Iraqi Man Jailed for Arson Attacks on Essex Asylum Hotels
A 37-year-old Iraqi national, Rawand Abdulrahman, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for deliberately setting fires at two asylum seeker hotels in Essex. The attacks occurred in March 2025, with the first blaze at the Phoenix Hotel in North Weald causing extensive damage and forcing the evacuation of a hotel wing. Following relocation, Abdulrahman […]
Bedford Man Jailed for Forced Marriage and Sexual Abuse of Teen Girl
A 24-year-old man from Bedford has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for forcing a teenage girl into a marriage and sexually abusing her. Mohammed Al-Amin, from Saxon Way, Great Denham, was convicted at Luton Crown Court of forced marriage and sexual offences against a child under 18. Bedfordshire Police […]
Bedford Man Jailed for Forced Marriage and Sexual Abuse of Teen Girl
A 24-year-old man from Bedford has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for forcing a teenage girl into a marriage and sexually abusing her. Mohammed Al-Amin, from Saxon Way, Great Denham, was convicted at Luton Crown Court of forced marriage and sexual offences against a child under 18. Bedfordshire Police […]
Bedford Man Jailed for Forced Marriage and Sexual Abuse of Teen Girl
A 24-year-old man from Bedford has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for forcing a teenage girl into a marriage and sexually abusing her. Mohammed Al-Amin, from Saxon Way, Great Denham, was convicted at Luton Crown Court of forced marriage and sexual offences against a child under 18. Bedfordshire Police […]
Southampton Man Charged After Knife Found in Derby Road Police Stop
A 24-year-old man from Southampton has been charged with possession of a knife in a public place after police recovered the weapon during a stop in Derby Road on Wednesday evening. Police Stop In Southampton Officers stopped Amar Ahmed, of College Place, Southampton, at around 6.30pm on 22 April after spotting suspicious behaviour. The police […]
Two Men Jailed for Supplying 9mm Pistol in Essex Firearm Crackdown
Essex Police’s Serious and Organised Crime team has secured a combined 12-year jail term for two men convicted of supplying and possessing a 9mm Luger pistol and over 50 bullets in Essex. The firearm was handed over in Thornwood in July 2023, triggering a swift police response and a significant firearms seizure. Thornwood Firearm […]
Two Men Jailed for Supplying 9mm Pistol in Essex Firearm Crackdown
Essex Police’s Serious and Organised Crime team has secured a combined 12-year jail term for two men convicted of supplying and possessing a 9mm Luger pistol and over 50 bullets in Essex. The firearm was handed over in Thornwood in July 2023, triggering a swift police response and a significant firearms seizure. Thornwood Firearm […]
Two Men Jailed for Supplying 9mm Pistol in Essex Firearm Crackdown
Essex Police’s Serious and Organised Crime team has secured a combined 12-year jail term for two men convicted of supplying and possessing a 9mm Luger pistol and over 50 bullets in Essex. The firearm was handed over in Thornwood in July 2023, triggering a swift police response and a significant firearms seizure. Thornwood Firearm […]
Migrant Jailed for Sex Assault on Child at Acton Hotel
A 30-year-old migrant with admitted Taliban links has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at a taxpayer-funded hotel in Acton, west London, last September. Afsar Safi, who arrived in the UK in 2021 and whose asylum claim citing Taliban affiliation was rejected, lured the child away from her […]
Migrant Jailed for Sex Assault on Child at Acton Hotel
A 30-year-old migrant with admitted Taliban links has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at a taxpayer-funded hotel in Acton, west London, last September. Afsar Safi, who arrived in the UK in 2021 and whose asylum claim citing Taliban affiliation was rejected, lured the child away from her […]