Police Crackdown on Havering Boot Sales Ends in Two Charged.

Two people have been charged with handling stolen goods and prohibited drugs, following a Metropolitan Police operation targeting unlicenced traders.

On Tuesday, 6 February, James Maughn, 57 (07.07.1968), and Brigit Maughan, 55 (06.01.1971) both of St Theresa’s Close, Hackney were charged with handling stolen goods and selling, supplying or offering to supply a medicines subject to general sale elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy.

This follows a Met operation at the Bonzer, Havering, in May 2025, and an earlier operation at Willow Farm Boot Fare in April 2025, during which officers seized a large quantity of stolen tools.

The defendants appeared before Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 20 February, where they pleaded not guilty to both charges.

They are due at Romford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 4 June.

Inspector Connolly, who led the operations tackling tool theft, told the Havering Daily:

“These charges represent a small but essential cog in a much larger wheel to disrupt organised crime gangs operating across boot fares in the UK. Havering Neighbourhoods will continue to work with our partners and colleagues in the Local Authority, trading standards and marketplace to deter and disrupt offending across boot fares. I would encourage members of the community to sign up towww.metengage.co.uk for further updates on matters that concern their community”

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