An appeal has been launched to help hunt the 12 most wanted criminals in London over the Christmas period.

Wanted for a range of crimes, from jewellery robbery, grevious bodily harm to violent offences with a knife and a brick, the Met Police ahs shared pictures and descriptions of all 12.

Several of the suspects are from or have allegedly commited crimes in south London, and all are considered dangerous.

The suspects are classed as ‘high harm’ as they are either wanted in connection with violent offences or they are known to have a violent background.

Part of the Met Police's Winter Nights enforcement campaign, the police force said: “These offenders have caused harm and destruction and it is our priority to arrest them to prevent them from causing further damage.”

If you see any of the 12 wanted offenders call us right away on 101 or 999 if it’s an emergency. If you don’t want to speak to police, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111.

The 12 individuals are as follows:

Stephen Rice - Bexley

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Stephen Rice, 41, is wanted on recall to prison after breaching his licence conditions.

He was originally sentenced for multiple violent offences including threatening a victim with a knife and throwing a brick at them which took place in Bexley in January 2016.

Mark Goldsmith - Peckham

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Goldsmith, 55, is wanted for a burglary that took place in January in the SW1 area, and another burglary that occurred in September in SE15.

He is also wanted on recall to prison due to a breach of licence conditions in relation to burglary which took place in Peckham.

Robert Whitehead - Shooters Hill

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Whitehead, 45, is wanted on recall to prison for breaching licence conditions.

He was originally sentenced for robbery which took place in Shooters Hill SE18 in January 2017.

Amanda Graham - North London

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Amanda Graham, 44, is from north London and wanted on recall to prison after breaching her licence conditions.

She was originally sentenced for a burglary which took place in Queens Drive, N4 on March 2017. Graham is known to be violent.

Eddie Spagnol - Ilford

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Spagnol, 22, is from Ilford and wanted on recall to prison on for breaching his licence conditions.

He was originally sentenced for GBH (stabbing), criminal damage and possession of a knife which took place in St George’s Road, Dagenham in December 2017.

Terrance Wong - Harrow

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Wong, 35, is wanted for robbery, breach of bail conditions and breach of a community order.

He also failed to appear at Harrow Crown Court for a robbery which took place in 2018 where he stole a large sum of money from a victim. He breached the community order in February 2019.

Margarita Vasileva - Regent Street

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The 28-year-old is wanted on recall to prison. She was originally sentenced for theft which took place in Regent Street in 2016 where she has been part of a pick pocket team that stole property from members of the public.

Mark Moloney - Central London

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Moloney, 23, is wanted on recall to prison and for a moped-enabled jewellery robbery that took place on Duke Street, W1 on 28 May 2019.

Oluwamayowa Akinola - Hillingdon

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The 25-year-old is wanted for grievous bodily harm after he failed to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in relation to the serious assault which took place in June 2019 at Brunel University, Hillingdon.

Sahal Yusuf - Southall

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Sahal Yusuf, 25, is wanted for robbery.

He failed to attend his court date in relation to that offence where he threatened the victim with a knife in Southall.

Adam Marsh - Ealing

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The 36-year-old is wanted on recall to prison for breaching licence conditions.

He was originally sentenced for grievous bodily harm and assaulting a police officer which took place in Ealing in 2017.

Mitchel Page - Tower Hamlets

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Page, 21, is wanted for a robbery that took place in June 2017 on Kingsland Road, E2. Mitchel punched and kicked the victim in order to steal their bank card.

 

Superintendent Claire Smart, of the Violent Crime Taskforce, said: “With Christmas less than two weeks away, we are increasing our efforts to arrest these individuals and apprehend them for their crimes.

"Since July, we have arrested more than 850 high harm offenders and that number is steadily increasing.

“Our message is clear – we will not stop looking for you until you are arrested. Do the right thing and hand yourself in at your nearest police station to prevent Christmas being ruined for your family and friends. You won’t be able to evade justice forever.

“We are always carrying out arrest enquiries and bringing offenders to justice so that we can keep everyone safe, but we also need the help of the public. If you know where any of these offenders could be, or happen to see them while you are out and about then I urge you to pass any information to us as soon as possible.

“These offenders have caused harm and destruction and it is our priority to arrest them to prevent them from causing further damage.”