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Drugs, gangs and police corruption in Stoke Newington: An Interview with an ex gang-member on Stokey's underworld

By Sophie_RT at 00:33 on 18/01/11

Last March a friend of mine came to visit from Yorkshire. Before she arrived she asked me anxiously whether Hackney deserved its reputation for being a dangerous place. Instinctively I jumped to its defence, telling her the image was over-hyped, that there was hardly ever any trouble and she'd love it down here in the 'ghetto'. So down she came, for just the one night. We had a fantastic time partying on Church Street and come 5am we...
Stoke Newington man charged with leaving top City eateries without paying

By RosieWatts at 16:27 on 22/11/10

Now, we have all been in that position when you have entered a fancy restaurant with a partner or a group of friends had a bit too much of the red stuff and way too much of the fine cuisine. The waiter strolls over holding with pride the rather large figured receipt kindly placed in a small folded leather wallet and hands you the present. Your eyes skim through the breakdown of food and wine and then you get a smack in the chops when...
Stokey Trio Charged

By RosieWatts at 12:01 on 09/11/10

Three Stoke Newington teenagers have now been charged with possessing a shotgun following the police incident in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington. Ajibola Kusimo, 18, of Chaucer Court, John Smillie, 18, of Clonbrook Road, Milton Garden Estate, and Cameron Burton, 18, Howard Road, appeared at Stratford magistrates Court on Saturday November 6 charged with possession of a section 5 firearm. All three were remanded into custody to appear...
Teens arrested with shotgun in Stokey

By RosieWatts at 11:19 on 08/11/10

Police seized a sawn off shotgun and two rounds of ammunition while three males were arrested. Clissold Park is usually the place you would go to enjoy a walk, play in the park with your children or on Thursday night take a sawn off shotgun. Officers were called to the park around 10.30pm after CCTV operators became aware of a group young males acting suspiciously in Queen Elizabeth's Walk in Stoke Newington. As officers arrived...
Stokey Bobbies Target Kerb Crawlers

By RosieWatts at 19:49 on 24/10/10

Officers from Hackney Police and theMetropolitan Police's Human Exploitation and Organised Crime Command carried out two vice operations in Hackney. Lordship Park in Stoke Newington and Shacklewell Lane in E8 were the focus of joint operation. The officers patrolled the areas from Monday October 11 to Thursday October 14, finishing with a result of 21 arrests. As an alternative to a court appearance for offenders,...

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Warning: Fraudsters hit ATMs in N16

By abi_silvester

Thanks for the heads-up - this seems to be becoming a regular occurrence.

By Sophie_RT at 22:11 on 27/07/11

At a Safer Neighbourhoods meeting last night, local police warned of fraud being carried out on ATMs in Stoke Newington and Stamford Hill. Having previously targeted the cash machine at Barclays on Stamford Hill Broadway, the crooks have now moved further up the High Street and there have been reports of hits at the ATM outside Morrisons. Using what's referred to as a 'Lebanese Loop', the fraudsters can clone credit and debit cards...
Crime falls in Hackney, but Homophobia on the rise

By air_guitar

I would have said that you can't get much safer than Stoke Newington if you're gay. Maybe the...

By Sophie_RT at 13:11 on 14/02/11

Well, the new Crime Map may have made Stoke Newington look like something out of Grand Theft Auto, but recent reports show that crime in Hackney as a whole is actually at its lowest for over a decade. Stoke Newington Police and our other local teams deserve some serious praise as robbery against individuals and burglary have more than halved in the past ten years in the borough, and robbery against businesses has fallen by eight per...
Stoke Newington is a hot bed of ASBOs and ambiguous crime, according to new Crime Map

By Ms_Lorraine

The way they group the figures eg the Jolly Butchers/Smalley example and the 'other' category being...

By Sophie_RT at 22:42 on 02/02/11

I can't keep up! The BBC recently described Stoke Newington as being like a 'village', 'safe' and 'green' in To Buy or Not to Buy - a property and relocation programme; and there was a flurry of retweets on Twitter last week when local journalist Marcus Fairs wrote that "Stoke Newington is Dalston hipsters' idea of a weekend in the country". Yet statistics released on the new 'Crime Map' website launched this week show something rather...
Another teen stabbed in Stoke Newington in 2011

By air_guitar

The problem's only gonna get worse around Stoke Newington until there is a more militant cull on...

By Sophie_RT at 01:42 on 28/01/11

Well it's not been a good start to the year in N16 when it comes to teenage violence. After the figures for fatalities dropped in 2010, the trend for armed attacks on youths seems to be going strong. A 14 year-old boy was stabbed in his limbs six times in an assault that took place on Bethune Road, Stamford Hill this Wednesday. Thankfully the injuries are not life threatening and he is recovering in hospital. This follows a series of...
Stoke Newington man on trial for rape, after victim bites through his tongue

By Sophie_RT

*Apologies, she's actually Irish.

By Sophie_RT at 02:49 on 20/01/11

Stoke Newington resident Metin Sanci is on trial for rape, attempted rape and sexual assault on a girl in her twenties in Islington last summer. The 34 year old Stokey local is accused of following a barmaid home after her late shift and attacking her on her doorstep. Prosecution claim Sanci tried to gag and strangle the young woman who bit sharply through his tongue as he attempted to kiss her. The injury incurred was so severe it...