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London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
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A 19-year-old asylum seeker has been jailed for piloting an overcrowded and deflating dinghy across the English Channel carrying 165 people. Chan Atak was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court for endangering lives during the perilous journey.
A teenage asylum seeker has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of Farmanullah Sherzad in Westminster. Sulaiman Tajzai travelled from Leeds to carry out the fatal stabbing.
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.