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Police officer who ran pizza company while on long-term sick leave sacked for gross misconduct

Sergeant Matt Skelt, a Metropolitan Police firearms officer, was sacked after 34 years with the force

The Independent UK

Teenage killer gets life for stabbing man 12 times over stolen bicycle

Knife-wielding Jackson Uwagboe, 19, and two others carried out ‘brutal and sustained’ attack on Robert Robinson, 21, in Deptford, southeast London

Evening Standard

Rapper appears to taunt police online after escaping custody twice in one week

The Met Police have launched a manhunt for Daniel Boakye

The Independent UK

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Drill rapper 'posts video taunting police' after escaping custody twice in a week

A video posted on Instagram shows a rapper performing in front of a screen featuring the original Sun story about Daniel Boakye's first escape

Evening Standard

Stop releasing phone thieves who reoffend, Met police chief urges courts

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley also called on phone manufacturers to make it harder for criminals to reset and re-sell stolen phones

The Independent UK

Hundreds arrested in Met Police’s largest-ever blitz on Fagin gangs behind phone snatch scourge

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley calls on courts to stop releasing repeat offenders allowing them to go out and commit more crimes

Evening Standard

Boy, 16, charged with murder after teenager stabbed in Feltham

Maliki Sharma has been described as a ‘lovely boy’ who had hopes of becoming an electrician

The Independent UK

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Ex-Met PC found guilty of gross misconduct over rape and assault remarks

A former Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct for making unacceptable comments about rape victims and members of the public.

Evening Standard

Ministers ‘determined’ to stop Wayne Couzens getting special police pension

Ministers have so far been unable to strip Sarah Everard’s killer of his pension four years after his conviction

Evening Standard

Government ‘determined’ to stop Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens from receiving police pension

Wayne Couzens abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in March 2021 and was given a whole-life order later that year

The Independent UK

Palestine Action unlawful ban ruling: What does it mean for hundreds of ‘terror’ cases?

In London, more than 2,000 Palestine Action supporters have been arrested with 254 prosecutions. Campaigners are now calling for charges to be dropped

Evening Standard

Lorry driver who ran gun workshop and hoarded weapons for ‘race war’ jailed

Thomas McKenna, 60, has been sentenced for running a blank-firing gun conversion workshop from his Essex caravan.

Evening Standard

Nursery paedophile Vincent Chan jailed over sexual abuse of children

The 45-year-old preyed on children as young as two years old when they were left in his care.

Evening Standard

Revealed: How London nursery worker Vincent Chan’s horrific campaign of child abuse was uncovered by chance

Paedophile Vincent Chan, 45, attacked girls so defenceless they ‘didn’t have a voice’ at a Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead and downloaded a million indecent images

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Care failings behind runaway heiress Constance Marten’s baby tragedy laid bare – with thousands more children at risk

The mother – who was jailed for 14 years for the gross negligence manslaughter of her newborn daughter Victoria – concealed the pregnancy with her partner after her four other children were taken into care

Evening Standard

Teenager convicted after murdering man in Deptford over a stolen bicycle

21-year-old Robert Robinson was killed after a dispute over a stolen bicycle escalated, resulting in him being brutally stabbed 12 times

Evening Standard

Met Police officers could be 'blacklisted' for being Freemasons, High Court hears

Since December, officers and staff have been required to declare membership of any organisation that is ‘hierarchical, has confidential membership and requires members to support and protect each other’

Evening Standard

Man, 22, dies in hospital after being hit by van in north London

The victim’s next of kin has been informed and are being supported by specialist officers, the Metropolitan Police said

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Evening Standard

Moment teenage burglars pose as Amazon delivery drivers to steal £3million in crypto at knifepoint

Gang posted about their exploits for likes on Snapchat but it ‘built case against them’, police said

Evening Standard

Abusive Twickenham nursery worker 'could harm other children' after deportation

Roksana Lecka is due to be deported back to her native Poland where parents fear she could be freed

The Independent UK

Burglar jailed after Anya Taylor-Joy and husband barricaded themselves in bedroom

The actor’s husband, Malcolm McRae, managed to scare off the robbers by shouting ‘I have a gun’

Evening Standard

American Goldsmiths student who murdered his Chinese lover is jailed for life as victim's family pay heartbreaking tribute

American Joshua Michals, 26, jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years for murdering fellow student lover Zhe Wang

Evening Standard

Lorry driver ran gun converting workshop from caravan and planned for ‘race war’

Thomas McKenna, 60, sent messages telling friends and associates to ‘get yourself ready’ for a ‘race war’.

Evening Standard

Retired engineer found guilty of Ulez camera explosion

Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court found Kevin Rees guilty of one count of causing an explosion likely to endanger life.

Evening Standard

Met Police probe spate of parcel shelf thefts from cars in north London

Parcel shelf thefts have baffled north London residents, with one saying she may have found her own stolen shelf on eBay after conducting some online sleuthing

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