A man carried out a knifepoint sex attack in 1988, a killer who stabbed a man three times and a serial shoplifter are just some of the east London and Essex criminals who were jailed in April.
Some of these men will spend most of the lives behind bars, others will be out in weeks.
Here are the names and faces of east Londoners who judges have put behind bars this month.
Bradley Thomas
Thomas committed numerous shoplifting and burglary offences in 2021 and was banned from entering the Co-op and Boots shops in Farnham Road.
Farnham Road in Harold Hill has been regarded as a crime hot spot, deemed unsuitable for elderly people in October 2023.
After his arrest, Thomas was issued with a criminal behaviour order banning him from the stores and stopping him carrying any drugs or open bottles of alcohol.
But police said he breached the order, leading to his sentencing.
Read the full story - Serial shoplifter banned from Harold Hill Co-op and Boots is jailed
Lee Miles
In July 2021 Essex Police received a detailed report of several serious sexual assaults against a boy in Southend.
Miles was arrested the following month and denied all allegations of the assaults which spanned more than four years.
He was later charged with four counts of rape of a child under 13, two counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, two counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act, and two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13.
After a week-long trial, Miles was found guilty of nine of these sexual offences, excluding one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act.
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Gary Preston
Schools, colleges, businesses and shopping centres across the country received mysterious envelopes containing an ominous white powder in 2013.
Some of the envelopes contained letters with threats like as "if I was you I would hold my breath and run in the name of Allah”.
Two primary schools and multiple shopping centres were evacuated over fears of a potential biological or chemical attack, though the white substance turned out to be talcum powder.
DNA found on the letters was matched to an unidentified man who had carried out a horrific sex attack in a woman’s public toilet in Rainham in 1988.
After an investigation which lasted almost a decade, Preston was identified as the perpetrator of both the terror hoax campaign and the indecent assault.
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Goher Ayub
He was found guilty of rape following a trial.
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Tanbir Ahmed
The victim first alerted police about the sexual attacks in November 2021, telling them he had raped her on two occasions.
The victim said that Ahmed was also controlling and would threaten to share explicit images of her to family and friends.
Earlier this year Ahmed was found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of controlling and coercive behaviour and one count of criminal damage.
Judge Falk, who sentenced Ahmed, said: “Your charm was a front to your deeply concerning violent and coercive behaviour. You are a coward and a completely selfish, jealous and manipulative individual."
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David Odunuga
David Odunuga, 33, of Rollason Way in Brentwood, was jailed for life with a minimum of 27 years for murdering a man.
He stabbed 53-year-old Brian Edwards three times during an argument near Finsbury Park.
Emergency services were called at 4am on the morning of September 19, 2023 when Brian was found injured outside his Tollington Park house, and died a short time later.
Two of Brian's friends, who had been at his house the night he was killed, said he had gone outside to meet a drug dealer and heard him shouting for help.
Neighbours told police there was arguing, the suspect was wearing a mask and had been rummaging in a silver vehicle which was at the scene.
Police linked the silver BMW to Odunuga and trawled CCTV footage to track his movements.
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Hafiz Ahmad
The woman told police about how she suffered a campaign of abuse which started in 2018.
Sexual Offences Officer PC Emma Porter, east London police, said: "It hasn’t been easy for her as she received pressure from the defendant to withdraw her allegations."
Ahmad was convicted of rape and making threats to kill by a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
Read the full story - Serial rapist jailed after 'campaign of abuse' against woman
Arif Azad
Police began investigating him in March 2023 and found he had 6,000 indecent images, 3,500 which were found to be in the most extreme category.
And a number of the images had been sent to him by an unknown child who he was communicating with online.
As well as being jailed, Azad will be subject to Sex Offender Notification Requirements for life and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ten years.
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Ethan Veiro
He was arrested by police after a car chase across east London and into Essex.
Veiro had targeted a number of homes across Dagenham on Christmas Day morning 2022.
His burglary spree began in the early hours of the morning, when he stole a car from Wood Lane which was later found abandoned in Waterbeach Road.
Veiro went on to burgle various other homes across Dagenham, escaping with house keys, a bicycle, cash and a set of car keys, which he used to steal another car.
Met officers were able to locate the 26-year-old in a stolen car at midday in Redbridge, and a pursuit broke out when he failed to stop.
The chase began in Ilford, but Veiro eventually merged onto the M11 into Essex.
Dramatic footage released by police shows a police car ramming his car off the road and onto the motorway’s hard shoulder to stop it.
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Mohammed Litton Miah
He had been posing as a successful businessman but police seized more than £20,000 in crack cocaine and heroin from his home.
Police found Miah's drugs line was responsible for supplying large amounts of drugs across east London.
He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs at Snaresbrook Crown Court on March 5 this year.
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Hasan Murad and Abdul Hussain Khan
The pair had forced their way into a Stratford home and "viciously" attacked a man and a woman with metal poles.
Khan had stabbed the man in the armpit which caused an arterial bleed, police said, and the victims were both left with severe injuries.
Read the full story - Men jailed after 'brutal' attack using metal poles and knife
Murad and Khan then left and took items from the victims with them, including phones and a driving license.
Police responded with a manhunt and found the pair responsible.
Det Ch Insp Claudine Davie said: "This was a heinous attack that used brutal violence."
Murad received a 14 and a half year sentence, while Khan was given 11 years in prison.
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