Category: London

Police in London Launch Manhunt for Gunman After Two Killed

Police in London are searching for a gunman who shot dead two men and critically injured a third in an incident in Ilford in the early hours of Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police said police were called to Henley Road in Ilford, in east London, just after midnight after residents called 999 and said shots had been…


‘Devout Christian’ Decapitated Friend After ‘Falling out Over Money,’ UK Jury Told

LONDON—A “devout Christian” murdered her friend, decapitated her, and dumped her headless body on a public footpath 200 miles away, where a family stumbled across it while on a holiday stroll, a jury in London has heard. Jemma Mitchell, 38, denies murdering Mee Kuen Chong, 67, and depositing her body and head near Salcombe in…


3 Stabbed in Central London in Suspected Robbery

Three people were taken to hospital on Thursday morning following a stabbing in central London, police said. A fourth victim was discharged after being treated at the scene outside 22 Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station, according to London Ambulance Service. The City of London Police said the incident is being treated as a suspected robbery,…


UK Man Accused of Murder Tells Jury He Ran After Victim Because He Was ‘Curious’

LONDON—A man on trial for murdering a gang member who was stabbed to death on a London street in broad daylight has told the jury he only chased after the victim because he saw others running and he was “curious.” Donte McCalla, 21, Tristan Bullock, also 21, and Darius Kwakye, 29, all deny murdering Salem…


3 Jailed for Life in Home-Side Homicide as Judge Doubts London Gang War Has Ended

Three men who launched a gang attack on rivals in north-west London have been jailed for life for the murder of their friend who was shot dead by the other side. Last month Issa Seed and Adel Yussuf, both 25, and Daniel Mensah, 30, were convicted of the murder of their friend, Billy “The Kid”…


Feuds Between Drill Gangs Could Hold Clue to Death of Chris Kaba

Earlier this month 24-year-old Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man, was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer in an incident which immediately triggered protests on the streets of London. The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) has said its homicide investigation into the shooting by a specialist firearms officer may take between six and nine months….


2 Commercial Planes Collide at London’s Largest Airport Just Before Take-Off

Two passenger planes collided with each other late on Wednesday on the tarmac while taxiing shortly before take-off at London’s Heathrow Airport, sparking an emergency response, the airport said. Heathrow confirmed to local media that the incident between two commercial aircraft happened around 8 p.m. local time on Sept. 28 and involved Icelandair and Korean…


Teenager’s Plan ‘Did Not Work out as He Hoped’ After He Was Murdered During Attack on Rival Gang, UK Jury Told

A gang member armed with an “enormous knife” who drove into enemy territory and stabbed a rival who was celebrating his birthday in the street, had the tables turned on him and was hacked to death by a group of nine men in south London, a murder trial jury has been told. Darius Kwakye, 29,…


Sabotage (1936)

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective’s cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel. Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “EpochTV” for 20% off. – Feature…


Queue Builds as up to 400,000 Expected for Queen’s Lying in State

A huge line has formed in central London as people queue up to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II—who died in Scotland on Thursday—ahead of her funeral on Monday. Up to 400,000 people are expected over the next four days to pass by the Queen’s coffin as she lies in state in Westminster Hall….