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Architect of Wagner Group arson attack to pay victims more than £160,000

Dylan Earl was jailed for 17 years for his leading role in the attack on premises in east London.

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Aristocrat Constance Marten granted permission to appeal sentence over baby’s death

Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were on the run from authorities when their baby daughter, Victoria, died

Evening Standard · Aug 22

Constance Marten given permission to appeal sentence for manslaughter of baby

The aristocrat is serving a 14-year sentence after her daughter died in a tent on the South Downs

The Independent UK · Aug 22

Former Police officer guilty of misconduct after fostering ‘toxic’ culture among colleagues on WhatsApp group

Paul Street, 41, encouraged his team to bully a teenage detainee and asked a colleague to send him a sex video of a female suspect, the Old Bailey heard

The Independent UK · Jun 26

Police officer guilty after embroiling 12 others in ‘toxic’ WhatsApp culture

Paul Street appeared on the BBC’s Britain’s Teenage Drug Runners and Channel 4’s Famous And Fighting Crime documentary.

Evening Standard · Jun 26

Failed asylum seeker who made 'foolish' bomb hoax at MI5 HQ jailed

Julian Valente Pereira, 33, made the bomb hoax at the security service base on New Year’s day - the day after being given a deportation notice

Evening Standard · May 15

Man cleared of murdering Jill Dando faces Old Bailey hearing in child rape case

Barry George appeared on a videolink for the Old Bailey hearing in his rape case

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Suspected double murderer 'killed woman in disused flats after sexual encounter'

Simon Levy is accused of murdering two women in London four months apart

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Moment burglar steals £24,000 from London celebrity restaurant as he avoids jail

Iuliu Kubola, 61, stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of fine wine and champagne from high-end London restaurants

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2025

Tuk-tuk driver who stole £31,000 of fine wine from high-end London restaurants given two weeks to return stash

Iuliu Kubola, 61, is facing a possible jail term after he admitted six burglaries at eateries in Mayfair, Belgravia and the City of London

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025