Britain Today.

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Just a taster of Britain today -taken from the London Metropolitan Police website.
There's lots more in the link and in my view, tells you the state of the capital and enforces Wallfire's comments
regarding the UK.
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'Homicide detectives investigating the death of two children in Ilford have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
The 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, 29 April at a London hospital where he is currently receiving
treatment. He remains in hospital under police guard.
Police were called to the address at around 17:30hrs to reports of a man and two children having been injured.

The children were found suffering from knife wounds.
19-month-old Pavinya was pronounced dead at the scene and three-year-old Nigish was taken to hospital b
 London Ambulance Service [LAS] where he subsequently died...'
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'Detectives investigating the murder of David Gomoh in Newham are releasing an image of a vehicle found
abandoned after his murder as they work to trace his killers. David Gomoh, who was aged 24 and had earned
a marketing degree from London Southbank University, was stabbed to death at around 22:25hrs on Sunday,
26 April, just seconds after leaving his home...'
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'A murder investigation has been launched after a man found with stab injuries in Putney died.
Police were called at around 17:35hrs on Wednesday, 15 April to reports of a 42-year-old man with injuries in
Huntingfield Road, SW15.
The man was taken to hospital for treatment but died on Friday, 24 April.
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His next of kin have been informed and the deceased has been named as Ralph Gibson – 42, from Putney.
Three men – [A] aged 31; aged 24 and [C] aged 20 – were arrested on suspicion of GBH and have been
bailed pending further enquiries...'
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'Detectives investigating the fatal shooting in Enfield have charged a man with murder.
Dorian Steele, 18, of St John's Terrace, Enfield, was charged on 23 April with the murder of 29-year-old
Abdullahi Mahmoud, who died on 19 March after he suffered fatal shotgun wounds in Hertford Road, EN3.
Steele is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Friday, 24 April.
Three other men have also been arrested as part of the murder investigation...'
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'Robert Barrow 54 of Chigwell, Essex was charged on Friday, 18 April with the murder of Tahereh Pirali-Dashti,
40, and the assault of a 56-year-old man. He appeared at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Saturday,
19 April and was remanded in custody...'
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'Police were called at 17:47hrs on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 after 47-year-old Steven Brown was found suffering
from a stab injury in Matthias Road, Stoke Newington. Police administered CPR prior to the arrival of London 
Ambulance Service, but despite their efforts Steven died at the scene at 18:10hrs. A post-mortem examination held
at Poplar Mortuary gave cause of death as a stab wound to the heart and haemorrhage...'
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'Daniel Briceno-Garcia, 44 of Dorset Road, SW8 was charged on Thursday, 2 April with two counts of murder.
He appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 3 April and was remanded into custody. [Stabbings]...'
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'A man charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Walthamstow has appeared in court.
Rizwan Abassi – 31 of Alexandra Road, E17 was charged, on Thursday, 2 April, with the murder of 35-year-old
Tomas Macionis. Abassi  appeared in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 2 April...'
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'Adelani Bepo – 28 of Three Colt Street, E14 was charged on Sunday, 29 March with the murder of Shadika
Mohsin Patel. He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 30 March. [Stabbing]...'
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'Four men have been convicted in connection with the murder of Kwasi Mensah-Ababio, who was shot dead
in a case of mistaken identity in the summer of 2019. Alhassan Jalloh, 21 of Stonebridge Park, NW10,
Karlos Garcia 23 of Stonebridge Park, NW10 and Rene Montaque, 35 of Edgware all appeared at the Old
Bailey today, Monday, 23 March, and were convicted of murder.
Taalib Rowe 25 of Luton appeared and the same day and was convicted of manslaughter...'
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'16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Damani Mauge in Croydon has appeared in court.
The teenager, from Mitcham, was arrested on Sunday, 15 March. He was charged with attempted robbery
and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. [Stabbing]...'
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'A man has been arrested following the fatal stabbing of Ricardo Fuller in Ilford.
The 21-year-old man was arrested on Saturday, 14 March on suspicion of assisting an offender. [Stabbing]...'
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'A man has been charged with the murder of his mother in Southwark.
Officers were called by London Ambulance Service at 06:30hrs on Sunday, 8 March to a residential address in
Blakes Road SE15 after Vanita Nowell, aged 68, was found unresponsive. Cause of death was given as head
injuries and respiratory failure.
Andrew Shepherd 47 of Blakes Road, SE15, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into
custody...'
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'Homicide detectives investigating the murders of two cousins in London just six months apart are appealing for
the public’s help in the bringing their killers to justice. Cafer Aslan, aged 54, was found suffering fatal gunshot
injuries on Westminster Road at the junction with Bounces Road in Enfield on Wednesday, 23 August 2017.

Six months later, his cousin, 41-year-old Bulent Kabala, died after being shot on Mount Pleasant, near Edgeworth
Road, in Barnet on Monday, 12 February 2018. Both men were of Turkish origin and lived in Enfield at the time
they were killed...'
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'Detectives are investigating following a fatal stabbing in Greenwich. Police were called at 15:28hrs today to
Academy Road, junction with Shooters Hill, Woolwich, to reports of a man with stab injuries.
Despite the efforts of passers-by, police and paramedics, the man died at the scene...'
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'A teenager has been found guilty of the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in Stratford. On Thursday, 12 March [2020],
a 16-year-old male from south London was found guilty of the murder of schoolboy Michael Irving following a trial
at the Old Bailey. The court heard how Michael, 15, of Woolwich, was lured to his death as part of a plan sinisterly
executed by the teenager and a 15-year-old accomplice, who had previously admitted murder...'
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Detectives investigating the murder of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen are renewing their appeals for
the person sought in connection with her death to return to the UK. It is now 12 years since 23-year-old Martine was
killed in central London after spending the night with friends on 14 March 2008.

Farouk Abdulhak, who is now aged 33, was quickly identified by the investigation team as a suspect for Martine’s
murder. Abdulhak fled the UK within hours of Martine’s death, travelling to Egypt and then on to Yemen...'
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'A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a father-of-two, 15 years after he was brutally
attacked in Acton. Rajesh Verma was assaulted by a group of up to eight men, close to the entrance of Acton Park,
opposite Birkbeck Grove, W3, on 31 August 2003.
As a result of the attack, which involved the use of a set of garden shears found nearby, Rajesh, aged 42 at the time,
suffered severe brain damage...'
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Just a glimpse into the city John Cleese believed was no longer 'English' and as an extra treat, here's the latest one.

Harrods stabbing: Man denies murder of student outside Knightsbridge store.



'A man has denied murdering a student outside the Harrods department store in Knightsbridge.
Badir Rahim Alnazi, 23, is accused of attacking 20-year-old Mohamed Abdullah Al Araimi on 5 December
last year.

Mr Al Araimi had been walking with a friend following a meal out when they were set upon.
The King's College politics and economics student was pronounced dead in the early hours of 6 December.
His brother Salem Abdullah Al Araimi said in a family statement: "Our hearts are eternally broken."

Mr Alnazi also denied wounding with intent, the attempted robbery of valuables worth £41,610 and possession
of a bladed article. The defendant, of Beaconsfield Road, Brent, north-west London, entered his pleas at the
Old Bailey on Friday. He was remanded in custody and will appear for trial on 6 July...'

BBC:

Whoops! nearly forgot!
(Friday night, 1st May 2020)

Boy, 11, shot and man injured in Upminster.

'A boy aged 11 has potentially life-changing injuries after being shot in east London, police have said.
Police found the boy and a man in his 40s injured at a property in Kerry Drive, Upminster, at about 21:30 BST.

The man had cuts to his head but it unclear what had caused his injuries. The boy's injuries are said to be
"not life-threatening".A number of people fled the scene before officers arrived. No arrests have been made.
Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them...'

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