A specialist firearms officer who fired the shot that last week killed a rapper in Streatham, south London, has been suspended from duty. Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead on Sept. 5, after the Audi car he was driving in was pursued by a Metropolitan Police armed response vehicle after it triggered an alert. The…
London Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Rapper Suspended From Duty Amid Investigation
Man Admits Killing Four People Who Were Stabbed to Death in London House
A man has admitted to stabbing his girlfriend, her mother, grandmother, and her grandmother’s partner at a house in Bermondsey, south London earlier this year. Joshua Jacques, 28, appeared at the Old Bailey in London on Friday and denied murdering NHS worker Dolet Hill, 64, her partner Denton Burke, 58, their daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45,…
UK Police Watchdog Says Rapper, 24, Shot by Police in London Was Unarmed
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said in a statement on Sept. 7 that a detailed search of the scene where a 24-year-old man was killed by police in south London on Sept. 5 had been completed, “No non-police issue firearm has been recovered from the vehicle or the scene.” Chris Kaba, a rapper…
Watchdog Probes London Car Chase That Ended With Police Shooting Man Dead
Specialist firearms officers from the Metropolitan Police shot dead a man in his 20s after a car chase through the streets of south London on Monday night. Scotland Yard has not said why police were pursuing the “suspect vehicle” but at 9:51 p.m. they cornered the blue Audi Q5 in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham. Police described…
UK Rapper Stabbed to Death at Notting Hill Carnival
A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death at the Notting Hill Carnival on Monday night, the first murder at the event for 18 years. The dead man was named as Takayo Nembhard—a rapper from Bristol who was better known as TKorStretch—by his manager, Chris Patrick. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the carnival on Sunday…
Missing Nurse Owami Davies Found ‘Fit and Well Cared For’ in Hampshire
Missing nurse, Owami Davies, has been found alive and well in Hampshire six weeks after she disappeared in south London. Davies, 24, left her family’s home in Grays, Essex, on July 4 and was last seen three days later in Croydon, south London. Five men were arrested on suspicion of kidnap or murder—all of whom…
UK Knife Crime Dipped During Pandemic but Blades Still Causing Mayhem
Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has called for “higher sentencing” for knife crime offenders after his cousin was stabbed to death at the weekend, but is knife crime really getting worse, and would longer sentences work? Rico Burton, 31, died in Manchester Royal Infirmary on Sunday after being stabbed in the early hours outside a…
Man, 44, Charged With Murder of London Pensioner on Mobility Scooter
Detectives investigating the death of a pensioner who was stabbed as he rode his mobility scooter within yards of one of London’s busiest roads have charged a 44-year-old man with murder. Thomas O’Halloran, who was 87, was attacked close to the A40 in Greenford, west London, on Tuesday, but managed to travel 75 yards before…
Man Arrested by Detectives Investigating Brutal Murder of Pensioner in London
Detectives investigating the murder of a pensioner who was stabbed to death as he rode his mobility scooter within yards of one of London’s busiest roads have arrested a 44-year-old man. Thomas O’Halloran, who was 87, was attacked close to the A40 in Greenford, west London, on Tuesday, but managed to travel 75 yards before…
Hunt on for London Killers Who Stabbed Elderly Man on Mobility Scooter
Detectives in London are hunting a killer who stabbed an elderly man as he rode his mobility scooter in broad daylight within yards of one of the capital’s busiest roads. Thomas O’Halloran, who was 87, was attacked at 4 p.m. on Tuesday close to the A40 in Greenford, west London, police said in a statement….
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