Crime

A man selling fake razor blades over the internet has been fined more than £4,500.

Kevin Kirk Johns, of Old Church Lane, Stanmore, pleaded guilty to selling the counterfeit products at Harrow Magistrates Court, in Rosslyn Crescent, on September 3.

A Stanmore pensioner returned home to find burglars in his house on Friday (05).

The 62-year-old man arrived at his house, in London Road, Stanmore at about 5pm and activated his alarm.

A young father from Edgware avoided jail today despite brandishing a semi-automatic gun in a busy high street.

Ryan Johnson, 21, was caught on CCTV, from a nearby bus, waving the gun around after a fight broke out in Burnt Oak Broadway.

A royal mail employee who kept packages in her home and car was given a two year suspended sentence today.

Natasha Telfer, of Larkspur Road, Kingsbury, pleaded guilty to intentionally delaying 580 packages at Harrow Crown Court.

The post was found in the boot of her car with another 29 packages found at her home, which were meant to be delivered in the Stanmore area from July-October 2006.

The safer gardening project is seeking equipment to tame pensioners' gardens in a bid to cut crime.

Chairman of the Harrow Crime Prevention Panel Ross Simpson said: "We found that burglars target overgrown gardens, so we work with Age Concern to maintain their gardens."

Any gardening equipment is welcome from trimmers to mowers. For more information call Ross Simpson on 020 8424 0203.

By Ian Proctor

A motorist from Edgware left a trail of destruction as he drove wildly around north-west London - and crashed into 24 cars.

Bhagyesh Mehta, 45, of Turner Road, was only stopped when he smashed his W-reg blue Ford Fiesta into a stationary van and a passer-by dragged him from behind the wheel.

A Chinese couple appeared at Harrow Magistrates' Court on Monday accused of producing cannabis.

He Long, 39, and Ni Ying, 28, were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after police were called to the three-bedroom house in Taunton Way, Stanmore, to investigate a burglary in progress and discovered an alleged drugs factory instead.

By Elaine Okyere

A gang of firestarters is believed to have gone on a late night rampage through Harrow.

Fire crews had a busy night after seven fires, in bins, skips and even a gas main, were started in the early hours of this morning (Monday).

Residents of Charlton Road, Kenton, had to be evacuated from their homes after the gas mains box outside their house was set alight.

A family and two of their next door neighbours were led to safety as a precaution.

Fire fighters had to stay at the scene for three hours whilst they waited for the gas board to arrive and switch off the mains before they could tackle the small blaze. No-one was injured at the scene.

Fire fighters believe one person or group were causing the incidents which all took in the space of an hour.

The first blaze occurred at Winchester Avenue, Kingsbury, at 1.42am when a skip was set alight, this was followed by rubbish and bins being set alight at Queensbury Station ten minutes later.

The suspects then moved on to Queensbury Circle Parade, Stanmore, at 2.15am and Chichester Court, Stanmore, at 2.20am setting on fire more rubbish and bins.

A fire engine and the police were called to two incidents in Glebe Road, Kenton, to reports of a group of youths setting waste on fire at 2.50am.

Barry Marsh, red watch manager at Stanmore Station, in Honeypot Lane, said the incidents were quite unusual.

He said: "It is too much of a coincidence for it not to be one person or group.

"Other stations had to cover our area as we were at the gas mains fire for three hours so we were unavailable to go out to other more serious fires."

Police are calling for witnesses of an incident in which a man suffered a fractured skull to come forward.
The disturbance happened in Beatty Road, Stanmore, on Sunday (22) at about 2.30am, leaving a 39-year-old seriously injured.
Detective Sergeant Richard Tobias said: "This was a serious incident and we would encourage anyone with information about it to call Harrow Police on 020 8733 3441 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
24-year old Mark Last, of Wiltshire Lane, Pinner has been charged with grievous bodily harm and has been remanded in custody until July 28.

A 42-year-old was hit in the head with a broken spirit bottle after he challenged yobs in a car park on Friday (13).
The bottle, smashed at the neck, was thrown at the victim at about 10pm after he tried to stop two men and a woman who were putting an orange barrier on his car, which was in the Sainsbury's car park, in Elm Park Road, Stanmore.