Results tagged “Southwark Crown Court”

A conman has been jailed after defrauding the Olympic Delivery Authority of more than £2million.

Ansama Kamara, 31, from Sierra Leone, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after admitting money laundering.

A former House of Commons worker has admitted forging MPs' signatures to claim thousands of pounds worth of fake expenses.

Andrew Gibson, 50, of Athol Square in Limehouse, pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud when he appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.

A paedophile from Greenwich has been jailed for sharing indecent images on the internet and trying to groom children for sex.

Richard Davis, of Blackheath Road, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court last Wednesday after pleading guilty to various charges.

Football hooligans who attacked a train carriage full of innocent fans have been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court.

Ashley White, pictured, 21, of Purley, was one of two of those convicted who received a sentence of 48 months in prison.

The last group of Crystal Palace fans to appear in court over a brutal train attack on Charlton supporters have been found guilty.

Four men were convicted at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, October 31, taking the total number guilty of the assaults to 16.

A WOMAN who cheated auctioneers and retailers out of goods worth £2million has been jailed for six years.

Shahra Marsh was living in Canary Wharf when she bought jewellery and antiques by pretending to be wealthy and paying auction houses and shops with cheques that bounced.

Marsh, 52, pleaded guilty to a string of fraud offences and was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on October 2.

She was initially arrested for stealing at Christie's auctioneers in 2006.

A MAN who sexually assaulted a DLR passenger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Appearing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, September 30, Ahmed Mohamoud, 23, of Oban Street, E14, pleaded guilty to the two sex assaults and a charge of exposing himself.

The court heard how on New Year's Day earlier this year, Mohamoud boarded a DLR train at Westferry at 8am and sat next to a 26-year-old female from Greenwich, despite the rest of the carriage being empty.

As the victim went to leave the train at Poplar station, Mohamoud indecently touched her twice.