott Hallsworth Leaving Court

A chef-to-the-stars has been cleared of a racially-charged assault on a parking attendant after returning to find his BMW unwashed at Heathrow Airport.

Scott Hallsworth, 41, former head chef at Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Nobu had paid extra for his car to be valeted, but was arrested by police for allegedly hitting the staff member with his mobile phone.

He has personally cooked for David and Victoria Beckham, the late Michael Jackson and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and now owns high-end Japanese eatery Kurobuta, which has restaurants in Kings’ Road and Marble Arch.

Australian-born Hallsworth, of Pier House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was later refunded the valet charge by Purple Parking.

He always denied calling Ugandan-born Hitenkumar Arya, 52, “Muhammad” during the row and hitting the ‘handover captain’ inside the Terminal Three car park.

Recorder Paul Clements instructed the Isleworth Crown Court jury to find Hallsworth not guilty of religiously aggravated assault on July 11, last year.

The ruling came on day one of the trial after the jury heard an account of the incident from the point of view of the complainant.

“He was shouting and screaming quite loudly and that’s when everything kicked off,” Mr. Arya told the court.

“He was saying that his car had not been washed, he was just going crazy, louder and louder.”

Hallsworth licked his finger and wiped the bodywork of the black vehicle to demonstrate the level of dirt and Mr. Arya went to collect a complaint form.

Conflicting Evidence: Hitenkumar Arya

“He said: ‘Hey Muhammad, don’t walk away from me. Were are you going?’ He kept swearing, coming out with racial abuse, but I did not want to get into an argument like that.”

Hallsworth denies referring to Mr. Arya as the muslim prophet, claiming instead he called the parking attendant “F***head,” and must have been misheard due to his Aussie accent.

He accepts becoming annoyed at what he saw as Mr. Arya’s unhelpful “jobsworth” attitude and calling him “stupid boy” to belittle him. 

Mr. Arya said he asked Hallsworth to stop shouting. “He said: ‘I’m not shouting at you, I’m yelling at you boy.’

“He then started pushing the desk and getting very aggressive. He was swearing about my mother for some reason, who she slept with, stuff like that.

“He said: ‘Go back to your own country’ and was convinced I was muslim. I’m hindu.

“He was pushing the desk all over the place and pointing very rigorously and his hands were coming quite close around my face.

“His phone hit my face. I don’t know if he was pointing or meant to punch me, but then he tried it again.

“I reached out to stop his hand, fearing he was going to do it again, throw a punch. His fist came and I stopped it.”

As a result the iPhone ended up in Mr. Arya’s hands, but Hallsworth says this occurred when the attendant snatched it to stop being pictured.

“He had the phone in his hand as he lashed out at me. It was loose in the cover and that’s how I got hold of the phone,” added Mr. Arya.

“He said: ‘If you don’t give me my phone back, I’ll keep your phones,’ and picked up two or three company phones and threw them on the floor.”

Hallsworth pushed the disability assist help button as Mr. Arya dialled 999 and the jury were played the emergency call, which recorded the defendant shouting in the background.

He could be heard ranting about “rip-off prices”, “covered in dust”, “stupid boy”, and sarcastically asking the witness: “Are you stupid? Did you go to school?”

Mr. Arya denied a defence suggestion he was out to “utterly milk” the incident, replying: “His actions were really bad. I had to look out for getting hit again.”

The court heard he quit his job as a result. “The fun part of the job finished. Every time someone came in that was not happy I thought: ‘Am I going to be attacked again?’

“He was like a furnace, going off on one.”

Two months after the incident Mr. Arya told police: “I feel personally invaded, both physically and racially,” claiming his confidence had been hit and he was unable to work alone.

However, Mr. Arya has now set-up his own private parking company, claiming he could not find employment anywhere else.

Recorder Clements granted a defence application of no case to answer, agreeing here was conflicting evidence and no proof an assault had occurred.

Schoolteacher Denies Drunken Leg Grope During 'Amadeus' Performance

A drunken schoolteacher, accused of groping the woman sitting next to him during a theatre performance, told a jury today: “I can’t remember touching anyone’s leg.”

Irishman Charles Maxwell, 53, of Elizabeth House, Exeter Close, Watford had downed a bottle of wine during the interval despite also taking anti-depressants at the time.

He has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman at a performance of ‘Amadeus’ at the Olivier Theatre on London’s South Bank on November 5, last year.

Inner London Crown Court heard witnesses say Maxwell, who teaches English at the jewish Yavneh College, Borehamwood also fiddled with his trousers, which were hanging off him when he stood up.

“I was probably moving my trousers because the button way cutting into my stomach,” he told the jury. “For someone of my size I’m forever adjusting my posture in the seat.”  

He told the jury he reluctantly agreed to join work colleagues at the performance when encouraged to socialise after his wife left him and returned to Belfast.

“I did not want to go and I buckled under the pressure,” explained Maxwell, who returned from the interval with a large glass of wine in each hand.

“It was to knock myself out,” he said, insisting he did not recall repeatedly touching the thigh of the “slim, attractive lady” to his right.

“Maybe I was asleep and it was an involuntary action. I did not know who was sitting beside me, did not have a clue until she came into court, I had not seen her.

“I don’t think this lady would lie, I don’t dispute that. I just don’t recall it at all.

“I don’t have any recollection of putting my hand on any woman’s leg, but I don’t dispute it happened.”

When asked if his trousers were hanging off because he was getting “excited sexually” Maxwell replied: “That’s impossible. My body doesn’t react in that way anymore.”

On top of the alcohol and medication the teacher said he also just discovered his estranged wife had been rushed to hospital, explaining his abusive reaction to being accused in the theatre.

“I snapped, sorry. They verbally accused me and I was trying to fight my corner.

“It was the worst time of my life. I thought my wife was dying.”

He apologised for his conduct towards the complainant and her friends and for shouting: “Get that f***ing c*** here.”

“I had no idea why they were screaming in my face and in my heightened emotional state I hope people understand that I was angered,” he told the jury.

His estranged wife told the jury the couple enjoyed theatre trips when they were together, with Maxwell holding her hand or touching her thigh during the performance.

Trial continues……….

Caller Cleared Of Making Abusive Calls To Labour MP Dawn Butler's Office

MP Dawn Butler and her Labour Party HQ

A woman cleared of making abusive phone calls to Labour MP Dawn Bulter's office claims she has Jeremy Corbyn to thank for the prosecution collapsing.

Wendy Jones, 32, of 46 Austen House, Cambridge Road, West Hampstead was due to stand trial at Willesden Magistrates Court today.

However the prosecution's principal witness, the office receptionist, did not appear and no evidence was offered.

Jones was found not guilty of sending an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message to 156 High Road, Harlesden on March 30.

Outside court she said: “Jeremy Corbyn's sorted that out,” claiming she had spoken to the labour leader about the case.

Prosecutor Miss Dilichi Onuzo told the magistrates: “The complainant works for the MP's office and three calls were made making threats to her on the same day.

“She does not want to attend and wants to make a withdrawal statement.”

Afternoon Sexual Assault In The Street: E-Fit Released

Police in Lewisham investigating a sexual assault in Lee have released and e-fit of a man they wish to identify and trace.

They are also continuing to appeal for witnesses and information.

On Monday, September 12, last year, shortly before 4.30pm a woman in her twenties, who was walking on Lee High Road was grabbed and sexually assaulted by a man walking in the opposite direction.

Officers from Lewisham CID are investigating.

The suspect is described as a white man with olive coloured skin, aged in his early twenties and approximately 5ft 6ins tall.

He has wavy brown hair that was gelled back and light stubble on his face.

The man was wearing a light grey matching tracksuit with motif on the left hip and was wearing a dark blue rucksack on both shoulders.

His victim described seeing him walking directly towards her.

Initially, the victim thought he wanted to speak to her, but has he drew closer he grabbed her and sexually assaulted her.

The victim managed to push the suspect away and the man continued walking down Lee High Road turning right into Brandram Road.

Officers are appealing for any witnesses, or any with any information about the incident or the man depicted by the e-fit to contact them.

Police Constable Ben Turner of Lewisham CID, said: "Do you recognise the man in the e-fit we have released?

“If you do, please contact us. Your information will be treated in the strictest of confidence, and may help us apprehend our suspect.

"We also remain keen to hear from anyone who was in or around the area at the time of this incident that may have seen the attack, or the suspect leaving the area."

Anyone that can assist police is asked to contact PC Turner on 020 8284 8365 during officer hours or police on 101.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.

Schoolteacher Couple Brutally Attacked In Pub While Watching Manchester Derby

A schoolteacher couple enjoying last season's Manchester derby in a pub were brutally attacked – leaving the male visually impaired with a titanium plate in his eye socket.

The 45 year-old man and his 46 year-old wife were watching Manchester United v Manchester City in The Millers Pub, Caledonian Road, Islington on September 10, last year.

Detectives have released this CCTV image of their suspect, who is believed to have inflicted eye injuries to both Sharon Wilson and his wife Deborah, from Peterborough.

They were only in the pub because their King's Cross train had been cancelled and there was a confrontation between the men at the door as the couple left.

As the couple exited at around 2.30pm the suspect made a comment to Deborah, which Mr. Wilson challenged.

The men nudged each other, and the suspect responded by punching them both in the face.

Detective Constable Adrian Safiani of Islington CID, said: "This was a horrible assault on what should have been a relaxing afternoon out.

“The injured man now suffers from visual impairment after having a titanium plate fitted to his eye socket.

Deborah & Sharron Wilson

“We are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the male on the image or anyone who witnessed the incident."

Anyone that can assist the investigation is asked to contact Islington CID via 101.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.

Cocky Burglar Walked Out Of Cafe With Cash Till

A cocky burglar, who walked out of an east London cafe with the till, returned soon after, claiming he was from head office when challenged.

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

On Friday, September 9, last year police were called at around 8.15pm to reports of a burglary at Nido Tower, Frying Pan Alley, Stepney.

CCTV captured the moment a suspect walked into the cafe and began to look around.

He then removed the cash till and walked off.

He later returned and when challenged, said he was from head office, and continued to look around the cafe.

He was then told to leave.

The suspect is described as a slim black man, 5ft 8ins tall with short black hair, a black beard and wearing a black and white camouflage vest and dark trousers.

He was described as having a glazed expression by those who saw him.

Detective Constable Sol Hamid, who leads the investigation for Tower Hamlets CID, said: "We are keen to hear from anyone can identify the man shown in the footage or the image released, or anyone who witnessed the incident."

Anyone that can assist the investigation is asked to contact Tower Hamlets CID via 101.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.

Hospital Intruders Hunted For Nitrous Oxide

Police are hunting two young men, who burgled a hospital and tried to steal nitrous oxide, a gas abused by users to achieve a brief high.

On Thursday, August 18, last year police were called at approximately 00.45am to reports of a burglary at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton.

A drug canister worth £400 was damaged.

CCTV captured two suspects walking around the hospital trying to steal gas canisters.

They were caught breaking a lock to a gas canister lock-up containing nitrous oxide.

Only when they were challenged, did they drop a gas canister they were trying to take before running off towards Tweeddale Road.

Local officers attended and pursued the suspects on foot along Shaftsbury Road before losing sight of them.

Suspect 1 is described as a slim white man, aged in his early twenties. He was wearing a white T-shirt, camouflage baseball cap, dark coloured trousers, white trainers and a gold chain and carrying a Nike bag.

Suspect 2 is described as a slim white man, aged in his early twenties. His hair was shaved at the sides. He was wearing a grey Duffer jumper, dark coloured trousers and dark trainers and was also carrying a bag.

Detective Constable Paul Haridimou of Sutton CID, said: “This was a callous and dangerous act.

“The suspects damaged the canisters unaware if they were in use by someone in greater need within the hospital.

“We are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise those shown in the footage or the still released, or anyone who witnessed the incident.”

Anyone that can assist the investigation is asked to contact Sutton CID via 101.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.