Results tagged “arrest”

A Charlton footballer has been arrested on suspicion of raping an underage girl in Greenwich.

Jordan Cousins was questioned by Metropolitan police after the 12-year-old claimed the player had bought her a pair of trainers and then attacked her.

Detectives investigating the murder of Danny O'Shea in Canning Town have made another arrest and are also appealing for information about a minibus they believe was connected to the crime.

A 46-year-old man was arrested last Friday morning on suspicion of murder. He was bailed to return to an east London police station in early April. He is the 12th man arrested in connection with the investigation.

Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Danny O'Shea in Canning Town last December.

The men, aged 33 and 39, were arrested at Heathrow Airport yesterday before being taken to an east London police station. They have both been bailed until late March pending further enquiries.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Genson Courtney in Greenwich.

The men, aged 28, 34 and 27, were arrested this morning at addresses in east and south London on suspicion of Mr Courtney's murder in July. They are being held at a central London police station.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man outside Bermondsey Underground station.

The men, both aged 18, were arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of the murder of Vitalijs Janovics in the early hours of last Friday morning.

Two people were arrested today (July 26) in connection with the robbery of a pensioner in Whitechapel last month.

The arrest concerns the theft of several thousand pounds from the 77-year-old victim who had just withdrawn the cash from Barclays bank on Whitechapel Road to pay for his wife's funeral.

DLR services were disrupted on Thursday after a man was spotted walking along the tracks near London City Airport.

Early reports suggest he was carrying a knife in the incident which occured at around 1.30pm and saw the line closed for nearly half an hour.

A shrimp fisherwoman covered in chocolate syrup to replicate the oil spilt in the Gulf of Mexico was arrested outside BP's annual general meeting at Excel this morning.

Diane Wilson from the US Gulf Coast was removed from the building's foyer by police and arrested on suspicion of breaching the peace.

GHOULS and goblins descended on Canary Wharf to protest against the Government's bank bail-out.

Spookily-dressed anti-capitalists gathered to "dance on the grave of capitalism" on Halloween evening, but isolated clashes with police were sparked by the arrest of the event's head of security.

A MAN arrested over an armed robbery at Bootys bar has been eliminated from police enquiries.

The bar in Narrow Street, Limehouse, had £5,000 taken after staff were tied up and threatened with a knife just after the London Marathon on April 13.