Metropolitan Police chief says it’s ‘too early’ to blame Iran for Golders Green attack The incident is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime but not as terrorism, Scotland Yard has said The Independent UK · Mar 23
Armed patrols deployed to protect London Jewish sites as Met Police chief condemns ‘attack on us all’ Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley hits out at ‘grave’ threats from the Iranian state in speech Evening Standard · Mar 23
Watch: Prolific M&S shoplifter is jailed after being caught by Met Police recruits Ryan Kiely, 34, was wanted on recall to prison when he targeted a store on Lee High Road Evening Standard · Mar 23
Met Police facing probe over death of student, 19, found in King’s Cross hotel room with middle-aged men Family of Edward Cornes accuse Scotland Yard of homophobia and failing to learn lessons of serial killer Stephen Port Evening Standard · Mar 23
What is Hatzola? The Jewish volunteer ambulance service targeted in 'cowardly' arson attack Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is investigating the arson attack on four Hatzola ambulances as an ‘antisemitic hate crime’ Evening Standard · Mar 23
Ambulance attack a ‘deeply shocking antisemitic arson’, Prime Minister says The Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. Evening Standard · Mar 23
Former Met Police special constable is jailed for raping child A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer, James Bubb, now identifying as Gwyn Samuels, has been jailed for 24 years for raping and sexually assaulting a child and a woman. Samuels was found guilty of grooming a 12-year-old girl online before sexually assaulting her, and raping a woman met online while posing… The Independent UK · Mar 20
Moment Rolex ripper ambushes boss near London’s Hyde Park to steal £30k watch as he's jailed Algerian robber Zakaria Snouci has been imprisoned for almost four years over the attack on Sunil Chopra in Porchester Place, Westminster Evening Standard · Mar 20
The $12 Escape: Why Bonnie Blue's Luck Finally Ran Out on the Streets of London OnlyFans model Bonnie Blue has been charged in London with outraging public decency after a video showed her simulating a sex act with an Indonesian flag outside the country's embassy. International Business Times UK · Mar 19
Two men in court accused of carrying out ‘hostile surveillance’ on Jewish sites for Iran A British-Iranian and an Iranian national have been charged under the National Security Act The Independent UK · Mar 19
Two men charged in relation to ‘spying on Jewish community for Iran’ The Metropolitan Police said the men were arrested and detained on Friday March 6. Evening Standard · Mar 18
The Bali Files: Why Bonnie Blue Escaped Prison in Indonesia Only to Be Charged in London Adult content creator Bonnie Blue, recently deported from Bali over visa violations, now faces a public decency charge in London after an alleged lewd act outside the Indonesian embassy. The case links her controversial online persona with two very different legal systems in a matter of weeks. International Business Times UK · Mar 18
Moment two-tonne Land Rover reverses onto Met police car as officers ‘cheat death’ Man, 36, arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, theft of a motor vehicle and GBH after incident on Somerton Street, Barnet Evening Standard · Mar 18
Bonnie Blue Faces Up to Six Months in Jail After Lewd Act in Front of Indonesian Embassy in London Bonnie Blue, an adult content creator, has been charged with outraging public decency in London. The case involves an alleged lewd act in Westminster. International Business Times UK · Mar 18
Evening Standard · Mar 17 Police seize £2m drug marketplace in cybercrime crackdown A website saw sellers market drugs to users for cryptocurrency
Evening Standard · Mar 17 Seven men sentenced over smash-and-grab raids at luxury shops across London They took watches, jewellery, fine art and safes containing cash, and used stolen vehicles as getaway cars.
The Times of India · Mar 17 ‘Police refused to help’: Indian-origin Sikh restaurant owner Harman Kapoor speaks out after release amid ‘no halal’ row An Indian-origin Sikh restaurant owner in west London has alleged that the Metropolitan Police “repeatedly refused” to help his family despite serious threats, hours after he was detained and later released following a tense confrontation outside his restaurant.
The Independent UK · Mar 16 ‘Unconscious bias’ led to Met Police David Carrick investigation failure, tribunal hears A Metropolitan Police detective is facing allegations of failing to properly oversee an investigation into serial rapist David Carrick, with a tribunal hearing claims of "unconscious bias" linked to the victim’s race and sex.
Evening Standard · Mar 15 Police probe ‘death to IDF’ chant led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds Day protest The Met said 12 arrests were made amid a protest and counter-protest on Sunday.
Evening Standard · Mar 15 Three arrests made amid Al Quds Day demonstration and counter-protest Al Quds Day demonstrators chanted ‘from the river to the sea’ and held pictures of the late leader of Iran at a static protest in London on Sunday.
The Independent UK · Mar 14 Activists target supermarkets in mass shoplifting campaign for food banks Take Back Power said they ‘liberated boxes of food’ to redistribute
Evening Standard · Mar 14 Activists carry out shoplifting campaign to ‘liberate boxes of food’ Fifteen activists from Take Back Power were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of planning a mass shoplifting campaign.
The Independent UK · Mar 13 Club promoter pleads not guilty to DUI charges as new video shows moment he allegedly crashed into family near Vegas Strip Gavin Caci, a 28-year-old club promoter, faces multiple counts of DUI, reckless driving, and hit-and-run related charges
The Times of India · Mar 13 London Police use River Thames to separate pro-Iranian protesters from opponents amid Middle East tensions In an unprecedented move, the Metropolitan Police will use the River Thames to separate pro-Iranian protesters from counterdemonstrators in central London this Sunday, as the city braces for what police have described as a “highly volatile” situation.
Evening Standard · Mar 13 Fears of 'Tehran plot' to unleash violence on streets of London led to ban on Al Quds Day march The Al Quds Day march in the capital was banned after MI5 warned of the threat from the Iranian regime