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# metropolitan-police - Monday 16 May, 2016
Men jailed for staging 'fake robbery' at art gallery as part of Youtube prank
The four men enacted fake art robberies at two major London art galleries in the same afternoon.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
“Devious and calculating predatory paedophile” gets 17-year sentence for rape of boy
Paul Blaikie, 38, had five years added to his jail term for being a “dangerous and manipulative individual” who poses a risk to children.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 19 November, 2015
WATCH: UK police release shocking new video of 1984 Libyan embassy shooting
A Libyan man has been arrested in connection with the killing of 25-year-old police officer Yvonne Fletcher.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 18 November, 2015
Armed police evacuate tube station after reports of man threatening passengers with scissors
Police said no one matching the man’s description was found.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 12 November, 2015
Rapist of two victims, one who was underage, jailed for 27 years
An additional eight years were added to Scott Beddall’s sentence as a ‘dangerousness tariff’.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
Man with Irish accent wanted in London for racist attack on a woman and her daughters
A group of men are accused of punching and racially abusing the woman and her daughters on a bus.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 10 November, 2015
14-year-old girl arrested over assault on elderly woman on London bus
The 87-year-old woman was punched in the face and received a black eye.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 3 November, 2015
Man arrested over nine linked sexual assaults in Clapham
The suspect is described as a man with dark hair and as being of Mediterranean or Middle-Eastern appearance.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 29 October, 2015
Man jailed for 24 years for raping 88-year-old woman in her bed
His elderly victim has been unable to return home, where she had lived for more than 20 years.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 15 October, 2015
Police officer shot in anti-gang raid in London
A man has been arrested.
# metropolitan-police - Friday 25 September, 2015
‘Devastated’ woman returns from holidays to find her daughter’s ashes have been stolen
The robbery happened in the London suburb of Croydon.
# metropolitan-police - Friday 28 August, 2015
Four arrested after 3-year-old is shot with air rifle
The toddler was playing in a park with her family when the incident happened.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 26 August, 2015
Man hands himself into police after video released of attack on cyclist
In the footage released yesterday the man can be seen shouting at and pushing the woman to the ground.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 25 August, 2015
Ex-MP calls child abuse inquiry a ‘homosexual witch hunt’
Harvey Proctor has denied all allegations made against him.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
Police in London are testing their response to an attack by terrorists with guns
The major exercise had been organised for six months but comes less than a week after Britons were killed in a terror attack in Tunisia.
# metropolitan-police - Monday 15 June, 2015
Man has top of ear bitten off in London assault
Police are appealing for information to help find the man responsible for the attack which happened in April.
# metropolitan-police - Saturday 6 June, 2015
Teacher convicted over 2,000 indecent images of children found on his computers
The teacher in Barnes in England was sentenced yesterday.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 9 April, 2015
Police scour ‘chaotic scene’ of massive London jewellery heist
Thieves climbed down a lift shaft to get into the vault at the weekend.
# metropolitan-police - Monday 2 March, 2015
Man killed girlfriend after she wouldn’t let him look at her Facebook account
Kane Boyce claimed his partner jumped out of a moving car and had a seizure.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 24 February, 2015
London schoolgirls fleeing to Islamic State militants have crossed into Syria
An estimated 550 Western women have travelled to join the militants Iraq and Syria.
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
Carlisle charged with drink-driving offence days before lorry incident
The former Professional Footballers’ Association chairman was seriously injured in an incident on the A64 near Bishopthorpe.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 18 December, 2014
UK police: We believe witness who says an MP murdered a boy during an “abuse party”
Police say it is “credible” that members of a ‘VIP paedophile ring’ murdered three boys between 1975 and 1984.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 20 November, 2014
Three men charged with plotting to behead a member of the public
They were inspired by a speech from an Islamic State group spokesman.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 9 October, 2014
Fifth male arrested in UK terrorism investigation
The arrest took place on Tuesday but was not disclosed at the time for operational reasons.
# metropolitan-police - Sunday 5 October, 2014
Body believed to be Alice Gross murder suspect removed from park after being found dead
The body, believed to be convicted killer, Arnis Zalkalns was found a mile from where the teenager’s body was found.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 25 September, 2014
Police reconstruct last known hours of missing Alice Gross (14)
The main suspect in the case is also missing.
# metropolitan-police - Monday 22 September, 2014
Missing London teen: Police search canal as suspect’s violent past emerges
Here’s how the disturbing case has unfolded so far…
# metropolitan-police - Monday 25 August, 2014
# metropolitan-police - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
37-year-old Irishman missing in London
John Dowdall from Co Clare is diabetic and police said he does not have his medication with him.
# metropolitan-police - Friday 13 June, 2014
Police found $8.5 million in a cupboard in London (but it could be fake)
That’s a whole lotta cash.
# metropolitan-police - Saturday 10 May, 2014
Woman arrested at Heathrow Airport for conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation
A 13-year-old girl travelling with her has been taken into care.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 24 April, 2014
Thieves break into bank, hack into computers and steal over £1.25 million…but get caught
The gang members carried out a number sophisticated cyber attacks on banks in London
Mother charged with murder of her three children
Tania Clarence has been charged with the murder of 4-year-old Olivia and 3-year-old twins Ben and Max.
# metropolitan-police - Sunday 30 March, 2014
Burglars steal baby’s ashes from parents’ home
Police say that the burglars may have believed that the small white casket was a jewellery box.
# metropolitan-police - Thursday 20 March, 2014
Patrick Halpin’s death was ‘as a result of a fall’ and ruled not suspicious
The 18-year-old was found dead near Leicester Square on 6 February after he had gone missing while on a DCU society trip.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 19 March, 2014
Man charged with murder of Irishman in London
Michael Hunt was found in a skip down a London alleyway on Saturday morning.
Madeleine McCann search: Police hunt intruder who sexually abused five children
Scotland Yard says it wants to identify a man who assaulted children in the area where Madeleine McCann went missing almost seven years ago.
# metropolitan-police - Saturday 22 February, 2014
Drive-by shooting at London’s Waterloo Bridge leaves man with head injuries
Police say that the surrounding Southbank area was busy with people enjoying their Friday night.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 12 February, 2014
Freddie Starr arrested for fourth time in UK sex abuse probe
Starr’s lawyer said today that he plans to file a High Court application for judicial review over the conduct of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.
# metropolitan-police - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
Video: Police shouted down after verdict in London riots case
There were angry scenes outside a London court this evening after a jury found that Mark Duggan had been lawfully killed.
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