Here are the names and faces of the men who were sentenced to prison time in December 2025.
Sainsbury’s killer
Demiesh Williams (Image: Met Police)
Demeish Williams, 30, from Croydon, was jailed for five years and three months for the manslaughter of Andrew Clark, 43.
Andrew died in hospital three days after he was struck by Demeish Williams, 30, outside Sainsbury’s on Upper Elmers End Road in Beckenham at around 8.30pm on March 16.
Williams had become aggressive after Andrew told him he couldn’t cut in front of them in the queue.
After a brief argument Williams got a facemask from his car, waited outside for the shop for Andrew, hit him once to the side of the head with an open palm, and shouted “I told you to f***ing apologise”.
Williams will serve up to two-thirds of the sentence before he is eligible for release, meaning that accounting for time already spent on remand he could be back on the streets by September 2028.
The length of the sentence prompted dismay from Andrew’s family in court as one relative said “this country is a joke” and another called the sentence a “disgrace”.
His family said: “For us as a family, this process has exposed the serious shortcomings within our outdated justice system.
“Victims are too often left without the protection, transparency and fairness they deserve.
“An archaic legal framework cannot meet the demands of modern society, nor the needs of victims, their families, friends and wider communities.
“Overcrowded and under-funded prisons place pressure on the courts to sentence based on capacity rather than justice.
“Without genuine accountability, true justice and meaningful reform, reoffending will continue and many more families may face the same devastation we have.
“Andrew will always be remembered for his kindness, generosity, humour and love.”
Read the full story – Sainsbury’s Upper Elmers End Beckenham killer sentenced
Wetherspoons killing
Paul Tallant and Danny Donovan (Image: Met Police)
Paul Tallant, 43, from Eltham, was jailed for killing Charlie Prodromou, 63, in a fight outside a Wetherspoon pub in Lewisham.
Charlie died in hospital after he fell and hit his head when he was punched twice in the face by Tallant outside The Watch House pub on March 1.
With Charlie on the floor, Tallant then stood over him celebrating the attack in a “victor’s stance”.
Charlie was described by his family as a “truly good man” with a “beautifully jolly face”
Tallant pleaded guilty to manslaughter stating he had acted in excessive self-defence as Charlie had started the fight and had been causing a “nuisance” in the pub.
But Judge Andrew Lees rejected the basis of plea, stating that by the time of the fatal punch Charlie was retreating and posed no threat.
Tallant was sentenced to 10-and-a-half year in prison.
A second man – Danny Donovan, 40, of Marshalsea Road in Southwark – was sentenced to 26 months in prison after he threatened a “good Samaritan” with a knife when they tried to prevent the fight between Charlie and Tallant.
Read the full story – Wetherspoon death: Man jailed for killing Charlie Prodromou
Greenwich predators encouraged teens to self-harm
Charlie Johnson and Prince Singh (Image: Met Police)
Charlie Johnson, 24, of Old Mill Road in Plumstead, and Prince Singh, 23, of Hiskin Close in Charlton, coerced school girls into self harm and then mocked them online.
They encouraged their victims, who were 16 and 17, to carve names into themselves, wanting them to be “scarred for life”, before sharing images of those acts in an online chatroom.
Judge Ruth Downing said the two men were drawn together by their “mutual interest” in encouraging “school girls” to self-harm.
Judge Downing said: “I am of the view that both these men took a deeply unhealthy interest in this idea in encouraging others, young women, inevitably women, to self-harm.”
The judge also described the pair treating their “deliberate planned acts” as a “game”, picking vulnerable victims.
At the sentencing hearing, the two victims spoke about the extreme and long-lasting impacts of their actions.
One of the girls said Johnson, who was in his 20s when they met, “weaponised” her youth, and said she still has “nightmares of the abuse”.
She said: “I was made to feel like everything was my fault, even when he hurt me.”
She added: “Emotionally I felt worthless for a long time, I felt disposable and I even felt guilty that he was facing consequences.”
Johnson was jailed for four years whilst Singh was jailed for two years and nine months.
Read the full story – Greenwich predators Charlie Johnson and Prince Singh jailed
Man stabbed his wife to death
Hai Van Nguyen (Image: Met Police)
Hai Van Nguyen, 42, of Hatfield Close in Lewisham, was jailed for murdering his wife Hien Thi Vu.
The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after the Nguyen walked into a police station and told officers he had stabbed his wife.
He was immediately arrested and charged the following day.
Hien was found in her bedroom with seven stab wounds, one of which caused fatal blood loss.
A bloodstained knife was found in a bedside drawer.
The court heard Nguyen believed she had been unfaithful and, in the hours before her death, forced her to open the TfL app to check her movements.
Nguyen was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 19 years.
Knife carrier
Rakeem Thomas (Image: BTP)
Rakeem Thomas, 20, was sentenced to one year and four months in prison after police officers found a knife hidden in his hair.
Thomas made national news in 2024 after a viral video showed him repeatedly stabbing a man on a train between Shortlands and Beckenham Junction.
But during his trial it was established that it was the alleged victim who had produced the 12-inch machete but during a struggle Thomas had managed to get control of the knife and used it to stab him.
Thomas was found not guilty of attempted murder in September 2024 but he has since been convicted of multiple knife offences since his release from custody.
On July 7 at Brixton Police Station, Thomas was searched and was found to have a 10-inch improvised knife woven into his hair underneath a head covering.
That day he had been in court for an earlier possession of a knife offence, but had become “locked out of prison” so was due to spend the night at the police station.
Read the full story – Beckenham train stabbing, acquitted man caught carrying knife
Man encouraged terrorism
Paul Martin (Image: Met Police)
Paul Martin, 60, encouraged a violent uprising against the government.
Martin posted 16,000 messages on a Telegram group called “The Resistance UK”.
An investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London found that the 60-year-old called for the use of crossbows and explosives.
Martin was arrested at his home address on September 28, 2021, and several items were seized by police.
They included a stun gun disguised as a torch, two crossbows with bolts, a large knife, air guns and drones.
The messages he sent revealed his belief that Covid didn’t exist, calling the illness a “hoax” and that the vaccine was a “poison designed to kill you off”.
Martin called the situation as a “silent war” and encouraged fellow members of the group to purchase a crossbow and make petrol bombs.
After a two-week trial at the Old Bailey, Martin was found guilty of encouragement of terrorism.
He was found not guilty of possession of articles for the purposes of terrorism.
He previously pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon capable of discharging a noxious substance.
He was sentenced to three years and three months in prison.
Read the full story – Croydon man who encouraged terrorism online jailed
Unprovoked station stabbing
Nicholas Orlando Green (Image: BTP)
Nicholas Orlando Green, 36, of Kennington Park Road in Stockwell, stabbed two strangers in an unprovoked attack in Kennington station.
The two victims entered the station at around 10.30pm after finishing a local dance class, while a larger group dispersed to separate platforms.
A short time later, Green tapped into the station and made his way down to the platform.
Green then attacked the other victim and repeatedly stabbed him for around 20 seconds with a knife clenched in his right hand.
He continued the attack even after the victim fell to the floor.
Hearing the commotion, the second victim rushed over to intervene. Green then began attacking him in the same way, knocking him to the ground before other horrified members of the public intervened.
Green then got up and made his way to the lift, where he assaulted a 31-year-old woman before leaving the station.
Both stab victims were rushed to hospital.
The 44-year-old victim suffered multiple stab injuries to his chest, as well as a fractured arm.
It was found that the 42-year-old victim suffered 13 stab injuries in total.
Green was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Read the full story – Kennington station unprovoked double stabbing: Man jailed
Teen crashed into ambulance in stolen car
Harry Foster-Smith (Image: Kent Police)
Harry Foster-Smith, 19, of Brunswick Street in Bexleyheath, stole a car and then crashed it into an ambulance heading to an emergency, injuring two paramedics.
He knocked the ambulance onto its side following a police chase down the M2.
He stole the Volkswagen Golf in London on the morning of August 25.
That evening, police chased the car on the M2 after they received reports of the it heading towards the coast on the between junctions two and three.
Foster-Smith refused to stop and raced at over 100mph before leaving the motorway at junction four, where officers lost sight of the car.
Shortly afterwards, the stolen vehicle collided with an ambulance on an emergency call at the roundabout connecting the slip road with the A278 Hoath Way near Gillingham.
Foster-Smith fled the scene but was found in nearby woodland by a police dog and its handler and arrested.
He was jailed for two years and eight months.
Read the full story – Bexleyheath teen jailed after Gillingham ambulance crash
Brockley paedophile
Tye Hunt (Image: Essex Police)
Tye Hunt, 23, of Brockley Road in Brockley, attempted to coerce two young girls into sexual activities.
Hunt used Snapchat to prey on and groom two teenage girls, aged 12 and 14, throughout 2022 and 2023.
He tried to arrange a meeting for sexual activity with the 12-year-old and pressured her into sending explicit pictures in response to his.
Hunt, living in Essex at the time of the offences, misled the 14-year-old by claiming he was 16.
He sent her explicit pictures and suggested he would pay for a hotel for them to meet.
He admitted charges of attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence, as well as two counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child.
Hunt was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison.
Attempted murder
Ibrahim Ahmed (Image: Met Police)
Ibrahim Ahmed, 23, of Field Way in Croydon, stabbed his landlord on his doorstep.
Ahmed left the man in his 40s fighting for his life and with a collapsed lung after stabbing him in the chest.
On February 2, members of the public “rushed to the victim’s aid” after finding him lying on the road near his home.
They gave first aid to the victim – who has not been named – until paramedics arrived and he was taken to hospital.
On February 4, Ahmed was arrested and the next day he was charged with attempted murder.
In a seven day trial at Croydon Crown Court, it was heard that the victim returned home from work and Ahmed brutally stabbed him with a knife, on his doorstep, in an unprovoked attack.
Ahmed fled the scene, leaving the victim trying to find help before he collapsed in the street.
Ahmed was sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment and five years on licence, with a minimum of 14 years.
Read the full story – Ibrahim Ahmed jailed for Croydon attempted murder stabbing
Man strangled and beat woman
Daniel Baptiste (Image: Essex Police)
Daniel Baptiste, 46, of Mendip Close in Sydenham, was jailed for beating and strangling a woman.
He was under investigation after a woman in her 40s called police in April this year, moments after Baptise grabbed her neck and lifted her off the ground.
Baptiste pleaded guilty to strangulation and was sentenced to 25 months in prison.
Speaking after the sentencing, the victim said: “I would like to personally thank all of those involved in the investigation within Essex Police and the Crown Prosecution Service.
“Especially Jade Gwillim, Jade Lawton and Lauren Birch for their thorough investigation and the constant support and kindness they have all shown me. They are an absolute credit to Essex Police.
“Without them believing in me and helping me to open my eyes to the abuse I suffered I know that I wouldn’t be here today. I cannot thank them enough.
“I hope that by me speaking the truth and the defendant being brought to justice that I have saved many other women.”
