A Former Met Police officer was today, Friday 31 October 2025, sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting a series of serious corruption offences. Neil Sinclair, 62, was jailed at Southwark Crown Court 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 property by or on behalf of another person. It followed an investigation directed by the...

Three teenage drug runners have been convicted of killing a 51-year-old man, after selfies and videos taken on the night were used to place them at the scene. Anthony Marks, 51, was hit with a car bonnet before being chased down, stamped on and beaten with a gin bottle in a vicious county lines retribution attack. He was found by the Met Police with serious injuries to his face and arms at King’s Cross Station at around 05:25am on Saturday, 10 August 2024. He died from his injuries in...

MANCHESTER synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie was repeatedly shot by police after he ran "aggressively" towards armed police brandishing a knife and wearing what looked like a suicide belt, an inquest heard. The 35-year-old was shot just minutes after he launched an attack with a car and knife at Heaton Park synagogue in the Crumpsall area on 2 October 2025. The inquest was opened and adjourned at Manchester Coroner's Court today, October 31. The court heard Al-Shamie was identified at the...