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Man jailed for at least 25 years for ‘pivotal’ part in fatal ambush

Vittorio Di Murro, 26, fled to Italy two days after he and others attacked Jordan Briscoe on March 5 last year.

The Independent UK

‘Londoners beware’: Influencer’s warning after brazen Birkin bag theft on Oxford Street

Metropolitan Police detectives investigating latest handbag theft appealed for information

Evening Standard

Top Met counter-terror officer warns of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans said teams had foiled 43 ‘late-stage’ planned terror attacks since 2017, including three in the past 12 months

The Independent UK

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London estate agent who broke sex worker’s nose in ‘brutal’ attack inside her home jailed

Neighbours hearing the woman’s screams called police, Southwark Crown Court heard

Evening Standard

Police chiefs claim cuts ‘inevitable’ in face of £1.3 billion funding gap

Ringfencing money for neighbourhood policing leaves chiefs unable to invest in other specialist services, the National Police Chiefs Council said.

Evening Standard

Police release images of two men after £200,000 luxury handbag burglary in London

A business owner was left ‘distraught’ after handbags and watches were stolen in a high-value burglary in Mill Hill

The Independent UK

Mother attacks decision to clear police who arrested boy, 13, with water pistol

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found the officers’ actions were reasonable in the circumstances.

Evening Standard

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Ex-Met Police chief Lord Hogan-Howe issues warning on 3D-printed guns after health boss shooting in US

The firearm used in the fatal shooting in New York is believed to be a homemade weapon known as a ‘ghost gun’

Evening Standard

Kilburn: £20,000 reward offered to catch moped killer who gunned down 'special' graduate

Tikquaan Stephenson-Walters was a ‘special, innocent’ victim, family say

Evening Standard

Senior Metropolitan Police officer charged with attempted rape and sexual assaults

Superintendent Jamie Gordon of the Met Police is accused of attempting to rape a woman almost a year ago

Evening Standard

Police officer charged with causing death by dangerous driving over moped crash

Metropolitan Police Constable Ian Brotherton will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Police issue urgent appeal to find missing schoolgirl last seen with boy on train leaving London

Gracie Drake vanished from her home in West Drayton on Friday

Evening Standard

Prolific London phone thieves who handled more than 5,000 stolen phones jailed

The cost of their crimes totalled more than £5.1million, said the Met police

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife: From teenage soldier to Iranian spy

The former soldier escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

The blunders which allowed spy Daniel Khalife to avoid detection and escape jail

Police had no idea Daniel Khalife was spying for Iran until he confessed on an MI5 reporting line

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife: Boy soldier who thought he could be James Bond

Khalife, who grew up in south-west London, passed secret information to Iranian agents after joining the British Army.

The Independent UK

Inside HMP Wandsworth: How Daniel Khalife’s escape reveals ‘shocking’ prison chaos

It was revealed two guards checked the truck that Daniel Khalife escaped under

The Independent UK

How Daniel Khalife escaped from Wandsworth prison and avoided national manhunt for 75 hours

The 23-year-old made a sling from a pair of trousers which he attached to the bottom of a catering van for his escape, which even the Met acknowledged showed ‘ingenuity’

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Ex-British Army soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran

He ‘probably enjoyed the thrill of deception throughout’, police said.

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Met steps up patrols for Christmas shopping period, as mayor asks Londoners to 'stay alert'

Sadiq Khan warned that ‘organised criminals’ will seek to ‘take advantage of the vast numbers of people’ pouring into London’s shopping destinations

Evening Standard

Met Police sack over 100 rogue officers in one year but work ‘not yet done’, says anti-corruption boss

Scotland Yard’s rejection of new applications to join the force has jumped from 6.9% to 12.5% in light of stricter vetting procedures

Evening Standard

Manhunt for suspect who stabbed dog walker 19 times with a screwdriver in east London

Tom Savage said his attacker nearly killed him as lay on the ground protecting his head and neck

Evening Standard

Man jailed for life for murdering 22-year-old Keelen Wong on busy Brixton street

‘There are no joy or winners in this scenario, only levels of loss’, said Keelen’s father

Evening Standard

US Embassy explosion: Man charged with planting fake IED in bomb hoax

Daniel Parmenter is accused of planting a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms

Evening Standard

Man accused of fatally attacking chef near Notting Hill Carnival denies murder

Omar Wilson appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday in connection with the death of Mussie Imnetu in August.

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