Author: Henry Caldwell

What unfolded outside the Dog and Duck A drug-dependent thief who walked off with a handbag containing one of only seven Fabergé sets in the world has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars, after a chance theft outside a Soho pub turned into one of the more unusual jewellery cases to come before the courts in recent memory. Enzo Conticello, 29, lifted the bag from the pavement outside the Dog and Duck on the evening of 7 November 2024. Its owner, Rosie Dawson, had set it down between her feet while standing outside the pub, unaware that…

What investigators know about the killing of Finbar Sullivan Scotland Yard has issued a public appeal for a young woman believed to have recorded crucial mobile phone footage in the moments leading up to the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man in one of north London’s best-known beauty spots. Finbar Sullivan died at the scene after officers were called to the viewpoint at Primrose Hill at 6.41pm on 7 April. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service worked alongside police to try to save him, but he was pronounced dead from stab wounds shortly after their arrival. A second man, also…

Two brothers who raped a woman after a Christmas event in north-west London have been sentenced to a combined 18 years in prison, following a complex investigation by specialist Metropolitan Police detectives that included a successful appeal against an earlier court dismissal. Marius Todoran, 40, of Girton Avenue, Brent, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for rape at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday, 8 April. His brother, Vasile Todoran, 43, of the same address, received a ten-year sentence for rape, kidnap, and kidnap with intent to commit a sexual offence. Both men have been placed on the sex offenders’ register…

The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally stabbed at Primrose Hill, one of north London’s most popular public spaces. Officers were called to reports of a fight at the hill’s viewpoint at 6.41pm on Tuesday, 7 April. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended a 21-year-old man at the scene, but despite their efforts he was pronounced dead. A second man, also in his 20s, was found nearby with stab wounds. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, and he was taken to hospital by police. No arrests have been made. A crime scene remains…

Sir Sadiq Khan is facing growing criticism from across the political spectrum for declining to halt the construction of leasehold properties on developments backed by City Hall, despite his long-standing rhetoric against what he has called a “feudal” system of home ownership. Why the Capital’s Leasehold Problem Is Distinct London’s exposure to the leasehold question is unlike anywhere else in England. More than a third of homes in the capital are held under leasehold arrangements — more than double the national proportion — a reflection of the city’s unusually high concentration of flats, which are leasehold by default under the…

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A man has been stabbed to death outside a south London nightclub in the early hours of Easter Monday, with two others left in a critical condition and four men now in custody.The Metropolitan Police were called at 3.54am on Monday, 6 April, to reports of a disturbance involving a group of people outside a nightclub on Ruby Street in Peckham. Upon arrival, officers and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service found a 26-year-old man with stab wounds. Despite the efforts of emergency services, the man died at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and are being…

A man has been stabbed to death outside a south London nightclub in the early hours of Easter Monday, with two further victims left in a critical condition and four men now in custody. Emergency services were called to Laxa Lounge on Ruby Street in Peckham, where they found a 26-year-old man with stab wounds. Despite the efforts of paramedics at the scene, he was pronounced dead. Two other men, both in their 20s, were taken to hospital, where they remain in a life-threatening condition. Four men have since been arrested on suspicion of murder — one aged 18 and…

Four arrests, nearly £1m in damage and the spectre of Iranian-backed involvement — a hate crime inquiry that has become something considerably more complex It was, by any measure, a brazen act. In the early hours of 23 March, a group of individuals set fire to ambulances belonging to Hatzola — a volunteer Jewish emergency medical service — in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green, north London. The vehicles were reduced to wreckage. The damage, prosecutors told Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, amounted to nearly £1 million. More than the financial cost, however, it was the symbolism…

A 14-year-old boy has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Woolwich, south-east London, as detectives continue their murder investigation. The victim has been named as Eghosa Ogbebor, though a formal identification has not yet been completed. His family has been notified and is receiving support from specially trained police officers. Emergency services were called to Lord Warwick Street at around 3:40pm on Thursday, 2 April, following reports of a shooting in the area. Paramedics worked to save the boy at the scene, but he was pronounced dead despite their best efforts. The incident has sent shockwaves…