All news on the topic: Metropolitan Police

Crime

06 Feb 2025 867

Met Police arrest hundreds in one week during crackdown on phone thefts

The Metropolitan Police described the reselling of stolen phones abroad and in the UK as a £50million-a-year trade.

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05 Feb 2025 863

Elderly woman discovered pushing her daughter’s dead body in a shopping cart at a London shopping center

Joan Kathleen Turnell kept her daughter Tracey’s dead body in their shared flat in Leyton for over a year before she was discovered, inquest told.

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04 Feb 2025 812

Met Police considers disbanding Royal Parks unit, prompting charity warnings of ’serious consequences’

Senior Metropolitan Police officers have held talks with the Royal Parks Charity Board to discuss "key considerations and risks".

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28 Jan 2025 804

Steaming flashmobs drive UK phone theft epidemic: Gangs ransack stores for devices sent to Africa or sold to second-hand shops

Britain’s phone theft epidemic is being fuelled by ’steaming’ flashmobs bombarding their way into stores and ransacking as many devices as possible in brazen 20-second heists.

Crime

21 Jan 2025 800

Citibank boss found beaten to death in her London home, police search for killer

Citibank boss Marianne Kilonzi, 43, was found dead in her home in Woolwich, south-east London - a post-mortem has now revealed her cause of death as a manhunt to find her killer continues.

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19 Jan 2025 830

Over 70 arrested at Palestine protest as crowds attempt to reach the BBC

More than 70 people were arrested at a Palestine Solidarity march in central London after protestors were told to use a different route.

18 Jan 2025 731

£20,000 reward announced to find parents of three siblings abandoned as infants in London

A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification of the parents of three siblings found abandoned as babies in London over eight years, on the first anniversary of the third child being found.

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17 Jan 2025 608

Strangers Bar in Parliament to close for security review after a woman’s drink spiked

The Met Police confirmed earlier this week they were investigating reports of an alleged drink spiking in a popular House of Commons bar - but said no arrests had been made.

Crime

16 Jan 2025 747

Teenager found guilty of murdering Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam in teddy bear dispute

Eighteen-year-old Hassan Sentamu has been found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Elianne Andam in south London, in a row over her friend’s teddy bear.

Crime

16 Jan 2025 605

Quick-thinking police operator saves abuse victim who called 999 and asked for pizza

A police call handler’s quick thinking led to officers being sent to a woman’s home – despite her being too terrified to ask for help out loud.

Crime

15 Jan 2025 679

Two teenagers, aged 15 and 16, arrested for suspected murder of 14-year-old aspiring rapper stabbed on bus

Three people have been arrested by police investigating the killing of a 14-year-old on a London bus.

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14 Jan 2025 703

Search underway for attacker cutting women’s hair in southeast London

Police have stepped up patrols in London over fears of an attacker preying on women in the streets of south east London.

13 Jan 2025 877

Second man charged with aiding ex-soldier Daniel Khalife’s prison escape

A second man has been charged with helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after he escaped from prison.

Crime

13 Jan 2025 912

Hackney Incident: Two men sustain gunshot wounds, one man stabbed, attackers still at large

Police are investigating a shooting in Hackney, where two men were found with gunshot wounds and where another was stabbed, with the attackers believed to still be on the run

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10 Jan 2025 598

Met Police bans pro-Palestine march outside BBC HQ

Scotland Yard imposes Public Order Act owing to proximity of Broadcasting House to a nearby synagogue.

Sport

09 Jan 2025 809

Premier League club will keep picking star accused of rape after major update

Metropolitan Police this week confirmed an evidence file had been passed onto the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to a Premier League star accused of rape.

Crime

04 Jan 2025 709

Man in his 30s found dead after falling from flats in Gillender Street

A man in his 30s after falling from a block of flats in east London.

World

04 Jan 2025 899

British citizen killed in New Orleans terror attack as truck plows into New Year’s crowd

A British man was killed in a terror attack in New Orleans after an army veteran rammed a truck through crowds of New Year’s celebrators.

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01 Jan 2025 865

Two men injured, one seriously, as car ’swerves towards crowds’ during New Year fireworks on Primrose Hill

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving, causing grievous bodily harm and possession of controlled drugs, after a car swerved towards crowds of people watching the New Year fireworks in London.

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25 Dec 2024 852

Car ploughs into people in central London on Christmas morning

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after driving his car into a crowd of party-goers after a ‘row at a nightclub’.

Politics

20 Dec 2024 682

Metropolitan Police apologizes to black community leader detained by officer using excessive force

Jason Matthews was searched by PC Connor Jones who had faced three misconduct proceedings in two years

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14 Dec 2024 818

Police hunt for two men in connection with £200k luxury handbag theft

The owner of a vintage handbag business has been forced to move premises after a "high percentage" of her stock was stolen.

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11 Dec 2024 634

Police chief reveals ’dozens’ under investigation in Post Office scandal

A meeting has been held between senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims - with officers currently sifting through at least 1.5 million documents.

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