Clapham Common
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| Address | Windmill Dr, London SW4 9DE, UK |
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| Hours | Open 24 hours |
| Area | 2200892 |
| Phone | +44 20 7926 1000 |
| Open | All year |
| Public transit access | Clapham Common tube station |
| Clapham South tube station | |
| Did you know | Originally built in 1890, Clapham Common's bandstand is the largest in London. |
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| ID | 1043374 |
About Clapham Common
Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London. Originally common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878. It is 220 acres of green space, with three ponds and a Victorian bandstand.
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... The Metropolitan Police was criticised for its handling of the unofficial event, which saw hundreds of people gather on Clapham Common, south London, after a planned event was cancelled...
Met Police: Women arrested at Sarah Everard vigil paid damages
...By Jemma CrewBBC NewsThe Metropolitan Police has paid damages to two women arrested at the Clapham Common vigil for Sarah Everard...
Clapham Common: Passengers smash Tube train windows in fire alert
... The northbound train was stopped at Clapham Common station at about 17:50 BST when people were seen smashing the train s windows and climbing out...
Sarah Everard: Man convicted without knowing for attending vigil
... Prosecuted without knowing Hundreds attended an unofficial vigil for Ms Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021 after she was kidnapped, raped and murdered by then Met officer Wayne Couzens...
Sarah Everard vigil: Met Police appeal against High Court ruling
... Police and some protesters clashed at the Clapham Common vigil last March...
Sarah Everard: Protesters block road outside Scotland Yard
... A spontaneous vigil in Clapham Common in south London led to the force being heavily criticised for its actions - although it went on to be cleared by the police watchdog...
Sarah Everard: Met Police breached rights of vigil organisers
... However, hundreds of people attended an unofficial gathering on Clapham Common in south London to pay their respects to Ms Everard, The vigil, on 13 March, saw some of those present clash with police...
National Lottery scratch card fraud: Men jailed over £4m jackpot claim
... She said Goodram had the card number and expiry date written on his hand and used them to buy £90 of shopping at a Londis store on Clapham High Street and £71 of goods, including five scratch cards, at a Waitrose store on Clapham Common...
National Lottery scratch card fraud: Men jailed over £4m jackpot claim
Two men who bought a National Lottery scratch card using stolen debit card details And Then tried to claim the £4m jackpot they revealed have been jailed.
Jon Watson, of Bolton, and Mark Goodram went to London to beg in 2019 and bought the winning card in Clapham.
They were found out when claiming The Prize , as they revealed they did not have a bank account, despite using a debit card to buy the item.
Admitting fraud at Bolton Crown Court , they were both jailed for 18 Months .
The Court heard The Men , aged 34 and 38, travelled from Bolton to London on 22 April 2019.
'Sense of injustice'Denise Fitzpatrick, prosecuting, said the pair, who were both on licence following previous prison sentences, had The Details of a debit card belonging to A Man they did not know.
She Said Goodram had The Card number and expiry date written on his hand and used them to buy £90 of shopping at a Londis store on Clapham High Street and £71 of goods, including five scratch cards, at a Waitrose store on Clapham Common .
The Court was told one card had a £10 prize, which was claimed in the Londis store, while another had The Jackpot prize.
Watson telephoned the National Lottery line to tell them his friend had won, Ms Fitzpatrick said, before Goodram then told The Operator he would be sharing The Prize with his friend.
He was informed the payment would be made by bank transfer.
" Mark Goodram explained he did not have a bank account, [but] The Purchase of the winning scratch card had been made by debit card from a bank account. . which immediately raised suspicions, " She Said .
The Court was also told Goodram, of no fixed address, and Watson, of Nuttall Avenue, Little Lever, spoke to the media when The Prize was not paid out.
Sentencing them, Recorder Sarah Johnston said the pair, who had numerous previous convictions, had deprived The Next customer to win a " life-changing sum of money" before having the " audacity to plead your sense of injustice in The National newspapers".
" You must have thought all of your Christmases had come at once, " She Said .
" Despite knowing you had fraudulently acquired that prize money, you tried to claim it.
" I have No Doubt that both of you will continue to offend in dishonest ways in The Future . "
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