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Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police
Car crash on Portland Road: man charged after police chase
PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE by ASHLEY MILLS A man from Dagenham has been charged after driving a car into a residential house on Portland Road, South Norwood, at around 11.30pm on Monday following a high-speed police chase. Two men were seen running … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Norwood
Tagged Car chase, Christiano Zampieri, Hyundai Tucson, Metropolitan Police, Police, Portland Road, South Norwood
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Debt collectors, Met Police and DWP: a world of opportunities
Looking for a new ‘challenge’? Or simply need a job? CHERYL FERGUS-FERRELL, right, Inside Croydon’s roving reporter, checked out a jobs fair at the Fairfield Halls to see what can be on offer at these events The latest jobs fair … Continue reading
Sarah Reynolds’ partner guilty of murder and coercive control
Earlston Bennett was yesterday found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of the murder in 2025 of his partner, Sarah Reynolds. Bennett has been remanded in custody until his sentencing in December. Bennett, 58, from Towpath Way, South Norwood, was also … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Earlston Bennett, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sarah Reynolds, Selhurst, South Norwood
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Met sacks black PC over award-nominated YouTube videos
Case brought against outspoken constable by the body he had criticised: ‘There are people who have done things far worse than what I’ve done, who are still employed by the Met. They just happen to have lighter skin.’ If the … Continue reading
Police seize £500k-worth of cannabis plants in car wash raid
Early morning arrests at a Beddington Lane business uncover a ‘sophisticated’ drugs farm operated by an ‘organised crime group’, according to the Met Motorists using a car wash on Beddington Lane might have got more than they bargained for, after … Continue reading
Perry’s ‘comedy’ video claims are leaving the joke on Croydon
The borough’s Conservative Mayor, rendered impotent by the presence of government Commissioners, has spent much of the summer conducting some personal political campaigning, all paid for by tax-payers, that is often deliberately misleading, that sometimes gaslights residents and, very often, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Fisher, BH Group, Business, Commissioners, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Policing, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Park Hotel, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Labour, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Shop lifter tagging, Tory, URW, Westfield
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Two houses destroyed by massive blaze at Mitcham Common
A massive fire spread from the tinder-dry grassland of Mitcham Common towards industrial units off Carshalton Road and destroyed two houses, an industrial skip and 30 scrap vehicles, the London Fire Brigade confirmed today. Nine industrial units were also destroyed. … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, Merton, Mitcham
Tagged Carshalton Road, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Mitcham Junction
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South Norwood man jailed for life over 2021 fatal shooting
Trevin Campbell was today sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail after being found guilty of the 2021 murder of Gary Mayhew. Campbell was twice arrested for the murder: first in 2021, when he was stopped at Gatwick … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing, South Norwood
Tagged Brixton, Croydon Crown Court, Gary Mayhew, Hand gun, Metropolitan Police, murder, Murder weapon, Pistol, Scotland Yard, Shooting, South Norwood, Trevin Campbell
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Investigation after man died in the cells at Windmill Road
A man died in police custody in Croydon in the early hours of Friday morning. The Metropolitan Police has not yet named the man, who was 52 years old. The Met says that an investigation is under way. The death … Continue reading
Police appeal for information over woman’s ‘unexplained’ death
Police are investigating the death of Nicole Beling, whose body was found in her home at Dittoncroft Close, a quiet cul de sac off Coombe Road in South Croydon, on Friday July 17. A 61-year-old man was arrested at the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing, South Croydon
Tagged Dittoncroft Close, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, murder, Murder mystery, Nicole Beling, Police, South Croydon
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Croydon and Sutton are next to use Met’s anti-shoplifting tech
According to Scotland Yard’s own figures, fewer than one-third of reported shoplifting incidents using a new system result in cautions or convictions Croydon’s high streets are to get new technology which allows the police to turn around CCTV footage of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime
Tagged Bexley, Boots, Bromley, Chief Inspector Rav Pathania, Crime, Croydon, Greggs, High Street, Lewisham, Mark and Spencer, Metropolitan Police, Shoplifting, Sutton
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Man arrested after staff member stabbed at Sanderstead Shell
The police have made an arrest in connection with a violent attack on a member of staff at the Shell petrol station in Sanderstead late on Wednesday night, in what is widely thought to have been an attempted armed robbery. … Continue reading
It’s a red card for those who use crime as a political football
ANDREW FISHER on the London Mayor’s battle against crime and the often warped perception of crime There has been a succession of far-right figures who over recent years have posted online, sometimes frequently, about the supposed horrors of “lawless London”. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Susan Hall
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Crime, Elon Musk, Grok, Labour, London, London Mayor, Lord Khan, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage, President Donald Trump, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sadiq Khan, Trump
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Police dispersal notice in clampdown on crime-ridden… Purley
Tory councillor ‘delighted’ by Met’s work, where just four arrests were made following nearly 30 stop and searches conducted over the weekend, as special powers have been introduced to allow exclusion on suspicion that someone might be ‘likely’ to commit … Continue reading
Three jailed over sawn-off shotgun shooting in New Addington
Three men from Croydon have been convicted in relation to an attempted murder, following a point-blank shooting in broad daylight using a sawn-off shotgun in New Addington in May 2025. Tevin Nzita and brothers Christopher and Anthony Da Sousa were … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Addington South, Policing
Tagged Anthony Da Sousa, Attempted murder, Christopher Da Sousa, Coulsdon, Detective Constable John Davis, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, sawn-off shot gun, Scotland Yard, Shooting, Shot gun, Tevin Nzita, Walsh Crescent, Woolwich Crown Court
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Met Commissioner visits Sutton mosque after terror threats
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was in Sutton for Friday prayers to provide reassurance to the Muslim community after their mosques were mentioned as targets in an alleged terror plot. A 14-year-old boy, described as being from south … Continue reading
Detective showed murder victim photos for ‘bragging purposes’
More than 20 years after the shocking murder of Sally Anne Bowman on Blenheim Crescent in South Croydon, a senior police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct for keeping crime scene photos showing the bloodied body of … Continue reading
Three men in court charged over Livingstone Road murder
Three men have been charged with murder following the death of a 23-year-old man in what eyewitnesses described as “a knife fight” on Livingstone Road, Thornton Heath, on Thursday. Police were called at 4.52am to reports of an assault, but … Continue reading
Trauma at Lanfranc as boy waits 2 hours with knife in his head
Headteacher tells mother that the school’s failure to seek emergency treatment for her son was ‘a judgement call’ A mother was distraught and angry when she arrived at her son’s Croydon school one morning this week to discover the boy … Continue reading
Air ambulance called out to double stabbing on George Street
Police have increased patrols in central Croydon today, after a double stabbing off George Street during yesterday evening’s rush hour saw the town centre shut down as the Met started a manhunt. The London Air Ambulance was called out, after … Continue reading
Mayor Perry’s ‘Motorists’ Charter’ to deliver more accidents, higher car insurance and even put children’s safety at risk
Just what might be coming round the corner in council business now that Jason Perry is back in the Town Hall? Probably a BMW being driven at close to 40mph, reports PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Schools, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 20mph, 20mph zones, Castlemaine Avenue, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, LTN, LTN refunds, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Motorists Charter, Nigel Farage, Reform Ltd, South Croydon, Speeding, Tory
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Emergency services on call after worker falls from site lift
PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE Pictures by DAVID WHITE East Croydon was lit up with blue lights at lunchtime today, responding to reports that a site worker had fallen off an inner lift on a building site on Addiscombe Road, opposite landmark No1 … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Policing, Property
Tagged Addiscombe Road, City Link House, East Croydon, East Croydon bus station, East Croydon station, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police, Tolley House
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Westow Hill stab victim had criminal record for GBH and drugs
Kamahl Cameron-Williams, the 31-year-old stabbed to death on Westow Hill in Crystal Palace last week, was a convicted criminal who was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison in September 2018 for grievous bodily harm – GBH – and for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Knife crime
Tagged Amari Auguste-Francois, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Ellis Shakiem, Isaiah Adio-Weathers, Kamahl Cameron, Kamahl Cameron-Williams, knife crime, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, murder, Westow Hill
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Three men appear in court charged with Westow Hill murder
Three men have been charged with the murder of Kamahl Cameron-Williams on Westow Hill on Sunday. The men were due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today. The Metropolitan Police have named them as: Isaiah Adio-Weathers, 23, of Evelyn Street, … Continue reading
Six arrested on suspicion of murder over Westow Hill stabbing
Six people have now been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death on Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Metropolitan Police have named the victim as Kamahl Cameron-Williams. He … Continue reading
