Brixton Soup Kitchen warns others after criminals use its name in scam
Solomon Smith (left) with soup kitchen colleagues Brixton Soup Kitchen founder Solomon Smith has described as “heartbreaking” a scam that used the soup kitchen’s name and image to steal from charity...
View ArticleCOMMENT: London’s bleeding
16-year-old Saara Yearwood Hadadj says government should not be banning music, but opening youth clubs Over recent years knife crime in London, has become a major issue of public concern. Despite its...
View ArticleBrixton stolen wallet plea
Natalie Itinov from Bulgaria was robbed outside KFC in central Brixton last night (9 March). The thief escaped on a bike with her wallet containing bank cards and a Bulgarian ID card. The wallet is...
View ArticleRunaway flat deposit fraudster sentenced
James Bennett Fraudster James Bennett, 32, of no fixed abode, was today (15 December) jailed for six years in his absence. He had been found guilty of 17 counts of fraud at Inner London Crown Court on...
View ArticleMan convicted of attempted rape in Brixton
Gary Kerby A man has been convicted of attempting to rape a woman as she walked through Rush Common in Brixton. She may have been saved by a man who came across the attack but who has not been...
View ArticleBrixton flat deposit fraud man found guilty, but is not in court
James Bennett A man who conned people looking for somewhere to live in Brixton out of thousands of pounds is being sought after he was convicted on 17 counts of fraud in his absence. James Bennett, 32,...
View ArticleBrixton lawyers who turn nobody away
Lawyers in the Soup Kitchen recently made the first ever film to be allowed in the Royal Courts of Justice. The organisation Twanieka Alcindor launched three years ago in Coldharbour Lane has come a...
View ArticlePolice appeal for witnesses after five injured in Brixton car incident
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a car collided with a group of people in Brixton. Police were called shortly after 3am this morning (Saturday, 2 December) to reports of a car...
View ArticleBrixton domino team triumph while club contests police licence review
Brixton’s domino team have triumphed in this year’s Anglo Caribbean Domino League (ACDL), beating Wolverhampton by a wide margin (131-109) in the UK finals in Birmingham. ACDL is the UK’s premier...
View ArticleBrixton Water Lane car break-in. Can you help?
A car owner whose vehicle was broken into in Brixton Water Lane on Wednesday night is seeking help. Stolen from the car was an old Windows tablet with a cracked screen – worth very little in itself,...
View ArticlePolice seek information after two women robbed in Brixton
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after two recent robberies of women in Brixton. In both cases the victims were walking alone in Stockwell Avenue, which runs parallel to Stockwell...
View ArticleAward for custody book scheme
Special Constable Steve Whitmore with Vi and Ray Donovan and Lambeth borough commander Richard Wood Steve Whitmore, a special constable in Brixton was awarded the Chris Donovan Trust Award at the...
View ArticlePolice consult on closure of seven front counters across Lambeth
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) have launched a consultation on the proposed closures of seven police station front counters and neighbourhood bases across Lambeth. The closures are...
View ArticleMan charged with Brixton murder
Police investigating the stabbing in Brixton’s Atlantic Road have today (20 August) charged a man with murder. South London resident Alando Bolt, 45, will appear in custody at Hendon magistrates’...
View ArticleAtlantic Road closed in Brixton murder enquiry
Police have launched a murder investigation in Brixton after being called at around 12.50 this afternoon (18 August) to reports of a man suffering from stab injuries in Atlantic Road. London Ambulance...
View ArticleTen years for Brixton firearms offences
Kojo Kyei-BAMFO A man who fired a gun while he was running away from two police officers in Brixton has been sentenced to ten years in jail. Kojo Kyei-Bamfo, 26, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Old...
View ArticlePolice appeal over Brixton stabbing
Male 1 Lambeth detectives investigating a stabbing in Brixton have released CCTV footage of the attack and stills of six people they wish to speak to. On Thursday 4 May at around 11.30pm, a 29-year-old...
View ArticleBrixton has London’s busiest police station front desk – but others may go
Brixton police station has London’s busiest front desk when it comes to reporting crime – yet only seven crimes are reported there on average each day. Now London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a major...
View ArticlePolice arrest man after Brixton rape attempt appeal
Detectives from the Metropolitan police child abuse and sexual offences command who were appealing for information to trace a man in connection with an attempted rape in Brixton, last night arrested...
View ArticlePolice investigate Brixton rape
Police are investigating a rape in Brixton. At around 10.30pm yesterday (11 July) the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, was approached by an unknown male as she walked through Rush Common off Dray...
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