Three men have been charged with the murder of Brenton Roper who died after being shot in Bow. This comes after there was four further arrests in the murder investigation. The murder investigation was launched after the police were called to Eagling Close, E3 at approximately 4.30pm on Saturday, 13 May. Brenton Roper, 41, was found suffering gunshot injuries, he …
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Lutfur Rahman electoral fraud investigation at ‘full strength’
An inquiry examining allegations of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets is back at full strength after five detectives were redeployed elsewhere following a series of homicides in London and warnings that a lack of detectives could slow its progress. In 2014, the High Court found former Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman was guilty of corruption after it received an election …
Read More »Council sold seven times as many council homes that were built
Council homes are being sold off nearly three times faster than they can be replaced, new analysis has revealed. Some local authorities have sold 20 times the number of homes that were built in three years. Tower Hamlets Council has sold seven times as many council homes as were built over the three years and raised just under £104m in …
Read More »Denning Point in Algate East fails cladding safety tests
Denning Point, a 23-storey tower on Commercial Street “did not fully comply with the requirements” of the safety tests said Tower Hamlets Council. The building of 81 flats is covered by Fire Rated (FR) pansel which has a fire rated core specifically designed to prevent flame spread, according to a letter delivered to residents of Denning Point from the owners …
Read More »Four further arrests in Brenton Roper murder investigation
Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Bow have made four further arrests. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 16:29hrs on Saturday, 13 May, to reports of a seriously injured man in Eagling Close, E3. Officers, the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance attended the location, where the man was pronounced dead at 17:37hrs. He …
Read More »Banned ex-mayor Lutfur Rahman loses latest appeal bid
Lutfur Rahman, who was the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets in London applied for judicial review of ruling that bans him from standing for election. In April 2015, Rahman was removed as mayor and banned from standing for election for five years. He was also ordered to pay £250,000 costs after the election court found he had used …
Read More »Appeal to find men after vicious assault in Poplar
Detectives from Tower Hamlets have issued a CCTV appeal for the public’s help in identifying two men they would like to speak to in connection with a serious assault that left a man with significant facial injuries. On Saturday, 25 February at 1am, the 26-year-old victim was in a newsagents on East India Dock Road in Poplar. He became involved …
Read More »Funeral for victim of tower fire held in East London Mosque
The funeral for a victim of the Grenfell Tower disaster was held in East London Mosque today Wednesday, 21 June. The packed funeral service which started after Muslim afternoon prayers had the mayor of London Sadiq Khan in attendance. After the funeral prayer, Mr Alhajali’s sister and the mayor of London made statements. The body was then transported and buried …
Read More »East London Mosque evacuated after hoax telephone threat
East London Mosque had to be evacuated after they received a telephone threat. The Mosque tweeted and said: “The Mosque received a telephone threat a short while ago. Buildings were evacuated and sweeps carried out by Police and Mosque staff. The Mosque received a telephone threat a short while ago. Buildings were evacuated and sweeps carried out by Police and …
Read More »Stepney gang charged after £2m class A drug bust
Three people have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs after officers from the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service’s Organised Crime Partnership recovered 29 kilos of class A drugs in East London. Andrea Kidd (49) from Bletchley, Milton Keynes, was handed seven kilos of cocaine by Samsul Ali (25) and Ibrahim Miah (24) both from E14, …
Read More »Body recovered from river at Limehouse
On Tuesday, 6 June at around 7:44pm the body of a man was recovered from the River Thames, near Limehouse. Formal identification has not yet taken place, however detectives were appealing for information about Xavier Thomas, 45, a French national who had not been seen since the night of the terrorist attack on London Bridge. Mr. Thomas’ next of kin …
Read More »Anti-social behaviour presentation @ Idea Store Whitechapel
Come along to our 4th Police Academy event this Wednesday,18.30 @ Whitechapel idea store.Talking all things ASB 👮 pic.twitter.com/67EphxkaDA — Tower Hamlets Police (@MPSTowerHam) June 1, 2017 Tower Hamlets Police have invited the public to go along to their 4th Police Academy event this Wednesday,18.30 @ Whitechapel idea store. If you have any concerns regarding anti-social behaviour do go along.
Read More »Couple face eviction after judge ruled case came down to just “I love my dog”
In November 2015 Gabby Kuehn and her partner moved into a £1million flat after apparently she had obtained consent from the freeholder to keep a pet in the flat. After the couple moved in, the property management company refused to give consent on the basis that they had an unwritten ‘no pet’s policy’. The management company commenced legal proceedings in …
Read More »Cops who went McDonald’s before suicide 999 call will keep their jobs
Two Police officers attached to Tower Hamlets look set to keep their jobs after they were found innocent of gross misconduct at a hearing today. Both officers admitted misconduct but denied gross misconduct. Had the disciplinary panel found them guilty of gross misconduct they could have lost their jobs. The officers, Gavin Bateman and Tony Stephenson bought hot drinks at …
Read More »Police officers stopped to buy tea at McDonald’s on way to 999 suicide call face misconduct hearing
Two police officers have been accused of gross misconduct after allegedly stopping at a McDonald’s while on an emergency call about a suicidal woman who was later found hanged. Fahima Begum, 22, was found unresponsive in her home in Poplar, east London, in the early hours of 16 April 2015. The London Ambulance Service had received a call from a …
Read More »Suspect wanted after punching man in the face
On Tuesday, 1 November police were called shortly after 9pm after a 43-year-old man was hit in the mouth. CCTV taken on Brick Lane caught the moment the suspect came out of a nearby shop and walked straight into the victim’s girlfriend. When the victim asked the suspect to apologise to his girlfriend, the suspect refused and hit him across …
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