Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005

Hallam was jailed in 2005 for the murder of trainee chef Essayas Kassahun but has always protested his innocence

Man, 36, attacked following row with stranger. Police release CCTV image in connection with the incident

Police confirm that torso discovered in Regent’s canal in east London is that of actor who went missing last week

Body is believed to be that of missing EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie

Tuggie Phillips convicted of Stephen Bailey’s 1999 murder after changing his name and fleeing the country

Anthony Malone and Ranjit Gojra found guilty of brutal attack in Stoke Newington in 2007

Appeal made by parents of Aarron McKoy, who was shot dead on 1 January

Hackney Police’s Robbery Team seeking information following three separate robberies in Clapton

Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August