MET Police officers will have to declare any membership they have ever had of any freemasonry group from today, December 11 2025. A consultation was held with officers following concerns freemasonry membership was compromisig some investigations - with a third of officers who responded opposing the move. The Met has now said any "hierarchical organisations that require members to support and protect each other" have been added to its declarable associations policy. Freemasonr

POLICE found a stash of seven hunting knives and a host of suspected stolen items in a car after a dramatic foot and car pursuit - but only after private security guards insisted officers attend the scene. An officer for private security firm My Local Bobby (MLB) saw two vehicles parked suspiciously close to each other with all doors open at the Palms Hotel off the A127 at Hornchurch on Wednesday, November 5, at just after 2pm. The officer had seen the same vehicles driving v

A LANDMARK Met investigation involving the single largest confirmed cryptocurrency seizure in the world – affecting thousands of victims – has seen two more people sentenced for their crimes. It follows a seven-year investigation by the Met’s Economic Crime team into international money laundering. Zhimin Qian, 47 (04.09.78), (above) of no fixed address was sentenced to 11 years and eight months imprisonment for one charge of possessing and one charge of transferring criminal

BLACK cab serial rapist John Worboys could be considered for release again by the end of the year despite being subject to a new police investigation into an alleged sex attack in the 1990s. A minimum six year jail term he received for sex attacks on four of his victims is due to end next month<December>and the Parole Board confirmed that an initial assessment into whether Worboys can have a fresh parole hearing to assess if he can be released is underway. But, it comes as La

A MET Police officer who shared messages about sexually abusing children has dodged a jail term. PC Duncan Bouette, attached to the North East Command Unit was arrested by the Met’s Central Specialist Crime Unit on Tuesday, 7 October 2025. On Wednesday, 8 October, he was charged with two counts under the Obscene Publications Act. PC Bouette appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 9 October where he pleaded guilty to both charges. The court heard how PC Bouette

THE manager of a luxury watch shop killed himself the day after it was robbed of over £1m worth of stock a court heard today. Oliver White, 27, (above) was tied up and robbed at the 247 Kettles store in Kew Road, Richmond on May 25 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Prosecuting, Edward Brown KC, said: "247 Kettles was a premises from which very high value watched were sold. The robbery was successful and a large number of very high value watches were taken. "The total value of

THIS is the first picture of a former Met Police officer who has been jailed for nine years after admitting being a mole for an organised crime gang and helping crooks to move about £5 million of cash. Neil Sinclair, 62, was jailed at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, October 21 2025, after he pleaded guilty in June to three counts of misconduct in public office and two counts of entering into an arrangement to facilitate the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal

​ A man who removed his court-issued tag to avoid being caught after burgling Damien Hirst's art studio in Hammersmith has been jailed. On Monday, 30 June 2025 Liam Middleton-Gomm (top right) broke into the premises on Rainville Road, Hammersmith and stole a number of high-value artworks including customised jackets designed by the renowned British artist, 60 (above left). After leaving the premises Middleton-Gomm travelled to and stayed at the home of his father, Leslie Gomm

A MAN has been charged with the murder of Rinneau Perrineau after he was fatally stabbed in Wandsworth. Muhammed Cabdiqaadir, 25 (05.10.2000), of Hope Street, Wandsworth, is due to appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today, Monday, 27 October 2025. He is also charged with possession of a bladed object. On Tuesday, 21 October at 3:26pm police were called to reports of a stabbing on Lavender Hill, Wandsworth. Paramedics treated 19-year-old Rinneau at the scene for

A TEENAGER who was left fighting for his life after being stabbed at Clapham Junction died on Friday. The Met Police has confirmed that a murder probe is underway and one arrest has since been made. At 3:26pm on Tuesday, 21 October, 2025, police officers attended Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, alongside the London Ambulance Service following reports of a stabbing. Members of the public tried to aid the victim first before security officers from My Local Bobby, who carry out patro