Here are the names and faces of the men and women judges have put behind bars in June 2025.
Hainault sword murderer
He fatally slashed Daniel with a samurai sword minutes after the 14-year-old left his home in Hainault on April 30 last year.
Daniel’s dad Dr Ebenezer Anjorin condemned Monzo’s “wicked” actions as he described losing his son as his “worst nightmare”.
Speaking publicly about it for the first time, Dr Anjorin said in a statement: “On April 30 2024 at approximately 7am, Daniel left for school. At approximately 7.15am I was informed by my eldest son that Daniel had been stabbed on the road near my house. I ran outside the house and just across the road I saw a hunched-up body by the side of the road.
“I did not realise that it was Daniel at first but, as I got closer, I recognised the school sports clothes and saw his face.
“He was lying in a pool of blood and had a deep cut to his face running from the side of his mouth to the back of his neck. He was motionless. I knew at once that he was dead, but I reached down, called his name and held his head.”
Monzo had killed and skinned his pet cat Wizard before running amok in Hainault.
He drove his van into Donato Iwule who ran away screaming as Monzo got out of the vehicle and came at him with a sword.
Monzo then attacked Daniel from behind, causing unsurvivable neck injuries.
When Pc Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield tried to detain Monzo, he repeatedly struck her with “savage” blows, causing severe injuries.
He erupted into the home of Henry De Los Rios Polania and Sindy Arias who had been asleep with their young child nearby.
Inspector Moloy Campbell cornered Monzo in a car park and ran in with his baton raised only to be slashed on the hand.
Officers eventually detained the delivery driver who had become psychotic from taking cannabis.
Afterwards, Monzo, who had viewed far right and misogynistic content on social media, likened events to the Hollywood film The Hunger Games and claimed to have an alternative persona of a “professional assassin”.
Monzo was found guilty of murder and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years.
Romford teen killed pensioner with firework
Mr Price was pronounced dead shortly before 6pm on July 27 at his home in Oval Road North, Dagenham.
A 16-year-old, who cannot be identified due to his age, also admitted manslaughter and was sentenced to two years and eight months in custody.
The pair threatened to torch the pensioner before punching a hole in his window and pushing a firework into his home.
Prosecutor Catherine Farrelly KC had told how Mr Price’s terraced home in Dagenham, east London, caught fire in July 2024, with black smoke filling the house before he could be saved.
“Robert Price was killed in a fire which was started at his home address by the two defendants who smashed a window at his property and threw a firework inside,” she told the court.
John Shoesmith, who had been friends with Mr Price for 10 years, said he would never leave his house because “kids would disturb him,” Ms Farrelly said.
Mr Shoesmith described him as socially awkward and said his lack of social skills and poor hearing meant some people found him “hard to get along with”.
The harassment included acts of criminal damage to his house, the court heard.
CCTV footage from the day of the fire showed that at around 5.30pm the pair walked towards Mr Price’s house with the 16-year-old holding what was believed to be a firework, Ms Farrelly said.
Doorbell footage showed Mr Price open the door slightly and say something, before the 16-year-old ran away shouting “he saw me fam” shortly before the youths returned and carried out the attack.
“A loud bang can be heard, followed by high-pitched laughing as the group run away,” the prosecutor said.
A few minutes later, smoke could be seen coming out of the window, before flames and black smoke engulfed the room, the court heard.
A neighbour who had seen the flames knocked on the door and briefly spoke to Mr Price, but his “responses became less clear”, the court was told.
The neighbour tried to get into the house to rescue Mr Price, but the door was locked, Ms Farrelly said.
Firefighters were later able to get inside and put out the fire, but Mr Price could not be saved.
Read the full story – Romford teen jailed for firework attack which killed pensioner pictured
Woman jailed after pitbull killed man
The dog, named Prince, attacked Akif Mushtaq’s throat at Leanne McDonnell’s flat in the early hours of December 4 last year.
Mr Mushtaq, 42, who owned a dry-cleaning shop in south east London, died in hospital 24 hours later.
McDonnell said she had been looking after Prince, who she believed to be an XL Bully, for a homeless friend for some time.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard Prince was kept in a filthy flat which was scattered with needles and a toxicology report showed the dog had consumed cocaine.
Just weeks before Mr Mushtaq was killed, Prince had escaped the flat and attacked a seven-year-old boy as he walked home from school.
Leytonstone murderer
Shuti fatally attacked 27-year-old Lumturi Zeqja outside a cafe in Church Lane on October 16, 2022.
Lumturi was standing with a friend outside the cafe when Shuti and his brother, Emirlion Shuti, arrived in two cars at around 10.40pm.
Emirlion began to drive one of these cars erratically along the road, and when asked to stop by Lumturi’s friend, he got out the car and thew a punch at the friend.
The situation escalated and Sabajet Shuti then pulled out a knife and stabbed Lumturi twice, and his friend once.
Despite the efforts of the emergency services, Lumturi died at the scene.
Both Shuti brothers then fled, and the following day Sabajet Shuti made plans to leave the UK – shaving off his beard before crossing the channel from Folkestone into France.
In October 2023, Shuti was arrested in Sweden and extradited back to the UK to face justice.
He was later found guilty of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 27 years.
Tower Hamlets killers
Abdul Jalloh, who was unarmed, died after he was stabbed in the neck while he sat in his car on New Union Close on August 5 last year at around 4.15pm.
McKenzie was sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 22 years for murder.
Godfrey was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for manslaughter.
Police discovered that they had been cycling the Isle of Dogs on bicycles for more than an hour looking for Abdul.
After the attack they threw the knife, its sheath and McKenzie’s bicycle into the Thames at Caledonian Wharf.
While paramedics were treating Abdul, the pair packed their bloody clothing and footwear they had been wearing into bags.
They were so confident in their new look that they returned to the scene which was full of officers at the time.
Read the full story – Men jailed for life after stabbing ‘vulnerable’ man to death in his car
Thief stole from Jenson Button’s wife
He stole the suitcase from Brittny Button outside St Pancras station.
On February 13 the couple were loading their luggage into a car when they noticed a bag was missing.
Station CCTV showed Aid walking into the station with the suitcase before walking out the other side.
He was arrested in Hatton Gardens jewellery district just four days later.
Aid later pleaded guilty to theft and handling stolen goods.
He was later sentenced to three years and four months in prison.
Read the full story – Thief stole £250,000 suitcase from Jenson Button’s wife at busy London station
Conman stole £74,000 from pensioner
He was part of an organised crime group which targeted vulnerable and elderly people.
One of their victims – 84-year-old retired nuclear physicist Leopold Reeves – had his £74,000 life savings stolen from him.
Mr Reeves was suffering from a rare form of tongue cancer at the time of the theft and has since died.
Majewski’s partners in crime Avinash Kakumanu, Dinesh Alavala and Ranjit Nellikondi were all convicted in 2018 but Majewski fled the country after he was released on police bail.
But City of London Police obtained an international arrest warrant and he was arrested in Germany in January.
He was then extradited back to the UK in March to face his crimes.
Majewski later pleaded guilty to three fraud offences and was jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Read the full story – Conman duped pensioner with cancer out of £74,000 then fled country
16-year-old boy murdered his school friend
The teen was handed a twelve-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of 15-year-old Pharell Garcia.
The Metropolitan Police were called to Stellman Close, E5, at 4.05pm on July 23, 2024, to reports of a stabbing.
Pharell was discovered and pronounced dead at the scene.
Read the full story – Teen murdered his school friend in Hackney park
During the trial, the court heard how Pharell was once friends with the defendant before they had a falling out.
The pair met in the park shortly before the attack, with the defendant reportedly telling a mutual friend he was going to fight Pharell.
The court heard how the defendant, who was 15 at the time, stabbed Pharell in the heart and chased him until he collapsed, before fleeing and disposing of the weapon.
