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Jan 14, 2025 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
Two women have been charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was sprayed on Charles Darwin’s grave in .
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Margaret Davis |Flora Thompson
First person convicted of breaching new domestic abuse order in LondonA 25-year-old man has become the first person to be convicted of breaching a Domestic Abuse Protection Order in London. Connor Cude was caught trying to leave his ex-girlfriend’s home in south London through the back garden on January 7. A Domestic Abuse Protection Order (Dapo) had been put in place in December, banning him from contacting the woman or going to her home.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
A 25-year-old man has become the first person to be convicted of breaching a Domestic Abuse Protection Order in London. Connor Cude was caught trying to leave his ex-girlfriend’s home in south London through the back garden on
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was fatally injured on a route Church Street, close to the , just before 2.30pm, in what police called a “horrendous” crime.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis |Anthony France
Two complaints against the Metropolitan Police over its handling of allegations against former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed will be investigated by the force itself under the direction of a watchdog. The Met is currently reviewing a total of 21 allegations that were made before Mr Al Fayed died in 2023, and referred two (IOPC) in November.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Margaret Davis
Lucy Letby's defence are applying to reopen her caseLawyers for child serial killer Lucy Letby will make a fresh bid to challenge her convictions on the grounds that the lead prosecution medical expert at her trial was “not reliable”. Her barrister, Mark McDonald, said he would immediately seek permission from the Court of Appeal to take the “exceptional, but necessary, decision” to apply to reopen her case.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
A police squad set up to stem the rising tide of shoplifting has arrested 93 members of organised crime gangs behind retail theft in seven months. Operation Pegasus has “impacted 28 organised crime groups and high-harm individuals” responsible for more than £4 million in losses to businesses, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
A police investigation has been launched into more than five people who may have “facilitated” former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed in his alleged sexual abuse of dozens of women and girls. Detectives are looking at individuals surrounding the businessman who could have enabled him to commit crimes which are claimed to have spanned decades between 1977 and 2014. An internal review is also being carried out into how the force handled claims about Al
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
everand.com | Margaret Davis
Six people have been arrested and a community centre will remain closed for up to two weeks as it is searched as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into the banned Workers Party.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paul Philbin |Margaret Davis
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident in west LondonAn eight-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was shot in "an appalling incident" in west London. The child, who is now in a stable condition, and a 34-year-old man who was also injured were taken to hospital after being shot in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, just after 5.30pm on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. A 32-year-old woman was also taken to hospital as a precaution but was not hurt.
