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Thursday 21 September 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# Scotland Yard

This year
2023
Met Police officer appears in court in England charged with rape
Pc Callum Utley allegedly committed the offence in Beaconsfield in 2019 while he was off duty.
Met Police expresses 'regret' over arrests of six coronation protestors
The police were threatened with legal action when no charges were brought.
Gary Glitter will ‘probably die in prison’ following return to custody, says former top UK cop
The 78-year-old paedophile pop star had been released in February, halfway through his 16-year jail sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.
Last year
2022
Three men charged after boxer Amir Khan ‘robbed at gunpoint’
Ahmed Bana, Nurul Amin and Dante Campbell will appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick resigns
She said Mayor of London Sadiq Khan left her with “no choice but to step aside as Commissioner”.
All time
Murder, rape, assault and drug offences: Over 1,000 Irish arrested by Met Police this year
Three Irish citizens were arrested by the Metropolitan Police over attempted murder.
Man charged with murder and terrorism over fatal stabbing of MP David Amess
The Conservative MP for Southend West was killed on Friday.
Sarah Everard murderer PC Wayne Couzens sacked by Metropolitan Police
Couzens pleaded guilty on 9 July – Sarah was kidnapped, raped and murdered on 3 March.
Serving London police officer arrested on suspicion of being member of right-wing terror group
The Met Police said there was nothing to suggest any threat to the wider public.
Malaysian shamans perform rituals in jungle as they join search efforts for missing Nora Quoirin
It was announced in recent days that a Garda liaison officer was deployed to Malaysia to assist local authorities.
'She is so precious to us': Family of Nora Quoirin offer €10,000 reward for information
A garda liaison officer has been deployed to Malaysia and UK officers have also joined the search effort.
London's Met Police apologise after Twitter and email accounts are hacked
A number of unauthorised posts were also made on the force’s website last night.
Scotland Yard launches unique recruitment drive for new detectives
In a first for British policing, detectives will no longer need to have served as patrol officers in uniform.
Madeleine McCann disappeared 10 years ago today
Her parents say they haven’t lost hope of finding her.
Westminster attacker was 52-year-old Khalid Masood
Earlier the so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
Woman killed in London knife attack was US citizen
The Met Police have said the suspect is a Norwegian national of Somali descent.
Appeal for information over alleged 'serial killer' gay dating website murders
Police are looking for information on Stephen Port (40) who is accused of killing four young men.
There will be just 4 police officers investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
That number has been cut from 29.
Police officer shot in anti-gang raid in London
A man has been arrested.
A history of London crime in 600 ghoulish objects
From the ropes used to hang prisoners to a poisoned syringe belonging to the Kray twins – it looks like the Crime Museum is well worth a visit.
'Unlikely' that suitcase remains found in Australia are Madeleine McCann
Police have dismissed the speculation as ‘attention seeking’.
Heard of 'Black Mount' and 'Jim's' cigarettes? They're available on the Irish black market...
Around two thirds of black market cigarettes in Ireland are ‘illicit whites’.
London men charged with plotting terrorism and taking oath of Islamic State group
Four men face terrorist charges and a fifth faces firearms charges.
Madeleine McCann: Police search wasteland near holiday apartment
The area in Praia da Luz on the Algarve was cordoned off and police officers were seen in the area with sniffer dogs.
Madeleine McCann search: Police hunt intruder who sexually abused five children
Scotland Yard says it wants to identify a man who assaulted children in the area where Madeleine McCann went missing almost seven years ago.
This old Morris Minor police car will be driving through London today
Here’s why…
The 'IRA' claims responsibility for devices sent to British Army recruitment centres
The claim was made to Northern Irish media at the weekend according to UK police.
Man found guilty of sexually assaulting 8-year-old in Madame Tussaud's
The 42-year-old man assaulted the child in the gift shop of the famous waxworks in London.
Scotland Yard 'wrong' for not reviewing 'shoot to kill' tactic
The so-called ‘hard stop’ tactic has been examined by BBC’s Panorama team.
Bodies of 5-year-old boy and 7-month-old baby found in London
A 33-year-old woman was also found dead and a murder investigation has been launched.
TV chef Nigella Lawson could face drugs probe
There seems to have been a change of heart from Scotland Yard.
Irish Embassy in London look to establish details behind woman freed from slavery
The Department of Foreign Affairs said tonight that consular assistance is available if needed.
Scotland Yard breaks international drugs ring
Police seized millions of pounds worth of cocaine in dawn raids in London.
Madeleine disappearance reconstructed as police change timeline
The Metropolitan Police said that they have revised the timeline in their investigation.
Madeleine search: Man seen carrying 'blonde child towards beach'
Police said the young person was aged three to four years and was possibly wearing pyjamas.
Police assessing claim Diana was murdered by army figure
Scotland Yard has said it is checking the credibility of recently received information about her death in Paris in 1997.
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Everyone’s talking about the Irish people in Cairo, Michael Dwyer, and Scotland Yard looking at the death of Princess Diana (again).
Scotland Yard assessing new information about Diana death
Police in London say they’re not re-opening the investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed – but they are looking at the new information carefully.
EDL leader arrested after breaking police ban on Woolwich march
Scotland Yard had told the EDL not to go ahead with a planned rally at the barracks in Woolwich in London where soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death.
Irish man Tom McGinty key to Scotland Yard's oldest missing person case
Tom McGinty was the boyfriend of Mary Flanagan who disappeared on New Year’s Eve 1959.