Scotland Yard's Wanted

• Decade of robberies comes to end for armed robber
• Caught: Thief who cut pages from rare books
• Murderer shown on Scotland Yard’s Wanted internet site captured
• 8 Years for attacker
• East London killer receives life sentence
• Illegal Weapons Supplier put out of business

Decade of robberies comes to end for armed robber

• Unidentified Male featured on Scotland Yard’s Wanted Internet Site identified as Daniel Holland was arrested by officers from Barnes Flying Squad assisted by Thames Valley Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary.

  Between 1994 – 2004, Daniel Holland committed numerous armed robberies predominantly across London, but also in Hertfordshire, Surrey, Thames Valley, Hampshire and Essex. He pleaded guilty to nine armed robberies with a further 30 offences of armed robbery to be taken into consideration.

  On Monday 28th February 2005 Daniel Holland appeared at Kingston Crown Court and received a life sentence.

Caught: Thief who cut pages from rare books

• Scotland Yards Internet ‘wanted’ site trapped man previously jailed for art theft.

  Peter Joseph Bellwood, 52 years, a landscape gardener from Colchester admitted using a knife to remove irreplaceable maps during six visits to the National Library of Wales over 6 months in 2000 which made him £70,000.

  On Thursday 23rd December 2004 Peter Bellwood was sentenced to 4 and a half years imprisonment for stealing rare maps at Swansea Crown Court.

Murderer shown on Scotland Yard’s Wanted internet site captured

• Palwinder Singh Dhillon was arrested on 26/08/03 for the murder of Anita Gindha in Manor Park E12.

  On 21/05/04 Palwinder Singh Dillon was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 16 years.

8 Years for attacker

• Man placed on Scotland Yard’s wanted internet site by detectives from Bethnall Green was arrested.

  Jacob Marks was wanted by Police for a serious assault. He was arrested in 2003 and subsequently went on trial at Southwark Crown Court. On 22nd January 2004 he received 8 years imprisonment for the assault.

East London killer receives life sentence

• Anthony Shepherd was placed on Scotland Yards ‘wanted’ site for shooting dead Lee Chasaites outside the Prince of Wales Public House E3 in 2003. He received a life sentence in 2004 at the Central Criminal Court and will serve his sentence at HMP Belmarsh.

Illegal Weapons Supplier put out of business

• Stephen John Franks was found guilty in his absence for conspiring to supply a prohibited weapon (7.9mm – MG42 Machine Gun) and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was circulated on the Scotland Yard’s Wanted Website and subsequently located where he received an additional year at Middlesex Guildhall for absconding.
  

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