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Journalist @_TheLondoner | prev. freelance at Observer, Sunday Times, Mirror etc | Certain to get the boulder up the hill eventually | andrew@the-londoner.co.uk
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How a viral shawarma restaurant fell afoul of an ice cream van mafia

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By Andrew Kersley Verified
| The Londoner Verified
It was half-past midnight on 6 June when the unmarked van pulled up outside Shawarma Hut on Walworth Road. Inside, its owner Ali Alsahlane watched as four men, all clad in black and wearing North Face jackets, jumped out of the back and gathered by the windows of the restaurant. For the next ten minutes, they stood, unmoving and unspeaking, and stared into the restaurant at Alsahlane. Shawarma Hut isn’t just any south London restaurant.
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How to investigate the impossible

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By Andrew Kersley Verified
| The Londoner Verified
How do you investigate someone who doesn’t exist? That was the question that gnawed at me in February 2025, when I first decided to look into the death of Tracey Turnell. The heavily decomposed corpse of Tracey was discovered being pushed by her 77-year-old mother Joan through the middle of Walthamstow Market on 7 November 2023. In the aftermath, police discovered that Tracey had no phone, no job, no GP registration, no passport, no friends or romantic partners.
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Will the Met's Harry Potter-themed facial recognition solve the shoplifting crisis?

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By Andrew Kersley Verified
| The Londoner Verified
Acting police sergeant Jo Van Wyke knows a lot about the woman she’s been pursuing since February. She has a preference for steaks, bacon and mini macaroons. She’s homeless, a Class A drug addict and sleeps within walking distance of the BP petrol station on Neasden Lane, where she has been caught on camera shoplifting 42 times in four months, stealing goods worth over £4,000. But the one thing Van Wyke doesn’t know is her name.
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