Gabby Colenso

Cape Town

Journalist and Producer at Freelance

Freelance Journalist and Producer at BBC

Senior investigative journalist & producer • Online, TV & radio • Freelancer • Views are my own

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Evidence lost after six killed in Harlow fire

1 month ago | bbc.com | Gabby Colenso

Evidence destroyed after fire deaths - investigatorGabby ColensoFamily HandoutDr Sabah Usmani and her five children died in the fire at their home in October 2012Key evidence was unwittingly destroyed at the start of an investigation into the deaths of six family members in a house fire in 2012, according to an investigator who worked on the case.
African penguins to be protected by no-fishing zones in landmark South African deal

Mar 18, 2025 | bbc.com | Gabby Colenso

Gabby ColensoBBC News, Cape TownSix key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by around 8% every year and could become extinct within a decade. The court has imposed no-fishing zones around the breeding colonies to prevent so-called purse seine fishing vessels, which use large nets, from catching sardines and anchovies for the next 10 years.
Last-minute deal to protect African penguins from extinction

Mar 18, 2025 | msn.com | Gabby Colenso |Cape Town

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Ex-teacher accused of sex abuse can be extradited to UK

Aug 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Gabby Colenso

Gabby Colenso - BBC NewsAugust 9, 2024 at 6:24 AM·1 min readA former teacher accused of dozens of historic sexual abuse charges in Scotland has been told by a court in South Africa that he can be extradited back to the UK. Iain Wares, 85, has been accused of abuse by scores of former pupils of Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College, where he taught in the 1960s and 70s. Mr Wares now lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where the High Court ruled he can be extradited to face trial in Scotland.
Murder of Harlow family in house fire is subject of new appeal

Mar 20, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Gabby Colenso

A father who says he "lost everything" when his family were killed in a house fire in Essex says he is hopeful a renewed appeal can bring closure. Dr Abdul Shakoor's wife Dr Sabah Usmani, sons Muneeb, nine, and Rayyan, six, and daughter Hira, 12, died in the fire at their Harlow home in 2012. Son Sohaib, 11, and daughter Maheen, three, died in hospital. Police are still treating their deaths as murder and are due to make a third appeal on BBC One's Crimewatch Live.
Family of Essex surgeon claims South Africa police chatted as he lay dying

Nov 9, 2023 | news.nestia.com | Gabby Colenso

Image source, Family photo Image caption, Kar Hao Teoh, who lived in Bishop's Stortford, was on a two-week "trip of a lifetime" with his mother, wife and two-year-old son when he was fatally shot in front of them By Gabby Colenso BBC News, Essex An NHS surgeon killed in South Africa was directed by police towards the violent protest in which he was shot dead, his family has claimed.
Family of Essex surgeon claims South Africa police chatted as he lay dying - BBC.com

Nov 9, 2023 | 1africafocus.com | Gabby Colenso

Family photoBy Gabby ColensoBBC News, EssexAn NHS surgeon killed in South Africa was directed by police towards the violent protest in which he was shot dead, his family has claimed.
‘Police chatted as my surgeon son lay dying’ - BBC Information

Nov 9, 2023 | pressnewsagency.org | Gabby Colenso

By Gabby ColensoBBC Information, Essex16 minutes in the pastPicture supply, Household photographA British surgeon killed in South Africa was directed by police in direction of the violent protest by which he was shot useless, his household has claimed. Kar Hao Teoh, 40, who labored at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, was killed in entrance of his mom, spouse and two-year-old son. The household additionally stated cops refused to name an ambulance.
Essex surgeon's family claims South Africa police chatted as he lay dying

Nov 9, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Gabby Colenso

A British surgeon killed in South Africa was directed by police towards the violent protest in which he was shot dead, his family has claimed. Kar Hao Teoh, 40, who worked at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, was killed in front of his mother, wife and two-year-old son. The family also said police officers refused to call an ambulance. The South African Police Service said the family should contact the force if they had any complaints.
Essex addresses used for fake firms in Milton Keynes and Wolverhampton

Sep 15, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Laurence Cawley |Gabby Colenso

Residents whose addresses were used to form bogus companies have also had their details used to form sham firms elsewhere in the UK, it has emerged. The BBC revealed how 80 bogus firms had been registered since June in Henry Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. It has now been confirmed that some of those addresses have been used to form other fake firms in places like Milton Keynes and Wolverhampton. Financial crime expert Graham Barrow said the situation was "scandalous".