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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 and … 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
Man and woman appear in court for murder of Sarah Mayhew
Gemma Watts and Steve Samson appeared in Bromley Magistrates’ Court today, charged with the murder of Sarah Mayhew, whose remains were discovered in Rowdown Fields, New Addington, just after Easter. Watts, 48, from Holmbury Grove, Forestdale (and not as previously … Continue reading
Rowdown Fields murder victim named as Sarah Mayhew, 38
Police investigating after human remains were found in Rowdown Fields, New Addington, last week have identified the victim as Sarah Mayhew. The Met say Mayhew was 38, and from Croydon. Her family has been informed. A 44-year-old man and a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Addington, New Addington North
Tagged Metropolitan Police, murder, New Addington, Rowdown Fields, Sarah Mayhew
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Man and woman arrested for ‘awful’ Rowdown Fields murder
A man and a woman have been arrested by police in connection with the human remains found on Rowdown Fields in New Addington earlier this week. A statement issued by Scotland Yard today said that a 44-year old man and … Continue reading
Murder investigation follows New Addington body discovery
Preliminary tests conducted by a forensic anthropologist yesterday confirmed that the body parts discovered in a New Addington park this week are human, as the Metropolitan Police launched a murder inquiry. The body parts – some reports suggest a human … Continue reading
Murderers given life sentences for killing of Farhad Khalili
A man and a teenager who ambushed a man in Kingston and stabbed him to death have been given life sentences. The attack was planned by Sean Deery, who was joined by Sebastian Niven, who was aged just 15 at … Continue reading
Husband pleads guilty to murder of wife at Ash Tree Way
The man who killed his teenaged wife at their Monks Orchard home last October has been convicted of her murder. Sahil Sharma, 24, of Ash Tree Way, appeared in custody at Kingston Crown Court last Thursday where he pleaded guilty … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Shirley North
Tagged Ash Tree Way, Ash Tree Way murder, Croydon, Mehak Sharma, Metropolitan Police, Monks Orchard, murder, Sahil Sharma
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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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International man-hunt for suspect in murder of teen Habibi
An international man-hunt is under way after a prime suspect in the murder of Croydon College student Ilyas Habibi fled the country. Habibi, 17, was stabbed in the neck and killed near Sutton Station in the evening of December 5. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Sutton Council
Tagged DCI Mike Nolan, Ilyas Habibi, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sutton, Sutton Station, Sutton Station stabbing
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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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Two suspects in court for ‘brutal’ murder of Michael Afonso
Two men will appear in court today charged with the murder of Michael Afonso in Thornton Heath just before Christmas. Omari Peat, 22, of Southampton Gardens, Mitcham, was arrested on December 24 and released on bail. He was re-arrested on … Continue reading
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
Murder investigation continues after police arrest suspect
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Michael Afonso in Thornton Heath in the week before Christmas have made an arrest. Afonso, 27, leaves a wife and with a young son, according to family sources. He was the 11th murder victim … 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 name Ilyas Habibi as victim of Sutton Station stabbing
The police have named Ilyas Habibi as the teenager murdered in a stabbing at Sutton Station earlier this week. Habibi, 17, is described as a Sixth Former. He is among 104 homicide victims in London in 2023. Police and London … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Sutton Council
Tagged DCI Mike Nolan, Ilyas Habibi, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sutton, Sutton Station, Sutton Station stabbing
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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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Police release video of victim’s visit to Norbury McDonald’s
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Justin Henry have this morning released CCTV footage of his last movements, as his family appeal to the public for information. The police are treating the case as a murder investigation, and have now made … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Norbury, Waddon
Tagged Justin Henry, McDonald's, Metropolitan Police, murder, Norbury, Waddon, Waddon New Road
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