Court round-up

MARYLEBONE: A locksmith has been jailed for four years after taking advantage of residents by breaking down doors when they were locked out and massively overcharging for installing new locks.

Mark Makowski, 40, who operated Pronto Locks Ltd with a business address based in New Cavendish Street but was actually based in Hertfordshire, was convicted of 15 counts of fraud at the Old Bailey earlier today.

A drug dealer was jailed after he was caught supplying cocaine to undercover police officers at a Marylebone brothel.

While working as a driver and promotional manager for Club Sakura, a nightclub in Mayfair, Abdul Hasib, 37, agreed to supply the class A drug to the officers who posed as customers.

Two sisters have been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid community work after producing false documents in a housing benefit scam.

Sohelia Bahador, 40, from Senior Street, Westbourne Green, tried to cheat Westminster Council of £11,5000 by claiming housing benefit for rent on a flat which she actually owned.

A Lisson Grove man has been jailed for 16 years for his part in one of Britain's biggest jewellery heists.

Solomun Beyene, 25, of Lilestone Street, was one of four men found guilty of conspiring to rob £40million of gems from Graff Jewellers in New Bond Street.

NORTH PADDINGTON: Colin Flannigan, 34, of Macroom Road, has been charged with violent disorder following a clash between Chelsea FC and Cardiff City FC supporters on February 13 this year.

He was one of ten men charged with a public order offence at a west London police station on August 4.

A Romanian woman who forced her six children to beg on the streets was jailed for two and a half years for child cruelty.

The woman, 33, would beg with her children in various places across London including Edgware Road, Paddington.

A rogue locksmith may find himself locked up in prison after ripping off customers across London.

Mark Makowski, who claimed his company Pronto Locks Ltd was based in New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, was found guilty of 13 counts of fraud at the Old Bailey on Thursday last week (July 22).

A book thief dubbed the 'Tome Raider' has been convicted of stealing rare items from a Pimlico library.

William Simon Jacques, 41, of no fixed address, was found guilty of taking 13 antique volumes from the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society in Vincent Square, between 2004 and 2007.

A North Paddington teenager appeared in court today charged with possessing a gun.

Randy Senghal, 19, of Goldney Road, was arrested in Chippenham Road on Saturday.

He was due to appear at Brent Magistrates' Court today, charged with possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possessing an imitation firearm and resisting arrest.

MAIDA VALE: The killer of headteacher Philip Lawrence has been freed 14 years after he was jailed over the stabbing outside St George's RC School, in Lanark Road.

Learco Chindamo, 29, was released after a parole board ruled it was safe to release him from Hollesley Bay open prison in Suffolk.