Crime

A junkie who conned cash out of pensioners has been banned from knocking on doors.

Darren Bingham, of Beech Road, Feltham, came to victims' doorsteps in Hanworth, Brentford and Isleworth asking for money to help sick relatives.

Armed robbers posed as police officers to steal a van containing £400,000 worth of computer equipment.

A gang set up a fake police checkpoint in Stanwell Road, Feltham near the junction with the A30 last and stopped a silver Ford Transit carrying the high-tech equipment.

Anti-social behaviour has gone up 18% in Feltham despite drinking being banned in the town centre.

Boozing on the High Street and surrounding roads was outlawed in March but police recorded an extra 82 offences of anti-social behaviour in the area this summer compared with last year.

A Feltham scrap dealer who police believe disposed of a car used in the murder of Milly Dowler has been arrested.

Nirmal Gharu, 40, who used to own an MOT test centre in Hampton Road West, is thought to have disposed of a red Daewoo Nexia car which police think was used to transport the 13-year-old's body.

A leafy Feltham estate is in shock after a man was shot in his own flat on Tuesday.

The modern Garnet Court house in Norbury Road looked 'like a war zone' after the shooting - which left a 27-year-old man fighting for his life in hospital.

Blood splattered the walls and pathways of the new build in semi-rural north-west Feltham after the attack, which police believe may have been gang related.

A public meeting about crime and disorder and the control drinking zone will take place at Feltham library on Thursday September 24 from 6pm-8pm.

This meeting will be the place where the Feltham community will have the opportunity to share information and develop a common understanding around serious issues of community safety and crime and disorder in the borough.

Anyone who lives and works in Feltham is encouraged to come along and use the meeting as a forum to question Feltham Sector Inspector Peter Rusby and community safety officers about any issues concerning them.

Hounslow police have upped their patrols of the area around Bedfont Cemetery following the apparent theft of a gravestone.

The Chronicle reported last week how the family of a former air force sergeant John Moriarty were left devastated after his headstone and other parts of his grave went missing.

The gang, also including Pierre Walrond, from Essex, Olutola Gisanrin, of Rotherhithe and Harjinder Khakh, of West Drayton, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to blackmail.

Their hostage was assaulted then bound at the hands and feet and driven across London. He was later held in a car in Berkshire while the gang demanded a ransom of £20,000 from one of his friends.

Hounslow Police have warned parents and children to stay alert after two youngsters were approached by a stranger in a blue car within days in Feltham.

In the first incident, an 11-year-old was approached by a white man in Raleigh Road, Feltham, on January 14, at about 4.45pm.

Two days later, a 15-year-old boy was approached by a man matching his description in Princes Road, Feltham, at about 8am.

Officers from Feltham Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) advised parents to 'remain vigilant' and 'reiterate to their children not to speak to strangers'.

Anyone with information, or who is aware of any similar incidents, is asked to call Hounslow Police on 020 8247 6160 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

Chilly Feltham criminals have shown they are no match for the cold weather, choosing to stay at home rather than cause trouble according to police.

Local cops have been enjoying an unusually slow period over the festive season and believe it is probably a result of the freezing temperatures.