A thug who punched and kicked his five-year-old stepson to death despite saying sorry for losing his shoe faces life behind bars. Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, was found guilty of murdering little Alex Malcolm in a fit of rage after a two week trial at Woolwich Crown Court. Harrowing details of Alex's injuries and testimony from heartbroken mum Lilya Breha who desperately tried to save her boy on the night of the attack were heard during the trial. Jurors were told...
A sadistic pensioner who forced kids to drink bleach mixed with juice and shower in scalding hot water during a reign of historic child abuse has been jailed. Sick Sandra Clayton, 70, subjected the children to regular beatings and tormented them during a catalogue of offending between the early 70s and mid 80s. A court heard she forced soiled underwear into two of the children's mouths if she deemed them to be not clean enough, made them sleep on the...
This is the makeshift weapon that is terrifying people across the capital - a Lucozade bottle filled with ACID. Cops swooped after a man was seen carrying the bottle near Bow Road station, east London on Tuesday. Officers were called to the scene after reports of a suspected robbery in Eleanor Street, Bow, at 2.50am A group of men were searched nearby and one of them was found to be carrying a squeezy plastic bottle filled with the suspect substance....
A full-time carer has been left unable to bathe, wash her hair or heat her home after a gas leak cut off her supply for more than three months - leaving her unable to care for herself. Carmen Robinson was told the work would be completed within four weeks while pipes were replaced. But months later, the 49-year-old is still without gas in her flat in Roehampton, south west London. She has described the situation as “an absolute nightmare” and...
An electrician has been jailed after he was employed by a criminal gang to run a huge cannabis factory - in a COUNTRY MANSION. Ervin Baraku fitted dehumidifiers, lights and extractor fans and tended to the crop of 1,116 plants which had a street value of £630,000. In return for growing the drug, Albanian-national Baraku, 26, was allowed to live in the property, in Willoughbridge, Shrops., along with a wage equivalent to £60,000-a-year. The sprawling mansion boasted a large reception...
A "sex obsessed" cop used a hi-tech camera on board a police chopper to record seedy footage of his 'swinging friends' having SEX, a court heard. Adrian Pogmore, 51, used his position as an air observer to film his swinging pals having an eight minute romp on their patio. He also used the powerful lens to focus on a nude mum-of-three and her teenage daughters sun bathing in their garden - as his crew mates allegedly watched. Sheffield Crown Court,...
A Good Samaritan was left stunned after he tried to pay for a hotel for a homeless man but was refused a room "for safety reasons." Kind-hearted Olly Attfield, 32, was left furious when managers turned away the man at the Jury's Inn even though he offered to pay the £70 room fee. He had been walking along Birmingham's Broad Street last Thursday (13/7) with a friend when they got chatting to 56-year-old Paul. Olly said he was so moved...
An UberEats delivery driver burnt in an acid attack has told how his moped helmet prevented life-changing injuries. Jabed Hussain, 32, suffered burns to his lip when he was sprayed with a corrosive liquid through his helmet at traffic lights before robbers snatched his motorbike. The dad-of-one is alleged to have been the first of five victims on Thursday night to be attacked with acid by two teenagers on a moped. But he believes he is "the lucky one" as...
Heartless thugs have vandalised a shirt hung up in tribute to inspirational youngster Bradley Lowery - by writing a SWEAR word on it. A Sunderland AFC shirt with a heartfelt message to Bradley had been put up outside the Clock Pub, on Victoria Road East, Hebburn. Bradley Lowery tribute defaced outside The Clock pub in Hebburn. The loving message on the shirt read 'There is only one Bradley Lowery, rest in peace love. Alan and Yvonne xxx.' But a...
TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.
Read more
We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.
Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy