Crime

Thieves have stolen vital camera equipment from a celebrity photographer whose book, The Hero Inside, is raising funds for servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gill Shaw, from Ealing, is touring the countryside interviewing and recording the experiences of wounded troops to raise money for the charity, Help for Heroes. Last Thursday her car was broken into and her camera bag with Fuji S5 camera, lens and Metz flash unit were stolen. Gill is willing to offer a reward for her equipment so if anyone can help they should contact her on: 07973 252 017.

Police will be out in force this weekend combating night-time violence with patrols of crime hotspots and targeting uninsured cars and unlicensed drivers during the day.

The Ealing Specials, as part of 'Operation Spring Hope', will be out on the streets of Ealing, equipped with an automatic number plate reader and uninsured drivers could be handed a £200 fine, six points on their licence or have their car taken away.

A recluse who stabbed a pensioner in the throat and slit his face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for two years.

Alan Giles, of Bloomsbury Close, Ealing, lashed out at a debt-collector, slashing his face and neck before pinning Derek Davis to the floor as blood drained from his wounds.

A teenager was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possessing an offensive weapon after an incident on an Ealing bus on Monday evening.

Commuters choked and coughed in the ticket hall of a busy station last Friday morning as a police officer tried to restrain a man.

Stunned passengers at Ealing Broadway station watched as a single officer tackled the man who was resisting arrest for a public order offence at around 8:30am.

An inquest into a man shot dead after firing at undercover armed police recorded a verdict of lawful killing today.

Jurors asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Terry Nicholas in Park Royal found that he died of multiple gun shot wounds after being confronted at the back of Paolo's Restaurant in Hanger Green.

Dog walkers are being warned they face a £50 penalty if they do not clear up their dog's mess.

Partygoers are being urged to use licenced cabs and night buses in a London-wide crackdown against illegal taxi-touts.

The Police are urging elderly women to stay alert after a spate of robberies in the Elthorne Ward.

Borough Commander, Sultan Taylor is advising women to avoid using bank machines after dark and also placing large sums of money in bags and instead zipped up in pockets and on their person.

This warning comes after a number of elderly women were robbed by a black male, in his early 20s with short black hair and wearing a navy blue boxed-quilted type coat.

For further information, call 020 7161 9175 or 0208 721 2951.