John Simpson

Oct 27, 2024 | thetimes.com | David Woode |John Simpson

The mother of a murdered schoolboy said Labour has “rewarded” a dangerous gang leader after he was freed under the early release scheme. Keisha McLeod has criticised the government after Isaac Donkoh served less than half of a twelve-and-a-half year sentence for kidnapping and torturing a teenage boy. Donkoh’s Beckton Boys gang are believed to have killed her 14-year-old son CJ Davis.

Nov 27, 2023 | royalcentral.co.uk | Lydia Starbuck |John Simpson |Wiki Commons

By John Simpson - Art UK, Public Domain, Wiki Commons On a summer’s day in 1818, a young German princess walked into one of the most famous hotels in London to meet a man twice her age.

Oct 13, 2023 | thenewsmovement.com | John Simpson |Omar Mehtab

John Simpson, Senior ReporterDetectives have warned of child sex predators lurking on dating apps after a teacher at a private school used Grindr to target dozens of underage boys. George Watkins, 31, was working at the £22,000-a year North Bridge House secondary school in Hampstead, northwest London, by day and using Grindr to track down vulnerable underage users for sex by night.

Sep 29, 2023 | thenewsmovement.com | John Simpson |Omar Mehtab

The murder of 15-year-old Elianne Andam on her way to school has prompted a call for action on knife crime that one activist says will not be enough. The News Movement met Faron Alex Paul - known as a knife crime “vigilante” who works in the spaces police can’t access to get weapons off the streets. Faron, 37, said he was tired of the familiar cycle of outrage that follows a knife murder and called for a joined-up approach to ending the violence and limiting access to knives.

Jun 20, 2023 | thenewsmovement.com | John Simpson