London Crime Briefing
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Gill Aggregates Limited has been fined £24,000 after a worker died in a conveyor entrapment incident at its Dagenham site. Manjit Kumar suffered fatal crush injuries in the June 2020 incident.
Metropolitan Police officers removed replica weapons from a property on Arden Crescent, Dagenham, on September 11. The items were from a personal collection and no arrests or injuries were reported.
Police have arrested ten people in Dagenham following a stabbing incident on Rusper Road. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing on September 10, finding a man in his 20s with arm injuries. Subsequent searches led to the recovery of suspected firearms and ten arrests.
Cannington Road in Dagenham was cordoned off by police on Tuesday, with a significant number of officers, including armed units, present. The reason for the police operation remains unclear.
A 16-year-old boy sustained stab injuries in Porters Avenue, Dagenham, on Thursday, September 3, following reports of a fight. Police arrested another 16-year-old at the scene.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after another teenager was stabbed in Dagenham. Police responded to reports of an altercation on Porters Avenue on September 3. The victim's injuries are not life-threatening.

Four men have been arrested in connection with an assault at a Dagenham pub that left a man in his 40s suffering a cardiac arrest. The victim's condition has since improved.

More than 80 residents of the Spectrum Building in Dagenham were made homeless by a fire on 26 August 2024. Two years later, many are still paying mortgages on their destroyed homes while awaiting insurance payouts and facing an uncertain future.

A man in his 40s has been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries following an assault at a pub on Heathway, Dagenham. Police were called to the scene on August 22nd and a crime scene remains in place.

Forensic services are present on Heathway in Dagenham due to an ongoing police incident. A cordon is in place as officers continue their work at the scene.

Charlie Stefano, 33, of Dagenham, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court for intentional strangulation and actual bodily harm. The attack on 13 February involved kicking, dragging, and phone destruction. Kent Police responded after the victim fled to a Chatham petrol station.

Eleven couriers, including four from London, have been convicted of attempting to smuggle £13.8 million worth of cannabis into the UK. The drugs were packed in 22 suitcases and seized at Birmingham Airport in August 2024. Sentencing dates are set for September and October 2026.

A 29-year-old teacher from Dagenham has been indefinitely barred from teaching after sending explicit messages to a child, including asking if she was a 'virgin'. Daniel Duhig received a suspended six-month prison sentence and must register as a sex offender for seven years.
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.