Tag Archives: knife crime
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
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
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
West Croydon firm raises £30,000 for youth knife crime charity
A relatively small insurance firm based in West Croydon has raised £30,000 in just a year, money that is being donated to local anti-violence charity Lives Not Knives. “If a small team like ours can help raise £30,000, imagine the … 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
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
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
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
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
Beddington knife attacker was floored with a fire extinguisher
Have-a-go hero tells of how he managed to halt warehouse knife attacker: ‘I hit him with a fire extinguisher, which sort of calmed everything down’ Further details have emerged following yesterday’s frenzied “horror stabbing” in business premises on the Beddington … Continue reading
Five hurt in ‘horror stabbing’ at Beddington Asda store
Five people were taken to hospital or major trauma units for urgent treatment following what has been described as a “horror stabbing” that took place this morning near the Asda supermarket on Marlowe Way on the Beddington trading estate. One … Continue reading
Man shot in New Addington is father of murdered teenager
The victim of a shooting in New Addington earlier this week was Julius Cools, the father of Jermaine Cools, one of Croydon’s tragic teenaged victims of knife crime. Jermaine Cools was 14 when he was stabbed and killed near West … Continue reading
Police charge Brixton man with murder of woman in Carshalton
MP describes the violent stabbing of teacher Gemma Devonish as ‘shocking and distressing’ The Metropolitan Police has named the man accused of murdering Gemma Devonish in Carshalton last week as James Madden, from Brixton. Madden, 38, of Railton Road, was … Continue reading
Man arrested for murder after Carshalton woman’s stabbing
A murder investigation is underway after a woman was found with stab wounds in Carshalton. The police have named the victim as Gemma Devonish, 42, who was found by officers yesterday morning after being called to an address in Nutfield … Continue reading
Nasen Saadi is found guilty of Bournemouth beach murder
Nasen Saadi, 20, from Purley, has today been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after stabbing two women on Bournemouth beach earlier this year. Amie Gray, 34, was killed and 38-year-old Leanne Miles was seriously injured in the attack … Continue reading
‘I am not responsible’ Purley student told murder detectives
Criminology student Nasen Saadi said under caution ‘You haven’t found a murder weapon, you haven’t found the trousers, the bag’ The Croydon student accused of murdering Amie Gray in a brutal knife attack on a Bournemouth beach in May told … Continue reading
Fourth conviction in 2021 Samurai sword murder in Selhurst
Prosecution of a drugs gang for a murder that took place in Croydon almost four years ago this week reached a conclusion, of sorts, at the re-trial of two of the gang members. On February 5 2021, 22-year-old Lavaun Witter … Continue reading
‘Violent and dangerous’ man sentenced to life for hostel murder
An Old Bailey judge yesterday sentenced Dajour Jones to a minimum term of 27 years in prison for the murder of 20-year-old Jamie Gilbey in an Upper Norwood hostel last year. During the trial, Jones, 27, was described as “violent … Continue reading
£10,000 reward to catch man wanted for Surrey Street murder
Scotland Yard has tonight announced that there is a reward of up to £10,000 on offer for information that helps trace Jordan Vincent, wanted for the Surrey Street murder of Rijkaard Saifa. Saifa was attacked and died in Fellmongers Yard, … Continue reading
Trial told how Saadi asked how he could get away with murder
Jury at Winchester Crown Court hears from Purley student’s university lecturer how he changed his course and repeatedly asked about DNA and police investigation methods The trial of Nasen Saadi, the 20-year-old student from Purley accused of murdering football coach … Continue reading
Bournemouth beach killer made a study of violent crime
A criminology student from Purley spent a month planning a random murder before setting out and attacking two women, one fatally, on a beach in Bournemouth in May this year, Winchester Crown Court was told today in the murder trial … Continue reading
Brothers sentenced to 44 years for murder of Bradley Hutchins
Two men from Purley have been sentenced to a total of 44 years for the September 2023 murder of Bradley Hutchins and seriously injuring his brother. Shane Canavan, 23, and his half-brother, Joshua Langley, 29, both of Greyfields Close, were … Continue reading
Surrey Police make arrest after stabbing at Whyteleafe pub
Surrey Police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing in Whyteleafe last week. Police said they were called to the Whyteleafe Tavern at 5.30pm on Wednesday. The victim, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital with stab … Continue reading
Police in manhunt for third suspect in Fellmongers Yard murder
The police have today issued an appeal for information to track down Jordan Vincent, in connection to the murder off Surrey Street in April this year of 22-year-old Rijkaard Siafa. As Inside Croydon first reported, Siafa died in Fellmongers Yard, … Continue reading
