Minicab driver Masood Ahmed guilty of 'sickening' rape. 22 August 2011Last updated at 13:51 Masood Ahmed was arrested by officers several hours after the attack A minicab driver has been jailed for 11 years for raping and threatening to kill an 18-year-old woman in Surrey.
Masood Ahmed, 26, of Seaforth Avenue, New Malden, south-west London, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court. The woman was attacked by Ahmed in Parvis Road in West Byfleet in the early hours of 13 August 2010. Det Ch Insp Steve Hayes said: "This was a sickening assault by Ahmed who saw an opportunity to attack a lone woman in the quiet early hours and took it. " Ahmed was sentenced to nine years in prison for each of the two counts of rape he was convicted of, and five years for a charge of assault, to run concurrently. He also received two years for one count of making threats to kill, to run consecutively. 'Extremely rare' Mr Hayes added: "I am extremely pleased with the sentences handed down today. "I am very proud of the efforts made by the whole investigation team.
" CCTV of shopkeeper's struggle with armed raiders issued. 19 January 2011Last updated at 16:59 Shopkeeper and his son struggle with armed raiders at a shop in north London Footage of a shopkeeper and his son fighting off two masked robbers armed with a gun and a knife has been released by police.
The CCTV images show the suspects enter the Gonca supermarket on Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park, north London. The gunman is seen pistol-whipping the son, 25, and the knifeman repeatedly trying to stab his father, 46. Both the shopkeeper and his son escaped with cuts and bruises and were treated in hospital. Police describe the knifeman and gunman as black, and aged about 20. The incident, which took place on the evening of 21 December, spilled out onto the street before the attackers fled empty-handed. It is believed the pair have made off down nearby Monsell Road and may have got into a dark-coloured Vauxhall Astra. Threatening staff A gunman and knifeman entered the shop before threatening staff and making off with £300 cash from the till.
Woman beheaded at shop. Man beheads woman in supermarket A man randomly attacks and beheads a British woman in a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. 14, 2011 A MAN has beheaded a woman in front of stunned shoppers at a supermarket on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife.
