Emily Pennink

Crime

Norwegian footballer tells jurors he is ‘no cold-blooded hitman’

Johannes Kongsnes Natland has denied conspiring to murder an unknown person but has admitted possession of the two firearms and ammunition.
11 Jun 2026
Crime

Ex-Tesco worker denies compiling kill list of ‘race traitor’ staff and customers

Alfie Coleman was arrested by counter terrorism police in a Morrisons car park, moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition.
17 Jul 2025
Crime

Terror-accused teenager hailed balaclava-clad gunmen ‘coming to England soon’

Alfie Coleman was 19 when he was arrested by counter terrorism police moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition in 2023.
16 Jul 2025
Crime

Drug dealer was shot dead after serving sentence over dismembering of body

Janayo Lucima had admitted running a drugs line from William Algar’s property in west London.
15 Jul 2025
Crime

Senior officer hails justice for baby Victoria as ‘selfish’ parents convicted

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford spoke to reporters outside the Old Bailey.
14 Jul 2025
Crime

Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road’ to justice for baby Victoria

Samantha Yelland, senior crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘I feel that justice has been done.’
14 Jul 2025
Crime

How police search for baby Victoria ended in ‘shock and devastation’

After a six-month Old Bailey retrial, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of the manslaughter of their daughter.
14 Jul 2025
Crime

Revealed: Constance Marten had shattered spleen in ‘domestic abuse incident’

Marten had repeatedly claimed she went on the run with her convicted rapist partner Mark Gordon to ‘protect’ their newborn daughter Victoria.
14 Jul 2025
Crime

Video shows Constance Marten’s reaction to discovery of baby’s body

Marten, 38, appeared frozen and monosyllabic as police broke the news during an interview on March 1 2023.
14 Jul 2025
Crime

Key CCTV of baby Victoria alive made police chief ‘wince’

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, from Scotland Yard, recalled his reaction to the first sighting of the newborn child.
14 Jul 2025
Crime

How the elephant in the courtroom crashed into Constance Marten’s trial

The scene was set before the case began, as Mark Gordon’s defence team raised the thorny subject of the ‘white aristocrat and black rapist’.
14 Jul 2025
UK

Elderly victim suffered fatal stab and groin injuries in home attack

Amithraz Balgobin, 36, allegedly attacked Amaratial Mistry at a property in Streatham, south London, on Friday July 4.
9 Jul 2025
Crime

Terror accused teenager was isolated and lonely during lockdown, court told

Alfie Coleman was aged 19 when he was arrested by counter terrorism police.
9 Jul 2025
Crime

Jury retires in Constance Marten baby manslaughter retrial

Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, are accused over the death of newborn Victoria in a tent on the South Downs in early 2023

7 Jul 2025
Crime

Majority direction for jury in Wagner Group arson trial

Around £1 million of damage was caused in an arson attack on an industrial unit in Leyton, east London, last March 20, the Old Bailey has heard.
7 Jul 2025
Crime

Protesters turn out as woman appears in court over alleged support for Hamas

Student Sarah Cotte, from Camden, north London, has denied two charges of expressing ‘an opinion or belief in support of a proscribed organisation’.
4 Jul 2025
Crime

Man denies amassing armoury of weapons and trying to whip up pandemic uprising

Paul Martin has appeared in court charged with encouraging terrorism, possessing articles for the purposes of terrorism, and possessing a stun gun.
4 Jul 2025
Crime

Jurors view dramatic moment armed police arrest neo-Nazi teenager in gun sting

Alfie Coleman was detained outside a Morrisons supermarket.
3 Jul 2025
Crime

Jury out in Wagner Group arson trial

Around £1 million of damage was caused in an arson attack on an industrial unit in Leyton, east London.
1 Jul 2025
Crime

Sword attacker jailed for at least 40 years for ‘wicked’ murder of schoolboy

Marcus Monzo, 37, fatally slashed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword.
27 Jun 2025
Crime

‘There was no time for fear’, says officer who confronted Hainault attacker

Inspector Moloy Campbell took the decision to confront Marcus Monzo in a car park and ran at him with baton drawn.
27 Jun 2025