London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
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King Charles has stripped Hounslow landlord Nirpaul Riat of his OBE. The honour was removed after Riat was fined £300,000 in 2023 for renting out properties in squalid conditions, bringing the honours system into disrepute.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Omar Marmoush has been convicted and fined after failing to insure his McLaren 720S. The DVLA prosecuted the player after he did not pay a fixed penalty fine issued in June.
An aggregates company has been fined £24,000 after a worker died in a conveyor incident. Gill Aggregates Ltd admitted breaching regulations at Snaresbrook Crown Court and was ordered to pay £43,000 in costs.
Two property managers have been ordered to pay £100,000 in fines and costs after 21 people, including a baby, were discovered living in a dangerously overcrowded and unsafe house in Wembley. Brent Council uncovered numerous fire safety breaches and poor living conditions.
Transport for London has been fined £2 million after a 74-year-old woman, Grace Mecaley, died when struck by a bus on a pedestrian crossing in Walthamstow. The Health and Safety Executive found TfL failed to ensure safe circulation for pedestrians and vehicles at the bus station.
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.