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London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
Subject
Crown Prosecution Service
London Crime News has published 6 stories involving Crown Prosecution Service, from July 2026 to August 2026. Each one is scored for how well the original reporting stood up, and lists the reports it was written from.
Courts · LambethLambeth Man Charged Under Serious Crime Act Over Take Back Power Links
A 25-year-old man from Lambeth has been charged with encouraging or assisting offences under the Serious Crime Act 2007. The charge relates to a Metropolitan Police investigation into the activist group Take Back Power, which has claimed responsibility for criminal damage at high-profile London sites.
Lambeth5 min readTrust 44 · Craft 52 · Hype 30- Violent Crime · Lambeth
Arthur Clifton charged with encouraging theft and criminal damage linked to Take Back Power
Arthur Clifton, of Gipsy Road, Lambeth, has been charged under the Serious Crime Act 2007 for allegedly encouraging theft and criminal damage. The charge follows a Metropolitan Police investigation into the group Take Back Power, which has claimed responsibility for high-profile stunts in London.
Lambeth4 min readTrust 42 · Craft 55 · Hype 15 - Policing · London
Police legal database hacked: 100,000 officers' details posted on the dark web
Around 100,000 UK police officers and staff have had their names, contact details and force affiliations published on the dark web after a breach of the Police National Legal Database. No force-by-force breakdown has been released, and no official statement has yet named the scale of the Metropolitan Police's exposure.
London2 min read 
Courts · HackneyEx-nurse extradited from Barbados over Hackney hospital sex charges
A former nurse has been extradited from Barbados and charged with unlawful sexual activity with a woman treated for a mental disorder at Homerton Hospital in Hackney. Jason Forde, 56, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 31 July 2026 and was remanded in custody ahead of a Wood Green Crown Court hearing on 25 August.
Hackney4 min readTrust 42 · Craft 55 · Hype 35- Courts · London
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London7 min read - Policing · Islington
Islington Man Charged Under National Security Act for RAF Akrotiri Surveillance
A 44-year-old Islington resident has been charged under the National Security Act for allegedly conducting hostile surveillance at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus between May and June 2025. Rashad Sultanov is accused of sharing information with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Extradition proceedings are underway.
Islington4 min readTrust 42 · Craft 55 · Hype 15