Isleworth Crown Court Sentencing Results

Rosa Hicks, as part of a Just Stop Oil group, planned to cut through the perimeter fence at Heathrow Airport on July 24, 2023, using tools such as angle grinders, glue, cable ties, and high-visibility vests. The group intended to enter the airport, attach themselves to objects, and cause unprecedented disruption to flights and operations as part of an international campaign called Roads to Runways. Police intercepted them before any breach occurred, and no harm was caused.

William Goldring, as part of a Just Stop Oil group, planned to cut through the perimeter fence at Heathrow Airport on July 24, 2023, using tools such as angle grinders, glue, cable ties, and high-visibility vests. The group intended to enter the airport, attach themselves to objects, and cause unprecedented disruption to flights and operations as part of an international campaign called Roads to Runways. Police intercepted them before any breach occurred, and no harm was caused.

Luke Watson, as part of a Just Stop Oil group, planned to cut through the perimeter fence at Heathrow Airport on July 24, 2023, using tools such as angle grinders, glue, cable ties, and high-visibility vests. The group intended to enter the airport, attach themselves to objects, and cause unprecedented disruption to flights and operations as part of an international campaign called Roads to Runways. Police intercepted them before any breach occurred, and no harm was caused.

Ali Al Nawab, 44, transported criminally obtained cash from London to Dubai on eight different flights in 2020, concealing several million pounds of bank notes in suitcases. This was part of an organised crime group that arranged 85 cash courier trips over an 18-month period, with a total of around £104 million flown out of the UK.

Ali Al-Nawab was involved in a money laundering network that smuggled more than £100million from the UK to the UAE using suitcases. He made two journeys in March 2020, checking in nine suitcases containing £3.2million. The network collected cash from criminal groups around the UK, primarily profits from drug dealing, which was then vacuum-packed and sprayed with coffee or air fresheners to evade detection.

Mehdi Amrollahibyouki, 41, transported criminally obtained cash from London to Dubai on eight different flights in 2020, concealing several million pounds of bank notes in suitcases. This was part of an organised crime group that arranged 85 cash courier trips over an 18-month period, with a total of around £104 million flown out of the UK.

Shaheen Chishti, 54, of Foxglove Street, W12, met the victim at work in 2016 and pursued a pattern of sexual harassment through email and social media platforms. Despite a police caution in December 2016, he continued messaging the victim. In September 2022, he contacted her again via a work application, revealing he retained her personal details. In the following year, he contacted the victim’s mother, sharing explicit details of intended sexual acts and threats to throw the victim into water, knowing she could not swim. The harassment spanned seven years, including threats to the victim and her family. Chishti was arrested upon returning to the UK from India on 23 January 2023, bailed with conditions not to contact the victim, but breached them and was re-arrested on 5 October 2023. Evidence from seized mobile phones confirmed the extensive messages.

Constantinos Zavros was part of a gang that plotted to smuggle 58kg of cannabis from the US into the UK. The plan included stealing the drugs from recruited women at a London airport on January 11, 2023. He was identified through WhatsApp group chats and arrested in April 2023.

Koby Haik was involved in a conspiracy to import and supply 58kg of cannabis from the US, including plans to steal the drugs at a London airport on January 11, 2023. He was part of a WhatsApp group coordinating the operation and advised on selling the drugs. During his arrest on April 5, 2023, he armed himself with a baseball bat and fired two shots from an imitation firearm at officers.

On August 22, 2022, in the early hours, Rida Kazem, 24, was driving a black Range Rover Sport SVR at speeds up to 110 mph in a 40 mph zone on the A40 westbound near Ealing, Greater London, while showing off to passengers one victim, 33, and another victim, 26. He lost control, crashing through a Tesla dealership and onto the railway tracks at Park Royal tube station. One victim died from her injuries, the other victim suffered serious injuries including a broken arm and leg, and Kazem's left leg was amputated below the knee.

Paige Henry was involved in money laundering related offences as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Samantha Horst was involved in money laundering related offences as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Craig Bramall was involved in money laundering related offences as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Bridget Jane Taylor was involved in money laundering related offences as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Roger Hallam conspired with others, including eco-activists, to fly drones near Heathrow Airport as part of the Heathrow Pause protest in September 2019. The plan aimed to close the airport indefinitely until the Government reversed plans for a third runway, intending to cause massive disruption to flights and public order without harming lives. Documents showed intentions for prolonged closure, leading to significant policing costs exceeding £1 million.

Larch Maxey conspired with Roger Hallam and others to fly drones near Heathrow Airport in September 2019 under the Heathrow Pause protest. The group intended to shut down the airport to pressure the Government to abandon plans for a third runway, aiming for viral publicity and arrests, which would cause inevitable chaos and disruption to public flights without endangering lives.

Michael Lynch-White conspired with Roger Hallam, Larch Maxey, and others to unlawfully fly drones near Heathrow Airport in September 2019 as part of the Heathrow Pause protest. The intention was to close the airport to air traffic until the Government reversed plans for a third runway, causing significant public disruption and requiring extensive policing efforts, though no actual disruption to flights occurred.

Nicola Esson was involved in a money laundering related offence as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Muhammed Ilyas was involved in a money laundering related offence as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Jo-Emma Larvin was involved in a money laundering related offence as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Beatrice Auty was involved in money laundering related offences as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Amy Harrison was involved in a money laundering related offence as part of a series of related cases involving the transportation of criminally obtained cash out of the UK, totalling £104 million.

Neil Corbel, 40, secretly filmed at least 19 women without consent using covert cameras disguised as everyday items like a phone charger, clock, glasses, air freshener, and tissue box during fake photo shoots and encounters with escorts. He posed as an airline pilot named Harrison and arranged the shoots online between January 2017 and February 2020 in London, Manchester, and Brighton. He was caught after a victim suspected a digital clock during a nude photoshoot at a London hotel on 24 January 2020 and reported it to police, leading to the discovery of spying devices and recordings of 51 women at his home.

Since 2010, Salim Mussa Patel rented flats and outbuildings without planning permission in Southall. Between 2010 and 2015, Ealing Council served 18 planning enforcement notices for converting dwellings into multiple flats and using rear outbuildings as self-contained units. In April 2017, officers and police raided six properties, finding breaches including a family of four in a single damp and mouldy room with hazardous wiring, and 18 people in a three-bedroom dwelling. He ignored six enforcement notices and continued receiving rental income.

Brian Odour was caught by police officers with a fully working firearm and four rounds of ammunition, leading to his conviction and sentencing.

Stephen Burton, 55, formerly of Frieth Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was arrested after officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate raided his London hotel room on 14 February 2019. They recovered gold bars, Krugerrand coins and other precious metals worth £742,544, silver coins valued at £8,460, over £53,000 in cash plus €14,120 in euros, five designer watches worth £110,000, 500 lottery tickets, two passports in his name with different birthdates and countries, and several forged identity documents. He admitted buying the luxury items to hide the proceeds of crime.

Surinder Kaur Sethi, 61, of Frogmore Avenue, converted a three-bedroom house in Balmoral Drive, Hayes, west London, worth in the region of £400,000, into two self-contained flats without planning permission following a tip-off to Hillingdon Council’s planning enforcement officers. She received £142,490 in rent from the unlawful flats.

On 7 December at around 8am, in a multi-storey car park at Heathrow Terminal 3, members of the group wore face coverings and dark clothing and discharged a substance believed to be CS spray inside a lift. The gas spread as the lift reached the ground floor, affecting members of the public and workers nearby; five people were taken to hospital and Terminal 3 was closed for several hours. The group later followed two women to the airport taxi forecourt, threatened violence and took their suitcases. One woman was sprayed directly in the face with CS gas at close range. The stolen suitcases were never recovered.

Varun Bhardwaj and Anand Tripathi imported class A and B drugs (cocaine and cannabis) and cigarettes hidden in shipments of perishable goods. A 999 call from a Somerset farmer near Bridgwater discovered 189kg of cocaine worth £15m in an April 2022 animal feed delivery shipped from Colombia to London Gateway Port; Tatab Ltd handled customs clearance. Another container at Felixstowe held 49kg cocaine in oranges from South Africa (£4m). Further shipments in September 2021 and January 2022 concealed cocaine and cannabis in yams. Three cigarette shipments (18,680,000 cigarettes) from February to October 2022 in Bombay mix, coir fibre and biscuits evaded £9.7m excise and customs duty. Total drugs street value £28.9m. Supported by SWROCU, Metropolitan Police, UK Border Force, HMRC and NCA.