The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Man, 32, charged with murder of 16-year-old boy after Stockwell shooting

Lathaniel Burrell was shot dead in Stockwell, south London, on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025

‘They wanted to kill me’, says lawyer targeted by Russian spy ring

Kirill Kachur, 33, was being hunted by the team who had been tasked with kidnapping him and sending him back to Moscow, either dead or alive.

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025

Pro-Palestine protesters gather in Whitehall after police block planned rally

Protesters had been planning to gather outside Broadcasting House in Portland Place, central London.

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2025

Appeal for information about time spent by convicted student rapist in Belfast

Zhenhao Zou, 28, has been convicted of rape in London.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Two charged with murder of man who died six years after Turnpike Lane shooting left him in coma

Joel Bempah-Cumberbatch was 18 when six shots were fired at him by men on bikes leaving him with catastrophic injuries

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

How police came to rescue of woman assaulted by partner on holiday abroad using Instagram

A Metropolitan Police contact handler used Instagram to safeguard a victim of domestic abuse who made a report while she was on holiday.

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

Zhenhao Zou: Serial rapist may have attacked dozens more women, police say, as international appeal launched

Police conclude a large number of victims remain unidentified as they say they are still trawling through 6.5 terabytes of data on rapist’s devices

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

International appeal to trace further potential victims of rapist PhD student

Detectives fear Zhenhao Zou may have targeted more than 50 other women.

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

Met officer denies ‘grabbing teenager by throat’ after boy insulted him

Pc Stephen Evans denies an allegation that he assaulted a 13-year-old boy on November 4 2022 following a disagreement.

Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2025

Police in Northern Ireland unlawfully spied on journalists – this is not how covert policing is meant to work

At the end of last year, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (an independent judiciary body) made a shocking landmark judgement. The tribunal found that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Metropolitan Police had unlawfully conducted surveillance into two investigative journalists.

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025