Here are the names and faces of the men and women judges have put behind bars in April 2025.
Dagenham mum murdered sons in the bath
She drowned Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, in December 2022.
The bodies of the two children were found by their dad in their shared bunkbed inside their home.
Following the discovery, Alexander ran from the house, but was arrested nearby a short time later.
Alexander was found guilty of murder and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.
Read the full story – Dagenham mum who murdered her two sons in the bath jailed
Hornchurch drink driver
He was already disqualified from driving when he was caught driving a Ford Transit van without due care and attention in Wingletye Lane in Hornchurch on February 28 last year.
When breathalysed, the business owner was found to be over the alcohol limit.
For those offences he was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for two years – meaning he would never have seen the inside of a cell if he stuck to the terms of his sentence.
But Alborough was caught behind the the wheel of a car in Springbank Avenue, Hornchurch, in April.
When breathalysed by police, he gave a reading of 59 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, far in excess of the 35 micrograms limit.
He was sentenced to 25 weeks in prison.
Read the full story – Hornchurch drink driver jailed after Springbank Avenue breath test
‘Cold-blooded’ killers
The 26-year-old died after he was stabbed in the back of a car on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
During a 14-week trial, the court heard that a gang of men used a stolen vehicle to block the taxi Anselam was travelling in, before launching a brutal assault as he sat in the back seat at the junction of Victoria Avenue and Grangewood Street.
Police arrested three of the suspects – Muhammad Samiyul Miah, Zain Ali, and Ibrahim Naim—during a series of warrants issued across London on November 22, 2023.
Detectives later identified Muhammad Saqib Khan, who had fled to Amsterdam, as a key suspect.
He was arrested on December 4, 2023, by Dutch authorities and extradited to the UK on January 12, 2024, where he was charged with murder and possession of a knife.
Khan and Miah were both convicted of murder and knife possession whilst Naim and Ali were found guilty of manslaughter.
Muhammad Saqib Khan, 24, of Walton Road, Manor Park, was jailed for life, with minimum term of 26 years.
Muhammad Samiyul Miah, 19, of Jack Cornwell Street, Manor Park, was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.
Ibrahim Naim, 18, of Clacton Road, East Ham was sentenced to ten and a half years.
Zain Ali, 22, of Poulett Road, East Ham, was sentenced to 14 years.
Read the full story – ‘Cold-blooded’ killers stabbed man to death in taxi in east London
Dagenham gunmen
Meanwhile, Joshua Amoaka looked on “menacingly” before their friends bragged about the shocking attack on TikTok.
On May 2, 2024, the victim was cycling along Whalebone Lane South in Dagenham when Wallace, Umar and Amoaka jumped out of a vehicle and chased him.
While attempting to escape from his attackers, the victim crashed into a member of the public and fell off his bike.
In CCTV footage Umar can be seen firing a sawn-off shotgun into the back of the victim at point-blank range before Wallace stabs him with a machete.
Wallace, of Beam Avenue in Dagenham, Umar, of Stern Close in Dagenham, both aged 18, were both convicted of attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent and possession of a knife and were sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment each.
Amoaka, 18, of Cornflower Road in Chelmsford, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent and possession of a knife, was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
Read the full story – Men ‘brutally’ savaged teen with machete and sawn-off shotgun in Dagenham
Dagenham brothel owner
Chung Fu Wang, 41, of Blackborne Road in Dagenham, ran a major prostitution ring across the UK.
He is said to have lived the “high life” while coercing vulnerable women into unsafe sex practices.
He was jailed alongside Yuan Hang and Lina Wang after officers found the three ran more than 50 brothels across the UK.
Officers first became aware of the criminal enterprise in 2019 after two brothels found in Gillingham and Maidstone were linked by police.
Chung Fu Wang pleaded guilty to conspiracy to control prostitution for gain and was sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment.
