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Tag Archives: knife crime
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
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, Policing
Tagged Bradley Hutchins, Joshua Langley, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, New Addington, Shane Canavan
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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
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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
Murder on Surrey Street Market: police make one arrest
A crime scene remained in place on Fellmonger’s Yard and parts of Surrey Street Market this morning, following the murder in broad daylight yesterday of a 20-year-old man. People on the market at just before 6pm on Friday related seeing … Continue reading
‘Tough on causes of crime’ needs more than a glib throwaway
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Retired barrister and former councillor, JERRY FITZPATRICK, pictured right, offers his insights into an important piece of work conducted on youth crime and safeguarding Speaking as Shadow Home Secretary in 1993, Tony Blair famously promised to be tough … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Education, Health, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership, Elianne Andam, Jerry Fitzpatrick, knife crime, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, NHS, Serious Youth Violence, youth knife crime
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Teenager pleads not guilty to murder of Elianne Andam
The 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Centre last September entered a not guilty plea at an Old Bailey hearing this morning. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The boy, who … Continue reading
Coulsdon locked down after mob ‘altercation’ in town centre
Coulsdon town centre was locked down by police overnight after a group of men were involved in what the Met described as “an altercation” at around 7.45pm last night. One man has been arrested, while another has been taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Crime
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Crime, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Council is offering community groups safer streets grants
The council is offering grants to community groups in New Addington, Shrublands and Croydon town centre for them to provide support to young people at risk of becoming involved in violence and antisocial behaviour. “The funding is for groups that … 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
Here is the news! Latest episode of Croydon Insider podcast
The latest episode of Inside Croydon’s monthly news podcast, The Croydon Insider, is now available to paid subscribers via Patreon and Spotify. The February episode demonstrates we are nothing if not eclectic in the subjects that our panellists choose to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Child safeguarding review, David Morgan, Elliot Colburn MP, Emma Gardiner, knife crime, murder, Neil Chamroo, Patreon, Podcast, Spotify, The Croydon Insider, Under The Flyover, youth knife crime
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Youth knife crime review stresses agencies’ powerlessness
It is not difficult to summon up that feeling of absolute hopelessness that occurred on a morning last autumn when you first heard the news that a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Elianne Andam, had been stabbed to death while on her way … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Crime, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Health, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon murder, Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnerhip, CSCP, Debbie Jones, Elianne Andam, knife crime, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, murder, schools, youth knife crime
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