Results tagged “Tower Hamlets Police”

Police have released CCTV pictures of a man wanted for a "vicious and unprovoked assault" on an Australian man near Westferry DLR.

The suspect, who is Asian and aged around 20 to 25 years old, left his victim with fractures to his skull and a broken nose, as well as broken ribs and fingers.

Police are investigating an incident in which a 15-year-old died after being dragged out of the water in the Limehouse Cut at around 6.20pm on Wednesday evening.

The teenage male was taken by ambulance to an east London hospital but was pronounced dead around two hours later.

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.

Homes in Tower Hamlets and Hackney were raided by police on Thursday morning in connection with this week's riots.

Officers reclaimed designer clothing and four people were arrested for offences involving burglary and handling stolen goods.

Witnesses are being sought after a woman was sexually assaulted in an east London car park.

The victim in her 20s was making her way to work when she was grabbed from behind in Batty Street, E1, at 6.30am on July 17,

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.

Two men were arrested on the Isle of Dogs in a police operation which saw £4,000 confiscated.

Officers were out in force around Tower Hamlets on Wednesday, with increased patrols resulting in five arrests and eight warnings for possession of cannabis.

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 police officer has been sacked for forming an 'improper relationship' with a 14-year-old girl.

Limehouse PC Robert Nicholson, who had previously been found not guilty on criminal charges of two counts of sexual activity with the child, was dismissed at a misconduct hearing on Tuesday.

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.

An appeal has been launched to trace a man wanted for a serious assault at a party on the Isle of Dogs.

Erikas Moderis, 24, is being hunted for the attack in Byng Street on December 16, 2007.
The public are advised not to approach the suspect but to call PC Otto Blom at Limehouse Police Station on 0300 123 1212.

Police searching an area of Poplar Park as part of a council-run project to tackle issues of concern to the community discovered drugs and scores of weapons.

Officers visited the area next to the Will Crooks Estate last Friday and found 75 items, including knives.

A crackdown on a teenage gang saw seven arrests as well as shotgun ammunition and bags of cocaine seized.

The two-day operation funded by Tower Hamlets Council took place last week and saw dawn raids on 12 addresses on the island.

Catching a motorbike thief red-handed, taking a samurai sword off the streets and discovering a sophisticated cannabis factory - all in a day's work for police on the Isle of Dogs.

The team held a day of operations last Friday, from dawn raids to knife arches, in a bid to tackle the most pressing matters in the area.

It's a crime that leaves society's most vulnerable feeling frightened and targeted and fills the rest of us full of revulsion.

Artifice or distraction burglary takes place with striking regularity in homes across London, including the east and south east areas.

A teenage girl has been jailed for seven years after stabbing two people on the Isle of Dogs.

Bethaney Lamey, 18, of Millharbour, was sent to a young offenders institute for the attack, which took place in December, as well as an earlier incident that saw an 18-year-old girl hit with a baseball bat.

A 63-year-old prolific drug dealer has been sent to prison for selling crystal meth.

Richard Lubbock, who lived in a penthouse flat in Commercial Road, Limehouse, was convicted after being found in possession of more than £300,000 of drugs.

A former Bank of New York Mellon employee has been jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from the firms Canary Wharf offices.

Richard Carlyle Alexander Brown of Anchor House in SW18, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud and one count of attempted fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

They are increasingly viewed by drug gangs as a weapon of choice and an indispensable fashion accessory.

Owners claim they are merely harmless family pets but, just two weeks ago, two-year-old Taylor Leadbetter was horrifically injured when mauled by the family dog.

A Citigroup employee who stole thousands of pounds of goods from the company and tried to sell them on eBay has been jailed.

IT contractor Fitzpatrick Kinyanjui, 40, of Mayfair Court in Watford, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to one count and theft and was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week.