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Bus stop arrest constable to face gross misconduct hearing
Perry Lathwood, the Metropolitan Police constable at the centre of a race row after a black mum was arrested in a dispute over fare evasion at a bus stop on Whitehorse Road in 2023, is to face a misconduct hearing … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing
Tagged Bus stop arrest, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, PC Perry Lathwood, Perry Lathwood, Whitehorse Road
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Bishop condemns march for ‘co-opting and corrupting’ crosses
The Bishop of Croydon and the founder of Oasis, the foundation which runs a multi-academy trust of schools, including several in Croydon, were among almost 40 senior church and charity figures to sign a letter which condemned the “co-opting and … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Crime, Live Facial Recognition cameras, Policing, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Oasis Academy, Rowland Williams, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Steve Chalke, Tommy Robinson, Unite the Kingdom
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Two teenagers at centre of cyber web charged over TfL attack
Two teenagers appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today charged over the cyber attack which crippled Transport for London’s fares and data systems for months. Estimates put the cost to Londoners of TfL fixing and dealing with the cyberattack at £30million. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing, TfL, Transport
Tagged City of London Police, Cyber hack, Cybercrime, London, National Crime Agency, TfL, Transport for London
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Sound Lounge to re-open just seven days after hammer attack
Sutton High Street music venue back in business after public donated more than £40,000 Tonight, just seven days after a “terrifying” and “devastating” vandalism attack against the Sound Lounge on Sutton High Street, the venue is primed to re-open, following … Continue reading
Sutton’s Sound Lounge suffers its own kind of Kristallnacht
Crowdfunder raises four-times its target for repairs to the venue following late-night attack by vandals Sutton High Street suffered its own version of a Kristallnacht on Friday night, when music venue and social hub the Sound Lounge had all the … Continue reading
Croydon activists among 890 arrests for ‘terrorism’ offences
Activists from Croydon and neighbouring south London boroughs were among the hundreds of futile arrests made by the Metropolitan Police at Westminster on Saturday, acting on the orders of the Labour government to suppress free speech while real crimes were … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing
Tagged David White, Defend Our Juries, Demonstrations, Gaza, Home Secretary, Labour, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Palestine, Palestine Action, Yvette Cooper
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Two more men arrested over 2021 Birdhurst Road shooting
The Metropolitan Police has made further arrests in the investigation into the murder of Leroy Mitchell at a silent disco in South Croydon in 2021. Issa Souleman, 28, of Achilles Street, SE14, and Kwabena Ofori, 28, were charged on August … Continue reading
Beddington ‘Rambo knife’ attacker sentenced to 16 years in jail
Babah Sesay, the man who went on a “Rambo knife” rampage stabbing five people at a Beddington warehouse last January, will face 16 years behind bars. Sesay, 31, of Rodney Road, Southwark, was handed the sentence at Croydon Crown Court … Continue reading
More dangerous dog attacks in Croydon than other boroughs
There were more attacks by dogs in Croydon than any other London borough, according to figures from the Metropolitan Police, who recorded close to 9,000 dog incidents across the capital in three years. In the year to March 2025, there … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Dangerous Dogs Act, London, RSPCA, XL Bullies
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Palace replace security firm at centre of sniffer dog concerns
EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace go into the new season having dispensed with the services of Invicta K9, the security firm which this website exposed as breaking the conditions of its operating licence with dog searches Crystal Palace fans arriving at Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged CPISA, Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Independent Supporters Association, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, Invicta K9, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Police rule out using Live Facial Recognition on Surrey Street
The Metropolitan Police has ruled out the possibility of deploying Live Facial Recognition cameras to deter crime and anti-social behaviour on Surrey Street, Croydon’s ancient street market in the town centre. Some traders say that they were told last week … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon Business Association, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Knife crime, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon BID, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Business Improvement District, Croydon Council, Dabners, Drug dealing, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, knife crime, Mayor Jason Perry, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Tory
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Busy South Croydon main road closed for hours after collision
The busy South End main road in South Croydon was closed in both directions for more than two hours late yesterday afternoon, as emergency services rushed to the scene of a collision, reportedly involving a van and a pedestrian, close … Continue reading
Men plead not guilty at Old Bailey to Birdhurst Road murder
Two men have denied murdering Leroy Mitchell in a shooting at a silent disco in South Croydon in 2021. Mitchell, 35 years old and a father of three, was shot as he left the party on Birdhurst Road just before … Continue reading
Record number of old people arrested at Palestine Action demo
Three women from a group of mostly Croydon-based protestors were among the record 532 people arrested at Saturday’s protest in support of Palestine Action and free speech outside the House of Commons. They included one 62-year-old charity worker who said … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Amnesty International, Croydon, Crystal Palace Friends of Palestine, Defend Our Juries, Freedom of Speech, Gaza, Genocide, Geoffrey Bindman KC, Greenpeace, Israel, Ita Gallagher, Keir Starmer, KIng Charles III, Labour, Labour Friends of Israel, London, Lord Hain, Metropolitan Police, Palestine, Palestine Action, Peter Hain, Sir Jonathon Porritt, Yvette Cooper
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Labour attack on freedom of speech continues at Gaza protest
Police say they arrested 365 people in Westminster today. These included a blind man in a wheelchair, former NHS nurses and Quakers, all for holding up signs saying ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’. But no one at the … Continue reading
Posted in David White, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Amnesty International, Croydon, David White, Defend Our Juries, Freedom of Speech, Gaza, Genocide, Geoffrey Bindman KC, Greenpeace, Israel, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Friends of Israel, London, Metropolitan Police, Michael Rosen, Mike Leigh, Palestine, Palestine Action, Yvette Cooper
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Met appeals for help over £500,000 Bromley jewellery heist
Scotland Yard is appealing for information following a jewellery heist in Bromley last December, when £500,000-worth of gold was stolen from a house on Bickley Road. The robbery took place on the evening of Monday, December 30, 2024. There have … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, Policing
Tagged Bickley, Bickley Road, Bromley, Gold, Gold jewellery, Metropolitan Police
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Croydon on Met’s list of 20 police stations to remain open
Croydon is among the 20 police stations in London listed to stay open, in controversial closure plans released yesterday by the Metropolitan Police. Sutton, Kingston and Brixton police front counters will also be kept open under the plans. But Wimbledon, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Battersea, Brixton, Brixton Police Station, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Police Station, Kingston, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Sutton, Tory
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Met’s new Archway and Kulpa app offer ways to stop violence
Victims of domestic abuse are being urged to make use of a new app to help bring perpetrators to justice, as police pioneer a digital evidence-gathering device in the fight against VAWG, as JOHNNY DOBBYN reports Victims of domestic abuse … Continue reading
Knife bins offer anonymous amnesty ahead of Ninja sword ban
A national scheme offering an amnesty to anyone who gives up their dangerous, bladed weapons has been welcomed by community workers, who say that the surrender bins at four locations around Croydon offer people a chance to change. “Young people … Continue reading
PCs cleared of misconduct over drugs death at Croydon station
The Met has cleared two of its officers of gross misconduct charges in connection with the 2023 death at the Windmill Road custody centre in Selhurst of Mikias Tekeste. PCs Justin Hulf and Mara Sow, both attached to the South … Continue reading
Police appeal for victims after South Norwood rapist sentenced
A man has been jailed for raping a woman in Croydon, as the police appeal for more potential victims to come forward. John Iwuh, 54, of Albert Road, South Norwood, appeared at Croydon Crown Court yesterday where he was sentenced … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing, South Norwood
Tagged Albert Road, John Iwuh, Metropolitan Police, Norwood Junction, Rape, South Norwood, South Norwood rapist, Voyeurism
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Met to target town centre as one of London’s crime ‘hot spots’
Croydon town centre has been named in a list of crime “hot spots” issued today by the Metropolitan Police, among the places in London most likely to attract anti-social behaviour, theft and street crime. Increased police patrols will be at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon North End, Croydon Town Centre, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, North End, North End Quarter, PSPO, Public Spaces Protection Order, Tory
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Town centre PSPO is another Perry failure. It’s time to scrap it
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It was Einstein who was supposed to have said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Here, PETER UNDERWOOD, right, questions the council’s thinking behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Policing, Ria Patel
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Centre, Fairfield, Green Party, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, PSPO, Public Spaces Protection Order, Tory
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‘Worst experience of my life’ says Palace fan wrongly detained
EXCLUSIVE: Eagles fans looking forward to celebrating the club’s FA Cup final win at Selhurst Park last month were refused entry to the ground despite a search which, according to the Met Police, found ‘no evidence’ A Crystal Palace fan … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Imperial Way shooting: murder victim was attending a funeral
Anthony Morrison, the man shot dead on Imperial Way last week, had been attending a wake following a funeral, it has emerged. The Metropolitan Police has repeated its appeal for witnesses following the shooting outside CostCo at around 5pm on … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Nick Blackburn, Policing, Purley Way
Tagged CostCo, Fatal shooting, Imperial Way, Metropolitan Police, murder, Purley Way, Shooting
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