UK News & Investigations

Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault in Hyde Park have released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to as part of their enquiries. On 31 August 2024 police received a report that a man in his 30s had been sexually assaulted around two months previously near Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park. The man reported being approached by another man, who demanded sex from him and then produced a knife. He reported that the suspect cut his abdomen when he refused and subsequen

POLICE have said there is no evidence to support the Epsom gang rape happening as reported. Full statement from Assistant Chief Constable for Local Policing Sarah Grahame: "Over the past week, there has been widespread speculation and commentary following a report of a rape in Epsom in the early hours of Saturday (11 April). We are aware of the strength of feeling this has created, and of the frustration caused by our limited public comment on the matter. During this time, we

THE Met Police's pledge to start 24/7 patrols of Leicester Square and Soho has been called into question after officers were unable to attend an alleged sexual assault on a woman for an hour and a half. The suspect was only arrested after private security officers from My Local Bobby (MLB), who had detained him and requested police attendance, marched him to a police station. The incident also raises questions about the Met's commitment to combatting violence and sex abuse ag

A man who subjected two young children to abuse over 15 years has been jailed following an investigation by Met detectives. Anthony Adewale Sobogun, 61 (04.03.65), of Thistlewood Crescent, Croydon was sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court today, Wednesday, 15 April. He had previously been found guilty of 17 non-recent sexual abuse offences against two children. The offending includes multiple incidents of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age

Humberside Police has closed a major investigation into child sex grooming gangs in Hull for the second time, bringing no charges. The first probe called Operation Marksman ran from 2019 to June 2021 when it closed with no charges even though 34 people had been arrested. Details of the first investigation were revealed by UK News and Investigations editor Jon Austin while he was Crime Editor of the Sunday Express. It was after a former social worker whistleblower alleged th

A JUDGE said two brothers who raped a woman after one of them was caught on camera forcing her into their property had no case to answer it has emerged. Marius Todoran, 40, (04.11.1985) (top right) and Vasile Todoran, 43 (18.06.82) (top left), both of Girton Avenue, Brent, were only jailed after the Court of Appeal overturned the judge's decision to stop their trial, paving the way for another one. The pair were sentenced today, Wednesday, 8 April 2026, at Kingston Crown Cour

The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs for England and Wales has formally received its mandate with its terms of reference published today, March 31 2026. Once they are laid before the House of Commons on 13 April, the Inquiry will begin its investigation into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children by grooming gangs across England and Wales. The Inquiry is chaired by Baroness Anne Longfield CBE, supported by panellists Zoë Billingham CBE and Eleanor Kell

THE former manager of Macclesfield FC's website, who was sacked after he pleaded guilty to offences involving indecent images of children, told police he inadvertently received the material after paying for what he thought was adult pornography, it can be revealed. Daniel Taylor, 31, who had been running its website, was dismissed after he admitted four offences involving indecent images of children at Crewe Magistrates' Court in February. Taylor, from Cranford Road, Wilmslow

More than 150 alleged victims have come forward to the Met Police investigation into claims of sex abuse by former Harrods boss the late Mohamed Al Fayed. The case relating to Mohamed Al Fayed is being progressed across three strands - the original investigation into Al Fayed, a forward looking investigation into any potential facilitators or enablers, and enquiries to establish whether any misconduct or corruption occurred. All reported offences are being considered. Special

A JUDGE branded a paedophile who was a key figure in twisted online child abuse groups that shared sex abuse material of children including babies as being in a "different statosphere of crimianlity" before jailing him for more than 11 years. Joao Teixeira, 26, (above) was found in possession of 17,005 indecent images of children on his devices, Lewes Crown Court heard today, during a National Crime Agency (NCA) probe into the use of Telegram and Signal by sick online crime g