Woolwich Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 54 verdicts at Woolwich Crown Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Danny Donovan

Affray and possession of a knife

December 11, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 2 months imprisonment

Danny Donovan was involved in the fatal assault on Charlie Prodromou at The Watch House pub in Lewisham on 1 March 2025. He had a knife in his hand during the disturbance with staff and the subsequent incident outside the pub where Prodromou was punched and fatally injured.

Pleaded guilty to affray and possession of a knife. Had a knife in his hand during the incident.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Paul Tallant

Manslaughter

December 11, 2025

Sentence: 10 years and six months imprisonment

Paul Tallant assaulted 63-year-old Charlie Prodromou following a disturbance at The Watch House pub in Lewisham on 1 March 2025. Tallant punched Charlie twice in the head, causing him to fall to the ground and sustain life-threatening injuries. Charlie was taken to hospital where he later died. Tallant was arrested minutes after the incident near Lewisham High Street.

Prince Singh

Encouraging serious self-harm

December 10, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 9 months imprisonment

Charlie Johnson, 24, and Prince Singh, 23, coerced two teenage girls aged 16 and 17 to seriously self-harm throughout 2024 into January 2025, encouraging them to carve names into themselves to scar them for life, and mocked them in online chat forums. Evidence of indecent images and encouraging self-harm of other girls was found on devices from their bedrooms. The victims described the long-lasting impact, feeling worthless and guilty from the abuse.

Admitted counts of making and distributing indecent images of a child along with encouraging serious self-harm of one of the victims. Judge Ruth Downing noted the defendants took a deeply unhealthy interest in encouraging young women to self-harm and treated their deliberate planned acts as a game, targeting vulnerable victims.

Sources: bbc.co.uk

Charlie Johnson

Encouraging serious self-harm

December 10, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Charlie Johnson, 24, and Prince Singh, 23, coerced two teenage girls aged 16 and 17 to seriously self-harm throughout 2024 into January 2025, encouraging them to carve names into themselves to scar them for life, and mocked them in online chat forums. Johnson also physically abused both girls. Evidence of indecent images and encouraging self-harm of other girls was found on devices from their bedrooms. The victims described the long-lasting impact, with one saying Johnson weaponised her youth and left her with nightmares of the abuse, feeling worthless and guilty.

Convicted of two counts of encouraging self-harm, two counts of distributing indecent images of a child, and three counts of assault by beating. Admitted two counts of making an indecent image. Judge Ruth Downing noted the defendants took a deeply unhealthy interest in encouraging young women to self-harm and treated their deliberate planned acts as a game, targeting vulnerable victims.

Sources: bbc.co.uk

Harry Foster-Smith

Causing serious injury by dangerous driving

December 2, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 8 months imprisonment

On August 29, 2025, Harry Foster-Smith stole a Volkswagen Golf from London without permission and drove it on the M2 coastbound between J2 near Rochester and J3 for Chatham and Maidstone. A police pursuit ensued after officers were alerted to the vehicle. He refused to stop, reaching speeds over 100mph, before exiting at J4 for Gillingham. Officers lost sight of the car, but shortly after, it crashed into an ambulance on an emergency call at the roundabout connecting the slip road with the A278 Hoath Way, injuring two paramedics who were taken to hospital. Foster-Smith fled but was located in nearby woodland using drones and police dogs, where he was arrested and found with Class B drugs.

Pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. Licence revoked for 3 years. Found in possession of Class B drugs.

Sources: kentlive.news

Alfie Annison

Controlling and coercive behaviour

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Alfie Annison waged a campaign of abuse against his partner from June 2024, including repeated assaults such as punching, pulling hair, and spitting, unrelenting insults, controlling behaviour, and unwanted texts and phone calls. He threatened to kill her family during a call to a relative. The abuse culminated on April 8, 2025, in Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, where he punched her in the head while she drove, threw a phone at her, yanked her hair, smashed the car's windscreen, damaged a passenger door, and tried to grab the steering wheel to swerve into oncoming traffic. He attempted to bite a police officer during detention.

Pleaded guilty to offences of controlling and coercive behaviour and assault on an emergency worker. Upon release, subject to a five-year restraining order.

Sources: kentlive.news

Chao Xu

Sexual Offences

November 14, 2025

Sentence: life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years

Chao Xu, a 33-year-old Chinese national from Glaisher Street, Greenwich, SE8 3, was sentenced for committing sexual offences against six women. He is described as one of the most prolific sex offenders ever investigated by the Met Police, with hundreds more potential victims in the UK and China.

Pleaded guilty to 24 counts involving six women. Will be on the sex offenders register for life.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Rilwan Shinaba

Drug Supply

November 11, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

On August 19, 2020, Rilwan Shinaba, 30, of Pearl Lane, Gillingham, was stopped after a suspected drug deal, with class A drugs, cash, and a phone showing messages to local drug users found; further drugs and cash seized from his home.

Found guilty after trial of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of class B drug.

Sources: kentlive.news

Yostin Andres Mosquera

Possessing indecent images of children

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment

After arrest, Mosquera's laptop and other devices were seized and examined, revealing at least 1,500 category A indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs, some moving images, of very young children subjected to a variety of sexual abuse of horrifying detail and nature.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children (1,500 category A, 750 category B, 4,000 category C images). Sentence concurrent with murder sentences. Judge commented on the horrifying detail and nature of the images involving very young children.

Sources: bristolpost.co.uk

Stephen Harwood-Stamper

Criminal damage

October 6, 2025

Sentence: one-year community order including 80 hours of unpaid work and £2,467 compensation

On December 6, 2023, a ULEZ camera was installed at the junction of White Oak Gardens and Willersley Avenue in Sidcup, southeast London. Later that day, Stephen Harwood-Stamper, 63, of Horsham, West Sussex, drove to the location and used an angle grinder to cut down the pole supporting the camera. The camera was later destroyed by an improvised explosive device, but this was not linked to the defendant. He was interviewed by counter-terrorism police and apologised in a letter to the court for the public shame caused to his family.

Pleaded guilty to criminal damage. Lost engineering job and pension, now working as labourer. Actions embarrassed his three successful children. Judge Philip Shorrock noted it was a 'moment of madness' and rejected absolute discharge to avoid encouraging similar behaviour.

Sources: devonlive.com

Simon Hancock

Arranging or facilitating a child sex offence

October 2, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Simon Hancock, a 47-year-old van driver from Dartford, drove 20 miles to Maidstone on February 19, 2025, with the intention of meeting and sexually abusing a teenage boy he had groomed online via apps including Snapchat. He sent obscene images of himself to the minor, knowing they were underage, and offered to teach sexual practices. Upon arrival, he was observed circling a car park next to Mote Park, leading to police intervention. He reversed into an unmarked police car and was detained. A kitchen knife and two phones were seized, one containing indecent images of children.

Pleaded guilty to arranging or facilitating a child sex offence, attempted sexual communication with a child, and making indecent images of a child. Subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order upon release. Further charge of possessing a knife in a public place ordered to lie on file.

Sources: kentlive.news

Mark Weatherley

Grievous bodily harm with intent

September 26, 2025

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Mark Weatherley returned to his address in Hatherley Road, Sidcup, on 29 June 2025, during a police response to a disturbance. He became threatening and abusive towards two female Met police officers, resisted arrest, and violently attacked them by punching and stamping, knocking both unconscious and causing severe injuries including multiple facial fractures, a broken nose, and other wounds. More officers intervened to stop the assault and arrest him. In custody, he remained aggressive and expressed no remorse, stating the officers deserved the attack.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent. Will serve an additional four years on licence after release.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Ismael Watson

Failure to provide information

September 19, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 4 months imprisonment

Ismael Watson, a 35-year-old Muslim convert formerly known as Jack Watson, was quickly radicalised after his conversion. He attempted to enter Syria to fight with ISIS in 2016, leading to his arrest and a five-year sentence in 2017 for preparing terrorist acts. After his release, he failed to provide his home address and contact details to the authorities, resulting in his recent arrest in London and sentencing.

Admitted failing to provide his home address or contact details for four separate mobile numbers. Previously jailed for five years for preparing terrorist acts.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Jamal Ali-Richards

Manslaughter

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 8 years and 6 months imprisonment

Jamal Ali-Richards was involved in the manslaughter of 34-year-old Justin Henry. On or around 15 October 2023, Justin visited an address in Waddon New Road, Croydon, where he is believed to have died. Ali-Richards, along with Lewis Benjamin, disposed of Justin's body and attempted to destroy evidence, including moving Justin's car and using vehicles with false number plates. Ali-Richards was arrested days after Benjamin on 24 October 2023, and forensic evidence linked him to the crime.

Pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. Convicted of manslaughter following an eight-week trial.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Lewis Benjamin

Manslaughter

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 20 years imprisonment

Lewis Benjamin was involved in the manslaughter of 34-year-old Justin Henry. On or around 15 October 2023, Justin visited Benjamin's address in Waddon New Road, Croydon, where he is believed to have died. Benjamin, along with Jamal Ali-Richards, disposed of Justin's body and attempted to destroy evidence, including deep cleaning the flat and moving Justin's car. Benjamin was arrested on 24 October 2023, and forensic evidence, such as blood spatters matching Justin's DNA, linked him to the crime.

Pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. Convicted of manslaughter following an eight-week trial.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Stephen Talland

Conspiracy to incite racial hatred

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment

Stephen Talland, 36, from Harlow, performed in the neo-Nazi band Embers Of An Empire and participated in gigs organised by his father, including one at the Corpus Christi Club in Leeds on September 21, 2019, where songs inciting racial hatred were performed, and the audience made Nazi salutes. He was part of the Blood & Honour network that promoted racist, antisemitic, anti-Communist, and anti-LGBT violence through music and events.

Convicted of conspiracy to incite racial hatred and inciting racial hatred. Judge Andrew Lees noted his long-standing allegiance to the neo-Nazi cause and heavy involvement in the Blood & Honour music network.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Robert Talland

Conspiracy to incite racial hatred

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment with 12 months extended licence

Robert Talland, 59, from Waltham Abbey, managed his children's neo-Nazi band Embers Of An Empire and was a leading figure in the Blood & Honour network. He organised a gig at the Corpus Christi Club in Leeds on September 21, 2019, where performers incited racial hatred through songs with lyrics such as 'hope you’re ready to die' and 'we’ll send them back in a box', prompting the audience to make Nazi salutes. The event featured neo-Nazi symbolism and was a memorial for Ian Stuart Donaldson. He also ran Rampage Productions, distributing CDs with racist and antisemitic content. The family was arrested on October 1, 2020, after a year-long investigation.

Convicted of conspiracy to incite racial hatred, possessing racially inflammatory material, and two counts of disseminating terrorist publications. Judge Andrew Lees commented on his long-standing allegiance to the neo-Nazi cause and involvement in the Blood & Honour network.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Rosie Talland

Conspiracy to incite racial hatred

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Rosie Talland, 33, performed in the neo-Nazi band Embers Of An Empire and took part in gigs organised by her father, including one at the Corpus Christi Club in Leeds on September 21, 2019, where songs with racist and antisemitic lyrics were sung, leading to Nazi salutes from the crowd. She was involved in the Blood & Honour network that encouraged violence through music and events featuring neo-Nazi symbolism.

Convicted of conspiracy to incite racial hatred and inciting racial hatred. Judge Andrew Lees highlighted her long-standing allegiance to the neo-Nazi cause and involvement in the Blood & Honour network.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Clinton Easy

Multiple rapes

August 15, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Clinton Easy, 32, threatened a victim, demanding she strip naked, tied her up, and raped her twice before urinating on her. The victim reported the incident the next day with injuries consistent with sustained, brutal, and violent rapes. He was also involved in pimping out girls as young as 13.

Denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury; has a long history of violent offending and was previously jailed for pimping out children.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Ako Hawla

Rape

August 14, 2025

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Ako Hawla groomed a 13-year-old child from west Kent via social media, lied about his age, and persuaded her to meet him. He repeatedly abused her at his flat in Erith in 2024. Police tracked her there, and he instructed her to lie about her age. He fled to France but was arrested and extradited.

Found guilty after trial of rape, sexual offences, and child abduction. Fled the country but was extradited from France. Made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Sources: kentlive.news

Anita Slaughter

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Anita Slaughter was part of a family-run criminal network that distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The operation involved hire cars to transport shipments from Harwich Port in Essex to cities like Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted app Signal and earned significant daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Deborah Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 20 years imprisonment

Deborah Mason headed a family-run criminal enterprise that imported and distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The group used hire cars to collect shipments arriving by ship at Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to various UK cities including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate drop-offs and collections, generating profits of around £1,000 per day.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial. Was the leader of the operation and had been living a lavish lifestyle funded by the profits.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Demi Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Demi Bright was involved in a family-led operation that distributed an estimated tonne of cocaine. The gang collected shipments via hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and delivered them to various UK locations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. Communication was handled through the encrypted app Signal, with the group earning around £1,000 daily.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Demi Kendall

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13.5 years imprisonment

Demi Kendall was involved in a large-scale family-run cocaine distribution ring that handled an estimated tonne of the drug. The group used hire cars to pick up shipments at Harwich Port in Essex and deliver them to cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. Communication was conducted through the encrypted app Signal, with daily earnings of approximately £1,000.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, as well as possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property (cash).

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Lillie Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Lillie Bright participated in a sophisticated family-run drugs network that handled an estimated tonne of cocaine. They used hire cars to transport shipments from Harwich Port in Essex to cities like Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. The group used the encrypted messaging app Signal for planning and generated substantial daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Reggie Bright

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Reggie Bright was part of a family criminal enterprise that imported and supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine. The operation involved collecting shipments with hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and distributing them to locations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They communicated via the encrypted app Signal and profited around £1,000 per day.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, as well as possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property (cash).

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Roeseanne Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Roeseanne Mason, aged 29, was involved in seven trips delivering approximately 166kg of cocaine as part of a family-run gang that supplied drugs nationwide between April and November 2023. She took over directing roles temporarily and assisted in the conspiracy by handling cash and supporting other members.

Stepped in to direct the gang while her mother was on holiday in Dubai. She collected cash for her mother and provided childcare to facilitate the operation.

Sources: leicestermercury.co.uk

Roseanne Mason

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Roseanne Mason was part of a family-run drugs racket that supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine to dealers across the UK. The group used hire cars to collect shipments at Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. They relied on the encrypted app Signal for communication and made significant daily profits.

Found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after an 11-week trial.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Tina Golding

Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

July 19, 2025

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Tina Golding was a member of a family-led drugs operation that supplied an estimated tonne of cocaine across the UK. They collected shipments using hire cars from Harwich Port in Essex and transported them to various destinations including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Rotherham, Leicester, Walsall, London, and Southend. The group used the encrypted messaging app Signal for coordination and made profits of about £1,000 daily.

Troy Frith

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

July 15, 2025

Sentence: one year and two weeks imprisonment

Troy Frith assaulted a man in the car park of Sainsbury’s Local in St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, after becoming impatient while waiting for a family to remove a child seat from a car. Despite other parking spaces being available, he punched the victim once, causing serious head injuries. The incident occurred on April 27, and the victim was taken to hospital.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge considered the unprovoked nature of the assault and his remorse for the victim's welfare.

Sources: kentlive.news

Bilikesu Olagunju

Ill-treatment or wilful neglect of an individual while acting as a care worker

July 1, 2025

Sentence: 6 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and 50 hours unpaid work

Bilikesu Olagunju, a carer employed for just six days, was caught on CCTV at John Attard's home in Bexley, Kent, on Christmas Eve 2022, where she manhandled the 88-year-old man with dementia like a 'rag doll'. She stripped him naked in view of the street, dragged him across the floor, threatened to beat him, poured marmalade into his coffee despite his diabetes, and ignored his cries of pain. This led to his hospitalisation the next day and his death 10 days later.

Pleaded guilty to ill-treatment or wilful neglect. Judge noted lack of training, no malicious intent, and genuine remorse. Family expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence as an insufficient deterrent.

Sources: mirror.co.uk

Asolo-Ogugua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 14, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Asolo-Ogugua, a bus driver, was under the influence of drugs and caused the death of a 9-year-old girl in Bexleyheath.

Jailed for causing the death of a 9-year-old girl while driving under the influence of drugs.

Sources: mylondon.news

Martin Asolo-Ogugua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 9, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Martin Asolo-Ogugua, a 23-year-old bus driver from Banfield Road, Southwark, fell asleep at the wheel after consuming cannabis the night before. On August 3, he mounted the pavement on Watling Street near Halcot Avenue in Bexleyheath, colliding with two children, one of whom was 9-year-old Ada Bicakci on her bike. This resulted in Ada's death after she was rushed to hospital. Her family sustained minor injuries by jumping out of the way.

Pleaded guilty to causing serious injury through dangerous driving and drug-driving. Also disqualified from driving for seven years.

Sources: mylondon.news

Luke Douglas

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 10 months imprisonment

Luke Douglas was part of a drug supply network in Dartford. He acquired a drugs line from Joe Stokes and was arrested in July 2024 as investigators uncovered his involvement in supplying cocaine and cannabis.

Joe Stokes

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 4 months imprisonment

Joe Stokes was involved in a Dartford drugs conspiracy with his partner Lacey Lynch. In November 2023, officers recovered almost 100g of cocaine from his vehicle. He sold the drugs line to Luke Douglas and was part of the supply network.

Joshua Exall

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Joshua Exall played a key role in a drug supply network in Dartford. In July 2024, a search of his home address revealed large quantities of class A and class B drugs, three viable handguns, ammunition, cash, and mobile phones used for drug supply. He was arrested as part of an investigation that began in September 2023.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs and was convicted of additional drugs offences, illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and criminal property following a trial.

Sources: kentlive.news

Ben King

Possession with intent to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 10 years and 6 months imprisonment

Ben King was involved in a Dartford drugs conspiracy. Officers seized three blocks of cocaine, half a block of heroin, cash, and two taser devices. He was connected to handguns found during the investigation and was arrested after being tracked down.

Convicted of transferring firearms and possession with intent to supply class A drugs following a trial. DNA evidence linked him to handguns found at another property.

Sources: kentlive.news

Bobby Nash

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 6 months imprisonment

Bobby Nash was part of a drug supply network in Dartford. He was identified and arrested as one of four additional people involved in the conspiracy, which involved supplying class A drugs and led to the seizure of drugs worth around £440,000.

Ella Francis

Supply of class A drugs

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 10 months imprisonment

Ella Francis was involved in the supply of class A drugs as part of a Dartford network. She was identified and arrested during the investigation that seized over 3.5kg of cocaine and heroin, along with firearms and cash.

Eddie Ives

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

May 13, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 3 months imprisonment

Eddie Ives assaulted a woman he knew on two occasions in Gravesend. On October 16, 2024, at a hotel in Watling Street, he grabbed her hair and slammed her head into a parked vehicle, causing a cut to her eyebrow. On October 24, 2024, he threw a glass at her face while she was at her home, causing cuts to her cheek, lip, and jaw. Ives was subject to a Violent Offender Order following a prior manslaughter conviction.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of breaching his Violent Offender Order. Subject to a restraining order for five years.

Sources: kentlive.news

Paul Campbell

Manslaughter

May 8, 2025

Sentence: 21 years imprisonment with a five-year extended licence

Paul Campbell brutally assaulted 62-year-old Gordon Ogunmuyiwa, a former doctor, on 24 December 2022 at his property in Dunheved Road West, Thornton Heath. The assault involved multiple injuries sustained over time, with the final attack being particularly vicious and leading to Gordon's death. Campbell called paramedics before fleeing but Gordon was already deceased upon their arrival. Investigations revealed a pattern of abuse, including Campbell using Gordon's credit cards to purchase items like an iPhone after his death.

Found guilty after a three-week trial. Detective Chief Inspector Samantha Townsend described Campbell as selfish and self-serving, having taken advantage of the victim's vulnerability.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Callum Ulysses Parslow

Attempted Murder

January 17, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years and 8 months

Callum Ulysses Parslow stabbed Nahom Hagos, an asylum seeker from Eritrea, in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn in Hindlip, Worcestershire, on April 2, 2023. The unprovoked attack occurred after Parslow, who has Adolf Hitler’s signature tattooed on his arm, bought a specialist knife online for £770 and wrote a terrorist manifesto expressing far-right views. He attempted to share the manifesto on social media, targeting politicians and figures, claiming the act was a 'duty to England' against migrants. Police found additional weapons and Nazi-related items at his home, including an axe, a baseball bat, a swastika armband, and copies of Mein Kampf. The victim suffered severe injuries, leading to ongoing pain and psychological trauma.

Pleaded guilty to an unconnected sexual offence and two charges of sending electronic communications with intent to cause distress and anxiety; convicted of attempted murder after a trial; judge noted the attack was motivated by far-right neo-Nazi views and described it as a terrorist act; prior convictions for similar offences in 2018.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Orion Parks

Wounding without Intent

October 17, 2024

Sentence: 2 years and 3 months imprisonment in Young Offenders’ Institute

On December 10, 2023, Parks and three others attacked a 16-year-old boy at his home in John Street, Rochester, chasing and stabbing him multiple times after he tried to flee on his bike. Victim hospitalized in London for three days. Machete found at Parks' home.

Raheem Ruhambira

Wounding with Intent

October 17, 2024

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment, 3 years extended licence

On December 10, 2023, Ruhambira and three others attacked a 16-year-old boy at his home in John Street, Rochester, chasing and stabbing him multiple times after he tried to flee on his bike. Victim hospitalized in London for three days.

Found guilty after trial of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and wounding with intent.

Sources: kentlive.news

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon

Contempt of court

October 1, 2024

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon breached a High Court order made in 2021 by knowingly repeating false allegations against Jamal Hijazi, a Syrian refugee who had successfully sued him for libel. The breaches included publishing a film titled Silenced containing the libellous claims, repeating the allegations in interviews between February and June 2023, and playing the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in summer 2023. These actions violated an injunction stemming from a 2018 incident where Hijazi was assaulted at school, and Yaxley-Lennon falsely claimed Hijazi had attacked girls, leading to the original libel case.

Admitted 10 breaches of a High Court order. The judge described the breaches as flagrant and noted that nobody is above the law. He has ADHD and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, which were considered in the appeal but did not alter the sentence.

Sources: inews.co.uk

Nii 'Kojo' Bortey

Child rape

August 18, 2024

Sentence: 13 years and 3 months imprisonment with an extended licence period of 8 years

Nii 'Kojo' Bortey, 31, subjected a young girl to a violent and sustained sexual attack last September in Honor Oak. Following the rape, he went to a pharmacy to buy the morning-after pill but decided against it upon learning it was not free. Police later searched his phone and found photos of girls as young as six being sexually abused and raped.

Pleaded guilty to raping a child. Judge David Miller described him as a 'rudderless and isolated' man who is sexually attracted to young girls and poses a danger to the public. He confessed early in the investigation but initially attempted to change his plea.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Martin Asolo-Agogua

Causing death by dangerous driving

June 9, 2024

Sentence: four years in prison

Martin Asolo-Agogua, a 23-year-old bus driver, attended his shift on August 3, 2023, after staying up all night at a party and smoking cannabis. He was seen yawning and nodding off while driving a double-decker bus in Bexleyheath, which swerved erratically onto the pavement on Watling Street, striking and killing nine-year-old Ada Bicakci, who was cycling with her five-year-old brother and father. The incident occurred as she was heading to her gymnastics class. Asolo-Agogua had obtained his driving licence in January 2023 and was employed by Arriva by January 2024, during which time there were multiple complaints about his driving, including a brief suspension that was later lifted.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs. Judge Ben Gumpert KC noted that the crash was due to fatigue from staying up all night. Prior complaints about his driving, including incidents of damaging vehicles and buses, were considered.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Ben Worden

Attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity

June 2, 2024

Sentence: three years and four months imprisonment

Ben Worden, from Welling, sent sexual messages and videos to decoy accounts posing as 13 and 14-year-old girls on Facebook in late 2023. He encouraged one to masturbate, expressed a desire to have sex with her, and requested explicit photos. The messages were reported to the police, leading to his arrest and guilty plea.

Pleaded guilty to five charges. Judge described him as an intelligent and manipulative person. Defence noted he was abusing drugs and alcohol at the time and has since sought help.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Steve Hughes

Attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child

August 18, 2023

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months

Steve Hughes, a 55-year-old mental health counsellor from Eltham, sought out and engaged in a six-month online relationship with a 14-year-old girl starting in November 2022, sending sexualised and grooming messages. He was also messaging three other decoy accounts of girls aged 13 or 14. He was confronted by paedophile hunters in May 2023 and subsequently convicted of four charges.

Pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury. Judge suspended the sentence due to a realistic chance of rehabilitation and ordered him to pay £4,380 in costs. Subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Sources: newsshopper.co.uk

Anjem Choudary

Directing a terrorist organisation

July 30, 2023

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years

Anjem Choudary, a radical preacher from Ilford, was involved in directing the terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun (ALM). He took on the role of 'caretaker emir' in 2014 and continued to influence and radicalise a new generation of extremists through online lectures on encrypted platforms. He encouraged and assisted numerous individuals to join and fight for Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS). Choudary was arrested at his home on July 17, 2023, following investigations by the Metropolitan Police, MI5, and international partners in New York and Canada. The crimes spanned several years and involved covert recordings of his activities.

Found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation, membership of a proscribed organisation, and encouraging support for a terrorist organisation. Had a previous terror conviction from 2016 and will be subject to notification requirements for 30 years.

Sources: ilfordrecorder.co.uk

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