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Charles Thomson

Investigations Reporter

Charles Thomson is an award-winning investigative journalist, covering London and Herts.

Charles Thomson is an award-winning investigative journalist, covering London and Herts.

Latest articles from Charles Thomson

Bishop of Stepney Joanne Grenfell has published a second open letter to new Labour justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, criticising the miscarriage of justice watchdog and raising concerns about Mark Osborne (top) and Jason Moore's (bottom) convictions

Bishop demands 'swift, decisive' action in murder case 'miscarriage of justice'
The Bishop of Stepney has slammed miscarriage of justice watchdog the CCRC in a second open letter to the justice secretary over Jason Moore's murder case.

Terry Ellis, from Hampstead, was handed a 17-year sentence for his audacious heist at Verizon's central London headquarters. But he has now turned his life around. In-between writing books and running a food company, he volunteers for good causes

Interview 'I was jailed for a £100m heist - but now I'm a teetotal, born-again Christian'
Hampstead man Terry Ellis was jailed for masterminding a £100m heist. Now he lives in Hampstead and volunteers at a Primrose Hill foodbank.

Daniel Bruce has called on Sir Keir Starmer to adhere to his own former demands now he is Prime Minister and order his government to bail out innocent buyers trapped in defective homes

Exclusive 'Our flats are falling down - now Keir Starmer's in power he should sort it out'

A Camden man living in crumbling flats has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his own previous demands and help innocent buyers trapped in defective homes.

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The IOPC will not publish its misconduct investigation report into Met Police officer PC Ryan Gadsden - in case it upsets his family

Exclusive Report on 'stalker' police officer accused of messaging teen girls to stay secret
The IOPC has refused to release its misconduct investigation report into Met Police officer PC Ryan Gadsden, from Harold Hill, who was accused of messaging teenage girls online.

Mahamoud Ali was found unresponsive at the Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health, on the Mile End Hospital campus. ELFT admitted his, and up to 11 other patients', medical records had been faked - but now says it can produce no evidence

Exclusive NHS trust in 'fake medical records' scandal can show no proof of investigation
London mental health trust ELFT, which admitted to a coroner's court some patients' medical records had been faked, now claims it possesses no evidence.

Naufil Shah, from Stanford-le-Hope, died after police were called to a collision between a lorry and pedestrians at junction 29 of the M25

Exclusive Man dead after lorry crash on M25 near Upminster
An inquest has been opened into the death of Essex man Naufil Shah, who was struck by a lorry on the M25 near Upminster.

Earlier this month, Oliver Campbell's murder conviction was quashed. But Court of Appeal judges dismissed all but one of his grounds of appeal. What does that mean for others contesting their convictions?

Special Report 'A sham!' - What happens when you try to appeal a murder conviction
What happens when you try to appeal a murder conviction via the Criminal Cases Review Commission? We look at the Oliver Campbell, Jason Moore and 'Ozzy' Osborne cases.

Ronald Corr died at his home in Balmoral Road, Hornchurch, from a suspected asbestos-related cancer

Court probes Hornchurch OAP's death over suspected asbestos exposure
A Hornchurch pensioner may have been killed by inhaling asbestos, East London Coroner's Court has heard.

Lakhwinder Singh, whose last known address was in Gurney Close, Barking, died at Newham Hospital from acute alcohol poisoning

Investigation after autopsy finds Barking man 'died of alcohol poisoning'
The East London Coroner's Court has ordered an inquest after Barking man Lakhwinder Singh was found to have died from alcohol poisoning.