Results tagged “Snaresbrook Crown Court”

A race between two men, which saw cars reach 78mph in a 40mph zone along Aspen Way, left an Aston Martin Vantage an unrecognisable wreck after it crashed into a concrete wall.

Both men miraculously escaped unhurt in the incident and on Thursday avoided a spell in prison as well after being given suspended sentences.

A fraudster who tried to con Tower Hamlets Council out of over £800,000 has been sent to prison.

Olakunle Fayomi, 35, of Waterhead Close in Erith, Kent, attempted to divert, to a fraudulently obtained bank account which he controlled, borough payments meant for contractors.

A homeowner was horrified when they returned from holiday to find a group of homeless people had moved into their property.

The offenders broke into the address in Narrow Street, Limehouse, last October, drunk expensive bottles of wine and ate food from the fridge. They also left dog excrement all over the inside of the house.

A youth community worker has been sent to prison for a gang attack which left a teenager with stab wounds to his head, a fractured eye socket and a fractured back.

In a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Hashu Miah, 24, of Triton House in Cahir Street, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent over the incident on the Isle of Dogs in February.

A violent gang has been jailed after viciously beating a teenager with chains, sticks and poles.

At Snaresbrook Crown Court, seven men were found guilty of the attack which took place in Will Crooks Estate in Poplar on a Saturday night in July last year.

A known trouble-maker who breached his ASBO and left his victim with permanent nerve damage in a vicious assault has been jailed.

Daren Davies, 21, of Violet Road, E3 was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for beating the man with a stick and lumps of concrete.

A gang have been jailed for a vicious attack on a teacher thanks to evidence which recorded them discussing the assault.

The victim, Gary Smith, was left with a fractured skull, a broken jaw and bleeding on the brain from the incident on Burdett Road on July 12 last year when the group used a brick, a knife and a metal pole as weapons.

A teenager has been sent to prison for five years after luring a 15-year-old to a block of flats and stabbing him.

Shumon Miah, 18, of Launch Street in E14, was convicted of grievous bodily harm at Snaresbrook Crown Court earlier this month.

Members of a drugs gang are facing long prison sentences for supplying heroin and cocaine from a premises in Cable Street.

The five man gang operated from a unit at Cable Street Studios, which was raided by police on August 27 last year. The premises were used to cut and mix drugs, and officers found cocaine and heroin there with a street value of £11,750, along with over £10,000 in cash.

A father saw his son brutally attacked in an unprovoked machete attack which saw him lose an eye and part of his nose.

Saifour Rahman, 23, of Charnwood Gardens on the Isle of Dogs, was sent to prison for an indefinite period when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for the attack.

An ex-boxer who attacked a man leaving him with a broken jaw has been sent to prison.

Tom Cherubin, 42, of St Leonards Road, E14, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday to 27 months for the unprovoked assault.

An asylum seeker who escaped life as a child soldier in war-torn Angola was sent to prison after breaking into the flat of a woman and sexually assaulting her.

Joao Da Silva earlier pleaded guilty to the charges in the incident in December last year, in which he attacked a female who had helped him on his journey across London.

A drug dealer from Greenwich who said he hoped his heroin would be strong enough to kill people has been jailed.

Paul Channer, 47, and his brother Barry, 40, were caught by police picking up £1.4million of the drug from Polish national Waldemar Nowakowski at a motorway service station last July.

A woman has been sent to prison for beating a fellow DLR passenger around the head with a metal dog chain.

Lauren Gregson, 20, of Beaumont Grove in Stepney Green, was given a 40 week sentence for what police described as a "vicious attack".

Police have welcomed the conviction of a man who committed a "horrendous" sexual assault on a woman returning from Canary Wharf two years ago.

Alomgir Rouf, 21, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years in jail and will be on the sex offenders register for life following his conviction last week.

A GROCER who confessed to illegally selling sex drugs over the internet has been spared jail.

Hafid Essadki, 39, from the Isle of Dogs, was ordered to pay £2,500 in fines and costs at Snaresbrook Crown Court for selling Viagra and Cialis without a licence yesterday (Wednesday).