28 m. ago Three Met officers face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, is handcuffed and marked with Taser

The elderly woman was handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London in 2023

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2 h. ago Three Met officers facing misconduct hearing after woman, 90, marked with Taser

The woman, who had dementia, was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, on May 9 2023.

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3 h. ago Met Police officers to face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, handcuffed and put in spit hood

A 90-year-old Black woman with dementia was ‘red-dotted’ with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood

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5 h. ago Lillie Clack: Distraught friend tells of terror before 100mph car crash that killed ‘popular princess’

Drunk driver Charlie Hilton, 25, was being chased by police before his Mercedes hit a tree and burst into flames in south London

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6 h. ago Rookie Met Police officer cracks £150k south London shoplifting ring with DNA trap

In a first-of-its-kind operation for the Met, the synthetic DNA allowed stolen goods to be uniquely identified and traced back to their original stores

Economics

25 h. ago Manhunt as film director, 69, murdered at home ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott had previously lived in Los Angeles where she ran a film production company and rubbed shoulders with the stars

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28 h. ago Manhunt as woman, 69, murdered at home ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott had been popular in the central London area, police said

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29 h. ago Met Police tutor dismissed after biting student on neck and touching her thigh

Pc Chris Lee was a Street Duties instructor/tutor on one of the force’s Borough Command Units.

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29 h. ago Met tutor dismissed after biting female student on neck and touching her thigh

Pc Chris Lee was a Street Duties instructor/tutor on one of the force’s Borough Command Units.

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32 h. ago Shocking moment teenage vandal breaks windscreen of police car in London

Large crowd cheer him on and film incident on mobile phones

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42 h. ago Cops failed to arrest US spy who killed Harry Dunn after 'prioritising her welfare'

Anne Sacoolas, who was able to leave the UK under diplomatic immunity laws 19 days after the crash that left 19-year-old Harry Dunn fatally injured, was not arrested at the scene after police believed the "necessity test" had not been met

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51 h. ago Charity boss found stabbed to death in house after gas explosion is named

Annabel Rook, 46, co-founded charity MamaSuze CIC, which supported refugee and migrant women who had fled domestic violence

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51 h. ago Charity boss found stabbed to death in house after gas explosion pictured

Annabel Rook, 46, co-founded charity MamaSuze CIC, which supported refugee and migrant women who had fled domestic violence

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56 h. ago Woman found stabbed to death in Stoke Newington home after 'gas explosion' as man arrested for murder

Man,44, arrested on suspcion of murder and two children taken to hospital as huge blast blows out window at home

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58 h. ago Suspected gas explosion at house sparks Met Police investigation

Suspected gas explosion at house sparks Met Police investigation  BBC

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59 h. ago Police investigating suspected gas explosion at home in Stoke Newington

The London Fire Brigade were called to a suspected gas explosion shortly before 5am in Stoke Newington

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3 d. ago Child Q: Officer who strip searched girl thought she was ‘doing the right thing’

The 15-year-old was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 2020 after being wrongly being accused of carrying cannabis.

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4 d. ago Man killed after falling from height at Lewisham DLR Station as Met Police launch investigation

The victim was sadly declared dead at the scene and his death is being treated as unexpected

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4 d. ago Voices: I’m a Met Police whistleblower – and these are the horror stories I’ve heard

It's not the life-and-death situations that make 'blue-light' work intolerable, it's the rogue employees who the forces won't sack, says former 999 call handler turned police conduct campaigner Issy Vine

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5 d. ago Woman convicted of murdering mother at child's birthday party in Stepney Green

Hope Rowe, 33, stabbed Charlotte Rowe outside a block of flats in East London after accusing the victim of hiding her keys

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