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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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Latest CCTV swoop on North End delivers eight more arrests
The Metropolitan Police appear to have abandoned their regular Thursday afternoon appointment with local crims on North End, and after a month of trialling Live Facial Recognition on Croydon’s main shopping street, the force has mixed things up a bit. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Scotland Yard, West Croydon
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Croydon man sentenced to life for Canvey Island murder
Jamie Lewis, 25, from Bensham Lane, has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years for the 2023 murder in Canvey Island of Matt Portland. Father-of-two Portland was 42. On Friday, February 3 last year he intervened in a dispute … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Bensham Lane, Canvey Island, Croydon, Essex, Essex Police, Jamie Lewis, knife crime, Matt Portland, murder, Thornto Heath
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Pollards Hill teen John Budal is charged with Afonso murder
Nineteen-year-old John Budal, from Pollards Hill, is to appear before a judge at the Central Criminal Court today charged with the murder of Michael Afonso just before Christmas. The investigation into the murder of Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto, a father … Continue reading
Croydon in 2023: Murder, school closures and Westfield blight
THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 3 – September to December It’s not like there’s ever any shortage of stories to cover in Croydon. But even by this area’s usual standards, the news that Inside Croydon reported, often exclusively, in the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Crime, Croydon Council, History, Inside Croydon, Knife crime, Mayor Jason Perry, Whitgift Centre
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elianne Andam, Employment Tribunal, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Katherine Kerswell, knife crime, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, murder, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Purley Way, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Detectives release suspect in Michael Afonso murder hunt
A 22-year-old man arrested on Christmas Eve on suspicion of the murder of Michael Afonso was yesterday released by police. The man, who has not been named by police, has been “bailed pending further enquiries”, the Metropolitan Police said last … Continue reading
Police name man killed in ‘barbaric’ Thornton Heath stabbing
Scotland Yard has named the man murdered in a “barbaric” stabbing in Thornton Heath on Tuesday night as Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto, killed by a gang who stole his car. The 27-year-old died after being attacked and stabbed by a … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Michael Peixoto, murder, Thornton Heath
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Thornton Heath stabbing is 11th murder in Croydon in 2023
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that a 27-year-old man was killed as the result of a stabbing on Mayfield Crescent, Thornton Heath, last night. It is the 11th murder to take place in Croydon this year, the highest homicide rate … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, STUART KING, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
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Police appeal for witnesses to find ‘dangerous’ knife attacker
Officers investigating last night’s murder of a 17-year-old boy near Sutton railway station have appealed for witnesses to come forward as they seek to find and arrest his “dangerous” attacker. The stabbing happened just after 7pm last night. The victim … Continue reading
Police launch murder hunt after teen killed at Sutton Station
Sutton railway station and Sutton High Street remain closed this morning as the Metropolitan Police conducts “an urgent investigation” following the murder of a 17-year-old boy last night. The victim has not yet been named and no arrests have been … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sutton, Sutton High Street, Sutton Station, youth knife crime
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Victim and suspect in Ash Tree Way murder named by police
Sahil Sharma was to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Mehak Sharma, the 19-year-old woman found stabbed at a residential address on Ash Tree Way, Monks Orchard, on Sunday afternoon. The police named the victim … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley North
Tagged Ash Tree Way, knife crime, Mehak Sharma, Metropolitan Police, Monks Orchard, murder, Sahil Sharma, Shirley
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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.
Sutton stabbing ‘adds to people’s anxiety’ says council leader
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that it is treating the death on Monday night of a man on Typhoon Way, on the Roundshaw estate, as murder. According to a Met spokesperson, “A woman was arrested on suspicion of making threats … 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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Man in his 40s stabbed and killed on Roundshaw Estate
A man, believed to be in his 40s, was killed in a stabbing in Beddington last night. The Metropolitan Police has been approached for a statement. The murder took place on Typhoon Way, part of the Roundshaw Estate in Sutton. … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Sutton Council
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Adnam, knife crime, London, Metropolitan Police, murder, Roundshaw Estate, Sutton, Wallington, youth knife crime
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Perry fails to hold any safe community meetings in 18 months
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES As the council prepared to hold a not-so-public meeting tonight at the Town Hall, which was called in the aftermath of the tragic killing last week of 15-year-old schoolgirl Elianne Andam in the middle of an … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Knife crime, Kristian Aspinall, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing
Tagged Anthony King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon schoolgril murder, Donna Murray-Turner, knife crime, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, murder, My Ends, Safer Community Partnership, Safer Neighbourhood Board, Tory, youth knife crime
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