A troubled childhood and autism are no excuse for the “frenzied” fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Elianne Andam, jurors have heard. Hassan Sentamu, 18, is accused of attacking Elianne and plunging a kitchen knife into her neck during a row over a teddy bear outside the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London, on September 27 2023. … Read more
Police cleared of wrongdoing after dangerous dogs shot dead on Poplar footpath Metropolitan Police firearms officers who shot dead two dangerous dogs during a stand-off on a canal towpath have been cleared of wrongdoing. Armed officers were deployed after a woman and her dog were attacked by two Cana Corsa in Poplar, east London, on … Read more
Some MI5 material relating to its involvement with a teenager who was charged with terrorism before she took her own life is being “withheld” from her inquest but is “not a cause for concern”, a hearing was told. Rhianan Rudd, 16, was found dead at a children’s home in Nottinghamshire on May 19 2022, a … Read more
The head of the Metropolitan Black Police Association could be sacked after sending and receiving racist, sexist and inappropriate WhatsApp messages. Inspector Charles Ehikioya, the full-time chairman of the MBPA, was in a WhatsApp chat with Carlo Francisco, a former officer, in which the messages were sent and received, a misconduct hearing found on Friday. … Read more
The family of a Belfast man found dead in Spain have had an emotional homecoming. Billy George, whose son John, had been on holiday in Alicante when he went missing last month, said he would have stayed if John’s body had not been found. The 37-year-old father of two from west Belfast was last in … Read more
The head of the Metropolitan police’s Black Police Association (MBPA) committed gross misconduct over his participation in a WhatsApp group that shared sexist comments and racist remarks about Asian people, a police tribunal has found. Insp Charles Ehikioya faces potential dismissal after Friday’s tribunal ruling at Palestra House in London. It found he was in … Read more
Donald Trump will avoid jail time for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case, a judge determined on Friday, marking both a dramatic and anti-climactic development in the historic criminal proceedings weeks before he returns to the White House. The judge who presided over Trump’s criminal trial, Juan Merchan, issued a sentence of … Read more
A request to remove late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a list of “terrorists and extremists” has been rejected despite his death last year, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has revealed – saying that it shows Vladimir Putin is still afraid of her husband. Russia’s financial watchdog, Rosfinmonitoring, said in a letter published by Ms … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump ranted about his innocence and having a ‘very terrible experience’ during his hush-money trial moments before a judge sentenced him to no jail time or fines in the historic case. New York Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to unconditional discharge on Friday after a jury found him guilty of 34 counts of … Read more
Nottingham Forest FC owner Evangelos Marinakis can continue a libel claim against a Greek football rival at the High Court, a judge has ruled. Marinakis, who also owns Greek side Olympiacos, sued Irini Karipidis, the owner of Super League rivals Aris, over several “false” allegations including that he had conducted match-fixing and was involved in … Read more