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Category Archives: Andy Brittain
Constable is charged with sexual assault on Sutton cadet
Andy Brittain, the Met Police’s Borough Commander, was forced to send a letter of apology yesterday to parents in Sutton who had entrusted their children to the police cadets. PC Grant Fulker was arrested on Monday and appeared at Westminster … Continue reading
Help police with their enquiries: do the stop and search survey
The Metropolitan Police is seeking the views of Londoners on stop and search through a new survey. The survey asks Londoners what they think about stop and search practises to help inform a charter between local communities and the Met. … Continue reading
Constable in ‘bus stop arrest’ to appear in court next month
A police officer has been charged with assault of a woman in relation to the arrest of a passenger when she failed to produce her ticket or pass on a bus stopped in Whitehorse Road last July. The Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
Police name man killed in ‘barbaric’ Thornton Heath stabbing
Scotland Yard has named the man murdered in a “barbaric” stabbing in Thornton Heath on Tuesday night as Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto, killed by a gang who stole his car. The 27-year-old died after being attacked and stabbed by a … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Michael Peixoto, murder, Thornton Heath
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Crossbow seized on North End in second police camera sweep
It used to be that Thursdays were late-night shopping in Croydon town centre. These days, the Met Police have turned Thursdays in Croydon into facial recognition day, rolling up on North End with their own “shopping list” of crooks and … Continue reading
Police appeal for witnesses to find ‘dangerous’ knife attacker
Officers investigating last night’s murder of a 17-year-old boy near Sutton railway station have appealed for witnesses to come forward as they seek to find and arrest his “dangerous” attacker. The stabbing happened just after 7pm last night. The victim … Continue reading
Met’s community police officers down by two-thirds since 2015
While the Home Office ramps up the demands on the police service in the capital and maintains its pretence that there are “more police officers in England and Wales than ever before”, official figures show that there are 64% fewer … Continue reading
‘Bus stop arrest’ constable placed under criminal investigation
A Met Police constable is being investigated for potential criminal offences related to racially aggravated assault and false imprisonment following the controversial arrest in Croydon in July of a black woman when she had a valid ticket to travel on … Continue reading
Sutton stabbing ‘adds to people’s anxiety’ says council leader
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that it is treating the death on Monday night of a man on Typhoon Way, on the Roundshaw estate, as murder. According to a Met spokesperson, “A woman was arrested on suspicion of making threats … Continue reading
Man in his 40s stabbed and killed on Roundshaw Estate
A man, believed to be in his 40s, was killed in a stabbing in Beddington last night. The Metropolitan Police has been approached for a statement. The murder took place on Typhoon Way, part of the Roundshaw Estate in Sutton. … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Sutton Council
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Adnam, knife crime, London, Metropolitan Police, murder, Roundshaw Estate, Sutton, Wallington, youth knife crime
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Perry fails to hold any safe community meetings in 18 months
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES As the council prepared to hold a not-so-public meeting tonight at the Town Hall, which was called in the aftermath of the tragic killing last week of 15-year-old schoolgirl Elianne Andam in the middle of an … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Knife crime, Kristian Aspinall, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing
Tagged Anthony King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon schoolgril murder, Donna Murray-Turner, knife crime, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, murder, My Ends, Safer Community Partnership, Safer Neighbourhood Board, Tory, youth knife crime
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Safer Croydon Partnership calls public meeting at Town Hall
The Safer Croydon Partnership is to stage a public meeting next Monday, to be attended by senior police officers, the Croydon Mayor and MPs, to discuss the work they are doing “to make our neighbourhoods safer”, they say. The meeting, … Continue reading
Murdered girl was a pupil at fee-paying Old Palace School
Old Palace School has confirmed that the 15-year-old girl stabbed and killed in the town centre this morning was one of their pupils. The incident adds tragedy to what has been a traumatic week for the fee-paying, independent school, which … Continue reading
15-year-old girl murdered on her morning journey into school
A 15-year-old girl was stabbed and killed while travelling to school this morning. Police were called at about 8.30am, and office workers nearby looked on in horror and disbelief as squad cars, Met vans and ambulances arrived at the scene … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Fairfield, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, Metropolitan Police, murder, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon police investigated over black man’s death in custody
This latest probe by the watchdog follows the misconduct hearing announced earlier this week for two other Met officers over the arrest and hand-cuffing last year of an innocent black schoolboy Two Croydon police officers are under criminal investigation for … Continue reading
TfL suspended all ticket inspections after black mum’s arrest
EXCLUSIVE: It was ‘off the buses’ for London’s ticket inspectors for a week after the flashpoint when a black mum was handcuffed in front of her child on Whitehorse Road, while the police watchdog is appealling for witnesses Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon Central, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andrew Brown, Anthony King, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Central, DCS Christina Jessah, Florence Eshalomi MP, Metropolitan Police, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London, Whitehorse Road
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Watchdog to answer public questions over policing incidents
Senior officials from the IOPC – the Independent Office for Police Conduct – will be answering public questions at an open meeting in Croydon this Friday. The Metropolitan Police in Croydon is subject to two high-profile IOPC investigations: one into … Continue reading
Tensions high as public outraged over black mum’s arrest
Demonstration planned outside police station tonight as it emerges that Met is also under investigation by watchdog following death of 30-year-old black man who was arrested in Croydon town centre last week Croydon police are expected to be on full … Continue reading
MP warns over town centre stabbings: keep your kids at home
Croydon town centre is close to becoming a no-go zone, as the police have been issuing special restriction notices that give them greater powers of stop and search, while the local MP has appealed to parents and guardians not to … Continue reading
Murder investigation after 14-year-old killed at West Croydon
A 14-year-old boy died in hospital after being stabbed in a fight on the streets of West Croydon last night. The boy is the 27th teenaged fatality from knife crime in London in 2021, the worst death toll of this … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Broad Green, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Superintendent Andy Brittain, West Croydon
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Nothing to see here: police back down over Palace banner
As the old saying goes, tweet in haste, repent at your leisure. Croydon’s police are certainly repenting that tweet they sent out on Saturday evening after Crystal Palace’s match against Saudi-owned Newcastle United, following a backlash from fans who reminded … Continue reading
Met Police score spectacular own goal over Saudi banner
Palace fans’ group accuses the Premier League of choosing ‘money over morals’ on £300m Newcastle takeover deal and doing ‘business with one of the world’s most bloody and repressive regimes’ Croydon’s police invited scorn and ridicule on Saturday, when they … Continue reading
Fines, arrests and car seizures as police lockdown on ‘cruise’
For a second successive week, the Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Valley Park, off the Purley Way, in a crackdown on the high-speed motor “Croydon cruise”. The police said that they stopped hundreds of people and … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Ikea, Policing, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon Cruise, Ikea, Metropolitan Police, Supt Andy Brittain, Valley Park
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Police claim zero robberies in West Croydon during special op
The Metropolitan Police have today claimed that there were no robberies in West Croydon for a whole month while Operation Cleveland was being conducted. The operation, with increased officers on the streets and more stop-and-search, began on Monday, February 8, … Continue reading
Police make 28 drug- and violence-related arrests in one week
More than 200 people were stopped and searched and 28 arrests were made in the past week, as extra police took to the streets of West Croydon as part of Operation Cleveland, in the aftermath of the spate of knife … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Operation Cleveland, West Croydon
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