Tycoon’s girl, 19 to face trial ‘after looting £6,000 of electronics
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A millionaire’s daughter accused of looting £6,000 worth of electrical goods, alcohol and cigarettes during the riots is to go on trial at a Crown court.
Former grammar school girl Laura Johnson, 19, faces three charges of theft and two of intent to steal after the haul was found in a Smart car allegedly driven by her.
Accused: Millionare's daughter Laura Johnson faces five charges of burglary connected with the London riots
Her bail conditions stipulate that she must wear an electronic tag and spend each night at her parents’ large detached farmhouse – which has its own tennis court – in Orpington, Kent. More on page 909
Jerry Nolan @ September 22, 2011
Now son of former Met Police boss is arrested over riots
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File picture: Len Duvall, former chairman of the Met Police Authority
A man held on suspicion of looting a mobile phone store in the riots is the son of a former police boss, it emerged today.
Mark Duvall, 26, was arrested on Friday in connection with an attack on a Vodafone shop in Woolwich, South London. More on page 904
Jerry Nolan @ August 28, 2011
Boy, 16, loses right to anonymity after ‘attempting to incite riot on Facebook’
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Johnny Melfah accused of posting messages on a group called ‘Letz start a riot’
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Home Secretary Theresa May has urged courts to name more youth defendants
A 16-year-old boy who allegedly tried to incite a riot on Facebook has had his right to anonymity taken away by a judge – in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.
Johnny Melfah is accused of posting a number of messages on a group online called ‘Letz start a riot’.
Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were last week jailed for four years after creating Facebook pages that urged rioting in their home towns.
Accused: Johnny Melfah, 16, left, allegedly posted messages on the Facebook group 'Letz start a riot' which Danny Cook, 21, right, is accused of creating
Jerry Nolan @ August 24, 2011
The oldest looter in town: Man aged 70 admits theft from riot-hit supermarket
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Painter and decorator ‘caught on camera starting blaze’ that destroyed iconic furniture store
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‘Scooter looter’ suspect to appear before magistrates
A 70-year-old man is the oldest person arrested during the rioting after looting a supermarket, it emerged today.
The pensioner accepted a caution after admitting theft from the Sainsbury’s store in Ealing, west London.
He was one of more than 200 people to raid the store as violence raged on the streets.
Smashed-up: A member of staff surveys the scene at Sainsbury’s in Enfield. North London. The 70-year-old man targeted a branch in Ealing, west London More on page 891
Jerry Nolan @ August 22, 2011
Shocking moment looting yobs SHOT at police helicopter during Birmingham Riots
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Police have released dramatic video of yobs shooting at unarmed police on the ground and in a hovering helicopter during the height of the riots.
An attempted murder investigation has been launched after 11 shots were fired as police as they tried to control the disorder in the Birmingham suburb of Newtown late on August 9.
Officers had to duck for cover as petrol bombs were also thrown after money and alcohol was stolen from the Bartons Arms and it was set alight.
Dangerous: This footage, taken from a police helicopter, shows a masked man pointing a gun up at officers
Who is he? Police have released the footage in the hope members of the public will identify the suspects More on page 881
Jerry Nolan @ August 20, 2011
Kristen Stewart under police guard as London riots halt shooting on latest film Snow White and the Huntsman
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Kristen Stewart temporarily has some time off because of the rioting in London.
Production on her latest film, Snow White and the Huntsman, has come to a standstill because of safety issues.
‘A friend of mine is stuck in London w/ #KristenStewart’s team. They JUST stopped #SnowWhite prep work until riots die down. #prayforlondon,” HollywoodLife.com reports.
Halt: Kristen Stewart arrived in London last month, but production has stopped temporarily due to the rioting More on page 870
Jerry Nolan @ August 19, 2011
Russell Brand has his say on ‘sad and frightening’ London riots in heartfelt blog entry
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He may live in Los Angeles now, but Russell Brand is still a Londoner at heart.
Heartfelt: Russell Brand posted a blog on his official website about the London riots
The 36-year-old comedian had his say on the recent riots in the capital by posting a lengthy blog on his official website entitled ‘Big Brother Isn’t Watching You’. More on page 864
Jerry Nolan @ August 19, 2011
More than 150 people caught after rioting swept across UK ‘were foreign nationals and will be deported’
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Hundreds of foreigners arrested for their part in the riots now face deportation.
Immigration Minister Damian Green has promised foreign rioters and looters will be thrown out of Britain at the ‘earliest opportunity’.
Around 150 of the 2,800 people arrested over the looting and arson attacks were born abroad, according to the UK Border Agency.
Deportation: Riot police face a mob in Hackney, north London on August 8, and the Government has pledged to deport any foreign nationals involved in any of the civil disorder More on page 856
Jerry Nolan @ August 19, 2011
Mother who shopped her own Olympic ambassador daughter after riots weeps as she’s locked up
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Chelsea Ives could face further charges as detectives want to question her about an incident in Hackney
The mother of a former Olympic ambassador who turned in her daughter after she claimed she saw her on television during the London riots left court in tears today after seeing her sent down to the cells.
Chelsea Ives, 18, will not appear again at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court until September 7 when the case will be committed to the crown court – meaning she will have to spend at least 21 more days in custody.
Ives, of Leytonstone, east London, is a former Waltham Forest Council youth Olympic ambassador, and has denied charges of violent disorder, burglary at Vodafone and Phones4U stores and causing damage to a police car.
Difficult time: Adrienne Ives, 47, leaves court after seeing her daughter Chelsea, right, remanded in custody More on page 847
Jerry Nolan @ August 18, 2011
‘A cry for help’: Prince Charles’ extraordinary verdict on gang culture as he meets riot victims
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Youths who join gangs are making a ‘cry for help’ because they lack a ‘sense of belonging’, Prince Charles sensationally said today as he met families whose lives were devastated by the riots.
Incredibly, the Prince of Wales put the criminal actions of looters and rioters down to an excess of of youthful ‘energy and natural aggression’ that just needs to be channelled in a constructive way.
His verdict is bound to cause anger by those hit by marauding swarms of looters last week and people living in areas at the centre of violent gang wars.
The heir to the throne made the comments after he and his wife, Camilla, visited a leisure centre in Tottenham, north London, which was offering shelter and advice to riot victims.
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Up close and personal: Prince Charles is warmly embraced as he meets residents of the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre whose homes and businesses were affected by rioting and looting last week More on page 832
Jerry Nolan @ August 17, 2011
