Monday 24 September 2012
Transexual's Home-Made Bomb Threat
Sunday 23 September 2012
Spit-Row Knifeman's Murder Bid
Saturday 22 September 2012
Thugs Jailed For Gun And Knife Robbery Of Young Mum
Knatchbull Road.
They had targetted a drug dealer, who shared the Herne Hill address with the 24 year-old woman and her 3 year-old daughter.
Friday 21 September 2012
Cannabis Worth £47K In Family Hols Suitcases
Thursday 20 September 2012
Priest Wanted By Police For Sex Crimes
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Star Banned For Riding Moped Uninsured
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Bookie Bandit: Do You Know Him?
Police are hunting this wannabe armed robber, who threatened to shoot the cashier of a West London bookies.
The Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad have released this CCTV still in the hope the suspect will be identified and brought to justice.
He walked into William Hill Bookmakers, Golborne Road, North Kensington at 7.20pm on Saturday August 4.
The suspect threatened to shoot the cashier, intimating he was in possession of a gun.
When the cashier refused to hand over money, the suspect made off empty handed.
He is described as between 55 and 65 and around six feet tall.
He was wearing a light brown or beige zip up fleece/cardigan jacket.
Anyone with information that may assist police should call 020 8247 7948.
To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Monday 17 September 2012
Solicitor Jailed For £1.3M Mortgage Fraud
Sunday 16 September 2012
CCTV Captures Credit Card Conman
Police are hunting this audacious credit card fraudster, who tricked a high-end Knightsbridge jewellery store into selling him two luxury-brand watches, worth over £10,000 each.
Hackney Police in East London believe the suspect has links to their area and have released this CCTV footage in the hope somebody will identify him.
He fraudulently used the card on August 15, last year to obtain the watches at Pacha Jewellers.
The suspect went on to use the card in a number of smaller value transactions before the card was blocked.
Anyone with any information is requested to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Saturday 15 September 2012
Disowned Son Cleared Of Vandalising Father's Bentley And Lincoln
A teenager, accused by his father of deliberately vandalising his two prestige vehicles parked outside the family's suburban home, was cleared of the charges yesterday.
Sir Ricky Daniel Hearne, 19, of Gilliam Grove, Purley was reported to police by his father David, 64, who claims he caught his estranged son on home CCTV causing over £3,000 worth of damage to the cars.
After a trial at Croydon Magistrates' Court Hearne jr. was cleared of causing £1,920 worth of criminal damage to a Bentely turbo and £1,259 to a silver Lincoln (pictured being driven away by Hearne snr.).
Hearne snr., who has recently changed his name, told the court he has been a victim of a campaign of vandalism by the defendant, who he calls 'Ricky', even accusing him of blowing a vehicle up at Christmas.
The father-of-nine, who now questions whether the defendant is his biological son, installed CCTV outside his home after a series of attacks on his property.
After returning home from a trip to Israel on June 4 and finding the two cars damaged he viewed the recorded footage.
“I see Ricky come in and throw something at the windscreen and kick the wing mirror off and kick the side of the Bentley,” Hearne told the magistrates.
“The whole side of the car was kicked in, in two or three places and the petrol cap and back of the car had been kicked in.
“It was Ricky. I am one hundred per cent. I have now more than disowned him, I despise him.
“When someone puts a petrol bomb in your car on Christmas morning, you would.
“I have had seven (cars) done by him in the last twelve months.
“I have video evidence of him doing it. It is not fantasy or make believe. I just don't understand why he is doing it.
“The windscreen of the Lincoln was smashed in and the wing mirror had been kicked off.”
Since the allegation Hearne jnr. has lived at another address.
Friday 14 September 2012
Iphone App Tracks Down Knife-Wielding Masked Mugger
Thursday 13 September 2012
Armed robbers Caged For Violent Shop Raids
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Ugandan Family Accused Of 18-Year Immigration And Benefits Plot
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Teen Jailed For Horror Metal Comb Killing
A teenage girl has been caged for a minimum of ten years for the horrific hate-filled murder of another youngster she stabbed in the head with a metal comb.
Sunday 9 September 2012
'Menace Of Mayfair' Jewellery Conman Back Behind Bars
A notorious smooth-talking jeweller – jailed for stealing customers valuables – is back behind bars for flouting a court order within a week of his release.
Andrew Batchelor, 54, (pictured) – dubbed the 'Menace of Mayfair' - was originally jailed for five years in 2009 for duping nearly fifty victims during a five-year scam.
He was given a Serious Crime Prevention Order – prohibiting further jewellery dealing – but set up a trading website within a week of leaving prison.
He was convicted at Southwark Crown Court on three counts of breaching the order and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment.
One count involved a businesswoman, who he entertained at the five-star Royal Garden Hotel, disappearing with her Cartier bracelet during lunch.
Batchelor has a history of charming customers at top hotels and wine bars, convincing them he could achieve top prices for their jewellery, but he never paid, insteading lavishing himself with the proceeds.
Batchelor also earned the nickname the 'Glasgow Goldfinger' during a similar fraud from his store in the city's Exchange Square, which resulted in a five-and-a-half year sentence in 1999.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service Lifetime Offender Management Unit arrested Batchelor on March 28 for dealing again and he was charged the same day.
Detective Inspector Karl Amos of the MPS Lifetime Offender Management Unit said: “Batchelor clearly pays little regard to the criminal justice system.
“No sooner had he been released from prison than he was again setting up a false business in breach of the Serious Crime Prevention Order.
“The early enforcement of the Serious Crime Prevention Order allowed the police to make an early and decisive intervention, limiting his ability to commit further crime and preventing further members of the public from losing their belongings.”
Saturday 8 September 2012
Fatal Streatham Stabbing: Two Charged
Two people have appeared in court accused of the murder of a man, whose throat was slashed in South London.
Hanad Osman, 24, (pictured) was fatally injured in Gleneldon Mews, Streatham on August 21.
Ayanle Adan, 26, and Ahmed Hassan, 25, appeared in custody at Camberwell Magistrates' Court charged with murder.
A post-mortem examination at Greenwich Mortuary on August 22 gave the cause of death as a laceration to the neck.
Three other men, one aged 35 and two in their 20's, were also arrested in connection with the investigation and have been bailed to return, pending further enquiries, on dates in October.