The firearms officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba is set to be promoted after he was cleared of murder, according to reports. Metropolitan Police sergeant Martyn Blake, 40, is expected to become an ...

He also revealed Kaba’s Brixton Hill-based 67 gang was behind 11 shootings in the past year, has 95 core members and is involved in the exploitation of children in south London. The Metropolitan ...

The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who is accused of her murder, was previously arrested for domestic violence and threats to kill former partners, a court has heard. Sara was found dead ...

Jurors have been told all three defendants were involved in Sara Sharif’s death. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of being party to ...

The father of murdered Sara Sharif was attracted to her stepmother because she was a vulnerable young victim of "honour-based abuse", the Old Bailey has heard. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif ...

Sara Sharif's father - who is accused of her murder - has told jurors he "takes full responsibility" for the death of his daughter. Minicab driver Urfan Sharif, 42, called police in the early ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The “inhuman” violence meted out to Sara Sharif was “completely normalised” in the family with all three adults “in on it”, jurors ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Sara Sharif’s father has told jurors he lied to them in a bid to blame his wife for his daughter’s death. Under questioning at the Old Bailey ...

The father of Sara Sharif has told the Old Bailey he takes “full responsibility” for her death. Urfan Sharif made the admission while he was being cross examined but he denied that he had ...

Sara Sharif’s father has told jurors he “takes full responsibility” for the death of his 10-year-old daughter. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, made the admission under cross-examination as his ...

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42 ...