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London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
Subject
RSPCA
London Crime News has published 6 stories involving RSPCA, from August 2026 to October 2026. Each one is scored for how well the original reporting stood up, and lists the reports it was written from.
- Community Safety · Croydon
Croydon dog warden wins third consecutive RSPCA award
Croydon Council's dog warden, Tara Boswell, has received the RSPCA's platinum PawPrints Award for the third year in a row. She has served the borough for 17 years, dealing with an increase in abandoned French bulldogs and dogs abandoned due to financial hardship.
Croydon3 min readTrust 50 · Craft 65 · Hype 20 
Community Safety · GreenwichMarmoset rescued from Greenwich property after welfare concerns
A common marmoset monkey has been rescued from a property in Greenwich after being found living in a bird cage without an appropriate diet. The owner did not possess a licence to keep the primate.
Greenwich3 min readTrust 60 · Craft 65 · Hype 45
Courts · LewishamLewisham woman banned from keeping animals after dog's starvation
Vanessa Anne Kentfield has been banned from keeping animals after her dog, Rubic, was found in a skeletal condition, weighing less than half his healthy weight. The dog had previously been seen by vets in a starving state.
Lewisham3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 65 · Hype 41
Community Safety · Tower HamletsRSPCA seeks witnesses after dog dragged in Bow
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a man was filmed dragging a collapsed dog, wearing a veterinary cone, along a pavement in Bow. The incident is believed to have occurred in June.
Tower Hamlets2 min readTrust 42 · Craft 63 · Hype 41
Courts · CroydonThornton Heath woman banned for 10 years after dog starved to death
A Thornton Heath resident has been banned from owning dogs for a decade after her four-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier was euthanised due to severe emaciation. Ebony Hoyte-Griffith was sentenced at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on 24 July for failing to provide adequate nutrition and veterinary care.
Croydon4 min readTrust 64 · Craft 77 · Hype 22
Courts · BexleyBexleyheath man jailed for cat attack after suspended sentence
A 37-year-old Bexleyheath resident received an 18-week suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a cat named Nugget. Vasca was also banned from keeping animals for five years and ordered to pay compensation by September 2026.
Bexley4 min readTrust 44 · Craft 60 · Hype 30