The suspect in the Clapham alkali attack was in a relationship with the injured woman, police believe, and the breakdown of that relationship may have been the motive. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, is believed to have arranged a meeting with the woman, who is still sedated in hospital. In its latest update, police said he…
A manhunt for the suspect in a corrosive-substance attack on a mother and her daughters in Clapham is continuing, after he was last seen on the London Underground at King’s Cross. Police are trying to piece together Abdul Shokoor Ezedi’s movements after he was captured by CCTV at the station. He was seen boarding a…
A man suspected of an alkali attack in south London should not have been granted asylum, according to Home Office guidelines. Afghan refugee Abdul-Shokoor Ezedi’s 2018 sexual assault conviction in Newcastle should have disqualified him from asylum. But his claim was approved after being rejected twice, despite him being placed on the Sex Offenders Register….
Police have released an image of a suspect with “distinctive” injuries wanted in connection with an alkali attack in south London. Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, was last seen at a Tesco store on Caledonian Road, north London, at 20:48 GMT on Wednesday. Police have warned the public not to approach him, but to call 999…
Nine people, including children and police officers, have been taken to hospital after a “corrosive substance” was thrown in south London, police say. A man was seen fleeing the “horrific incident” at Lessar Avenue, Lambeth. A woman and her two young children were taken to hospital for treatment. Three others, believed to have come to…
Two British brothers have been jailed after confessing to breaking into a Geneva museum and stealing iconic 14th century Chinese Ming Dynasty antiques. Stewart and Louis Ahearne admitted to a court in Geneva they were part of a gang of three who raided the Museum of Far Eastern Art in June 2019. The judge found…
A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in north London on New Year’s Eve has been named by police as Harry Pitman. Officers were called to the stabbing in Primrose Hill, Camden, at about 23:40 GMT on Sunday. Metropolitan Police said first aid was given to Mr Pitman but he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight….
A 42-year-old woman has died and two other people – including a teenager – have been wounded in a shooting in east London. The Metropolitan Police said they were found with gunshot wounds after the attack, and a murder investigation had been launched. A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were taken to hospital, where…
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have joined a march in central London calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Demonstrators are marching on the second day of a four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas. It is the first London march since Armistice Day, when more than 100 counter-protesters were arrested….
A senior officer involved in the Stephen Lawrence murder case was corrupt, according to a secret Met Police report uncovered by the BBC. It said Ray Adams was cleared by a corruption probe which relied on false testimony from a man linked to the family of one of Stephen’s killers. The revelation contradicts years of…