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Killer accused of rapping about murdering teen recommended for open prison

Open prisons have minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day out of prison on licence

The Independent UK

Washington Metropolitan Police officer dies from injuries suffered while helping stranded motorist

A Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer struck by a car last month while helping a stranded motorist has died from his injuries, the department announced

The Independent UK

Moment Met PC on trial for GBH Tasers man ‘who fell 6ft’ and was left paralysed

Jurors hear Leonard Sandiford was running away from constable Liam Newman when stunned in east London

Evening Standard

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Suspected burglar falls from wall after being tasered by Met Police officer

Body cam footage shows the moment a suspected burglar fell from a wall after he was tasered by a Metropolitan Police officer.

The Independent UK

Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Map of London’s luxury theft hotspots as £22m of watches, handbags and jewellery stolen

Around 15,860 high-end accessories swiped in two years but less than one per cent were returned to owners, an investigation by the Standard found

Evening Standard

Teenage Drug Runners Who Posted Selfies After Bludgeoning Homeless Man Receive Jail Time

Three then-teenage drug runners were sentenced to over 23 years in prison for the murder of a homeless man.

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Teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man jailed

Detective Inspector Jim Barry called the attack ‘a particularly callous murder’

The Independent UK

Man who fell from wall after being tasered by police now confined to wheelchair

Leonard Sandiford said he remembered being hit in the neck or back and waking up in hospital about two months later.

Evening Standard

Laughing teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man near King’s Cross station jailed

Anthony Marks, 52, was hit with a car bonnet and stamped on in a horrific attack near the busy central London transport hub

Evening Standard

Adam Henry, 15, killed by single stab wound to the chest in north London estate, court told

Abdel Derdour, 22, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on New Year’s Eve charged with murdering 15-year-old Adam Henry

Evening Standard

London’s shoplifting epidemic is revealed as thieves rob retailers of £16.7million a month

Frontline workers brace themselves for the annual rise in offending during the January sales

Evening Standard

Freemasons seek injunction to halt plans forcing Met officers to reveal their membership

An inquiry into 1987 axe murder of private detective Daniel Morgan recommended that Freemasonry membership should be declared

The Independent UK

Man charged with murder of boy, 15, found stabbed to death in London street

Adam collapsed on Westbourne Road, Islington sparking two-week manhunt across the capital

Evening Standard

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Prime suspect in fatal stabbing of boy, 15, arrested after two-week manhunt across London

Scotland Yard said Abdel Derdour, 22, among five people detained at an address in north west of capital on Boxing Day

The Independent UK

Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault

The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said

Evening Standard

Man, 79, dies after being hit by car while crossing busy road in northwest London

Victim sadly lost his fight for life in hospital on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said

The Independent UK

Two burglars jailed after using Grindr to trick victims

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak have been found guilty of using the dating app Grindr to trick their victims

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Police officer dismissed for sexual assaulting another off-duty officer

Eugene Emmanuel was found to have committed gross misconduct and has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Force

Evening Standard

Met reveals latest cost-cutting plans: more station closures and smaller lockers for police officers

Force wants to open 40 ‘policing hubs’ in council buildings across London

Evening Standard

Police seek to trace man after boy, 15, killed in London stabbing

Detectives urgently want to speak to 22-year-old Abdel Derdour in connection with the fatal stabbing of Adam Henry.

The Independent UK

Revealed: The 10 vehicles most likely to be stolen as thefts soar

More than 80,000 vehicles stolen between January and September this year, according to new data

Evening Standard

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police staff to strike on New Year’s Eve over pay

Union chief has warned strikes may mean ‘delays to emergency callouts’

Evening Standard

Mother jailed for nine and a half years after killing baby daughter

Three-month-old Kaylani Kalanzi died in July 2024 after she was admitted to hospital having been violently shaken.

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