Inner London Crown Court Sentencing Results

On 8 July 2018 around 5pm, a man in his 40s was walking home on Wandsworth Road, SW8, when two men at a bus stop attacked him. Christopher Shingler grabbed him from behind, strangled him, bit his leg, and stole his watch worth £6,800. Two days later on 10 July, a woman in her 40s was walking home from a park with her young children on Abbeville Road, SW4, when two men grabbed her, violently wrestled her, causing bruises and scratches, and stole her £11,250 Rolex. The woman and her children were left terrified to leave the house. Shingler was identified through DNA on the victims' wrists and a bite mark.

Bernard Collins, a former children's home worker, sexually abused three boys under 13 in his care at children's homes across Lambeth, Kingston, and Cardiff between 1976 and 1989. The homes included Fircroft Children's Home (Kingston), Rowan House, Shirley Oaks Children's Home (Lambeth), and Walker House Children's Home (Llanishen, South Wales). He was convicted of five counts of indecent assault after a seven-week trial at Inner London Crown Court.

On the early hours of Sunday, 26 May, Peter Reed and an accomplice broke into the home of an elderly man in his 70s in Southwark. They dragged him from his bed, tied him up, and demanded cash and jewellery while threatening him. The victim managed to break free and raise the alarm. Reed and his accomplice escaped with £15,000 worth of jewellery. Investigations revealed Reed had visited the house the night before asking for someone named Michael. Forensic evidence found his fingerprint on a clock inside the home. He was arrested on 7 June and later charged with robbery.

On Sunday 27 January 2024, the victim was walking through a train to Sevenoaks with her friend when Ninichuk grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit on the seat in front of him. She told him she was only 15-years-old in the hope it would stop his advances, but Ninichuk was not deterred and brazenly sexually assaulted her in a prolonged attack. The victim’s friend approached another passenger who intervened and invited the girls to sit with him. When the train reached Sevenoaks the victim’s friend alerted security staff who identified Ninichuk on the train. While he was with security staff Ninichuk spotted the victim who had been taken to safety in the station office and was trying to get near her, telling them “That’s my girlfriend!” Staff called British Transport Police who arrived and arrested him immediately.

Radu Dogaru and Adrian Alempi burgled a large Surrey mansion on 14 February 2026 while the homeowners were away for about 90 minutes. They entered through a first-floor window and stole jewellery, watches and designer goods valued at about £65,000. Three days later they were arrested after another break-in in Kingston, and a search of Dogaru's home uncovered items stolen from the first burglary.