Woolwich Crown Court Sentencing Results

Ahmed Alsyed, 20, from west London, was part of an ISIS-inspired plot with his brother Yousif to travel to Syria and join Daesh as fighters. He communicated on Telegram under the alias 'Abu Ibrahim', carried out physical training at a paintballing camp and gym, and shared violent extremist videos. Police stopped the pair at Heathrow Airport on 10 August 2016 and seized phones containing terrorist propaganda and travel plans. He was later charged with collecting information, preparing terrorist acts, and spreading extremist material.

On 17 September 2020, police observed Ahmet Budak at a business premises in Hackney, E9, where Hasan Ekinci placed a brown paper bag into the boot of a car driven by Budak. Armed police stopped the car on Gale Street in Dagenham and found two brown paper bags in the boot containing four Sig Sauer P226 handguns and 40 rounds of 9mm ammunition. A search of an address linked to Budak on Hale End Road revealed a Glock firearm and 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition hidden in the kitchen. All firearms were viable and capable of causing lethal injuries.

Aidan Lynch ran Home to Home letting agents in Forest Hill, South London, allowing at least seven properties managed by the agency to be used as cannabis factories with potential annual revenue exceeding £2 million. On 14 February 2013, police raided a basement premises on Crystal Palace Parade SE19, finding four interlinked tunnels with approximately 500 cannabis plants worth £497,000, sophisticated lighting and electricity bypass. Lynch arrived during the raid claiming to be the letting agent, later produced a fake tenancy agreement. Further investigation uncovered another factory on Dartmouth Road SE26.

Jack Selby, 36-year-old sole director of Selbys Ltd, ran an unlicensed waste treatment operation at rented premises in Erith on the banks of the River Thames for 11 months across 2021 and 2022. The site was stacked with large piles of waste including wood, plastic and trommel fines, spilling onto flood defences, posing a risk of embankment failure and flooding. Waste caught fire in February 2022, requiring London Fire Brigade intervention. Previously, his company M&R Skip Hire held a permit there before being wound up.

Glyn Walters, 60, from North London, was linked to a roofing scam between March and September 2021 that fleeced homeowners in Bexley, Greenwich, Sutton and Croydon of almost £245,000. Victims paid for roof repairs that were either never done or shoddily completed. Walters lent his name to fake roofing businesses and had bank accounts set up under his identity to receive fraudulent payments.

Gordon Curtis, 44, from Gravesend, subjected a woman to repeated physical, financial and emotional abuse. On 26 November 2020, concerned neighbours heard a disturbance; he had thrown items including a pair of scissors at her. Further evidence showed he prevented her from being home alone, leaving the flat without him, locked her in, refused her a mobile phone and smashed it if found. Released on bail not to contact her but repeatedly breached conditions. Arrested again on 24 February 2021.

In 2022, Emmanuel Nkrumah-Buansi, Jacob Afolabi and Habib Kanu planned to rob people using information supplied by Lee Garrard. At around 7.15pm on 2 April 2022, Nkrumah-Buansi and Afolabi arranged to meet a 22-year-old man near Mallard Close. They approached their target who was sitting in a car and, during their attempt to rob him, Nkrumah-Buansi stabbed the victim. They then fled the area and despite medical assistance, the man died at the scene. Also involved in an earlier robbery in Dartford on 25 March 2022.

On 17 September 2020, police stopped a vehicle in Dagenham containing four handguns and ammunition as part of a firearms deal arranged by Blaine Nurden from prison. Phone analysis and CCTV identified Hayden Nurden as involved; examination of his handset showed a text to Billy Flynn asking to bring the ‘5500 x 2’. An address in Dagenham was linked to the Nurden family.