Archive for the Category ‘Crime’

Exclusive: People out there know something about my brothers murder

Exclusive: People out there know something about my brothers murder

Cyrena Barned had just returned to London after teaching ESL in South Korea for a year, and was looking forward to catching up with family and friends. After a joyous Christmas reunion with her family, she wasn’t expecting her time with her younger brother Aarron, to be tragically and brutality cut short in the early [...]

Police warning after three women robbed at knife point in Clapton

Police warning after three women robbed at knife point in Clapton

  Police are appealing for information and witnesses after three linked knife point robberies took place on Thursday 12 January, between 9:30 pm and 10:00 pm in Ashenden Road, E5 and Glyn Road, E5. On all three occasions, the robbers targeted lone females forcing them to hand over their hand bags containing bank cards and [...]

Second man charged with Aarron Mckoy murder

Second man charged with Aarron Mckoy murder

Detectives investigating the murder of Aarron McKoy, 22, in Clerkenwell on New Year’s Day,  have charged a second man with his murder. Jack Nichols 20, of Wickford Essex, was arrested at mid-day on Wednesday 11 January in Wickford and was taken in to custody at an East London police station. He appeared at Thames Magistrates’ [...]

Hoxton drug raid: Over £1 million worth of cannabis

Hoxton drug raid: Over £1 million worth of cannabis

  Police in Hackney raided an underground car park on Crondall Street in Hoxton and found 270 kilos of Cannabis with  street value of  £1 million.   Yesterday (Monday 9) plain clothes officers entered the underground car prk after a tip off from “a concerned member of public” and as a result of enquiries, a [...]

Sister of murdered Aarron McKoy makes appeal

Sister of murdered Aarron McKoy makes appeal

  The sister of the Clerkenwell New Years Day shooting victim, Aarron Mckoy, has made a heartfelt plea for friends or family of the killer to come forward. “Someone out there must know who the killers are, but maybe through misplaced loyalty or just plain fear of the consequences they can’t bring themselves to do [...]

Man charged with Aarron McKoy New Years Day murder

Man charged with Aarron McKoy New Years Day murder

Detectives investigating the murder of Aaron McKoy in the early hours of New Years day in Clerkenwell, have charged  25 year old Dean Smith of  Hackney with his murder, along with possession of a fire arm with intent to endanger life. He will appear at Highbury Magistrates Court tomorrow, Saturday 7 January. Aaron McKoy was [...]

Man arrested over Kirsty Treloar abduction and murder

Man arrested over Kirsty Treloar abduction and murder

A 19 year-old man was arrested in Hackney this afternoon, Tuesday 3rd at 1pm. He has been taken to an East London police station where he is being questioned. Kirsty Treloar a new mother of a one month old baby girl, was abducted from her family home on Brownlow Road in Haggerston, on Monday.  She [...]

Kidnapped Hackney woman found dead is named

Kidnapped Hackney woman found dead is named

Police have named the woman found dead in an abandoned car as Kirsty Treloar, a twenty year old new mother of a one month old baby girl. The baby who was unharmed, was also taken from the address to hospital as a precaution. She remains in hospital under observation. Two other people were found at [...]

Abducted Hackney womans body found in Homerton alley

Abducted Hackney womans body found in Homerton alley

Detectives are investigating the abduction and murder of a woman in Hackney. Police were called at approx. 7:10 am on today, Monday 2 January to reports of a disturbance at an  address on Brownlow Road, E8, near Queensbridge Road. Officers and London Ambulance paramedics found a 22 year old man and a 24 year old [...]

Boy 15 stabbed in Homerton

Boy 15 stabbed in Homerton

Police responded to reports of a stabbing outside Rivermeade House on the Kingsmeade Estate at about 2.30  pm today, but discovered that the victim, a boy thought to be 15,  had made his way to Homerton Hospital. He has since being transported to the the Royal London Hospital, where his condition is described as serious. [...]