Three men were sentenced to life in prison yesterday, at the Old Bailey over the killing of father of three, Edward ‘Eddie’ Thompson on 6 September 2009. All must serve a minimum of 27 years. Judge Peter Rook was given a standing ovation as he sentenced the teenagers, by family and friends of Eddie Thompson [...]
Different Strokes star Gary Coleman died at 12:05 PM Mountain Standard Time (7:05pm in English money ), he was only 42. Coleman suffered a brain hemorrhage after a fall at his Utah home on Wednesday and was taken to a local hospital. He was later transferred to the intensive care unit at Utah Valley Regional [...]
Now who would have thought that? A guy from Stokie and another fella, scaled BP’s central London’s Headquarters today, to hoist a flag depicting the BP logo covered in oil, in protest at the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Green Peace protester, Ben Stewart, 36 is described as a law graduate by [...]
The 33 year old man arrested on Thursday 13 May has been charged with the murder of Marcin Bilaszewski,in Finsbury Park on 8 May. Alphonse Serges Kruizinga, a Cameroonian born man who holds Dutch nationality and of no fixed abode, will appear at at Redbridge Magistrate court this morning. Police say he had a knife [...]
Hackney council has apologised to the family of murdered teenager Godwin Lawson after a cleaning crew removed a memorial to him on Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill. 17 year old Godwin was stabbed during the early hours of Saturday March 27, and was pronounced dead at the scene. A promising student and footballer at Oxford United [...]
Picked up on Twitter. Police were on hand outside a Hackney owned terraced house on Shakespeare Walk this morning, as the council attempted to evict defiant squatters from a townhouse. The police gave the squatters until 10 am to vacate the building. More to follow. UPDATE Word is they are out and the house is [...]
The Black Parent Community Forum will be holding an open meeting on Saturday 24 April, about the connection between school exclusions, anti social behaviour and criminality, including gang affiliation among Black youths. Parents will be made aware of their childrens legal rights and there will be members of law enforement, teachers and activists who will speak. [...]
It’s been five days since 16 year old Agnes Sina-Inakoju was shot, while waiting with friends to be served at a Hoxton takeaway. She died of a gunshot wound to her neck, 48 hours later. Agnes was a bright promising student at Haggerston school were she has been described as “a lively, vibrant young woman with [...]
Two men were arrested and taken into custody in connection with the death of Agnes Sina-Inakoju. The two, a 21 year old man and a 16 year old teenager were taken into custody last night, Saturday 17 April and are being held at a North London police station for questioning. Agnes who was a promising [...]
Earlier this week, Hackney’s decision to exclude Andrew Boffs election address, had the Tory mayoral candidate non too pleased with Hackney council. The conservative mayoral candidate for Hackney claims his election address which was to appear in a Mayoral election booklet, to be sent out by Hackney council to all voters, was rejected because of [...]
