A man has been jailed for more than 13 years after he bottled a driver in the face following a traffic dispute in Vauxhall. Stefan Setepenre Dennis, 46, of Crunden Road, South Croydon, was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months’ imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court last Tuesday, May 19.
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It may be one of South London’s biggest unsolved murders but the family of Daniel Morgan have once again been left in the dark after the Home Secretary stepped in to delay the publication of a long-awaited report into his death. The private detective was found with an axe embedded in his head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham on 10 March 1987.
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A Deptford musician who had £20k worth of equipment stolen by thieves has reached his fundraising target to help rebuild his livelihood. Young Warrior said he felt ‘crushed’ both financially and mentally after he was targeted by thieves on March 8.
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For families who usually rely on free school meals, juggling childcare with tight budgets and feeding their children can be difficult. Greenwich council will be providing hundreds of free meals to any child that needs them over the school holiday. From Tuesday 1 – Friday June 4, meals will be available at libraries, centres and adventure play centres across the borough.
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There has been a rise in the number of cases of Covid-19 in Lambeth over the last week – particularly in the Clapham area. Lambeth’s latest Covid-19 rate has increased over the last week to around 30 infections per 100,000 of population which represents a 75 per cent rise on the previous week.
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A man has been banned from driving after drunk riding an e-scooter in Lewisham – despite the scooters being illegal. Clinton Henry, of Boone Street, Lewisham, was charged with driving over the prescribed limit, not in accordance with a licence and without insurance.
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A 37-year-old man has been left hospitalised with head injuries after a crash in Lambeth. Officers were called at approximately 7.45am last Thursday, May 20, to reports of a collision on Kennington Road, involving a Mercedes Sprinter van and a Honda motorcycle.
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A man has been jailed for a string of child rapes and over 6,700 indecent images. Dean Edmunds, 36, of South East London, was sentenced on Friday, 21 May at Croydon Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to sex offences against children as well as the production of extreme pornographic images involving an animal.
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A kind-hearted taxi driver is urging fellow cabbies to get on board the campaign to help a 10-year-old cancer patient’s campaign to get potentially life-saving treatment abroad. Chloe, from Pimlico, is currently fighting stage four high risk neuroblastoma for a third time, but has run out of treatment options in the UK.
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A 25-year-old ‘compulsive liar’ who targeted sex workers has been sentenced to almost two decades in prison. Sajad Jamalvatan, of Mulberry Close, Beaufort Street in Chelsea, was convicted of five counts of rape against two female sex workers between August and October 2019. He has been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment and five years on license.
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“Save our trees” read the signs held by angry locals gathered outside a car dealership in Wimbledon yesterday after it cut down 11 mature trees without permission. TrustFord has since apologised for the “mistake” which saw mainly ash and acer trees felled on Saturday morning (May 15).
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A litter of Metropolitan police puppies have been named after a Croydon officer who was killed on duty. The Met Commissioner Cressida Dick welcomed the seven new-born puppies who have been named the ‘Ratana Litter’ in memory of PS Matt Ratana who was killed on duty last year. Matt was fatally shot at Croydon Custody Centre in September 2020.
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A Lambeth children’s hospital has unveiled plans for a new children’s hospital building but are still awaiting Council approval. Evelina London Children’s Hospital have been submitted plans for an expansion to Lambeth Council for approval. The new building, which will take around six years to deliver, will be joined to the existing, award-winning children’s hospital which opened in 2005.
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The Metropolitan Police Service is reinvesting criminal funds into cash detection puppies after a record year of cash seizures. The 2020/21 financial year was a record year for the Met’s Proactive Money Laundering Teams, who recovered £14.4m, and made 116 arrests. The Met are reinvesting the funds into operations to tackle violent crime, including ‘cash detection’ spaniel puppies who are trained to help officers discover hidden cash.
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Big plans for Catford town centre regeneration have been revealed, including a new pub and cycle route. Lewisham Council has said its vision is for Catford town centre to be ‘one of the greenest town centres in London’.
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A ex-police officer has been sacked after assaulting a fellow officer while off-duty in Croydon. Former PC Melissa Sanchez Marulanda struck an officer across the face twice as they tried to enter a property she was in. The 29-year-old former probationary officer was dismissed without notice following an accelerated misconduct hearing which concluded yesterday, May 18.
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A Tooting MP has accused the Met Police of ‘racial profiling’ after immigration enforcement stopped almost 50 fast food delivery riders. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Tooting and Shadow Mental Health Minister, called the Met’s actions ‘immoral’ and said they were ‘not in keeping with our local values’.
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Police are searching for a man after a woman in her 60s was sexually assaulted in Eltham. At around 7.20pm on Sunday, May 16, the victim was walking in a park just off Glenesk Road when she was approached by an unknown male. The male pushed her into bushes and sexually assaulted her.
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A Met officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving almost five years after a 10-year-old boy and his aunt were struck by a stolen car that was being pursued by police. The Crown Prosecution Service charged PC Edward Welch with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and dangerous driving.
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