Court round-up

PATRICK SMYLIE, 20, OF HATTON STREET, LISSON GROVE, admitted dishonestly receiving a stolen satnav worth £350 in St Alban's Grove, Kensington, on January 27.

A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted the same charge.
The pair were stopped by police shortly after midnight.

They told officers they had come from Edgware Road, in Paddington, and had got lost while walking through Hyde Park on their way to Pimlico.

NDWE JATTA, 32, OF SHEPHERDS WALK, CRICKLEWOOD, admitted stealing clothes, jewellery and cosmetics worth £243 from Marks and Spencer, in Kensington High Street, Kensington, on January 24.

She also admitted stealing clothes worth £79 from H&M also in Kensington High Street, on the same day.

A security guard at Marks and Spencer saw her putting the items into her bag, before leaving the shop without paying.

A 30-year-old Ladbroke Grove resident has been charged with conspiracy to rob Graff jewellers in New Bond Street last month.

Gems worth £40million were stolen from the exlusive store in early August. It is thought to be Britain's biggest ever jewel heist.

A government minister has slammed Kensington and Chelsea Council for its "unreasonable" behaviour over a controversial school redevelopment and ordered it to pay funds to a community group campaigning against the project.

A spitting commuter has been sent to prison for six months after launching a saliva-filled attack on staff and police at a Kensington tube station.

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