Man arrested after teenage girl raped outside shopping centre in west London

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A man has been arrested after a teenage girl was raped outside a west London shopping centre.

The 17-year-old was forced towards the entrance of West 12 shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush before the terrifying attack.

Earlier this week police put out a public appeal to help trace a man pictured in CCTV camera footage.

On Saturday detectives announced a man has been arrested in connection with the attack.

The suspect was questioned at a London police station and has been released on bail.

According to police, the alleged rape happened on October 27 last year. The victim and her friend were shopping in Westfield when they were approached by two men who they spent some time with and “lured them into a false sense of security”, police said.

The friends were split up and later that night the 17-year-old girl was attacked.

Karolina Chwiluk stabbed to death in east London

Pic:Murder victim Karolina Chwiluk
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Police have launched a manhunt for the ex-boyfriend of a young woman knifed to death in east London.

Karolina Chiwluk was fatally stabbed at an address in Mile End just before 11pm on Thursday.

She had been visiting the home of ex-boyfriend Grzesiek Kosiec, 23, when a fight broke out between the pair, Scotland Yard said.

A woman, aged 42, and a man, 24, who also lived at the house, stepped in to protect the 20-year-old victim but were also injured.

Miss Chwiluk, who is yet to be formally identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect fled the scene before police arrived.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Jones from the Homicide and Major Command urged anyone who knows where Mr Kosiec is to call 999 and warned members of the public that “he is violent”.

He said: "I would like to speak to Kosiec about the murder of Karolina. He was last seen at the house where she and two others who were trying to protect her were stabbed.

"It may be that friends of Kosiec who do not realise what has happened are giving him a place to stay, or other help. If that is the case, I'd urge them to get in contact with us as soon as possible.

"If you see Kosiec, or have information about where he may be, please contact us. He is known to work in south London and to have links to Tottenham.

"Given what took place at Dora Street that night, I have every reason to believe that he is violent, and so would ask anyone who sees him to call police immediately." 

The suspect, from Poland, is described as 5ft 10ins tall and of skinny build.

He has brown hair usually worn in a top knot and was last seen wearing black jogging bottoms and a dark t-shirt, police said.

Man, 23, becomes second victim of fatal knife crime on capital's streets in 12 hours

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A 23-year-old man has been stabbed to death in the street in north London, becoming the second person to die from knife crime in the capital in less than 12 hours.

Police rushed to Waterloo Road, Uxbridge, shortly after 1am on Saturday to reports of a man found in the street with stab wounds.

He was taken to a west London hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Scotland Yard said.

The victim, from Hayes, west London, died less than 12 hours after a man, aged in his 30s, was fatally knifed during a fight in a barber's shop in Harlesden on Friday afternoon.

He is the ninth person to die from knife crime on the streets of London in just two weeks.

Police have urged witnesses to the attack to come forward.

Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Packer said: "A young man has lost his life and I am appealing to the public to give us all the help they can.

"In particular I would ask anyone who was in the vicinity of Waterloo Road from midnight to early in the morning to call us.

"If you saw or heard anything please do not hesitate; your information could be vital."

The victim’s next of kin have been informed but formal identification is yet to take place, a Met Police spokesman said.

He added: “No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.”