3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (475+ words) A drug dealer was busted after texts advertising the "fattest packets" of cocaine were found on his phone during a stop and search, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Navid Jamshidi, from Eltham, was not long out of prison when officers stopped…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (678+ words) A mum has recalled the frightening moment her son "bit a chunk out of his tongue" after he fell inside an alleged slippery funfair ride. Parent Rochelle said her son Khalid, 5, was inside the funhouse attraction at Woolwich Common Funfair…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (338+ words) A driver appeared in court of hitting three cyclists and killing two after he “lost control” of his white Ford Focus in Gravesend. Stephen Anscomb, 60, and Natasha Lewis, 51, died of “traumatic and catastrophic” injuries following a crash on Sole Street…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (168+ words) An Erith woman has been sentenced after she admitted cheating the benefits system by dishonestly claiming housing and support payments while she was a student. Gaye Graham, 59, submitted claims for both Employment and Support Allowance (ELA) and housing benefit in…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (229+ words) A Mottingham woman who claimed council-funding for a carer who didn’t exist has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds. Tracy Stratton, 57, pleaded guilty to one charge of fraud after she dishonestly applied for social care payments from the Royal…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1025+ words) A paedophile martial arts teacher who abused a child in front of her own mum, a drill rapper who escaped custody twice in a week, and a thug who tried to kill two women are among the south London criminals…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (471+ words) A fly-tipper has been fined £1,000 for dumping waste in Greenwich. The offender was caught after residents came forward with crucial video evidence in Avery Hill. Large items including a mattress were captured being dumped from a vehicle, but the registration…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (366+ words) Ex-pop star Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11. Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is accused of offences against the girl between 1978 and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (158+ words) An Orpington man has been jailed after he sent his elderly nan a series of abusive and threatening texts. Luke Priestman was sentenced at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday (August 24). The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to to harassment without violence, sending…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (108+ words) A driver accused of causing a fatal crash has appeared in court. Grzegorz Dziegiel, 50, of Lewisham, is charged with causing the death of Ghulan Malik due to careless or inconsiderate driving. It follows an incident on Leyton High Road on…...