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Tag Archives: Old Bailey
Croydon police make new arrest over killing of teen Camron
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 16-year-old Camron Smith, who was brutally killed in front of his mother in their Shrublands home in July 2021. Six others have already been jailed for their parts in … Continue reading
Man sentenced to 13 years for ‘brutal killing’ of Croydon teen
Romario Gordon was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to 13 years in prison for his part in the killing of 16-year-old Camron Smith in front of his mother, in July 2021. The jury at his trial at the Central … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley North
Tagged Camron Smith, Jordan Tcheuko, murder, Old Bailey, Romain LaPierre, Romario Gordon, Shirley, Shrublands, Shrublands Estate
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Covid-denier not guilty of possessing crossbows for terrorism
South Norwood man says he was ‘just talking twaddle’ when calling for armed rebellion against pandemic measures A 60-year-old covid denier with an arsenal of deadly weapons stored in his flat in South Norwood has been found guilty of encouraging … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Health, South Norwood
Tagged coronavirus, Counter-terrorism, covid, Covid vaccine, covid-denier, Crossbows, Metropolitan Police, Old Bailey, Paul Martin, South Norwood, terrorism
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Jury finds fourth man guilty of killing of Camron Smith, 16
A sixth member of a Thornton Heath drugs gang who went out “hunting as a pack” and pursued a teenager into a bedroom of his own home on Shirley’s Shrublands Estate and used a zombie knife and other deadly weapons … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Shirley North
Tagged Camron Smith, Jordan Tcheuko, murder, Old Bailey, Romain LaPierre, Romario Gordon, Shirley, Shrublands, Shrublands Estate
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Croydon men convicted of involvement with Russian ‘spy ring’
Six members of a gang – four of them from Croydon – have been convicted following an Old Bailey trial on a range of charges brought under the National Security Act, following an arson attack on a Ukrainian-run business and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Arson, Ashton Evans, Dmitrijus Paulauskas, Duncan Penny KC, Dylan Earl, Jake Reeves, Jakeem Rose, Kremlin, Leyton, Nii Kojo Mensah, Old Bailey, Paul English, Russia, Starlink, Ugnius Asmena, Ukraine, Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, Warehouse arson attack, Yevgeny Chichvarkin
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Croydon gang livestreamed arson attack on Ukraine business
Eight men – four of them from Croydon – are on trial at the Old Bailey for a variety of charges in the first prosecution brought under the 2023 National Security Act, following a kidnapping plot against a Russian dissident … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Arson, Ashton Evans, Dmitrijus Paulauskas, Duncan Penny KC, Dylan Earl, Jake Reeves, Jakeem Rose, Kremlin, Leyton, Nii Kojo Mensah, Old Bailey, Paul English, Russia, Starlink, Ugnius Asmena, Ukraine, Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, Warehouse arson attack, Yevgeny Chichvarkin
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Hassan Sentamu given life sentence for Elianne Andam murder
Grieving parents decry their daughter’s murderer for his ‘senseless, monstrous and evil’ actions The Old Bailey judge in the murder case of Elianne Andam told the court at today’s sentencing hearing that the mural painted on Wellesley Road in memory … Continue reading
‘Series of errors’ saw Croydon schoolboy turn into a terrorist
A case review released yesterday shows failures in the Prevent anti-terror programme allowed a radicalised young Briton left free to murder Conservative MP Sir David Amess The killer of Sir David Amess MP had been referred to the anti-terrorism Prevent … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Policing, Riddlesdown
Tagged Ali Harbi Ali, anti-terrorism, Channel, Islamism, Metropolitan Police, murder, Old Bailey, Prevent, Sir David Amess MP, terrorism
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‘Sadistic and twisted’ killer Sansom is given full life sentence
WARNING: This report includes disturbing details of the nature of a crime which were discovered during the police investigation and later recounted in open court during sentencing at the Old Bailey Murderer Steven Sansom, who was released from prison on … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Addington, New Addington North, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Forestdale, Gemma Watts, Metropolitan Police, murder, New Addington, Old Bailey, Rowdown Fields, Sarah Mayhew, Steve Sansom, Sutton
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Elianne’s death left ‘a void in our lives that can never be filled’
Murdered schoolgirl’s parents say today’s verdict should be treated as a step toward change: ‘We will continue to fight against the violence’ The parents of Elianne Andam, who was killed in a frenzied knife attack in Croydon town centre in … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Dorcas Andam, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Metropolitan Police, Michael Andam, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, murder, Old Bailey, Prof Nigel Blackwood, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon teen Sentamu guilty of murder of Elianne Andam
The jury in the Old Bailey trial, by a majority verdict, this afternoon found New Addington teenager Hassan Sentamu guilty of the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Elianne Andam. The jury had been deliberating its verdict since Tuesday afternoon, and earlier … Continue reading
Croydon man charged after trying to raise lockdown army
Paul Martin, from South Norwood, has been charged with terrorism offences and possession of dangerous weapons, and was released on bail ahead of an Old Bailey trial at the end of this month A 59-year-old crossbow-owning man from South Norwood … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Norwood
Tagged Cross bow, Old Bailey, Paul Martin, South Norwood, Suffolk Road, terrorism, Terrorism Act, Westminster Magistrates Court
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Murder trial barrister describes victim Elianne as a ‘tormentor’
“Is it murder or manslaughter?” That was the stark question that the defence barrister in the murder trial of New Addington teen Hassan Sentamu put to the jury at the Old Bailey this morning, as he concluded his closing statement … Continue reading
Elianne murder’s most chilling words: ‘I can’t let this slide bro’
Hassan Sentamu opted against taking the witness stand to give evidence in his defence, or be cross-examined, in his trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam, as lawyers made their closing statements yesterday. Evidence … Continue reading
Professor gives third day of evidence in Elianne murder trial
A professor of forensic psychiatry at Kings College London was expected to give evidence in the witness box for a third day this morning, as Hassan Sentamu is tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne … Continue reading
Old Bailey jury told Sentamu ‘exacted vengeance’ on Elianne
The trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl resumed with evidence from expert witnesses Psychiatric experts gave evidence at an Old Bailey trial yesterday that Hassan Sentamu, the teenager accused of murdering Elianne Andam outside … Continue reading
Judge adjourns Elianne Andam murder trial until New Year
The teenager who killed a Croydon schoolgirl last year had ‘anger issues’ and ‘could get triggered easily’, the Old Bailey jury has been told The jury in the Old Bailey trial into the killing of Croydon teenager Elianne Andam has … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Metropolitan Police, Old Bailey, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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‘Violent and dangerous’ man sentenced to life for hostel murder
An Old Bailey judge yesterday sentenced Dajour Jones to a minimum term of 27 years in prison for the murder of 20-year-old Jamie Gilbey in an Upper Norwood hostel last year. During the trial, Jones, 27, was described as “violent … Continue reading
Arresting PC: ‘What I saw was a smear of blood on his thumb’
Day 2 of the trial of the killer of Elianne Andam heard from police officers who made the arrest and who were at the scene on Wellesley Road: ‘There were people screaming, shouting, people running away’ The police officer who … Continue reading
Elianne Andam was killed in ‘a fit of white-hot anger’ jury told
Elianne Andam, the Croydon schoolgirl who died outside the Whitgift Centre in September 2023, was killed in a row over a teddy bear, an Old Bailey murder trial was told today. Hassan Sentamu, 18, from New Addington, has pleaded not … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Metropolitan Police, Old Bailey, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Old Bailey jury finds man guilty in South Norwood murder case
Dajour Jones was yesterday found guilty by a unanimous verdict of the “murder in cold blood” of 20-year-old Jamie Gilbey, whose remains were found in undergrowth off Cantley Gardens in South Norwood in 2022. The jury in the Old Bailey … Continue reading
Gruesome South Norwood ‘murder in cold blood’ trial begins
The murder trial began at the Old Bailey this week, following the brutal death nearly three years ago of a young man who was dismembered and had his body parts dumped near South Norwood Lake, with blood-stained clothing and bedding … Continue reading
Mitcham killing: police failed to deliver the ‘complete picture’
Three men were sentenced at the Old Bailey yesterday for the April 2023 Mitcham Common killing of Tyrese Miller, with the Metropolitan Police forced to concede that the outcome of the trial failed to provide the victim’s family “with the … Continue reading
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
Murdered woman’s body was ‘cut into pieces’ Old Bailey told
UPDATED 6PM: The body of a murdered woman was “cut into pieces with powertools”, a court at the Old Bailey was told this morning. Sarah Mayhew’s remains were found in Rowdown Fields in New Addington last week, prompting a murder … Continue reading
