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Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Map of London’s luxury theft hotspots as £22m of watches, handbags and jewellery stolen

Around 15,860 high-end accessories swiped in two years but less than one per cent were returned to owners, an investigation by the Standard found

Evening Standard

Teenage Drug Runners Who Posted Selfies After Bludgeoning Homeless Man Receive Jail Time

Three then-teenage drug runners were sentenced to over 23 years in prison for the murder of a homeless man.

International Business Times UK

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Teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man jailed

Detective Inspector Jim Barry called the attack ‘a particularly callous murder’

The Independent UK

Man who fell from wall after being tasered by police now confined to wheelchair

Leonard Sandiford said he remembered being hit in the neck or back and waking up in hospital about two months later.

Evening Standard

Laughing teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man near King’s Cross station jailed

Anthony Marks, 52, was hit with a car bonnet and stamped on in a horrific attack near the busy central London transport hub

Evening Standard

Adam Henry, 15, killed by single stab wound to the chest in north London estate, court told

Abdel Derdour, 22, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on New Year’s Eve charged with murdering 15-year-old Adam Henry

Evening Standard

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London’s shoplifting epidemic is revealed as thieves rob retailers of £16.7million a month

Frontline workers brace themselves for the annual rise in offending during the January sales

Evening Standard

Freemasons seek injunction to halt plans forcing Met officers to reveal their membership

An inquiry into 1987 axe murder of private detective Daniel Morgan recommended that Freemasonry membership should be declared

The Independent UK

Man charged with murder of boy, 15, found stabbed to death in London street

Adam collapsed on Westbourne Road, Islington sparking two-week manhunt across the capital

Evening Standard

Prime suspect in fatal stabbing of boy, 15, arrested after two-week manhunt across London

Scotland Yard said Abdel Derdour, 22, among five people detained at an address in north west of capital on Boxing Day

Evening Standard

Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault

The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said

The Independent UK

Man, 79, dies after being hit by car while crossing busy road in northwest London

Victim sadly lost his fight for life in hospital on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said

Evening Standard

Two burglars jailed after using Grindr to trick victims

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak have been found guilty of using the dating app Grindr to trick their victims

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Police officer dismissed for sexual assaulting another off-duty officer

Eugene Emmanuel was found to have committed gross misconduct and has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Force

Evening Standard

Met reveals latest cost-cutting plans: more station closures and smaller lockers for police officers

Force wants to open 40 ‘policing hubs’ in council buildings across London

Evening Standard

Police seek to trace man after boy, 15, killed in London stabbing

Detectives urgently want to speak to 22-year-old Abdel Derdour in connection with the fatal stabbing of Adam Henry.

The Independent UK

Revealed: The 10 vehicles most likely to be stolen as thefts soar

More than 80,000 vehicles stolen between January and September this year, according to new data

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Evening Standard

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police staff to strike on New Year’s Eve over pay

Union chief has warned strikes may mean ‘delays to emergency callouts’

Evening Standard

Mother jailed for nine and a half years after killing baby daughter

Three-month-old Kaylani Kalanzi died in July 2024 after she was admitted to hospital having been violently shaken.

Evening Standard

'Flabbergasted' retail chiefs are furious after Met Police boss Mark Rowley called on them to 'step up and do better' in the fight against shoplifting

The head of a retail group blasted Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley after he called on the sector to "step up and do better" at tackling shoplifting.

Evening Standard

Virginia Giuffre's family 'deeply disappointed' Met Police won't investigate claims Andrew ordered smear campaign on her

Met Police said, after assessing the allegations, this ‘has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct

Evening Standard

London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson 'Unite the Kingdom' rally gets underway with carol concert

The protest began in the north end of Whitehall from 3pm

Evening Standard

Moment Algerian migrant on bail caught brazenly stealing designer clothes from Selfridges

Dade Mustafa told police ‘no problem, no problem’ when confronted on London’s Oxford Street

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