Snaresbrook Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 247 verdicts at Snaresbrook Crown Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Ashraf Khan

Rape *

Sentence

15 years imprisonment

On 11 August 2021, the 13-year-old victim and her 14-year-old friend went to a shop on Abbey Road, Barking. Ashraf Khan, 39, of Emily Duncan Place, Forest Gate E7, approached the girls and began talking to them. He went on to rape one of the girls before fleeing the scene. The incident was reported to police on 30 September 2021. Officers traced his identity via Snapchat handle he provided, noting his house was a 60-second walk from the scene. He was arrested.

Convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following a trial at the same court in November 2023. Admitted being with the girls but denied the offences.

1 Jan 0001

Azar Irshad

Food hygiene offences and bribery *

Sentence

39 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months, 200 hours unpaid work, and £2,400 costs

Azar Irshad, the owner of Barking Halal Meat & Fish, was found to be selling poor quality chicken that breached food hygiene regulations during a routine inspection in August 2019. Council officers were offered bribes and provided with fake receipts to disguise the supply chain. A warrant for his arrest had been in place since February 2020 after he failed to attend a court hearing in September 2021, when his company was fined £40,000. He was ultimately sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 24 March 2023.

Also received a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from working in the food industry. He had previously failed to attend court and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

1 Jan 0001

Aqeel Smith

Kidnap *

Sentence

eight years’ imprisonment

On 25 October 2018, shortly after 22:30hrs, Carlos Boente and Aqeel Smith kidnapped a man at gunpoint from outside his home in Leyton, E10, and dragged him into a vehicle. They threatened him with a gun to his chest and throat, and a knife to his head, while blackmailing his family for a ransom of between £2,000 and £5,000 via calls from the victim's phone. The hostage was released after a two-hour ordeal with minor injuries. The victim had previously met the suspects and undertaken work repairing mobile phones for them. The suspects were identified via call data, CCTV, and vehicle forensics, and arrested in October 2018 in possession of the victim’s mobile phone and a replica firearm.

Found guilty of kidnap, possession of a firearm whilst committing a Schedule 1 offence, blackmail and theft following a three-week trial.

1 Jan 0001

Alan Waters

Sexual abuse of children *

Sentence

8 years imprisonment

Between 1971 and 1981, Alan Waters sexually abused four boys whilst working as a sea cadet instructor. The four boys were sea cadets aged 11-15 at the time of the offences. On different occasions throughout the ten-year period, Waters took advantage of his high ranking position as an officer and sexually assaulted the boys when alone with them and when they were vulnerable. The first incident was reported in 2006 but not proceeded with as Waters was imprisoned in India; a second allegation in 2016 led to the investigation, followed by two more victims in 2017.

Aged 73 at sentencing (DOB 07.08.48). Previously served a term of imprisonment in India for child sex offences. Four victims came forward between 2006 and 2017.

1 Jan 0001

Anthony Allen

Sexual assault of a child under 13 *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Anthony Allen, a scout leader from Plaistow, Newham, sexually abused eight boys aged 8-16 from the 25th Newham East Scout Group over four years (January 2013 to September 2017) at homes, scout clubs, and camps in Essex, Kent, and Wales. He groomed victims via texts, exploited scout activities, and abused them hundreds of times, including one boy up to 100 times. Also made and possessed indecent images/videos of children.

Pleaded not guilty, convicted after trial. Also sentenced for making and possessing indecent images of children.

1 Jan 0001

Alice Mcbrearty

Sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust *

Sentence

16 months imprisonment

Alice McBrearty, a 23-year-old teacher, admitted a four-month sexual relationship with a 15-year-old pupil she taught at an east London school. The relationship began when she sent the boy a friend request on Facebook. They kissed in a classroom, had sex at her parents' home in Wanstead Park, east London, met in a hotel room she booked, and had sexual contact in several locations. The boy felt special and appeared besotted. The relationship ended when the boy's father contacted police.

Pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust. Judge Sheelagh Canavan described it as a gross breach of trust.

1 Jan 0001

Aloke Kundu

VAT fraud *

Sentence

two and a half years imprisonment

Aloke Kundu, 45, from Romford, created bogus paperwork for companies owned by his relatives using his Tax Giant Ltd accountancy practice to submit 12 fraudulent VAT repayment claims between August 2016 and October 2017, dishonestly reclaiming £96,000 and attempting to steal a further £64,000 which was withheld by HMRC.

Pleaded guilty to VAT fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 14th January 2022.

1 Jan 0001

Amir Butt

Fraud *

Sentence

7 years in prison

Amir Butt and Ammar Hussain operated a sophisticated large-scale illicit streaming service trading as Tech & Sat Ltd, Techsat and Tech + Sat, harvesting and distributing pay-TV content from broadcasters including Sky, providing users access to thousands of movies and pay-per-view content without legitimate subscriptions. Butt had a commercial-grade stream harvesting setup in an outbuilding of his home, fed by business-fibre broadband, including dozens of set-top boxes, multiple encoders and equipment to remove security watermarks. The defendants received hundreds of thousands of pounds, with potential losses to the legitimate broadcast industry estimated at £9 million.

Found guilty in his absence after failing to appear at trial. Considered the ringleader of the operation. The case was privately prosecuted by Ari Alibhai on behalf of Sky.

1 Jan 0001

Andrew Costa-Freeman

Stalking causing serious alarm or distress *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Andrew Costa-Freeman met the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, through friends in 2015. After she rejected his romantic advances and told him to stop contacting her, he bombarded her with messages over several years via WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Despite a police harassment warning in March 2019, he escalated his behaviour, sending over 520 messages in just five days, including aggressive and sexually explicit content. He also breached a court-imposed restraining order.

Pleaded guilty to stalking causing serious alarm or distress and breaching a court order. Had previously received a harassment warning and had an earlier conviction for harassment.

1 Jan 0001

Abdul Nadher Kayum

Sexual assault *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Abdul Nadher Kayum committed a series of sexual offences in the Bow area over four weeks from August 31 to September 28, 2021. On each occasion, the 19-year-old, who wore a mask, cycled up behind lone women, either exposing himself or sexually assaulting them. He masturbated during four incidents, either while cycling past or hiding in doorways or dark spaces, and asked some victims to sexually pleasure him for money. He followed victims for substantial periods when they ran away.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault, five counts of indecent exposure and one count of outraging public decency. Issued with a sexual harm prevention order for five years and placed on the sexual offences register for 10 years.

1 Jan 0001

Abdur Rahat

Kidnap and false imprisonment *

Sentence

eight years’ imprisonment

Part of a group that kidnapped a man in his 20s from Bethnal Green on 28-29 February 2020 over a money dispute. Accompanied victim to Buckhurst Street, threatened him with a knife.

Denied the offences but was convicted following a two-week trial on 30 July 2021.

1 Jan 0001

Abraham Berger

Multiple child sexual abuse offences *

Sentence

14 years imprisonment

Abraham Berger, a 40-year-old member of the Skver Hasid community in Hackney, London, originally from New York, led a double life sexually abusing young children and sharing indecent material online. He pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court to sexual attacks on a boy and a girl, both under 10, and possession and distribution of child abuse imagery. Police found approximately 1,600 indecent images and 127 videos on his phone, many first-generation, and he actively participated in an instant messaging group dedicated to exchanging such content. The Metropolitan Police described him as a 'dangerous, predatory offender'. Following his 14-year custodial sentence, he will be subject to four years on licence upon release.

Pleaded guilty to multiple child sexual abuse offences, including attacks on children under 10, possession of over 1,600 indecent images and 127 videos, and distribution. He will be subject to four years on licence upon release.

1 Jan 0001

Akram Hussain

Breach of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 *

Sentence

Fined £5,000 and ordered to repay £129,755.15

Akram Hussain, 57, of Bedford Road in Walthamstow, converted his three-bedroom family home in Glenny Road, Barking, into a one-bedroom flat and a two-bedroom flat without obtaining planning permission and received £129,755.15 in rental fees.

Sentenced under Section 179 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. If fine not paid within six months, jailed for six months. If repayment not paid within three months, 12 months in prison. Demonstrated flagrant disregard for the law.

1 Jan 0001

Airidas Janavicius

Manslaughter *

Sentence

12 years’ imprisonment

Airidas Janavicius, 38, of Burdetts Road, Dagenham, assaulted his 44-year-old colleague Marius Lakavicius after drinking together on Friday, 23 July 2021. He punched him several times in the head, causing fatal head injuries. Marius was found injured on Goresbrook Road, Dagenham, at about 23:55hrs and pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency services attendance. Janavicius initially lied to police, claiming they had been attacked by a group of six to eight men.

Pleaded guilty to manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.

1 Jan 0001

Aldis Cseplye

Conspiracy to breach UK immigration law *

Sentence

2 years 9 months imprisonment

Involved in an organised crime group that smuggled Albanian men into the UK in lorries. Cseplye would collect the migrants at motorway service areas in the south-east after they had been transported across the Channel. The illegal activity took place between January and May 2021.

Found guilty after a six-week trial on 26 May 2023. Role: receiving smuggled males.

1 Jan 0001

Alex Guest

Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) *

Sentence

11 years and three months’ imprisonment

On Monday, 20 April 2020 at about 19:20hrs officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command stopped a van on the M11 southbound near the junction with the A406 in Redbridge and found an elaborate hide containing in excess of 15 kilos of cocaine worth about £1.5million. A number of mobile phones, electronic scales and an EncroChat device were also found. Over £129,000 in cash was recovered from Guest’s home address and two hydraulic press machines from a linked address.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) and possession of criminal property.

1 Jan 0001

Alex May

Conspiracy to supply cocaine *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Alex May, 31, of Greenhithe, Kent, was part of a drug operation that flooded London and Kent with cocaine between June and November 2018. He was observed on camera on 22 November 2018 carrying two large bags into a Bexley property, which police raided and found large sums of cash hidden in secret compartments, including £9,490, £79,188.70, and €301,400. High purity cocaine and £1,320 in cash were discovered at his home, and €45,190 was found hidden in his vehicle. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine.

1 Jan 0001

Harry Brydges

Conspiracy to import and conspiracy to supply Class A controlled drugs *

Sentence

18 years’ imprisonment

Harry Brydges, 30, of Bessemer Close, Basildon, Essex, was involved in a conspiracy to import and supply 157 kilograms of Class A controlled drugs valued at £14,000,000. On 12 May 2021, specialist Met officers witnessed Brydges meet Harry Simmons and pass him £9,000 in cash, which Simmons took to Gravesend to meet lorry driver Milos Stevanovic. Brydges was arrested at his Basildon address after jumping from a first floor window to escape.

Pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Associate of John Taylor. Passed £9,000 in cash to Harry Simmons on 12 May 2021. Jumped from first floor window during arrest.

1 Jan 0001

Harry Simmons

Conspiracy to import a Class A controlled drugs *

Sentence

16 years’ imprisonment

Harry Simmons, 31, of Parkside, Basildon, Essex, was involved in a conspiracy to import 157 kilograms of Class A controlled drugs valued at £14,000,000. On 12 May 2021, he received £9,000 in cash from Harry Brydges and took it to Gravesend where he met lorry driver Milos Stevanovic. Simmons and Stevanovic were arrested unloading 37 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and 35 kilograms of MDMA crystals from a lorry that had just entered the UK.

Pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Associate of John Taylor and Harry Brydges. Received £9,000 cash from Brydges and met Milos Stevanovic in Gravesend.

1 Jan 0001

Hamza Haddadi

Assaulting emergency workers and possession of offensive weapons *

Sentence

14 months in a young offenders’ institution

On 17 May, Hamza Haddadi was stopped at Leytonstone underground station during a drug dog operation. Officers discovered the handle of a large hunting knife in his hooded top. When train doors opened, he attempted to flee and elbowed Sergeant David Johns in the face, knocking off his glasses. After a struggle, he was arrested and a smaller switchblade knife was found in his trousers. He was convicted of assaulting emergency workers, possession of offensive weapons, and criminal damage.

The court acknowledged the bravery of the officers. Haddadi elbowed Sergeant David Johns in the face during the struggle.

1 Jan 0001

Grant Thomas

Making, distributing and possessing indecent images of children *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years

A former Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced to suspended prison terms after admitting to serious sexual offences involving indecent images of children. Grant Thomas, aged 40, who served as a police constable in the force’s training division, pleaded guilty to multiple counts related to the creation, distribution, and possession of such material. The case came to light following Thomas's arrest in March 2017. He faced two separate indictments: the first comprising three counts of making indecent images of children and one count of publishing an obscene article; the second including two counts of distributing the images, two counts of making them, and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images. The images in his possession ranged from the most severe category A material, which depicts penetrative sexual activity, bestiality, and sadism, to less severe category C content. At Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, August 4, 2017, the judge imposed an 18-month suspended sentence for the first indictment and a two-year suspended sentence for the second, with both suspensions lasting two years.

Pleaded guilty to multiple counts of making, distributing, and possessing indecent images of children, publishing an obscene article, and possessing extreme pornographic images. Also received a 60-day rehabilitation order and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years. Dismissed from Metropolitan Police following guilty plea.

1 Jan 0001

Gregory Samuel

Non-dwelling burglary *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment

Gregory Samuel, aged 46, of Faringdon Avenue, Harold Hill, participated in a non-dwelling burglary during the series of ram raids in Havering between October and November 2022. He was also found in possession of a bladed article in connection with the offences.

Pleaded guilty to a non-dwelling burglary and possession of a bladed article. Part of the Havering ram raids series.

1 Jan 0001

Ian Shingler

Possession of indecent images of children *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

In July 2015, Ian Shingler caused the evacuation of around 300 residents from the Orchard Village estate in Rainham after telling police he had explosives and intended to harm himself. Officers found a destroyed oven door, remnants of a homemade explosive device, a kilogram of TATP at 82% purity, an improvised explosive device powered by a nine-volt battery, bomb-making instructions, and a suicide note. He had also been arrested earlier for possession of child sexual abuse images. Nearly 100 officers responded to the scene. In 2016 he was sentenced to nine years at Snaresbrook Crown Court for the four offences.

Pleaded guilty to four offences: possession of ammunition and a firearm without a certificate, having an explosive substance under suspicious circumstances, and possessing indecent images of children. Sentenced in 2016 at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

1 Jan 0001

Jake Wright

Sexual exploitation of children *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Jake Wright, 29, of Chingford, London, exploited multiple teenage girls on social media by offering money for sexual images and threatening them with violence and exposure. In one instance, he offered £12,000 for sexual photographs and later demanded images involving the victim's friend. When refused, he threatened with a gun and distributed explicit images. He threatened to kill another victim, sending images of firearms, and demanded she travel to London for sex or face distribution of images. City of London Police investigated his contact with a 17-year-old, offering £60,000 to meet at a hotel; he met her but refused to pay. He was arrested on 21 October 2022 and pleaded guilty to paying for sexual services of a child, causing sexual exploitation of a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, making indecent photographs of a child, and threats to kill.

Pleaded guilty to all charges on 18 May 2023 and 21 September 2023. Includes four years extended licence. The sentencing judge noted the severity of actions making streets unsafe for women and girls.

1 Jan 0001

James Davis

Conspiracy to facilitate unlawful entry *

Sentence

4 years and 6 months imprisonment

In November 2017, James Davis conspired with others to smuggle four Vietnamese males (aged 14, 15, 16 and 23) across the English Channel in an inflatable boat. He and Christian King scouted launch points near Dymchurch and Hastings. On 7 November 2017, Davis took the boat from Dymchurch to Boulogne, collected the four individuals, and returned to land near Folkestone. The boat was in a dangerous condition, lacking safety equipment and with a battery positioned next to the fuel tank, risking explosion. Police stopped the vehicle on the M20 and made arrests. Davis pleaded guilty.

Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

James Mansbridge

Robbery *

Sentence

eight and a half years imprisonment

James Mansbridge, 48, of Bond Street, Chelmsford, with Wayne Byrne committed armed robbery on a convenience store in Mawney Road, Romford on 2 January 2022, armed with a gun, stealing cash. They also carried out an armed raid on a supermarket in Gale Street, Dagenham on 21 January 2022, terrorising staff with an imitation firearm and a knife, stealing cash and cigarettes. Arrested in February 2022 following Flying Squad investigation.

Pleaded guilty to the two robberies in 2022. Previously jailed for armed robbery.

1 Jan 0001

Jay Jay Victor-Junior Alexander

Rape *

Sentence

14 years imprisonment

Jay Jay Victor-Junior Alexander, 19, of Leyton, attacked three teenage girls aged 13, 14, and 15 in a disused changing room block at Ive Farm Close running track on 25 January. He held a 13-year-old girl against her will after she rejected his advances, subjecting her to a violent sexual assault. The offences included rape and other serious sexual and non-sexual crimes. The victims' testimony was crucial in securing convictions at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Convicted after trial of multiple sexual assaults, including rape, sexual assault by penetration, sexual assault on a female, and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Also convicted of false imprisonment, actual bodily harm, possessing an offensive weapon, and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob. All sentences concurrent, with a minimum of seven years to serve for the rape count. Judge Jacqueline Beech emphasised the severity of the crimes.

1 Jan 0001

Jeffrey Gadsden

Fraud *

Sentence

five years imprisonment

Jeffrey Gadsden, 60, defrauded over 100 people who paid his company – Walker Professional Property Services, based in East London – to manage their investment properties. One client lost £90,000 from a personal pension plan. Most of the victims were owners of one or a small number of units within blocks, who combined to form private companies and hired Gadsden to manage the properties. The firm, also trading as Charterhouse Professional Property Services, went into liquidation in spring 2013 with debts of up to £754,000.

Convicted after defrauding over 100 people. Described by a judge as 'nothing but a conman.' Most of the money was used to pay Gadsden’s debts.

1 Jan 0001

Jeffrey Shing-Lok Leung

Attempted murder *

Sentence

Indefinite hospital order

On 18 December 2018, at 11am, Jeffrey Shing-lok Leung launched a violent knife rampage at a Bow GP surgery armed with four knives bought online. He slashed a man in his 30s across the neck as he entered Tredegar Practice, then lunged at others in the waiting area, stabbing another man in his 30s in the chest and stomach. Patients fought back with chairs and barricaded themselves. Leung fled to nearby St Stephens Health Centre, where he stabbed a woman in her 70s multiple times in the neck, chest, and hand, and another woman in her 50s suffered wounds to her hand and chest. A receptionist called 999. Leung then calmed, sat in the waiting room, dropped his knives, and waited for police to arrest him.

Leung had no previous police record but suffered from severe mental health disorders. He calmed after the attacks, dropped his knives, and waited for police.

1 Jan 0001

John Bancroft

Rape *

Sentence

25 years imprisonment

John Bancroft used apps such as MyLol to make fake accounts and offer 'sugar daddy' arrangements to target vulnerable girls aged between 13 and 18 from 2016 to 2017. He posed as younger, offered money, food, or gifts for sexual acts including sadomasochistic acts and group sex, sent up to 100 WhatsApp messages a day, drove victims to remote areas, took and shared indecent images. His brother Graham Manicom met some victims for sex on two occasions.

Pleaded guilty prior to trial to causing actual bodily harm against a child during sexual activity and 14 counts of taking, possessing, and distributing indecent images of children. In the second week of trial, pleaded guilty to a further 15 offences including paying for the sexual services of a child, causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, and attempted sexual communication with a child. Found guilty of four counts of rape, meeting a child following sexual grooming, paying for the sexual services of a child, attempting, causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, and attempting sexual communication with a child.

1 Jan 0001

Fred Truman

possession of 58 pointed/bladed articles *

Sentence

14 months’ imprisonment

Fred Truman, along with his son Omar Truman, approached Jordan Lovett’s address on Grange Road, E13, on 8 February 2021 carrying a supermarket bag which was handed over. Following the exchange, police conducted a stop and search on the Trumans who were found in possession of three bags containing 58 knives, including machetes, combat and lock knives. Both men were arrested as part of an investigation into knives being sold on social media.

Pleaded guilty to possession of 58 pointed/bladed articles.

1 Jan 0001

Gael Ikobonga

Fraud by abuse of position *

Sentence

28 months imprisonment

Gael Ikobonga, a Tenancy Services Manager for a housing company leasing properties for a charity, marked several flats in a Canning Town block as 'returned to landlord' (not occupied), then sub-let them privately, taking rent payments into his personal bank account using company-headed paper. He lived rent-free in one flat with his girlfriend for two years. Rent payments from four properties received between January 2016 and November 2018, totalling around £100,000.

Pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on 21 February 2020. Money accrued through fraud spent on gambling habit.

1 Jan 0001

Gary Bear

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

five years and three months imprisonment

On 16 April 2021, officers stopped Gary Bear in Staverton Road, Hornchurch, recovering a kilogram of cocaine hydrochloride from a box supplied to him by Michael Hassini. The total street value of the drugs recovered from Bear and Hassini was estimated at £131,310.

Pleaded guilty on 7 July to conspiracy to supply 999 grams of cocaine hydrochloride (five years and three months) and possession of £12,200 criminal property (33 weeks). Sentences served concurrently.

1 Jan 0001

Gary Rice

Making indecent images of children *

Sentence

9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Gary Rice, a former police property officer, was arrested following a warrant executed at an address in Barking on 13 November 2023. Officers found indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. The judge imposed nine months' imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently and suspended for two years. Rice was also made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and required to comply with notification requirements for 10 years.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images. Former police property officer at Bethnal Green police station. Resigned after arrest. Also subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and 10-year notification requirements under the Sex Offenders Register.

1 Jan 0001

Graham Manicom

Paying for the sexual services of a child *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Graham Manicom, 62, of Hyde Mead, Waltham Abbey, Essex, joined his brother John Bancroft on two occasions in hotel rooms to sexually exploit vulnerable teenage girl victims aged between 13 and 18.

Pleaded guilty in the third week of the trial to two counts of paying for the sexual services of a child.

1 Jan 0001

Edgaras Sneideris

Assault and possession of two sawn-off shotguns *

Sentence

6 years 3 months imprisonment

Edgaras Sneideris, 40, of Thomas Cribb Mews, Newham, left a threatening voicemail for his ex-partner on 5 April 2020, saying he would “beat her up” and “cut her head off”. Three days later he broke into her home and attacked her, punching and kicking her while threatening to kill her. He returned at midnight on 9 April and assaulted her again. A housemate later told police that on 5 April Sneideris had moved a pink scarf-wrapped single-barrel sawn-off shotgun from the victim’s home into his car. When police searched the car they found two sawn-off shotguns wrapped in cloth. A search of his home uncovered around 40 cannabis plants and growing equipment. Sneideris denied the assaults but admitted holding the guns and growing cannabis, claiming the guns were someone else’s. The victim and housemate were rehoused with panic alarms.

Pleaded guilty to possession of firearms, assault, threats to kill, cannabis cultivation, and malicious communications.

1 Jan 0001

Fahim Ahmed

Kidnap and false imprisonment *

Sentence

six years’ imprisonment

Part of a group that kidnapped a man in his 20s from Bethnal Green on 28 February 2020 over a money dispute. Approached victim at meeting point, grabbed ignition key, beckoned others to assault and abduct him.

Convicted after a one-week trial on 5 October 2021.

1 Jan 0001

Fahima Aktar

False imprisonment *

Sentence

18 month suspended sentence

Part of a group that kidnapped a man in his 20s from Bethnal Green on 28-29 February 2020 over a money dispute. Her car used to transport victim towards Nottingham.

Pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

1 Jan 0001

Fatah Al-Hussain

Kidnap and false imprisonment *

Sentence

seven years and two months’ imprisonment

Part of a group that kidnapped a man in his 20s from Bethnal Green on 28-29 February 2020 over a money dispute. Dragged victim from car, punched and kicked him, assaulted at Victoria Park.

Pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

1 Jan 0001

Fauz Richards

Assault *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

Fauz Richards, 28, attended a drug-fuelled MDMA party in Beckenham shortly after his release on licence from a manslaughter sentence. In the early hours of February 23, he accused a woman of stealing his phone and verbally abused her. After she insulted him back, he punched her in the face, causing a horrific eye injury.

Sentence to be served concurrently with his original 13-year manslaughter sentence. Judge Sarah-Jane Griffiths told him he had an anger issue and needed to deal with it. He will remain in custody until at least 2029 or 2030.

1 Jan 0001

Festus Obue

Robbery and Blackmail *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Festus Obue targeted a care home resident with learning difficulties. In October 2019, he threatened to assault the victim unless he handed over his bank cards. The following month, he threatened the victim at knifepoint for money. In January 2020, he again threatened to attack and stab the victim if he did not hand over money. The victim, supported by care workers and police, bravely provided a statement and identified Obue. Clothing seized during his arrest matched the victim's description, leading to charges of robbery and blackmail.

Found guilty by a jury in April 2024. Two counts of robbery and one count of blackmail. Victim was a vulnerable care home resident with learning difficulties.

1 Jan 0001

Jozef Szekely

Conspiracy to breach UK immigration law *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Worked as a lorry driver for an organised crime group that smuggled Albanian men into the UK. Szekely transported individuals hidden in the cab area of his vehicle on routes from mainland Europe to motorway service areas in south-east England, where they were handed over to other gang members. The activity occurred between January and May 2021.

Romanian national. Found guilty after a six-week trial on 26 May 2023. Role: lorry driver.

1 Jan 0001

Jordan Lovett

unlawful marketing of knives and possession of criminal property *

Sentence

15 months’ imprisonment

Police became aware of weapons including machetes, zombie knives and lock-knives being advertised for sale on Snapchat accounts. Officers deployed to Lovett’s address on Grange Road, E13, at around 14:50hrs on 8 February 2021. Lovett received a bag from Fred and Omar Truman, then emerged with Loishana McKenzie and a 17-year-old male carrying bags which were handed over. A subsequent Section 8 search warrant at the address found 70 knives, empty packaging and shipment boxes addressed to Lovett. Evidence of weapons marketing found on his phone. Total 128 weapons recovered.

Pleaded guilty to the unlawful marketing of knives and possession of criminal property (£585 cash). Sentences to run concurrently.

1 Jan 0001

John Tomlin

Grievous bodily harm with intent *

Sentence

16 years imprisonment, plus an extended licence of 4 years

On the morning of 21 June 2017, John Tomlin got into a heated argument with a 37-year-old man near Tollgate Road in Newham, London. When the man returned to his car, Tomlin hurled a corrosive liquid through the passenger window, striking a 21-year-old woman inside and causing severe burns. He then ran around and threw more acid through the driver's window, temporarily blinding the man. The driver attempted to flee but crashed after being disoriented. Both victims required plastic surgery and ongoing treatment. Tomlin was arrested weeks later after handing himself in, having lived rough in Epping Forest.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent. The acid used was described as powerful as hydrochloric acid, melting parts of the car interior. Minimum two-thirds term to serve before licence period applies.

1 Jan 0001

Henry Dunn

Conspiracy to facilitate unlawful entry *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

In November 2017, Henry Dunn conspired with others to smuggle four Vietnamese males (aged 14, 15, 16 and 23) across the English Channel in an inflatable boat. He maintained contact with Christian King while King and James Davis scouted launch points near Dymchurch and Hastings. On 7 November 2017, Davis took the boat from Dymchurch to Boulogne, collected the four individuals, and returned to land near Folkestone. The boat was in a dangerous condition, lacking safety equipment and with a battery positioned next to the fuel tank, risking explosion. Police stopped the vehicle on the M20 and made arrests. Dunn denied involvement but was convicted after a retrial.

Denied involvement, convicted after retrial.

1 Jan 0001

Hiron Miah

Kidnap, false imprisonment, perverting the course of justice *

Sentence

ten years’ imprisonment

Part of a group that kidnapped a man in his 20s from Bethnal Green on 28-29 February 2020 over a money dispute. Dragged victim from car, arranged transport to Nottingham, demanded £200,000 ransom via phone.

Denied the offences but was convicted following a two-week trial on 30 July 2021. Additional convictions for perverting the course of justice (witness intimidation) and three counts of possession of Class A and B drugs.

1 Jan 0001

Julian Warner

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

5 years imprisonment

Julian Warner was involved in an organised crime network supplying large amounts of Class A drugs, including 2.5kgs of cocaine and 2.5kgs of heroin, to North East London and surrounding counties. He was identified as the sole user of two EncroChat phones between April and June 2020. Evidence showed he arranged large-scale drug deals, made a £20,000 payment for drugs, and directed others to collect and deliver drugs. Police raided his Romford address in March 2023, seizing high-value watches and a phone linking to EncroChat data.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a Class A drug (cocaine), conspiracy to supply a Class A drug (heroin), and conspiracy to possess criminal property (money).

1 Jan 0001

Kevin Kombi

Breaching a Sexual Risk Order *

Sentence

4 years and 5 months imprisonment

Kevin Kombi, 29, from Basildon, Essex, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 31 March 2023 after admitting three breaches of a Sexual Risk Order (SRO) imposed in July 2019. He harassed and manipulated women online by contacting them through social media and falsely claiming that he or someone else had had sex with them, in order to engineer meetings, causing significant harassment, alarm and distress. The first breach occurred on 29 July 2021 when he used false information to arrange a meeting. Two further breaches occurred in October and November 2022: failing to notify police of a new mobile phone within the required time, and failing to make the phone immediately available when officers attended to arrest him on 14 November 2022. He was charged on 25 November 2022. In addition to the prison sentence, he was added to the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely and a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order was imposed to prohibit further harassment of women.

Pleaded guilty to three breaches of a Sexual Risk Order. Also added to the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely and a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed.

1 Jan 0001

Usman Khalil

Fraud *

Sentence

21 months' imprisonment suspended for two years

Usman Khalil stole holding deposits worth £20,000 from at least seven vulnerable tenants to fund his gambling addiction. He accepted holding deposits in cash but later reimbursed them via cheques that bounced, despite having sufficient funds in other accounts. He also took holding deposits fraudulently for properties that he had already rented out. One couple who lost several thousand pounds were unable to afford another deposit and were made homeless.

Originally pleaded not guilty but changed plea to guilty prior to retrial. Ordered to pay back £12,350. Disqualified from being a company director for seven years. Must seek help for alcohol and gambling addictions. Judge commented: 'You had no basis to take holding deposits as you were not the sole agent. The reality was that you were gambling away your clients’ money. Vulnerable people, people of low income, desperate for a home were using you as an agent of last resort. They gave you all their money and more.'

1 Jan 0001

Vasile Anca

Controlling prostitution *

Sentence

six years’ imprisonment

Vasile Anca, brother of Claudia Anca, assisted in running the sexual services business by providing transport for sex workers to customers' locations, mainly hotels, and delivering cocaine. The operation exploited vulnerable women from at least March 2019 via ‘Ace Concept’ company. Evidence from undercover stings, including delivery of cocaine on 10 December 2020 with his fingerprint on packaging, and arrest on 13 January 2021.

Pleaded guilty on 9 November to controlling prostitution and supplying Class A drugs after initially denying involvement during a trial that started on 8 November.

1 Jan 0001

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John Bancroft

Fred Truman

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Fatah Al-Hussain

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Jordan Lovett

John Tomlin

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Julian Warner

Kevin Kombi

Usman Khalil

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