By Remi on 03/02/2015
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Homerton

The cyclist killed in yesterdays fatal collision on Homerton High Street, has been named on-line as 34- year-old Akis Kollaros, a music producer and sound engineer, who lived in Dalston. Mr Kollaros was hit by a lorry turning left onto Homerton High Street from Wardle Street at 4.20pm yesterday (Monday). The collision was just yards […]
By Remi on 03/02/2015
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Homerton

Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist died following a collision with an HGV lorry, travelling along Homerton High Street yesterday afternoon. A Met Police spokesperson said: “Police were called at 4:20pm on Monday, 2 February to reports of a cyclist in collision with a HGV in Homerton […]
By Remi on 11/01/2015
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Crime, Homerton

Officers investigating the fatal stabbing of Jeremie Malenge in Hackney, arrested a 17 year old girl in Hackney yesterday evening, (Saturday 10). She was taken to an east London police station where she remains in custody. Jeremie Malenge, 17, of Arcola Street in Dalston, was found suffering with stab wounds on Ponsford Street, Homerton at […]
By Remi on 08/01/2015
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Crime, Homerton

A murder investigation has been launched following the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in Homerton, late on Tuesday night. The boy has been named by locals as Jeremie Malenge or “Jdot”, a 17 yr old former straight A Petchy Academy student. He was found injured suffering from stab wounds on the corner […]
By Remi on 07/01/2015
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Crime, Homerton

Police in Hackney are investigating the death of a teenage boy, following a stabbing near a convenience store on Homerton High Street just before midnight last night. A police spokesperson said: “London Ambulance Service were called to the scene and a male believed to be in his mid-teens was found with injuries. Forensic investigators […]
By Remi on 19/10/2013
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Crime, Homerton

A new image of Lerone Boye taken momments before he absconed from John Howard Centre in Kenworthy Road, Homerton on Wednesday 16 October, has been released by the Metropolitan Police. Although it is possible that he has changed his clothing, the image shows Boye wearing grey jogging bottoms and grey/blue sweatshirt with a grey vest […]
By Remi on 25/08/2013
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Crime, Homerton

Detectives investigating the murder of Lamarni Hylton-Reid in Homerton have arrested a 17 year old boy on suspicion of his murder and a 19 year old for assisting an offender. Both are in custody at an East London Police station. The 20 year old from Warwick Grove in Upper Clapton, died at a hospital, two […]
By Remi on 23/08/2013
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Crime, Homerton

Police are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed Lamarni Hylton-Reid’s murder in Homerton or have any information, to contact them. The 20 year old from Warwick Grove in Upper Clapton, died at an East London hospital, two hours after he was stabbed near the junction of Homerton High Street and Kenworthy Road, just after […]
By Remi on 21/08/2013
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Crime, Homerton

Emergency services were alerted to a stabbing on Homerton High Street, near the corner of Kenworthy Road at 5.10 pm today. They found a man in his 20’s suffering from stab wounds. He was transported to an East London Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6.30 pm. No arrests have been made and an […]
By Remi on 07/03/2013
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Feature, Homerton

I moved back to Hackney in 2009 after nearly two decades of living in North America,well 18 years to be exact and four years living in another borough. It’s changed a helluva lot and soon will be unrecognizable from the place I couldn’t wait to leave in the 1980’s. Just a few days ago […]