Thames Marina Boss Fails To Have Tenant Assault Case Dismissed

Threats: Djurberg

The flamboyant boss of a luxury Thames marina, who screamed at a boat owner: “I’ll break your f***ing head,” while waving a heavy-duty roofing tool, failed to have the case thrown out today.

Myck Djurberg, 60, had already whacked 52 year-old Dutch IT consultant Klaus Beversluis across the back of the head with a pair of gardening gloves.

He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, where he was told being locked-up was still a potential option, and was bailed until April 1 for sentencing.

Businessman Djurberg lives in a landmark £13m Swiss chalet at Hampton Riviera Boat Yard, Hampton Court Road, Richmond and is in dispute with Mr. Beversluis, who rents out his three boats via Airbnb.

He was convicted in his absence earlier this month of assaulting Mr. Beversluis and using threatening behaviour towards him on May 8, last year.

After failing to attend the trial a warrant was issued for Djurberg’s arrest and he surrendered himself to the court the following day.

His hopes for a re-trial were dismissed by District Judge Timothy Godfrey, who announced: “This application is ill-founded. There’s no good reason for me to re-open proceedings.

“In my view these offences are serious enough for a community sentence. I’m not saying there should be a custodial sentence, but if you refuse to do a community sentence custody would be an option.”

Mr. Beversluis was upset by a £5,500 service fee and Djurberg’s order to evict the victim’s caretaker when he walked into the marina office at 10am.

He told the trial: “The second I came in he leapt up from behind his desk and almost ran towards me, shouting: ‘Get out of here! Get out of here!’

“He shouted at me and I said I could not get out and wanted to clarify the matter.

Tenant: Beversluis

“He came up towards me and grabbed the nearest thing to him, which were a pair of heavy-duty gardening gloves, raised them and hit me on the back of my head and I also got a bruise on my arm.

“I got a smack on my head as I was trying to get out of there.

“He hit me across the back of the head with as much force as as he could muster and the back of my head was red the next day, it did sting, but did not draw blood.”

Mr. Beversluis fled the office, but was pursued by Djurberg, the court was told.

“I turned around and Myck Djurberg came out of the office and had grasped a weapon that I had seen before,” he added.

“It is called a lead dresser. It is a very heavy roofing tool, roofers use to hit lead flashing around chimneys.

“He had it raised up high and said he would break my f***ing head in.

“I had no doubt he would use it. I was absolutely terrified and ran away as fast as I could.

“It’s heavy enough to cave someone’s skull in, in my opinion.

“I suppose it has effected my confidence. It shook me up tremendously for a while and I had medical advice for increasing my anti-depression and anti-anxiety medication.”

The entire incident was captured on Mr. Beversluis’ camera and played during the trial, including a still of Djurberg holding the tool.

Mr. Beversluis even bought a replica of the tool and brought it to court to show the magistrates.

“There was no need to to hit me or in my view pick up a deadly weapon and threaten to hit me in the head,” he told the court.

Djurberg was questioned by police the next day and claimed he was scared and asked the victim to leave, but he wouldn’t.

He denied hitting the victim with the gloves and said his tenant elbowed him in the chest and his mind was blank about what else may have happened.

Djurberg said the object in his hand was a pencil case and denied using the threatening words.

Pig's Head Ex Jailed For Stalking

A jealous woman, who sent a pig’s head to the restaurant owned by her ex-partner’s new girlfriend, has been jailed for fifteen months.

Tia McBean, 33, was a constant nuisance, shouting and screaming outside her ex-boyfriend’s address, phoning him and his girlfriend repeatedly and ordering unwanted pizzas and taxis.

She also made an offensive comment on a Trip Advisor online review of the Brixton restaurant as she continued flouting restraining orders, prohibiting contact with the couple.

The single-mum, of Besson Street, New Cross pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to seven breaches of a court-imposed restraining order between May 7, 2019 and March 7, last year.

She also pleaded guilty to stalking ex-boyfriend Oralton Robinson - the father of her child - and his new girlfriend between November 5, 2018 and March 8, 2020.

McBean also admitted one count of harassing and one count of sending offensive communications to another woman between July 31 and August 6, last year.

She further pleaded guilty to the racially-aggravated criminal damage of a door at Mr Robinson’s address.

Judge Ruth Downing told her: “Matters reached a very, very unpleasant stage when you sent to her restaurant in Brixton a package that a staff member opened that had a pig’s head inside.

“That really was gratuitous spite and the victim was particularly upset, seeing that item in a box.”

McBean has been locked-up since last August for continuing to flout court orders and her lawyer James Hasslacher said: “This is a tragic combination of unstable personality disorder, dealing with a pregnancy and break-up of a relationship.

“Mr Robinson himself has a conviction for assaulting Ms McBean. This was a toxic relationship.”

The judge told McBean, who will be released from custody in mid-March: “Adults should be able to bring a relationship to an end without fear of reprisals.

"There has been attendance to properties you were banned from, where you made a disturbance to the annoyance of neighbours and the complainants and there was criminal damage.”

Carer Jailed For Claiming For Holidaying Somalian Dad

Bromley Magistrates' Court

A council-funded carer, who continued claiming nearly £10,000 for looking after her father when he was visiting his native Somalia, has been jailed for twelve months.

Suban Hashi, 35, submitted time sheets on six separate occasions while her dad was out of the country during a four-year fraud.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich prosecuted Hashi, of Charles Grinling Walk, Woolwich, who they paid to look after her father after he suffered a stroke.

She is also the £500 per-month paid carer of her sister, who has Down’s syndrome.

“This is public money,” said Bromley magistrate David Stitt. “She knows how to fill a form in to claim for her sister.”

Hashi, who was due to start receiving Universal Credit benefit at the end of the month, was also ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to the council when she is released from prison.

“You have pleaded guilty to seven counts and these offences were committed over several years from 2014 to 2018 while your father was outside the country,” the magistrate told her.

“This has crossed the custody threshold.”

Hashi pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud by false representation, namely providing false information on care time sheets between March 1, 2014 and August 28, 2017.

She also pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly failing to disclose information between May 15 and August 11, 2018, namely that she had not provided personal care to her father.

Prosecutor Mr Michael Haggar told the court: “The defendant was employed to provide care to her father and payments were made by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

“She did not provide care when her father was out of the country for periods of time and made false claims on her time sheets that she was looking after her father when she wasn’t.”

The council’s loss was £9,712.

The first-time offender was questioned by the council on February 17, last year. “She believed she did not act dishonestly.

“This is fraudulent activity over a sustained period of time, four years,” added the prosecutor.

Hashi’s lawyer Mr Shupai Malianga said: “There has been a lot of confusion, but she puts her hands up.

“She pleads guilty because she has benefitted from something she should not have benefitted from.

“This is not someone who has calculatingly taken this chance and regarded her father as her employer.”

Magistrate Mr Stitt added: “At the end of the day it is her that’s taken the money and benefitted from it and has to repay the local authority.

“Where is the money? Did she put it in a savings account.”

The court heard the excess payments were spent on day-to-day living expenses and Hashi has no savings to pay compensation.

Hell Of A Fine For Porsche Drink Driver

A Porsche-driving digital economy investment expert has been hit with a huge £32,000-plus fine after being caught behind the wheel while over the drinks limit.

Jan Helle, 45, a partner with ArmaPartners, based at The Shard, received the penalty after his income was calculated.

He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to driving the black three-litre car in Dell Walk, New Malden, south-west London on December 3, last year with excess alcohol in his breath.

He had 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

The legal limit is 35.

Helle, who lives in a £3.7m house in Coombe Hill Road, Kingston-upon-Thames was formerly employed by industry giants Morgan Stanley, having graduated from the London School of Economics.

He also has a Masters degree in International Management.

Helle was fined £32,967, with £85 costs and a £190 victim surcharge.

He was also disqualified from driving for twelve months.

Actress Turned Movie Producer Cleared Of Hitting Boyfriend

Not Guilty: Randall

An actress turned film producer, who has worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, will not stand trial for attacking her boyfriend, currently on the run from police.

Nice-born Adriana Randall, 34, was accused of drunkenly “swinging punches” at 37 year-old Jean Francois Mondin at his £1.3m apartment.

She always denied the allegation, insisting she acted in self-defence, and at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court - on the day of the trial - it was announced the Crown Prosecution Service had “discontinued” the case. 

Randall was arrested and charged with assaulting Mondin - heir to luxury beauty and skincare brand Guinot - at his apartment overlooking Battersea Park on December 17, last year.

During an earlier hearing prosecutor Norleen Iba told the court officers were called to the apartment in Cascade Court, Sopwith Way.

“The incident was at the home address of the complainant and the defendant was drunk and there had been an argument.

“The complainant went into the kitchen and she followed and started swinging punches and slaps, cutting the cheek and eyebrow of Mr. Mondin.”

Randall, now living at a £2.7m flat in West Halkin Street, Belgravia claims her ex-boyfriend is mentally-ill and suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as abusing drugs.

In a separate prosecution Paris-born Mondin - son of Guinot founder Jean-Daniel Mondin, 73, - was charged with drug offences, but jumped bail last November and is still wanted.

He was charged with possessing Class C tranquilliser Xanax and cocaine at his home on October 27, but failed to attend Wimbledon Magistrates Court on November 26 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Happier Times: Randall & Mondin

Guinot boasts it is the ’No.1 beauty salon in France’ and has opened a parlour in Ascot to kick-start a chain of luxury franchises in the UK.

Actress Randall - whose family live in Monaco - appeared in 2015’s ‘Experimenter’ alongside Hollywood stars Winona Ryder and Peter Sarsgaard; ‘The Price of Desire’ a biography starring Orla Brady and 2016’s ‘The Call Up’ a Sci-Fi thriller.

In 2016 she was a producer on ‘Triple 9’ an action crime thriller starring Kate Winslet; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson.

As a producer she made 2017’s ’Tulip Fever’ starring Judi Dench, Christoph Waltz and Tom Hollander.

She is the executive producer of 2015’s mystery thriller ’Strangerland’, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.

Randall debuted as a producer on 2014’s ‘Wish I Was Here’, a comedy drama, starring Zach Braff and Kate Hudson.

Mark On Her License: Lady Clementine Caught Speeding Again

The wife of Liberal Democrat peer Lord Marks narrowly avoided a driving ban today as a magistrate told her: “You have a flagrant disregard for obeying speed limits.”

Lady Clementine Medina Marks, 53, like her husband, a qualified barrister now has three speeding convictions and 11 penalty points on her license - one point short of an automatic six-month ban. 

The mother-of-five was today fined a total of £1,250 for two speeding offences in her black three-litre diesel Mercedes and received a total of eight penalty points.

“Having looked at all the circumstances the bench are minded not to disqualify today and will be putting points on the defendant’s license,” announced the magistrate Vanessa Weguelin.

“We have taken into account your guilty plea to both of these matters.

“You have a flagrant disregard for obeying speed limits and that’s totally unacceptable and we take a very serious view of it.

“You need to be extremely careful about your driving, red lights, speeding, especially in Central London, where there are many 20mph zones.

“We take this very, very seriously.”

Lady Marks must also pay £100 costs and a £125 victim surcharge. “Your lawyer said you have substantial savings.” 

She has two addresses on the court record, a £3.5m apartment in Sloane Street, Belgravia, plus a £4.3m flat in Queens Gate Gardens, South Kensington.

The couple also own an £8m eighteenth century mansion in Binfield Heath, near Henley-on-Thames and five years ago were involved in a planning battle with South Oxfordshire District Council to build another huge property on their estate.

“Don’t tell me she hasn’t got any money. She lives in Queens Gate Gardens and she’s got a house in Oxfordshire,” Ms Weguelin told her lawyer. 

Regarding her income Lady Marks had told the court via her lawyer, Julian Hunt: “We spend everything we have,” admitting the couple have “several thousands” in savings.

Lady Marks, who appeared in court wearing black trousers and a burgundy cardigan caught speeding at 84mph in a 60mph zone, forty-two minutes after midnight in the early hours of June 18, 2019 on the M4 motorway near Heston Services, Brentford.

She was also caught speeding at 58mph in a 50mph zone on November 18, 2019 along the southbound carriageway of the A34 in Wytham, Oxfordshire.

Asking not to impose a lengthy ban Mr. Hunt told the magistrates: “This married lady lives in rural Oxfordshire with her husband and she has five children and there is little public transport.”

He asked for a short ban, submitting anything longer would effect her ability to run her busy household and visit her father, 90, who lives near Athens.

The court heard her youngest child, aged fifteen, attends boarding school and the rest of her children, aged 24, 22, 21,19 are in full-time education with the only one who can drive, a daughter, away at medical school.

“These matters have been adjourned for some time and this lady’s had this hanging over her mind for over a year now,” added the lawyer.

“Her husband is a lawyer himself and he has not been well. In 2019 he had a pulmonary embolism and was in hospital for a week.

“She does everything basically in running the family house.

“Her father lives near Athens and she visits him regularly. There is very little public transport out there and as he needs a UK license to drive out there and manage his carers.”

Her father recently suffered heart failure and needed a hip replacement after falling and suffering a fracture.

“This a very isolated family in Oxfordshire and there are no staff in the house,” added Mr. Hunt. “This is a family that have high expenses at the moment and are managing, just.”

The magistrate added: “It’s important you contact your insurance company to inform them you now have eleven points.”

Lady Marks’ husband, Jonathan Clive Marks, 68, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames is a former barrister and life peer in the House of Lords.

The Harrow and Oxford-educated QC was a committee man with the Liberal Democrats, having failed to win a seat as an MP and MEP.

He was Chair of the Liberal Democrat Lawyers Association from 2001 to 2007 and following his peerage became the party’s Shadow Justice Secretary.

Lady Clementine - known socially as Medina Marks - holds a company directorships with Westness 1000 Ltd. and Garsington Opera Enterprises.

Audacious Online Pervert Finally Caged

A pervert who flouted his suspended sentence and continued downloading sick child pornography has been caged.

Martin Sparks, 47, of Maldon Walk, Redbridge, obtained over two hundred images despite dodging immediate imprisonment for an earlier identical offence.

At Snaresbrook Crown Court he received two years and four months’ imprisonment. 

He was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

He pleaded guilty to five counts of breaching the SHPO, making indecent images of children (category A) and making indecent images of children (category B).

On Thursday, June 18, last year officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command executed a search warrant at Sparks’ home address.

He was still subject to a two-year suspended prison sentence and a SHPO, following a conviction in June, 2018 for making indecent images of children.

During the search of his address, officers seized a computer tower, which Sparks used to download the illegal images – this related to three of the breaches. 

Officers also found an electronic tablet, which was a breach due to it not being declared to his Public Protection Unit manager.

The remaining breach was for connecting to the home’s router to use the internet when he downloaded the images.

Sparks was taken to an east London police station. When searched in custody, two USB digital storage devices were found in his shoes.

A total of 233 category A (the most serious) child abuse videos and 17 category B images were found on the USBs.

Detective Constable James Cavenham said: “Sparks is now behind bars after committing the same hideous offence once again. 

“The evidence we gathered against him meant he had no option but to plead guilty.

"Although this is not a contact offence, every single image contains a child who is a victim of an appalling crime and when people like Sparks seek these images out, they continue to generate a market for this type of abuse.

“The Met will continue to relentlessly pursue and bring to justice those who download online images of child sexual abuse.”

Police Guns Raid

Two guns and thirty-four bullets have been seized following a firearms search warrant lead by the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command.

Detective Inspector Adam Seton said: “The Coronavirus pandemic has reduced violent crime significantly, but it has not stopped our tenacious officers from going out and protecting the public from those who seek to cause harm.

“We will continue to pursue anyone involved in firearms offences. 

“No global pandemic will stop Met officers from seizing weapons, guns and protecting Londoners.”

Shortly before 3.50pm on Tuesday, January 26 officers from the Specialist Crime Command executed a firearms search warrant at an address in Norbury Avenue, Norbury, south London.

At the premises two firearms and bullets were recovered.

A 51-year-old man was arrested at the scene for possession of firearms and taken into police custody.

Ex-School Caretaker Gets 11 Years For New Charges

A disgraced former school caretaker, already locked-up for sex offences against under-age girls, has admitted further abuse.

John Lyon, 47, confessed to abusing four girls, aged between five and twelve years-old in north London between 1993 and 2013.

He received a sentence of eleven years imprisonment.

Lyon is currently also serving a sentence for sexually assaulting two girls between 2012 and 2013.

He pleaded guilty to three new counts of rape; three counts of sexual assault and three counts of indecent assault.

The new offences were reported to police in 2018 and 2019.

Detective Constable Keith Kimberley said: “I am in no doubt that this man is a dangerous sexual predator and he poses an ongoing threat to children.

“He caused unforgivable trauma to the children he abused and the only appropriate way for him to spend the next years of his life is in prison and away from the general public.

“As far as we can be sure of, Lyon offended over a period of two decades and my respect goes out to the victims and their families who were put through so much.”

A&E Thug Caged For Nurse Attack

A hospital thug, who attacked a female nurse in A&E, has been locked-up.

Prince Isaac Walker, 32, rendered 36 year-old nurse Sarah Tappy unconscious as a result of the assault at Homerton Hospital, east London

He was arrested on January 22 and kept in custody until his appearance at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court the next day.

Walker pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting an emergency worker and was sentenced to twenty-six weeks imprisonment.

In the early hours of January 21 officers were at the hospital when they were alerted that a nurse had been assaulted in the A&E department.

Officers quickly detained Walker, who was taken to an east London police station and was charged later that day.

The nurse lost consciousness following the assault and required treatment. 

Her injuries were not life threatening.

PC Kyri Soupashis, the investigating officer, said: “This was a needlessly vicious attack on an emergency worker simply doing her job. 

“I hope that the sentence handed down brings the victim a measure of satisfaction and that she is able to recover from what was a very frightening experience.

“There is no justification for assaulting the people who devote their working lives to helping and protecting others, something that Walker will have time to reflect on as he serves his sentence.”

Speeding Hat-Trick For Spurs' Star Lamela

Tottenham Hotspur FC winger Erik Lamela has been fined again after being caught for the third time within twelve days on a speed camera near his club’s north London training ground.

The 28 year-old Argentinian international was clocked driving his red 5-litre Range Rover at 48mph in a 40mph zone on the A10 in Enfield on May 20, last year.

He was dealt with under behind-closed-doors Single Justice Procedure rules at Willesden Magistrates' Court
and the outcome of the case has only recently become public.

The £30m signing, who lives in a £5.6m luxury apartment in the Buxmead development in The Bishops Avenue, East Finchley is potentially one more speeding offence away from an automatic six-month ban.

He was fined £40, with £40 costs and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge for the latest speeding offence and received three penalty points on his license.

This will be added to the six penalty points he already has for speeding at 52mph on May 8 and 48mph on May 13, last year.

Tequila Tantrum: Drunken Teen's Meltdown

A drunken design student, who spewed homophobic abuse and assaulted hospital staff after drinking a bottle of tequila, will be “horrified” when her many gays friends learn of her behaviour, a court heard today.

Zofia Nowacka, 19, screamed: “F***ing gay faggot, f***ing c***, motherf***er,” and violently pulled a female paramedic’s hair; punched a security guard and slapped a policewoman across the face.

Wimbledon Magistrates Court heard she dialled 999, claiming she had overdosed on tablets, hoping the ambulance would take her to Charing Cross Hospital, where in her drunken state she convinced herself her boyfriend was.

Nowacka, of Parry Court, Central Road, Morden, who studied Design and Applied Arts at Kingston College pleaded guilty to assaulting paramedic Elizabeth Keegan; St. George’s Hospital security guard Parma Sharma and WPC Angela Clift.

She also admitted using threatening behaviour towards paramedic Matthew Morgan and causing a nuisance on NHS premises.

Prosecutor Trevor Green told the court it was 9.45pm on November 18, last year when Nowacka was taken to A&E. 

“She asked what hospital she was at and when told she was at St. George’s she became aggressive towards Ms Keegan and got into her personal space and squared up to Mr Morgan and uttered the homophobic abuse.”

The paramedics left in an attempt to “de-escalate” the situation, with Nowacka shouting: “Go f*** your mum,” at them.

Security guard Mr Sharma attempted to remove Nowacka from casualty. “When he tried to escort her away she started screaming and grabbed Ms Keegan’s hair and it took all of them to get her off and remove her from the building.

“The defendant continued to be aggressive and punched Mr Sharma to the right cheek and continued hitting the security guard as attempts were made to get her handcuffed and she was taken to the ground,” explained Mr Green.

“She was arrested and kept spitting in the police van on the way to Wandsworth Police Station, where there was further aggression directed towards the custody officer.

“Once in her cell she took off her top and put it around her neck and the officer, Angela Clift, tried to remove it and in doing that the defendant raised her hand and the officer received a blow to her cheek.”

Afterwards Ms Keegan said: “The incident left me distressed,” and PC Clift said: “As I tried to remove the clothing she slapped me across the face.”

Mr Sharma said: “I was not expecting the female to lash out at me. I don’t come to work to be assaulted.”

Probation Officer Janet Barnes told the court Nowacka described herself as “completely out of it,” after finishing the bottle of tequila and had no memory of the incident.

“She realises it is serious and is very, very sorry and has not intention of repeating such behaviour and apologises to the victims.”

The court heard Nowacka has booked herself into alcohol therapy and has been teetotal for three months.

Her lawyer Mr John Connolly said Nowacka has never been in trouble before. “She would be horrified if her friends, many who are in the LGBTQ community, knew she behaved like this and used these words.

“Alcohol must have played some part in this. This is a one-off and there is genuine remorse.”

Nowacka was placed on  a twelve-month community order, which includes a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to fifteen days.

She was ordered to pay £75 compensation to each of the four victims, plus £50 for the nuisance on NHS premises charge.

“This was a particularly unpleasant and prolonged incident against emergency workers on NHS premises during an on-going pandemic,” said magistrate Maria Stoney. 

“It is a particularly nasty, prolonged event on people involved in public service during a difficult time.”

Woman Sexually Assaulted After Bar Drinking-Session

Police are hunting four suspected sexual predators after a young woman was assaulted in a park in the early hours.

The woman, aged in her twenties, befriended a group of males in a Stockwell bar last summer and continued drinking with them in the park.

She left with the group at around 2.00am on Saturday, August 1 

The males walked with the woman to Slade Gardens, where they shared alcohol while socialising.

Shortly afterwards, at around 2.30am, the woman lost consciousness. 

This is when the sexual assault is believed to have taken place.

She awoke and found the men had left the park and that her bank cards had been stolen.

The four men were in a group together and are believed to be friends.

Detectives are keen to identify and speak with the four men captured on CCTV from the night of the incident.

Detective Constable Colette Daoud, from the Metropolitan Police's Central South Safeguarding team, said: “This was an atrocious attack on a lone woman who was targeted late at night and subjected to serious sexual violence.

“We are requesting the publics help to identify the men pictured. 

“If you recognise any of these men, please come forward and speak to us.

“If you have any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, it is vital you get in touch.”

Anyone with information or who recognises the men captured in the CCTV is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference CAD 4055/01AUG20, or via Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Stop & Search Works: Four Deadly Blades Seized

Police seized these four knives from the streets of east London after stopping and searching a suspicious group.

The Metropolitan Police's Taskforce confiscated the deadly weapons in London Fields.

The officers were on proactive patrol in Wilman Grove, Hackney at 6.00pm on January 20.

They saw the group in and around a car parked suspiciously near a bin shed. 

When the group saw the police, two of the males quickly walked away. 

Police officers spoke to the remaining five and searched them and the car due to the smell of cannabis.

Officers found three lock-knives hidden within the roof lining of the car, £1,000 in cash and a small amount of Class B drugs. 

In the bin shed officers found a large Rambo-style knife and two sets of registration plates.

The men, aged between 17 and 25 years-old, were all arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. 

The 17-year-old was also arrested for possession of a Class B drug. 

They were taken into custody as the investigation continued.

Detective Constable Tony Curtis, of the Central East BCU CID, said: “This is a great example of intelligence-led stop and search. 

“Four potentially lethal weapons have been seized and will no longer be able to cause considerable harm, or worse, in the community.

“Stop and search helps keep Londoners safe and removes dangerous weapons from the streets.”

Jailed For Killer Punch

Punch: Standing

A killer responsible for the one-punch manslaughter of a father-of-five during a row has been locked-up.

Gareth Standing, 38, landed the blow on 41 year-old Wayne Hoskyns when he took offence to something the victim said.

They were chatting near a park
cafe in The Parade, Crayford, south-east London just after 4.00pm on June 19, last year.

Standing, of Central Road, Dartford was angered by something Mr Hoskyns said to his female companion and knocked him out with a punch and left the scene.

At Woolwich Crown Court he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received four years and eight months imprisonment.

Mr Hoskyns was rushed by helicopter to hospital, where he died the next day surrounded by his family.

A post mortem confirmed the cause of death as subarachnoid haemorrhage 

"Loss": Hoskyns

Three days later on June 23 Standing walked into a south London police station and gave himself up.

Detective Chief Inspector Helen Rance from the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command said: “Our thoughts today are with the family of Wayne Hoskyns who was taken from them so suddenly. 

“Despite the legal proceedings now being at an end, the effects of the loss they have suffered will continue in the years ahead.

“I would like to thank the witnesses who came forward to assist my team in establishing the circumstances surrounding Wayne’s death, particularly those who tried to help Wayne and called for medical assistance. 

“I applaud their sense of community and their commendable choice to do the right thing.”

Italian Passenger Caught With Hand Grenade In Luggage

A teenage Italian airline passenger caused a Heathrow Airport evacuation when a hand grenade was found in his luggage.

The item was quickly spotted by security during checks in the departure area of Terminal 2 at 5.30pm on January 15.

Specialist officers attended and Domenico Giovinazzo, 19, was arrested.

The hand grenade was identified as decommissioned and posed no threat to staff or passengers.

Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson, who leads the Metropolitan Police's Aviation Policing Command said: “There are certain items that are strictly prohibited from being brought into an airport and bringing a hand grenade - albeit decommissioned - was both reckless and dangerous and it caused a huge amount of disruption to the airport and for other passengers. 

“There are various security checks in place to identify prohibited items such as this and when this item was spotted, we had specialist officers on-hand to quickly respond. 

“Thankfully they were able to identify the item was not a threat and nobody was hurt.

“This should be a reminder and warning to all passengers to ensure that they are not bringing any prohibited items with them into the airport and if you are not sure, then check with the airport and airline you are flying with.”

Giovinazzo was charged the next day with carrying a prohibited article in an airport.

Two days later he appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence.

He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, suspended for one year, and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £128.

Second Time Unlucky For Persistent Paedo

A paedophile, who avoided prison when caught inciting a youngster into sex, has finally been locked-up for repeating his predatory behaviour.

Steven Baldock, 51, was subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), which he breached when contacting a 12 year-old girl online.

At Woolwich Crown Court he received three years imprisonment for breaking the SHPO.

In 2016 Baldock, of Compton Place, Erith was convicted of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and received two years imprisonment, suspended for two years.

He was also placed on the sexual offenders register for ten years and given the SHPO.

It prohibited him from using the internet to contact or to attempt to contact any female whom he knew or believed to be under the age of 16 years-old.

On November 14, last year at around 1.29am Baldock breached these conditions.

He initiated contact with a 12-year-old girl via Instagram and engaged in a conversation with her and sent her a photo of himself.

Subsequent to this, Baldock also contacted other girls who were under the age of 16 years-old.

Baldock was arrested on November 24 after fellow-residents at his address discovered he was contacting girls and reported him to police.

Detective Sergeant Neil Dickerson, of the Metropolitan Police's South East Basic command unit, said: "Baldock is a repeat offender who continues to pose a risk to female children.

“Despite being issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, Baldock has continued to breach it and shows no remorse for his offending.”

Art Of Glass

Footballer Harry Arter has been fined for the excessive blacked-out windows of his luxury Bentley.

The Nottingham Forest midfielder, 31, was stopped by police in south-west London because of the expensive vehicle’s over-the-top tint job.

The Republic of Ireland international, who starred in the Premier League with AFC Bournemouth, was fined £220, with £110 costs and was ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge.

Arter, of Pendenza, Cobham, Surrey did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates Court and the case was proved in his absence.

He was convicted of driving the Bentley, which had insufficient transmission of light through the passenger-side front window, on the A3 Kingston Road on August 26, 2019.

Prosecutor Geraldine Dickinson told the court it was 9.29am when PC Dean Reynolds pulled Arter over.

The officer measured that only 23% of light was allowed through the passenger window. The legal requirement is 70%.

“The £50 fixed penalty was offered and he did attempt to pay, but it did not go through,” explained the prosecutor.