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A “long-serving” custody sergeant died after being shot by a suspect inside a police station. The victim died in hospital after the gunman, who was being detained, opened fire at Croydon custody centre in south London during the early hours of Friday. The alleged killer, 23, is believed to then have turned the firearm on […]

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers accused of assaulting two men will face trial next year. Pc Jack Wood and Pc Archie Payne have been charged in connection with an incident in Romford on January 5. The men are set to appear at Hendon Magistrates’ Court on February 4 2021. Wood, 26, faces one count of […]

A knifeman who stabbed five people over three days in a “reign of terror” must remain detained in a high-security psychiatric hospital, a judge has ruled. Jason Kakaire, 31, carried out random stabbing attacks on four men and a woman in Edmonton, north London, in spring last year. The four male victims suffered life-threatening injuries, […]

“Today, we police are all mourning a great loss” The Met Commissioner said the police are all “mourning a great loss” as she paid tribute to the “long-serving” custody sergeant who was shot dead by a suspect in Croydon. Paramedics were scrambled to Croydon custody centre in Windmill Road at 2.15am. Officers who witnessed the […]

The widow of a police officer killed last year has joined politicians and police chiefs in condemning the fatal shooting of an officer in Croydon. Lissie Harper, whose husband Pc Andrew Harper was killed on duty in August 2019 , said the death of a Metropolitan Police officer was “utterly devastating”. She shared a Facebook […]

The RSPCA has reported a 236 per cent increase in the number of reports of dogs with cropped ears, after reporting 178 incidents of cropped ears between 2015 and 2019. The charity is backing a petition from a dog trainer and welfare campaigner calling for a ban on importing dogs who have had their ears […]

Police officers have changed their social media profile pictures in tribute to their colleague shot dead in Croydon. The officer was shot in a police station in the early hours of Friday morning and later died in hospital, police said. Politicians, police chiefs and other officers have condemned the attack and offered their condolences to […]