How a community’s outcry led to campaign for justice for Sam Hallam
Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005
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Sam Hallam released after prosecution decides against opposing his appeal
Hallam was jailed in 2005 for the murder of trainee chef Essayas Kassahun but has always protested his innocence
Passenger stabbed on train departing Dalston Kingsland station
Man, 36, attacked following row with stranger. Police release CCTV image in connection with the incident
Body found in canal is EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie
Police confirm that torso discovered in Regent’s canal in east London is that of actor who went missing last week
Man arrested after body found in Regent’s Canal
Body is believed to be that of missing EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie
Man jailed for Hackney murder after 13 years
Tuggie Phillips convicted of Stephen Bailey’s 1999 murder after changing his name and fleeing the country
Two men convicted after Stoke Newington kidnap and torture ordeal
Anthony Malone and Ranjit Gojra found guilty of brutal attack in Stoke Newington in 2007
Aarron McKoy murder: family appeal for help over New Year’s Day shooting
Appeal made by parents of Aarron McKoy, who was shot dead on 1 January
Hackney police appeal after three women robbed at knifepoint in Clapton
Hackney Police’s Robbery Team seeking information following three separate robberies in Clapton
Rioter gets five years in longest sentence yet relating to August disorder
Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August
Man charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing
Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder
Top boy: stories of Hackney’s young drug dealers
Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
What caused the Hackney riots? A local teacher speaks out
“You could see it coming…the kids don’t feel like they’re part of anything, they don’t feel they’re being heard”
Hackney: ‘these riots were about lack of opportunity’ – video
Channel 4 video: a local filmmaker talks to two members of a gang about possible reasons for the riot and their relationship with the police
Hackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy