Tag Archives: Southwark Crown Court

Cop at centre of bus stop race row has conviction quashed

Posted on September 13, 2024 by insidecroydon

Perry Lathwood, the Met police constable at the centre of a race row when a black mum was arrested in a dispute over fare evasion at a bus stop on Whitehorse Road, Croydon, last year, has had his assault conviction … Continue reading →

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Steve O’Connell took gift from cricket fixer Majeed

Posted on February 27, 2012 by insidecroydon

Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most overpaid local councillor, in 2008 accepted a gift from Mazhar Majeed, the sports agent who last November was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his part in the Pakistan Test cricket spot-fixing scandal. O’Connell, ward … Continue reading →

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Court out? Croydon’s cricket fixer undone by a tabloid

Posted on November 4, 2011 by insidecroydon

The trial of the three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot fixing at last year’s Lord’s Test match concluded yesterday at Southwark Crown Court with prison sentences for them and their Croydon-based agent who orchestrated the fix, Mazhar Majeed. Majeed had … Continue reading →

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