Willesden Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 20 verdicts at Willesden Magistrates' Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

March 2026 1 case

Sanjay Patel

Breaching improvement notices *

Sentence

Fined £87,000

Sanjay Patel rented out an unheated outhouse without electricity to a couple with a four-month-old baby in his HMO property on Wyld Way, Wembley. The property experienced severe overcrowding with more than 18 people occupying it despite a licence allowing a maximum of seven tenants, including four people sharing one room in the attic. The outbuilding was not declared on the HMO application. Tenants faced unsafe conditions including no keys to locked windows, non-working smoke alarms and fire alarm panel, and multiple safety and licence breaches. The issue was triggered by a complaint from the Metropolitan Police.

Plus £2,000 victim surcharge and £2,788 prosecution costs. Convicted of breaching several improvement notices. In the process of being banned from renting properties and stripped of his licence, awaiting a property tribunal hearing.

18 Mar 2026

October 2025 1 case

Mr Totland

Breach of Housing Act *

Sentence

Fined £6,543

Mr Totland, who managed a property on Roundwood Road in Willesden, allowed the flat to fall into serious disrepair, leaving a family without a bathroom door for more than a year, with severe damp and mould in the kitchen, and non-working electric cooker and hob posing a safety risk. The issues were reported by the tenant, leading to an investigation by Brent Council officers. Despite an Improvement Notice, no required works were carried out, resulting in legal proceedings.

Breached housing legislation by failing in his statutory duty to address the hazards under the Housing Act. The council will continue working with him until repairs are done.

9 Oct 2025

June 2025 1 case

Qamil Cama

Illegal eviction and planning breach *

Sentence

Suspended prison sentence and fined £20,000

Qamil Cama, a 54-year-old building firm director, rented out a property without planning permission by converting a garage on Crescent Road into a rental. He demanded extra cash from his tenant, who paid £800 a month inclusive of bills, to cover increased bills. When questioned, arguments turned violent, leading to an illegal eviction where belongings were thrown onto the street. The London Borough of Barnet prosecuted him for failing to comply with an Enforcement Notice and two offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977.

The judge called Cama a ‘rogue landlord’ and said he was “lucky the prisons were full”. Found guilty after a two-day trial.

13 Jun 2025

September 2024 1 case

Ofure Patience Ehizode

Breaching Cosmetics Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 *

Sentence

12-month community order and fined £16,814

Ofure Patience Ehizode was caught selling toxic bottles of banned skin-lightening products containing dangerous chemicals known to cause serious health problems, including hydroquinone which causes premature ageing, weakening of the skin, liver damage, and increased risk of skin cancer. The products were sold through her business EllaGold Ltd. Following a tip-off from Swedish authorities, trading standards officers at Barnet Council searched her home on Heywood Avenue in Colindale and seized more than 3,500 products in February 2023 as part of an international investigation.

Pleaded guilty to 15 counts of breaching Cosmetics Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 on behalf of herself and the company EllaGold Ltd, of which she is the sole director.

26 Sep 2024

July 2024 1 case

Marcelo Jimenez

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

£100 fine and £40 surcharge

Marcelo Jimenez pretended to be a cleaner to gain entry to an Oasis concert at Wembley Stadium on July 25, 2024, without a ticket. He was caught, charged with fraud by false representation, and sentenced after pleading guilty.

Pleaded guilty to the offence.

28 Jul 2024

April 2024 1 case

Dinesh Sachdev

Assault *

Sentence

36 weeks imprisonment and £485 fine

Dinesh Sachdev assaulted two police officers on March 28 while displaying threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a third officer. The following day, on March 29, he assaulted a third police officer. All offences took place in Harrow.

Pled guilty to four offences. Previous convictions and alcohol-aggravated nature taken into account. Imprisonment due to unprovoked attack.

8 Apr 2024

March 2024 1 case

Ayoub Alshirredi

Theft *

Sentence

16 weeks imprisonment

Ayoub Alshirredi stole a family's suitcase from the overhead storage on a train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport on 27th October. He boarded the train at London Bridge just after 2pm, walked through the carriage, and as the train arrived at East Croydon, grabbed the bag and walked off. The family discovered the theft upon arrival at Gatwick and reported it to the British Transport Police. CCTV footage identified Alshirredi, who was arrested on 27th February. Despite the evidence, he answered 'no comment' to all questions in interview.

Pleaded guilty to the offence at an earlier hearing.

20 Mar 2024

February 2024 1 case

Oliver Glasner

Speeding *

Sentence

6 months driving disqualification and £660 fine

Oliver Glasner was detected by a speed camera driving his BMW at 29mph in a 20mph zone on the Old Kent Road in Bermondsey, London, just before 7.30am on July 15, 2023. The incident occurred as his vehicle passed through traffic lights opposite a Tesco supermarket. He initially attempted to pay a fixed penalty fine, but due to accumulating 12 or more penalty points from prior offences, the matter was referred to court. Glasner submitted a guilty plea in writing on January 27, 2024, and a letter on February 16, 2024, accepting responsibility and the ban.

Pleaded guilty to speeding offence. Previous driving offences on record triggered automatic ban. Ordered to pay £130 court costs and £264 victim surcharge. Case heard under Single Justice Procedure.

20 Feb 2024

December 2023 1 case

Rachel Stevens

Speeding *

Sentence

6-month driving ban

Rachel Stevens accumulated 21 penalty points on her driving licence from five speeding incidents since 2019, including driving at 41mph in a 20mph zone in Regent’s Park in September 2022 and 42mph on the same stretch on November 7, 2022. She tearfully recounted trauma from a 2009 jewellery robbery at her Primrose Hill home where she was grabbed around the neck, and witnessing a gangland shooting at a restaurant in St John’s Wood shortly after, leading to ongoing post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and fear of public transport. She argued the ban would disrupt her S Club tour, school runs for her daughters amid her recent divorce, and professional commitments, but magistrates rejected the plea citing dangerous speeding near pedestrians and cyclists.

Imposed despite plea of exceptional hardship due to post-traumatic stress from past incidents; fined £2,000 plus £800 victim surcharge and £100 costs, totaling £2,900; magistrates suggested hiring a driver.

14 Dec 2023

February 2018 4 cases

Claudio Crisafulli

Failure to licence and breach of management regulations *

Sentence

Fined £400 for failure to licence and £400 for breach of management regulations plus £40 in costs

The owners of a five bedroom terrace house in Willesden let out their property to Claudio Crisafulli who was working as a freelance estate agent for Easy Let. Crisafulli then illegally sublet the house as an HMO behind his landlords’ backs. Brent council’s licensing enforcement team became involved when neighbours complained about lots of people coming and going from the property. Investigating officers found it difficult to track down the people responsible because Easy Let Agency was listed under a false address.

Freelance estate agent for Easy Let Agency who sublet the property as an HMO without landlords’ knowledge

6 Feb 2018

Focus Property Management Limited

Management regulation and licensing breaches *

Sentence

Fined £20,229 for management regulation and licensing breaches

In a separate case, Focus Property Management Limited was sentenced for management regulation and licensing breaches for another rented property in Willesden Green.

Company operating under the name of Easy Let Agency

6 Feb 2018

Marcio Auriello Do Prado

Failure to licence and breach of management regulations *

Sentence

Fined £3,000 for failure to licence and £3,000 for breach of management regulations plus £1,670 in costs

Easy Let Agency let out properties from landlords in order to re-rent them as Houses in Multiple Occupation without the landlords’ knowledge. In the first case, the owners of a five bedroom terrace house in Willesden let out their property to Claudio Crisafulli who was working as a freelance estate agent for Easy Let. Crisafulli then illegally sublet the house as an HMO behind his landlords’ backs. Brent council’s licensing enforcement team became involved when neighbours complained about lots of people coming and going from the property.

Fellow director of Easy Let Agency

6 Feb 2018

Marcio Da Silva

Failure to licence and breach of management regulations *

Sentence

Fined £2,000 for failure to licence and £2,000 for breach of management regulations plus £1,670 in costs

Company director of Easy Let Agency

6 Feb 2018

August 2016 1 case

Tilak Raj Sarna

Housing offences *

Sentence

Fined £33,000

Tilak Raj Sarna overcrowded his property in Bowrons Avenue, Wembley, housing 24 tenants including seven families and 10 young children in a damp, cockroach-infested house meant for seven people, with no heating and rubbish strewn outside. Six tenants lived in a garden shed until it was destroyed by a fire caused by a portable heater while a child slept inside. The conditions were uncovered by Brent Council’s housing enforcement officers in a January raid. He collected £3,700 per month from the tenants.

Pleaded guilty to housing offences after initially denying the charges. Ordered to pay costs of £6,420 and a £120 victim surcharge, total bill £39,540. Prior licence granted to house seven people.

19 Aug 2016

July 2016 1 case

Rehan Sheikh

Unlawful eviction *

Sentence

4 months imprisonment and ordered to pay costs of £9,000 and compensation of £11,000

Rehan Sheikh waged a war of intimidation against tenants in his HMO property in Wembley, north London. The property was in terrible disrepair with holes in ceilings, walls and floor, filthy carpets, and used for dumping rubbish, despite receiving almost £3,000 monthly rent. When tenants complained, Sheikh fraudulently claimed they were squatters, obtained a possession order without notice, and evicted six occupiers including one with two young children, giving them only two hours to leave and refusing to wait for children returning from school. He assaulted one tenant during the eviction. Brent Council prosecuted for unlawful eviction, failure to have HMO licence, and poor conditions discovered in January 2016.

Pleaded guilty to all charges. Appealed the custodial sentence and granted bail pending appeal hearing.

19 Jul 2016

Date Not Specified 5 cases

Saïd Benrahma

Owning dangerously out of control dogs *

Sentence

Fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £2,500 compensation plus £495 kennel costs

Saïd Benrahma's two XL bully dogs escaped from his home in Hornchurch, east London, and attacked a golden retriever called Bailey and his owner Luke Rehbein in July 2023. Both were injured, with Bailey needing vet treatment and Rehbein requiring hospital care.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of owning dangerously out of control dogs. Appeared via video-link from Saudi Arabia.

1 Jan 0001

Paul Fenton

Offences under the Housing Act 2006 *

Sentence

Fined £16,000

Paul Fenton failed to make essential repairs to his rental flat on Walm Lane, Cricklewood, north-west London, which he had owned since 1990 and let for £1,000 per month. The property had severe damp and mould growth throughout, a dilapidated leaking boiler, and a rotting front door, making it unfit to live in. Enforcement officers from Brent Council inspected the flat in August 2015 following tenant complaints and issued a formal demand for repairs within 56 days.

Pleaded guilty to offences under the Housing Act 2006. Ordered to pay costs of £1,573 and victim surcharge of £120. Appealing against prosecution.

1 Jan 0001

Client In R V H

Dangerous dog offence *

Sentence

Fined

Charged with being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control which caused injury.

Successfully persuaded court not to order destruction of client’s pitbull. Involved cross-examination of police officers and two canine experts. Fine despite significant injuries to humans and dogs.

1 Jan 0001

Bryson Kisten

Driving whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit *

Sentence

Fined £438 plus £85 costs and £175 victim surcharge, disqualified from driving for 1 year

PC Bryson Kisten crashed an unmarked BMW 2 Series police car in Chase Side, Enfield at about 14:30 on 30 September 2023 while on duty. Later at a Met Police traffic garage around 19:00, colleagues suspected he had been drinking and breathalysed him, recording 43 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit. Breathalysed at 43 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the legal limit of 35. Option to reduce ban by three months by completing a course before May next year.

1 Jan 0001

Arthur Zurvskij

Operating unlicensed HMO *

Sentence

£2,250 in fines

Arthur Zurvskij illegally sub-let a five-bedroom house in Willesden to seven tenants without securing a House in Multiple Occupation licence from Brent council. He rented out the property through Ludlow Thompson letting agency without written permission from the owner, who lived in the United States and believed it was let to a single family.

Found guilty of illegally sub-letting without a House in Multiple Occupation licence. Director of Skyline Property Management (later changed to Enox UK Ltd). His company Enox UK Ltd was fined £8,000.

1 Jan 0001

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About Willesden Magistrates' Court

Willesden Magistrates' Court, located in London, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 20 sentencing records in our database, it serves the London area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

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