Crime Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Kender Street killing

Aug

2023

Shrine on corner of Kender St SE14 and Queens Road where 20 year old Julian Ebanks-Ford was stabbed and killed at weekend (Friday 4th August 2023), so sad.

Flowers for Teon Campbell-Pitter in Fordham Park

Apr

2022

Flowers in Fordham Park, New Cross, where 16 year old Teon Campbell-Pitter was killed on 13 April 2022Another child killed, more children charged with his killing. Difficult to say anything meaningful, but Peckham-based Power the Fight are doing some good community based work around youth violence.

The Castle Owner and the ‘Countess’ of Peckham: a 1957 trial

Aug

2018

In a sensational trial in 1957, a 52 year old man was prosecuted for shooting a 22 year old woman with intent to murder in Gellatly Road SE14 (described in contemporary press reports as being in Peckham, not sure many people living there now would describe it thus).The accused, Denys Eyre Bower (b.1905), was the owner ...

Masala Wala moped muppets

Jan

2018

Masala Wala is the second Brockley Cross business to suffer a smashed front window in recent weeks after The Brockley Deli was on the receiving end of a similarly gratuitous act of vandalism before Christmas.One of those weekends, a kid on a moped smashed into the railings outside our place on Sat, we got taped ...

Brockley Deli Break-In

Dec

2017

Send us love ❤️ please! Shaken pic.twitter.com/YhowCTJlD2— thebrockleydeli (@thebrockleydeli) December 12, 2017 The lovely Brockley Deli has suffered an attack this afternoon. So if you were wondering where to buy something nice this evening, you now know where to go.

Police seek South London sex attacker caught on Brockley CCTV

Dec

2017

The police are asking for the public to help identifying a serial sex attacker, who was caught on CCTV in Brockley following an attack on a 15-year-old girl. The BBC reports:CCTV footage has been released of a man police want to speak to about 25 sexual assaults of women and children.The Metropolitan Police believe the ...

BMW flips on St Asaph Road

Oct

2017

The News Shopper reports:"A man had to be cut free from a BMW after a car being chased by an unmarked police car crashed into it in Brockley."Police said officers chased a Mini Cooper from Pomeroy Street to St Asaph Road shortly before noon yesterday (October 25) after it failed to stop when it was ...

Council consults on tougher penalties for anti-social behaviour in public spaces

Aug

2017

Lewisham Council has launched a consultation about a new proposed public space protection order, which will create prohibitions on specific activities deemed anti-social to the public.The orders would provide authorised officers with powers to enforce prohibitions in public spaces, potentially resulting in a fine of £100.The proposals cover booze and drugs, cars and tents and ...

Driver mugged by moped gang in Ladywell

Jul

2017

Police have asked the public for help in catching a moped gang who robbed a driver on Ladywell Road on July 6. The Standard reports: "A gang of thieves on mopeds robbed a Porsche driver at knifepoint in broad daylight in south-east London."Shocking footage showed the gang of four, on two bikes, pulling up beside the ...

Brockley 4 Turners

Apr

2017

The owner of Turners, the hardware store at 309 Brockley Road, was beaten up during a robbery of his store today.A Justgiving page has been launched to raise £250 to help him get back on his feet. The creators say:"We are shocked by the events at our local hardware store and this is a donation ...