Anthony France

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Anthony France is Crime Correspondent for Evening Standard and is based in London

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Anthony France is Crime Correspondent for Evening Standard and is based in London

Crime

Dad of murdered teen Kiyan Prince sets out vision for young Londoners

Dr Mark Prince OBE has dedicated his life to steering young people away from knife crime since Kiyan, 15, was fatally stabbed trying to break up a fight outside his Edgware school 20 years ago

18 May 2026
Crime

Moment Rolex ripper ambushes boss to steal £30k watch as he's jailed

Algerian robber Zakaria Snouci has been imprisoned for almost four years over the attack on Sunil Chopra in Porchester Place, Westminster

23 Apr 2026
Crime

‘Superhero’ to run London Marathon for stabbed QPR player Kiyan Prince

Kiyan, 15, was murdered trying to break up a fight outside his school in Edgware

14 Apr 2026
Crime

Mum of schoolboy shot dead weeks after 14th birthday ‘living in fear’

Eghosa Ogbebor gunned down near a pub in Woolwich as fundraiser set up for his funeral costs

10 Apr 2026
Crime

Briton, 43, charged with directing activities of Islamist terror group

Jermaine Grant will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

9 Apr 2026
Crime

Musician’s heartbreak as son, 21, stabbed to death on Primrose Hill

Father of 21-year-old man stabbed to death at Primrose Hill says this is ‘the worst tragedy I could ever imagine’

9 Apr 2026
Crime

British Transport Police officer charged with rape and sexual offences

London-based PC Jabul Islam, 37, will appear in court later this month following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police

7 Apr 2026
Crime

Boy, 14, shot dead told ‘broken’ mum he was filming a rap music video

Eghosa Ogbebor was gunned down near a pub in Woolwich at the start of a bloody Easter Bank Holiday weekend

7 Apr 2026
London

Moment driver rams machete-wielding bike thief at Sainsbury’s

Police called to incident near Sainsbury’s in Brixton as 4x4 driver turns crimefighter

2 Apr 2026
Crime

‘This is what Clapham has become’: Anger and fear as youths run riot

Six girls were arrested and five people, four of them police officers, were assaulted in south-west London on Tuesday evening

2 Apr 2026
London

Why gangs of feral teenagers are swarming streets causing panic

Shopkeepers braced for further unrest during the Easter holidays on Clapham High Street

2 Apr 2026
Crime

Moment brazen thieves calmly go through pub-goers’ bags during spree

Majazy Latif, 28, was jailed after targeting punters in bars in the City of London

2 Apr 2026
London

Book of Mormon show cancelled after ‘protester’ hurls objects on stage

Audience members at the Prince of Wales Theatre were told the show would not go on after the performance was disrupted by the protester

1 Apr 2026
Crime

Moment Flying Squad arrest ringleader behind London phone shop heists

Sammie Govera, 32, was detained while attempting a sixth raid on phone shops - unaware of a police surveillance operation

1 Apr 2026
London

Teens cause fresh mayhem in Clapham days after mob storms shops

Clapham security guard tells of moment he was forced to lock customers inside M&S store - with further chaos on Tuesday evening

1 Apr 2026
London

Five hurt as police van crashes into car on busy south London street

The incident happened outside Better Gym in Crook Log, Bexleyheath just before 9.30am on Tuesday

31 Mar 2026
Crime

Paedophile City of London PC granted anonymity due to health concerns

The disgraced constable resigned after being caught with content showing sexual abuse on his mobile phone

31 Mar 2026
Crime

Police ordered to stop wasting time on Twitter squabbles

Chief constables have been accused of failing to concentrate on crimes such as murder and robbery

31 Mar 2026
Crime

British cyclist refused £15k payout because thieves ‘weren’t violent’

Gabriella McHugh, 17, left heartbroken after the break-in on residential street in Clapham

31 Mar 2026
Crime

Fewer than one in 300 phone thefts in London result in a charge

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had his phone stolen - but no suspect was identified

30 Mar 2026
Crime

Moment suspected drug dealer flees court in south London

Abu Faye, 26, admitted possessing cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis

30 Mar 2026