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Category Archives: Knife crime
17-year-old pleads guilty to the murder of Jermaine Cools
The teenager who stabbed to death 14-year-old Jermaine Cools on London Road, West Croydon, in November 2021, yesterday appeared at the Old Bailey where he entered a guilty plea. Cools was the youngest of five Croydon teens that were killed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Julius Cools, knife crime, London Road, West Croydon, youth knife crime
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Lives Not Knives Christmas lunch, Centrale, Dec 19
Posted in Charity, Crime, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives
Tagged Centrale, Christmas, Lives Not Knives, LNK
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Murderer given 28 years for ‘barbaric’ killing of Shirley teen
The “barbaric” killers of Croydon teenager Camron Smith were yesterday handed lengthy sentences by a judge at the Old Bailey. Smith, 16, was unarmed and in his underwear when subjected to a “frenzied” attack, stabbed a total of eight times, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley
Tagged Camron Smith, Jordan Tcheuko, murder, Old Bailey, Romain LaPierre, Shirley, Shrublands, Shrublands Estate
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Two found guilty of viciously stabbing Shrublands teen to death
Romain LaPierre was yesterday found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of 16-year-old Camron Smith, who was brutally stabbed to death in his own home on Bracken Avenue, on the Shrublands Estate in Shirley, in July 2021. LaPierre … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley
Tagged Bracken Avenue, Camron Smith, Croydon, Metropolitan Police, murder, Old Bailey, Romain LaPierre, Sako Amoniba-Burnley, Shirley, Shrublands, Zombie knives
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Grandson of Thornton Heath murder victim appears in court
The Metropolitan Police last night charged Verushan Manoharan, 31, with the murder of his own grandmother. The victim has been named as 89-year-old Sakunthala Francis, who was found with fatal stab wounds at home on Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, at … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Thornton Heath
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Sakunthala Francis, Thornton Heath, Verushan Manoharan
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Charity warns of street collecting scam abusing their name
Lives Not Knives has received complaints of harassment and aggressive fund-raisers passing themselves off as volunteers for the charity in Bristol, Nottingham, Brixton, St Albans and Kings Cross A Croydon-based charity that works to reduce youth knife crime has been … Continue reading
89-year-old murdered in Brigstock Road and three stabbings
A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 89-year-old woman at Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, on Tuesday. The incident was one of at least four stabbings in Croydon on Tuesday. According to Scotland Yard, the police were called … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, Policing, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brigstock Road, London Road, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Thornton Heath
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The Tories’ record on policing numbers does not add up
Crime is an important issue in Croydon’s council and Mayoral elections. Or at least it should be. ANDREW FISHER polices the claims of the competing camps, and adds some essential context Policing matters. The amount of violent crime is higher … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon BID, Dave Stringer, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, knife crime, Labour, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Lawrence, Tory, Val Shawcross, youth knife crime
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Police say dead man’s injuries may have been ‘self-inflicted’
The Metropolitan Police have announced that they have stopped treating the death of a man in Addiscombe on Thursday as a murder case, and the three men that they arrested have been released on bail. The dead man, now said … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Addiscombe, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Murder investigation under way after Addiscombe stabbing
Three men were arrested last night as the police began a murder investigation after a man was found dead in Leslie Grove Place, off Cherry Orchard Road in Addiscombe. It is the third violent knife crime incident in the borough … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Crime, Knife crime, New Addington
Tagged Addiscombe, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, New Addington
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London Road cordoned off after latest knife crime attack
Photos by LEE TOWNSEND Another day, another stabbing in Croydon. London Road in West Croydon was cordoned off by police as a crime scene this morning after reports of the latest knife crime incident. On this occasion, the victim, a … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged knife crime, Lee Townsend, London Road, Metropolitan Police, Tamworth Road, West Croydon
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Mr Motivator gets Oasis pupils moving in Zaian fund-raiser
While Croydon Council flogs off one park lodge on the cheap today, tomorrow a charitable foundation with property assets worth nearly half-a-billion pounds will be staging a fund-raiser in another park to get the money to pay for the purchase … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Business, Charity, Church and religions, Crime, Education, Knife crime, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools
Tagged Ashburton Park, Ashburton Park Lodge, Mr Motivator, Oasis Academy Arena, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Steve Chalke, Zaian Aimable-Lina
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We need serious solutions to tackle the capital’s crime crisis
A Labour front-bench spokesman was told this week that his suggestion to ‘name and shame’ recreational drugs users was ‘nonsense’. In his latest column, ANDREW FISHER looks at his party’s recurring problems when they try to flex their law and … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Cressida Dick, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, knife crime, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, youth knife crime
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Oasis to convert Ashburton Lodge into Zaian youth centre
Working in partnership with a major schools academy trust, Croydon’s Labour councillors have stepped in to halt the sale of a park lodge in order to use the building as a youth centre in memory of 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina, who … Continue reading
Police make arrests in Zaian Aimable-Lina murder investigation
The police have named the victim of Thursday night’s fatal stabbing in Ashburton Park as 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina. A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart. The police arrested another 15-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Ashburton Park, Croydon, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Zaian Aimable-Lina
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Another teenager’s tragedy as boy killed in Ashburton Park
30 The number of teenagers murdered on the streets of London in 2021 – a record death toll in the age group, after a 16-year-old was killed in Hillingdon last night 4 The total of Croydon teenagers killed through knife … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Addiscombe, Ashburton Park, Croydon, knife crime, London, Metropolitan Police, youth knife crime
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16-year-old arrested in Jermaine Cools murder investigation
The police have made an arrest in the investigation into the murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools at West Croydon on November 18. Cools was the third teenager to be killed in a knife crime attack in Croydon in 2021, one … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, knife crime, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, West Croydon, youth knife crime
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Police seeking witnesses to Selhurst stabbing in broad daylight
There was another stabbing in broad daylight on the streets of Croydon yesterday. On this occasion, the victim was able to make it to hospital with the help of the police and London Ambulance Service and is expected to recover … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Selhurst
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Selhurst
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Tories try to make crime pay by misleading over figures
Croydon’s Conservatives have shifted up a gear in their campaign efforts ahead of next May’s local elections, but WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, has been fact-checking their latest video nasty Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has probably already twigged that there … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Stranack, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing
Tagged Andy Stranack, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Tory
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Met Police’s Town Centre Team has started its new beat
Extra police officers were out on the streets of central Croydon today, as the Metropolitan Police launched the first set of “Town Centre Teams” to try to reduce levels of crime. The Croydon team comprises of one inspector, two sergeants … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Dave Stringer, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon Town Centre, Dave Stringer, Metropolitan Police
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Council axes its annual grant to flagship Legacy Youth Zone
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest casualty of the council’s financial mismanagement The Legacy Youth Zone, a flagship development of Tony Newman’s Labour council, built with £3.25million capital investment from the Town Hall, is to … Continue reading
Be a hero to stop youth crime says ex-Chelsea star Canoville
Paul Canoville, Chelsea’s first black player, has been named as the first ambassador of Fearless – a new youth service from the charity Crimestoppers. The announcement has been made less than a week since the murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Crimestoppers, Fearless, Paul Canoville
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Family of murdered 14-year-old speak out: ‘We forgive them’
The family of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools, who died on Thursday night after being stabbed in a fight near West Croydon Station, has spoken out for the first time since the incident to say that they forgive their son’s killers. Jermaine … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Metropolitan Police, West Croydon
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Family ‘devastated’ by murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools
The Metropolitan Police has named the victim of Thursday night’s fatal stabbing in West Croydon as Jermaine Cools. The 14-year-old died of multiple stab wounds after presenting at a south London hospital shortly after 7pm that night, following a fight … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Metropolitan Police, murder, West Croydon
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