London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
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A teacher who gave explicit books to a vulnerable pupil at Burlington House School in Fulham has avoided a teaching ban. Fiona Simpson was also found to have inappropriately struck the pupil and breached safeguarding.
Police carried out two controlled explosions in Hurlingham Park, Fulham, on October 16 after a suspected historic ordnance was discovered. Specialist officers attended the scene, and cordons have since been lifted.
A housekeeper of 11 years has been cleared of stealing jewellery from a Jordanian princess's central London home. Items were found at her Fulham residence, while her nephew is believed to have fled to Colombia.
Plans have been submitted to redevelop The Redback pub in Fulham, which closed five years after opening. The application seeks permission for an additional floor, rear extensions, and basement enlargement, with a local group hoping for an imaginative new concept.

A 47-year-old lorry driver who failed to see a cyclist while turning left on North End Road, Fulham, killing 60-year-old Zinovly Savyulak, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years. The Old Bailey heard Renshaw had not checked his mirrors properly before the collision on 15 December 2022.
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.