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Selsdon’s security shutdown after teenager’s midnight stabbing
Selsdon was under a police lockdown this morning, after a teenager was stabbed just after midnight. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the incident followed a party staged in Selsdon Hall. The 16-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital, according … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged Addington Road, Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, Selsdon Library
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Perry accused of ‘betrayal’ as he smuggles out more youth cuts
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Local MP and opposition councillors accuse the council of having no clear plan on what will replace an in-house team which works to reduce drugs and knife crime and to engage the borough’s youngsters. By our Town … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Children's Services, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon East, CVA, Education, Fieldway, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, New Addington North, New Addington South, Policing, Restaurants, Schools
Tagged Amy Foster, Cllr Amy Foster, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Elianne Andam, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MOPAC, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, Tory, YET, Youth Engagement Service, Youth Engagement Team
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Frith Road stabbing: Man is charged with Marjama’s murder
Simon Hinsta Ghebremedhin was today charged with the Frith Road murder of Marjama Osman last Saturday. Police and emergency services were called to Frith Road, just off Church Street in Croydon town centre, on May 31 just after 9am, following … Continue reading
Shock and inaction is numbing communities to these killings
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The founder of a charity that addresses violence against women and girls, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, pictured right, responds to the tragic news at the weekend of Marjama Osman, another woman killed in the borough I am deeply saddened by … Continue reading
Posted in Cassandra Centre, Charity, Crime, Knife crime, Norbury, Policing
Tagged Care services, Cassandra Centre, Croydon, Croydon Care services, Croydon Council, Frith Road, Frith Road murder, Jennifer McDermott, knife crime, London Borough of Croydon, Marjama Osman, Metropolitan Police, murder, Social Services, VAWG, Violence Against Women and Girls
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Frith Road murder victim is named while second man arrested
Scotland Yard this afternoon named the woman murdered on Frith Road on Saturday morning as 26-year-old Marjama Osman. The police also revealed that they have now arrested two men, both on suspicion of murder, though both have been released on … Continue reading
Man arrested in Frith Road stabbing murder investigation
A woman in her 20s was killed and a man in his 30s was taken to hospital for urgent treatment before being arrested on suspicion of murder after what the Metropolitan Police described as “an isolated incident” on Frith Road … Continue reading
Knife attack on Frith Road in broad daylight claims two victims
MURDER IN THE MARKET: The latest violent stabbing incident off Surrey Street, thought to have claimed the life of one victim, has raised further concerns about crime levels in central Croydon Inside Croydon has received eyewitness reports of a knife … Continue reading
Police name Leon Anderson as the victim of Mitcham murder
The police have named the man killed in a stabbing at his home in Maple Close, Mitcham, on Monday night as Leon Anderson. He was 39. The man charged with his murder, Kemuel Gambicky-Forbes, 24, of Deer Park Gardens, appeared in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Merton, Mitcham, Policing
Tagged Eastfields, Kemuel Gambicky-Forbes, knife crime, Leon Anderson, Maple Close, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham
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Police arrest 24-year-old man in connection to Mitcham murder
A 24-year-old man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing in Mitcham on Monday night. Around 7.30pm on Monday, police were called to an address in Maple Close, off Oakleigh Way, Eastfields. A 39-year-old man was treated at the scene … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Merton, Mitcham, Policing
Tagged Eastfields, knife crime, Maple Close, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham
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Police search continues for third man at Surrey Street killing
A £10,000 reward is on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Jordan Vincent, after two of the killers of Rijkaard Siafa are handed life sentences for murder Two of the three men accused of the vicious murder … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, David Walcott, Drug gangs, Fellmongers Yard, Guinness, knife crime, Machete murder, Metropolitan Police, murder, Norbury, Rammon Mali, Rijkaard Salu Siafa, Rijkaard Siafa, spread eagle, Streatham, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, youth knife crime
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Duo given life sentences for murder of ‘friend’ Lucas Sutton
Murderers Keahn Williams and Kai Nelson-Palmer plotted on Snapchat before their ‘pre-meditated, callous act’ Two men have been found guilty of the 2023 Croydon murder of Lucas Sutton. The Metropolitan Police have described Keahn Williams and Kai Nelson-Palmer as “former … Continue reading
1,700 jobs to be axed at ‘rapidly shrinking’ Metropolitan Police
The “rapidly shrinking” Metropolitan Police is to axe 1,700 police, staff and community support officers due to a £260million budget shortfall. The cuts will fall mainly on the Royal Parks Police, which is to be disbanded, on dog units and … Continue reading
Purley student Saadi given 39-year sentence for beach murder
‘No doubt you thought you had committed the perfect crime’ judge tells criminology student as she sends him down to jail for life Nasen Saadi, a 20-year-old criminology student from Purley, was today given a life sentence, with a minimum … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Amie Gray, Bournemouth, BOurnemouth beach murder, Croydon, knife crime, Leanne Miles, Nasen Saadi, Purley, Winchester Crown Court
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Big Brother arrives in Croydon with Orwellian police cameras
North End and London Road are to be the first locations in the country to have permanently fitted Live Facial Recognition cameras, despite significant concerns about the legalities of the surveillance techniques and questions over their whether they even work … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Ria Patel, Zoe Garbett
Tagged Big Brother Watch, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Croydon West, Green Party, Labour, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Road, Metropolitan Police, North End, Ria Patel, Supt Mitch Carr, Tory, Zoë Garbett
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Beddington ‘Rambo knife’ attacker pleads guilty to 10 counts
Babah Sesay, the man who went on a rampage with what was described as a “Rambo knife” at a Beddington warehouse last January, has pleaded guilty to all charges related to the attacks. Sesay, 31, of Rodney Estate, Southwark, pleaded … Continue reading
When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Commitment, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates Group
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Voluntary Action, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Palace for Life Foundation, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates, Wates Group
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Hassan Sentamu given life sentence for Elianne Andam murder
Grieving parents decry their daughter’s murderer for his ‘senseless, monstrous and evil’ actions The Old Bailey judge in the murder case of Elianne Andam told the court at today’s sentencing hearing that the mural painted on Wellesley Road in memory … Continue reading
Trial date for Carshalton teacher’s murder is set for October
James Madden appeared in court yesterday and was charged with the murder of Gemma Devonish, the school teacher who was found with fatal stab wounds at a flat in Nutfield Close, Carshalton, on December 19 last year. The local MP … Continue reading
They stabbed Siafa 13 times and then strolled off to the pub
Late on a sunny April afternoon last year, David Walcott and Rammon Mali, together with a third man, strolled down Surrey Street, still busy at the end of the market day, then crossed Croydon High Street and popped into the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, David Walcott, Drug gangs, Fellmongers Yard, Guinness, knife crime, Machete murder, Metropolitan Police, murder, Norbury, Rammon Mali, Rijkaard Salu Siafa, Rijkaard Siafa, spread eagle, Streatham, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, youth knife crime
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Four jailed for total of 67 years for Samurai sword murder
More than four years after the brutal murder of Lavaun Witter, who was killed with a Samurai sword, the men responsible have been sentenced. On February 5 2021, 22-year-old Lavaun Witter was fatally stabbed in the leg after four men … Continue reading
Promotion sees Brittain leave his role as boroughs’ top cop
Croydon is to get a new police borough commander, as Andy Brittain is leaving the role he has held since 2019. The Cambridge-educated copper, the most senior officer across Croydon, Sutton and Bromley, has been promoted to Commander, for future … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Anthony King, Borough Command Unit, Bromley, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Croydon, Donna Murray-Turner, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, MyEnds, PC Perry Lathwood, Scotland Yard, Sgt Matt Ratana, South BCU, Sutton, youth knife crime
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Mitcham man convicted of 2023 murder of Felecia Cadore
A 24-year-old man, Hussain Haron, of London Road, Mitcham, was yesterday found guilty of the 2023 murder in Croydon of his ex-girlfriend, Felecia Cadore. Police were called to a report of “an altercation” at an address in Grenaby Avenue, Selhurst, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Selhurst
Tagged Felecia Cadore, Grenaby Avenue, Hussain Haron, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham, Selhurst, Snaresbrook Crown Court
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Streatham drug dealers jailed for importing gun from Florida
Drug dealers McNeil Colly and Keston Redhead, who tried to buy a handgun by mail order, have been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. The Taurus self-loading pistol was seized by Border Force officers at Stansted Airport in July … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Cocaine, Drugs gangs, Gun crime, knife crime, marijuana, McNeil Colly, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, NCA, Streatham
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Mayor Perry accused of ‘cover up’ over Sentamu case review
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Sources at Croydon Town Hall say that they suspect there is a cover-up over what the council’s social workers, Metropolitan Police and community groups knew about Hassan Sentamu, the teenager convicted of the vicious murder of … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Children's Services, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington South, Policing, Youth Services
Tagged Anthony King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Donna Murray-Turner, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, Metropolitan Police, MOPAC, MyEnds, Safer Neighbourhood Board, Youth Engagement Service
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