Nurse raped woman from dating app
John Iwuh – left, custody image, right, dating profile photo (Image: Met Police) John Iwuh, 54, of Albert Road in South Norwood, raped a woman he met on a dating app.
The nurse had nearly 11,000 contacts on his phone — most of them women saved with the name of a dating app.
Iwuh used his job as a nurse to gain the victim’s trust after matching with her on the app Hinge.
The court heard how he persuaded her to visit his home under the pretext that he needed to prepare for a hospital shift and had limited time.
Once at his home, he tried to kiss her repeatedly and, when she tried to leave, forced her into a bedroom and raped her.
The woman, in her 40s, reported the attack later that same day using an online Met Police form.
When Iwuh was arrested, officers discovered he had filmed the rape on his phone.
Iwuh has now been jailed for 16 years.
Read the full story – Croydon nursed jailed for rape had thousands of contacts saved
Hither Green drug dealer armed with knife
Paul Crabtree (Image: City of London Police) Paul Crabtree, 43, of Lewisham High Street, has been jailed after a Rambo knife was found in his car.
Police were called to Bread Street near to St Paul’s Cathedral, to reports of people using nitrous oxide balloons in a car on July 2 last year.
City of London Police officers arrived at the scene and during a search, 27 wraps of cocaine and around £10,000 in cash were found in a bag which Crabtree had on him.
After searching the car, the large Rambo-style knife was found inside a separate bag along with 21 nitrous oxide cannisters.
He was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison for possession with intent to supply class A drugs and four months for possession of a bladed article.
Crabtree was also sentenced to four years for conspiracy to burgle offences, in a separate investigation by Kent Police.
He will be serving six years and 11 months in total in prison.
Read the full story – Hither Green drug dealer jailed after knife found by police
Brixton’s Original Products shopkeeper jailed for rape
Bernard Williams aka ‘Papa B’ (Image: Met Police) Brixton shopkeeper Bernard Williams, 77 has been jailed for rape and sexual assault.
He convinced a woman who came to his store in search of spiritual treatment of his “healing capability”, leading her to spend more than £13,000 in remedies, before telling her she needed to have sex to remove spirits inside her, the Met Police said.
Williams, known as “Papa B”, ran the Original Products store in Market Row in Brixton and was “widely known” in the community and viewed as an “elder”, police said.
Detectives suspect he may have abused his position to abuse other women and would like to speak to anyone who may have bought services from Williams at his store.
Williams was jailed for nine years.
Read the full story – Brixton’s Original Products shopkeeper jailed for rape
Charlton burglar invented son in bid to get out of custody
Columbian national Bryam Moreno, 29, sent police on a six hour “wild goose chase” when he invented a three-year-old son who he said was home alone.
At around 3pm on February 9, a couple returned home to Sandpit Place, Charlton, to find it had been ransacked by thieves who stole phones, a laptop and designer bags.
When they checked CCTV they saw two men in balaclavas walking around their flat armed with screwdrivers.
One of the burglars was identified was 29-year-old Columbian national Bryam Moreno, who had carried out a similar burglary at a £4million property in Oxshott, Surrey, just four days earlier.
Moreno was arrested by Surrey Police who discovered he had been selling the stolen items to a shop in Brixton.
Whilst in custody Moreno managed to send police on a “wild goose chase” to find a made-up son, Croydon Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Rio Pahlavanpour said: “When [Moreno] was told by police that he would be held for an additional six hours for the investigation to continue, he stated that he had a son who was three-years-old.
“He gave a date of birth which revealed the child was four-years-old and gave an address.
“This led to a six hour search including the police taking the defendant to the address. Ultimately the search revealed that there was nobody of that description at the address.”
Recorder Henry Gordon concluded that the son had been invented by Moreno in an attempt to expedite his own release from custody.
Moreno was jailed for two years.
South London drill rapper
Jyrelle O’Connor (Image: TVP) Jyrelle O’Connor, a Mobo award-nominated drill rapper who goes by the name Loski, was found with a knife by police investigating a fatal crash.
He was arrested as police tried to find the driver who caused a crash on the M40 in Buckinghamshire on Saturday, July 12.
Only two years ago, O’Connor was jailed for seven years for having a loaded revolver while in an Uber in London.
The 26-year-old was part of the Kennington-based drill group Harlem Spartans and also a member of a south London gang, who were involved in violent disputes with other gangs in Brixton, the Met said in 2023.
He was released from prison on licence but has now been recalled as a result of the knife offence.
Beckenham shoplifter
David Brent (Image: Met Police) David Brent, 34, has been jailed for stealing from Boots in Beckenham.
The shoplifter was already banned from every Co-op in England prior to this offence.
He is now back behind bars again after he pleaded guilty to stealing £567 of toiletries from Boots in Beckenham on June 26.
Brent was sentenced to one month in prison.