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‘Violent bully’ who subjected partner to ‘horrific’ abuse convicted of murder

Dale Cole, 39, inflicted serious internal injuries on Lisa Holland, 39, at the home they shared in Burton-on-Trent in October 2022.

Evening Standard · Mar 20

Asylum ban at Essex hotel may incite future demonstrations, court hears

Home Office and the Bell hotel owners are challenging Epping Forest council’s injunction to stop 138 asylum seekers being housed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Home Office argues Essex migrant hotel protests driven by 'wider grievances' in court fight

The Government and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling that will stop more than 100 people from being housed there

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Manager who took own life after robbery ‘saw the best in most people’ – mother

More than 70 luxury watches worth £1.38 million were stolen from 247 Kettles in Richmond, south-west London, on May 25 last year.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Robbery conspiracy accused told police ‘every man loves a watch’, court hears

Mannix Pedro, 37, and Junior Kunu, 30, are charged with conspiring with others to commit robbery after watches worth more than £1 million were stolen.

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

Two on run after £1.38million watch raid that led London jewellery store manager to kill himself, trial told

Junior Kunu, 30, and Mannix Pedro, 37, are charged with conspiring to commit the robbery after watches worth more than £1.38 million were stolen from a Richmond jewellery store

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Manager put in headlock during £1.38m London watch robbery took own life, court told

Oliver White, 27, killed himself the day after the incident in May 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Manager put in headlock during £1.38m watch robbery took own life, court told

Oliver White, 27, killed himself the day after the incident in May 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Shop manager took his own life after watches worth £1.38m stolen, court told

Junior Kunu and Mannix Pedro are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court charged with conspiring with others to commit robbery.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Two teenagers found guilty of murdering man over his drunken antics on 181 bus in south London

Gabriel Stoyanov was fatally stabbed in the chest after getting off the 181 bus in south London on November 4 last year

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2023