Crime

A DIY store customer who fraudulently claimed back refunds on his bank card has been sentenced.

Andrew Kohl, 29, of Yeading Avenue, South Harrow, carried out his deception at Homebase at the Victoria Retail Park, Crown Rd, off Victoria Rd in South Ruislip last year.

PROSECUTORS refused to accept an 18-year-old's admission to illegally carrying bullets around inside a popular South Harrow community centre.

Shyheim Riettie, 18, is accused of possessing three rounds of 7.65mm ammunition at The Beacon Centre in Scott Crescent on the Rayners Lane Estate on November 27 2012 without holding the proper firearm certificate.

OFFICES used as part of Harrow's police headquarters are to be sold off freehold at a property auction.
The four-storey Chartergate House and Northgate House are used by officers and backroom staff from neighbouring South Harrow Police Station in Northolt Road and come with a gated 42-space car park.

A SERIAL flytipper has been fined for dumping trade rubbish in residential streets in South Harrow three times in a single month.

Benjamin Tickner, of Larkspur Close, Ruislip, admitted at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Tuesday three counts of deposting controlled waste on land without an environemntal permit at the service road to the rear of 37 Lucas Avenue on November 11 2011, at the service road to the rear of 56 Lynton Road on November 14 2011 and at the service road to the rear of 211 Kings Road on November 23 2011.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD will enter a plea in March to the charge he had three bullets with him at a community centre frequented by families with children.

Shyheim Riettie, of Hereford Court, Danes Gate, off Headstone Lane, Harrow, is accused of possessing ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.

GROUPS of unruly teenagers causing anti-social behaviour in South Harrow will be broken up and moved on now a dispersal zone has been set up.

The six-month order, introduced by Harrow Council on Tuesday, December 11, is coupled with the installation of the next few weeks of 13 self-locking alley gates at the entrance to the service roads in Northolt Road between Roxeth Grove to Parkfield Road in order to prevent unwanted people gaining access, while local residents and businesses will be given the combination to the keypads.

SOUTH HARROW: Two men are due to appear in court on Thursday, September 20, accused of arson at a St Luke's Hospice charity shop in Northolt Road on June 20.

Dale Dukes, 22, and Ryan Walsh, 21, of the same address in Kempton Avenue, Northolt, have denied the charge and their case is expected to be committed to the crown court by Hendon Magistrates' Court.

CHURCHES and community buildings have fallen victim to numerous break-ins which have left a path of destruction.

Four burglaries at churches and their halls have been reported to Harrow police in the past week alone and many church leaders say have been targeted repeatedly, forcing them to install costly security measures such as CCTV cameras.

TEENAGER Herve Mpanzu, 18, of Northolt Road, was charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon on Thursday.
It relates to an incident on Monday, December 19, in which a 26-year-old man was allegedly mugged in Torrington Drive, South Harrow.

TWO men have been charged with robbing a 24-year-old man on Tuesday, January 9, in Stroud Gate.
Kyle Harvey, 22, of Apple Grove, South Harrow, and Abdul Gayed, 19, of Bycroft Road, Southall, will appear for a plea hearing at Harrow Crown Court on April 4. A third man arrested was released without charge.