By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
The council s licensing team visited the properties before the cases were sent to court. Photos: WFC Two landlords have been slapped with fines totalling £135,000 for failing to maintain and licence privately rented homes. The landlords were lampooned by a judge for failing to provide basic safety measures, such as fire alarms, and hygienic conditions. At a hearing at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 1, Mohammed Bhatti, aka Mohammed Muqeem Amin, sole director of agents Property Ladder London Ltd, pleaded guilty to 12 charges in relation to breaches of management regulations at a number of properties on High Road, Leyton, as well as failing to licence one of the homes.
Thames Magistrates Court.
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The company behind a Stratford nightclub is appealing against a town hall licensing decision.
An appeal lodged by Serene Entertainment Ltd, which is licence holder at Jhankaars in The Broadway, is due to be heard at Thames Magistrates Court on February 15.
This month s court action follows the refusal by Newham Council s licensing sub-committee to vary the venue s existing premises licence.
Last February an application was made to remove two conditions from an agreed consent order. However, this was refused in a sub-committee hearing on October 23.
The first condition is that the Met Police should be notified 14 days before proposed events - which include table, lap or Bollywood dancing - and for the service to have the power of veto.
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Police have raided an absolutely ridiculous house party as 30 revellers breached coronavirus restrictions for a birthday bash.
Officers were called to Ormskirk in Lancashire at 2.45am on Sunday to break up the rave allegedly hosted by bored Edge Hill University students.
Some escaped by climbing out a window but the organiser - a 20-year-old woman - was given a £10,000 fixed penalty notice and nine others were fined £800.
One man - Sam Taiwo, 23, from Sheffield - is due in court in April after he was arrested and later charged for shoving an officer.
It comes as a barbershop owner was left red faced when he answered a call from a customer while talking to police and officers shut down an unofficial football match.
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McCarthy, from Bow, in east London, appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on Monday charged with impersonating a police officer and blackmail, and was was released on bail ahead of a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court on March 1.
The Metropolitan Police have issued a warning to the public to be on the lookout for coronavirus-related scams.
Detective Inspector Vince Fedder said: Thankfully officers were on scene and quickly dealt with this incident.
McCarthy, from Bow, in east London, appeared at Thames Magistrates Court (pictured) on Monday charged with impersonating a police officer and blackmail, and was was released on bail ahead of a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court on March 1