Tag Archives: Shrublands Estate

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

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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

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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

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Glock pistol at Thornton Heath dry cleaners leads to arrest

The discovery in an outbuilding of a Thornton Heath business of a pistol, of a kind used by the police in Europe, led to the arrest and conviction for drug-dealing of Mark Kerwick. Kerwick, 33, from the Shrublands Estate in … Continue reading

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New Addington and Shrublands share £80,000 youth crime fund

A grant of £80,000 from the Mayor of London’s violence reduction unit is to be divided up among three groups in Croydon working with the borough’s youth to provide “targeted support to guide them away from crime”, the council announced … Continue reading

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Murderer given 28 years for ‘barbaric’ killing of Shirley teen

The “barbaric” killers of Croydon teenager Camron Smith were yesterday handed lengthy sentences by a judge at the Old Bailey. Smith, 16, was unarmed and in his underwear when subjected to a “frenzied” attack, stabbed a total of eight times, … Continue reading

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The Shirley chainsaw massacre: hundreds of trees condemned

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Chop! Chop! The bankrupt council is spending £15,000 in a rush to destroy dozens of trees, many of them apparently healthy. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Cash-strapped Croydon Council is planning to fell more than 250 trees around … Continue reading

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Town Hall axeman is now let loose on Shrublands’ trees

It is looking like Croydon’s Labour council’s already dubious “green” credentials have suffered another blow, in the midst of their own climate emergency, with that blow being delivered by a well-oiled and over-used chainsaw. If the council has its way, … Continue reading

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Thank you! Readers pay Shirley women’s fine within hours

Inside Croydon readers come to the rescue of two young women hit with a harsh council fine – as Town Hall’s deputy leader claims he is powerless to intervene against decisions made by council officials and that he has lost … Continue reading

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Shrublands women crowdfund to pay council’s harsh fine

Two young women from the Shrublands Estate in Shirley are appealing for help in paying council fines of up to £300 after they were both served with fixed notice penalties for… putting their recycling out for collection. Farhana Shefa and … Continue reading

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