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Police use stop and search powers after George Street stabbing
The Metropolitan Police had Croydon town centre on lockdown last night, issuing a Section 60 order following a stabbing on George Street earlier in the day. Shortly before 2pm, a 23-year-old man was stabbed in the neck outside the George … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Fairfield, Knife crime, Uncategorized
Tagged Croydon, Drug gangs, Drugs crime, Drugs gangs, George Street, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Memorial mural unveiled of Elianne Andam on first anniversary
A memorial bench and mural, close to the spot where she had been killed a year earlier, was a fitting tribute for “a beautiful soul taken to soon”. Those were the words of the Bishop of Croydon, Rt Rev Dr … Continue reading
Town centre roads closed on first anniversary of Elianne death
A major road in Croydon town centre was closed from 10am today ahead of a solemn commemoration event to mark the first anniversary of the death of Elianne Andam. The killing of Old Palace schoolgirl Andam, aged 15, made national … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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One year on, Elianne Andam’s killer named as Hassan Sentamu
The teenager accused of murdering schoolgirl Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Centre last year has been named as Hassan Sentamu. The killing of Old Palace schoolgirl Andam, aged 15, made national headlines after she was viciously attacked as she got … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Elianne Andam, Hasan Sentamu, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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Family of teen murdered in Sutton are ‘mocked’ by suspect
The man wanted for the murder of teenager Ilyas Habibi outside Sutton Station last December was able to fly out of the country from Gatwick due to a police “computer error”. And the suspect has subsequently messaged Habibi’s grieving family … Continue reading
40 arrests made in daybreak police operation in Mitcham
The Met Police is claiming 40 arrests today from actioning 32 warrants in early morning raids across Mitcham “to disrupt serious and organised criminality”. The daybreak raids – dubbed Operation Hessian by someone at Scotland Yard who’s probably watched too … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Merton, Mitcham, Policing
Tagged Drugs crime, Drugs gangs, Gun crime, knife crime, Merton, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham, Operation Hessian
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‘Further disturbance’ day after stabbing outside St Peter’s
There was a “further disturbance” near to St Peter’s Church in South Croydon last Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 22-year-old man was left with life-threatening injuries as a result of a knife attack. Two vicars have issued a … Continue reading
Man arrested after South Croydon stabbing; victim is ‘stable’
The Metropolitan Police has made an arrest in connection with the stabbing in Heathfield Road, South Croydon, on Saturday night which left a 22-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. The Met says that the victim’s condition is unchanged, although he is … Continue reading
Churchyard cordoned off following Heathfield Road stabbing
The churchyard of St Peter’s in South Croydon was cordoned off as a police crime scene all through Sunday, after the borough’s latest stabbing left a 22-year-old man with life-threatening wounds. The Metropolitan Police were called around 7.15pm on Saturday … Continue reading
Man appears in court charged with stabbing on night bus
Just days after the Metropolitan Police released CCTV footage of a man wanted for questioning over a stabbing on a bus in Croydon in early June, it was announced that an arrest has been made. Damian Howes, aged 21, of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Croydon, Damian Howes, East Croydon station, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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College chief: ‘We have a drugs gang outside our front door’
Croydon College has a drugs gang operating outside its front door at East Croydon, looking to sell Class A drugs to students, some as young as 16, as they go to and from their daily studies. That’s according to the … Continue reading
Another stabbing on Church Street, police make two arrests
This is Croydon 2024. A Church Street shopkeeper was stabbed this morning, as two boys robbed his store. The boys have been described by an eye-witness as being as young as 13 to 15 years old. It took police officers … Continue reading
After five-week delay, police issue appeal over bus stabbing
This is Croydon 2024. A bus passenger is stabbed “multiple times” after asking another man to take his feet off the seat. It is not reported whether any other passengers, or the bus crew, intervened. Only today, five weeks later, … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, East Croydon, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, East Croydon, East Croydon station, knife crime, London, Metropolitan Police
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Half-brothers found guilty of murder of Bradley Hutchins
Half-brothers Shane Canavan and Joshua Langley, both from Purley, were yesterday found guilty of the September 2023 murder in New Addington of 20-year-old Bradley Hutchins. Hutchins was one of 11 people killed on the streets of Croydon during 2023. Woolwich … Continue reading
Croydon West election just got interesting with Labour split
It has been slim pickings for surprises in Croydon’s election campaign so far, but tonight’s rally for a Taking The Initiative Party candidate might just cause a stir, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Probably the biggest surprise of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Knife crime, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony King, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Drug gangs, General Election, General Election 2024, knife crime, Labour, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, MOPAC, MyEnds, Sarah Jones, Taking The Initiative Party, TTIP
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Crystal Palace killer had psychotic episode before fatal attack
The Old Bailey heard yesterday that the killer of a homeless man in Crystal Palace was mentally ill and had only recently been discharged by psychiatrists. The Central Criminal Court was told how Kiiran Hibbert-Gorden befriended his eventual victim, Ion … Continue reading
Nasen Saadi to face trial in November for Bournemouth murder
Nasen Saadi will be tried for murder and attempted murder in November. The 20-year-old from Croydon appeared at a brief hearing at Winchester Crown Court yesterday, charged with the murder of 34-year-old Amie Gray and the attempted murder of 38-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Amie Gray, Bournemouth, BOurnemouth beach murder, Croydon, Dorset, Dorset Police, knife crime, Leanne Miles, murder, Nasen Saadi, Winchester Crown Court
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Croydon man charged with murder named as Nasen Saadi
Nasen Saadi, 20, from Croydon, was to appear at Poole Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Amie Gray on a beach in Bournemouth on May 24. Dorset Police have charged Saadi with the murder of Gray and the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Amie Gray, Bournemouth, BOurnemouth beach murder, Dorset Police, knife crime, murder, Nasen Saadi
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Croydon 20-year-old arrested for Bournemouth beach murder
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man identified as being from Croydon on suspicion of the murder on a Bournemouth beach last Friday of Amie Gray. Dorset Police had previously released CCTV of a man dressed in a black hoodie close … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Bournemouth, BOurnemouth beach murder, Crime, Croydon, Dorset, Dorset Police, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder
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Murdered man’s family in debt after £11,000 GoFundMe scam
A Croydon family already devastated with grief over the murder of a loved one just days before Christmas last year are now outraged after a GoFundMe scam saw a chancer make off with more than £11,000 donated by the public … Continue reading
Surrey Street Market murder: suspect arrested at Gatwick
The Metropolitan Police have made two more arrests in connection with the murder of Rijkaard Siafa, who was attacked in Surrey Street Market last month by a group of men armed with machetes or large kinives. Rammon Mali, 32, of … Continue reading
Man who murdered teenaged wife sentenced to serve 14 years
A court has heard how a “coercive and controlling” husband murdered his 19-year-old wife in their home in Ash Tree Way, Shirley, just months after he moved from India. Sahil Sharma, 24, was jailed on Friday for the murder last … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Ash Tree Way, Ash Tree Way murder, knife crime, Mehak Sharma, Metropolitan Police, Monks Orchard, murder, Sahil Sharma, Shirley
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34-year-old appears in court charged with Surrey Street murder
A man has been charged with the murder of Rijkaard Siafa on Surrey Street last week. David Walcott was charged with murder yesterday and was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court. Walcott, 34, is from Turle Road, Norbury. He … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey Street
Tagged David Walcott, Drug gangs, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Rijkaard Siafa, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Murder
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Lambeth man arrested in connection with Surrey Street murder
Detectives investigating the murder of 22-year-old Rijkaard Siafa in Croydon last Friday have today made a second arrest. A 34-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of this morning at an address in Lambeth on suspicion of murder, and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey Street
Tagged Drug gangs, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Rijkaard Siafa, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Murder
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Police name Surrey Street murder victim as Rijkaard Siafa
The Metropolitan Police has named the victim of Friday’s murder on Surrey Street as 22-year-old Rijkaard Salu Siafa, from Croydon. Officers continue to support Rijkaard’s family. A 20-year-old man who was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder remains … Continue reading
