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Tag Archives: Elianne Andam
Council to use Home Office grant for BID’s privatised policing
The council has announced that it has secured £165,000 through the government’s Safer Streets Fund to tackle crime in the town centre. The grant comes from the Home Office where, at least until this morning, Tory MP for Croydon South, … Continue reading
Council forgets to clean up Croydon’s listed war memorial
For all the platitudes proffered about honouring the dead from two world wars and other conflicts, Croydon’s civic leaders have done very little… well, nothing, to maintain and clean the war memorial outside the Town Hall. The Croydon war memorial, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, History, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Armistice Day, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon War Memorial, Elianne Andam, Elianne Andam funeral, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Tony Pearson, War Memorial, war memorials, Zeppelin raid
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Councillor: ‘I do not want to see another family destroyed’
A Croydon councillor demanded real action over the scourge of knife crime and attacks on women and girls when she addressed the Labour Party Conference this week. “I do not want to stand in the street another time looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Stella Nabukeera
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Labour, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, youth knife crime
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Croydon mourns: Stormzy joins thousands for Elianne’s vigil
Early estimates reported by the BBC suggested “hundreds”. But with the northbound carriageway of Wellesley Road closed to traffic for the evening, gradually people began gathering in their thousands near the spot of the latest, shocking tragedy to befall Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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Choir records a classic as fund-raiser in memory of Elianne
Croydon Voices, a community choir, has recorded their version of the soul classic Stand By Me in memory of Elianne Andam, the schoolgirl killed in Croydon last week.
Teenager is to stand trial for murder at Old Bailey next April
Prosecution provides court with first detailed account of events that led to brutal killing of 15-year-old schoolgirl The teenager charged with the murder of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam will stand trial at the Old Bailey in April next year. The … Continue reading
Requiem mass and candlelight vigil to be held for Elianne
One week on from the dark day when Elianne Andam was brutally murdered on a Croydon street, there is to be a requiem mass in her memory held at the Minster tomorrow morning, October 4. Separately, in the evening, there … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Minster, Knife crime, Old Palace
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Old Palace School, youth knife crime
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7 killings in 6 months: Croydon Insider on the lasting tragedies
“Someone went out with a bunch of flowers in one hand and a knife in the other” Our latest episode of The Croydon Insider deals with one of the worst crises to affect Croydon, and London, after a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Local media, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Palace, Schools
Tagged Andrew Tate, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon schoolgril murder, Dan Wootton, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Laurence Fox, Mayor Jason Perry, murder, New Addington, Spotify, Tory, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, youth knife crime
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Mental health organisations reach out to offer crisis help
Have you been affected by the traumatising and tragic events in Croydon this week? The charity Mind in Croydon has been working with partners to see how they can best offer help to those who may need it. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Health, Knife crime, Mind in Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, Mind, Mind in Croydon, murder
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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
Boy, 17, is charged with murder of schoolgirl Elianne Andam
2pm UPDATE: The Metropolitan Police has charged a 17-year-old boy with the murder in Croydon of Elianne Andam on Wednesday. The teenager, who cannot be named because he is under 18, appeared at youth court, sitting at Croydon Magistrates’ Court, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime, Zombie knives
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Old Palace parents cancel protest in respect for murdered girl
A campaign launched less than a week ago to fight for the future of Old Palace School has cancelled plans to stage a protest tonight, out of respect for the schoolgirl murdered in Croydon yesterday. Elianne Andam, the 15-year-old who … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Education, Old Palace, Old Palace Parents' Alliance, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Andam, murder, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace School, OPPA, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Murdered schoolgirl named as Commissioner visits Croydon
‘The commitment of so many from the local community is inspiring’ according to Met Commissioner as he visits murder scene in Croydon The 15-year-old girl who was killed by a central Croydon bus stop when on her way to school … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Andam, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sir Mark Rowley, Whitgift Centre
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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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