Man Found Guilty of Delaney Brown Murder
A Luton man has today been found guilty at Luton Crown Court of the murder of 19 year old Delaney Brown.
A Luton man has today been found guilty at Luton Crown Court of the murder of 19 year old Delaney Brown.
A 16-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the back in Luton, Bedfordshire.
Police in Luton have released CCTV pictures of two men they want to trace after an attempted robbery where a gunshot was fired.
Final preparations are underway for this year's Luton Carnival. It takes place on Sunday and more than 150,000 are expected to join the festival. It's the biggest one day carnival in Europe.
Organisers say this year's event will be bigger than ever, with the parade due to start at 1.30 on Sunday afternoon.
Eighteen people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to smuggle Sri Lankan illegal immigrants into Britain in a series of dawn raids across Europe, including in Luton and Essex.
Around 120 immigration and police officers from Home Office Immigration Enforcement and Kent Police searched addresses in London, Luton and Essex on Wednesday morning, while properties in France and Germany were also raided.
Eleven people were arrested in England, and seven were arrested in France, the Home Office said.
Those arrested are suspected of being part of an alleged criminal network that smuggles Sri Lankans into the UK through the Channel ports at a charge of around £4,500 per person.
It's been an uneasy few months in Luton. There've been 10 shootings already this year, and now armed police are patrolling two estates known for gang related violence.
Sitting between the Marsh Farm and Lewsey Farm estates is Hockwell Ring Boxing Club. Volunteers there are working to engage young people in the area - getting them off the streets, and channelling their energy into sport.
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Volunteers at a boxing club in Luton say the sport is helping young people to make the right choices in life.
The Hockwell Ring Boxing Club sits between the Lewsey Farm and Marsh Farm estates.
The club offers training and advice, and has helped some get apprenticeships with local companies.
Detectives investigating a shooting in Luton yesterday morning have arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
The Luton man, who's in his 20s, was arrested this afternoon following the incident in Dunstable Road at the junction of Leicester Road at 8am on Monday.
The suspect has also been arrested on suspicion on threats to kill, arson and criminal damage and will be questioned at Luton Police Station.
The victim, aged 27, suffered a serious injury to his leg and remains in hospital where his condition is described as serious but stable.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a teenager in Luton.
The 16-year-old was shot in the back earlier this month in Thricknells Close on the Marsh Farm estate.
Two men, aged 18 and 24, were arrested at 6am this morning, from properties in Glaisdale and Cannon Lane.
The teenager remains in hospital and police say he has suffered life changing injuries.
Police are continuing to hunt a gunman following a shooting in Luton yesterday morning.
A man was shot in the leg following a rush-hour road crash in the town. It happened at around 8am at the junction of Dunstable Road and Leicester Road.
The victim, who is 27, is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Police have described his injuries as "life changing" but not "life threatening".
This morning, Bedfordshire Police revised its description of the offender. He is described as a skinny, tall Asian man - around 6'0 tall. He was carrying a gun in a yellow plastic bag.
Bedfordshire Police says this incident is not connected to recent shootings in the town.
The daughter of an elderly woman from Luton who was left overnight on a minibus says she's angry that the driver was found not guilty of neglect.
88-year-old Joan Cook suffers from dementia and spent 14 hours in the bus at a depot after Luton Borough Council driver Susan McLaughlin forgot to take her back to her care home.
Now Mrs Cook's daughter wants a change in the law to make it easier to convict people of neglect.
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Police in Luton are investigating the tenth shooting in the town this year.
A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg following a rush-hour road crash. He's in a serious condition in hospital.
It happened on Monday morning at the junction of Dunstable Road and Leicester Road. Police say it appears the victim and gunman knew each other. They're not linking it to previous gun attacks elsewhere in Luton.
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The Luton MP is calling for tough sentences for those convicted of gun crime in the town. After the tenth shooting this year, Labour MP for Luton North Kelvin Hopkins described the situation as "very serious and very worrying."
Mr Hopkins says it's a minority of people involved in violence crime and the town is friendly and welcoming. He's called for anyone with information to secure convictions to come forward to help police.