West Yorkshire Police

Thursday 18 February, 2016 West Yorkshire Police has developed a new training package to help police officers to deliver traumatic news to families who have just lost their loved ones. The Force has been working with a national traumatic bereavement charity – Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) - to develop the comprehensive training package which will be used as a guide when speaking to families. The project was originally initiated by Gloucestershire Police offering families support in the tragic event of a traumatic bereavement with a leaflet containing both specific and relevant information and guidance. The training and the leaflet is being used to guide p…

A Leeds pub has had its licence suspended pending a review following two incidents of violent disorder in six weeks. Officers from Leeds District Licensing have applied to the council's Licensing Committee for a full review of the licence for The Aviator public house, in High Street, Yeadon. The move was prompted by a large fight at the pub on Saturday, February 6, which is the subject of an ongoing investigation. Four men were injured in the incident with three requiring hospital treatment for their injuries. Sergeant Dave Shaw, of Leeds District Licensing, said: "This was a very serious incident which came only six weeks after a similar incident of disorder at the pr…

Friday 12 February 2016 A businessman from Kirklees has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after becoming the first business owner in the UK to be convicted of a human trafficking offence. Mohammed Rafiq, 60, of Thorncliffe Road, Staincliffe, Batley, was convicted following a trial at Leeds Crown Court of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel within the UK for exploitation. The case came off the back of the sentencing in May 2014 of Hungarian nationals Janos Orsos and Ferenc Ille to five years and three years’ imprisonment respectively for human trafficking offences. Their offending came to light after one victim who had left West Yorkshire mad…

Police investigating a serious assault on a man in Pudsey have traced a number of witnesses following an earlier CCTV appeal. Officers released CCTV images of men they wanted to identify after a 23-year-old man was knocked unconscious and received serious facial injuries in an attack in Lowtown in the early hours of Saturday, December 19. Detective Constable Rachael Gilsenan, of Leeds District CID, said: "As a result of the appeal, a number of the men shown in the images have contacted us and we are now speaking to them as witnesses to the incident. "Separately, we have received other information that has assisted the investigation and we are progressing our enquiries …

Monday 8 February, 2016 Cyber crime officers from Bradford District Police will be delivering more than 80 safer internet sessions this week to mark International Safer Internet Day (Tuesday, 9 February). The team of six PCSOs will be visiting more than 20 schools across the district from today (Monday) to Friday, 12 February to raise awareness about the dangers of cyber crime. The officers will be delivering 79 classroom sessions to more than 2,000 children in Years 3 to 6, as well as holding four parent workshops and seven group sessions for school staff and carers. Their programme also includes a live web cast on Thursday, 11 February at 7pm, where the team will re…

It looks like things are looking up in the north. Humberside, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire are all expecting to recruit 100+ bobbies in 2016.

Saturday, 6 February 2016 Police investigating a shooting incident in Leeds have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder. Officers arrested the 29-year-old man from an address in the Woodhouse area of Leeds at about 9am today (Saturday). He is currently in custody and enquiries are continuing. The 19-year-old victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to his leg in the incident in Stainbeck Road on Thursday, remains in hospital in a stable condition. Officers from the local neighbourhood policing team are continuing high-visibility patrols of the area to provide reassurance to the local community. Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information that c…

Wednesday 3 February, 2016 West Yorkshire Police is aiming to raise awareness about Female Genital Mutilation in support of a special campaign. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is routinely practised in some African and Middle Eastern countries. In some countries up to 98 per cent of young women have undergone the FGM procedure. This weekend (6 February) marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM with the aim to raise awareness and hopes to eradicate FGM to help millions of women and girls across the world. Recent research by Equality Now and City University London and published in July 2015 has shown that an estimated 137,000 women and girls with FGM, born …

Tuesday 2 February, 2016 Police have confirmed the results of a post mortem which has taken place to establish how two people in Idle died. Margaride Rufino, known as Guida, aged 38 and Anthony Roberts aged 37, were both pronounced dead at an address in Cross Road on Sunday evening. Margaride was found to have died from multiple stab wounds. Anthony was found to have died from a wound to his leg. Detective Chief Inspector Ian Scott, from West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: "We can now confirm we are treating this as a murder/suicide investigation. "As we have previously stated we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this inq…

Monday, 1 February, 2016 A huge haul of guns and knives have been handed into West Yorkshire Police as part of its latest weapons surrender. More than 150 bladed and offensive weapons and 80 guns were handed in at the county’s police stations during the campaign launched earlier this month at the Royal Armouries in Leeds with the support of stabbing victim Vincent Uzomah. Among the haul were an AK47 rifle handed in in Bradford and another AK47 rifle, surrendered in Kirklees. Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Angela Williams, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "We are delighted with the response. Some of these weapons are clearly very dangerous. Now they will not find …

Monday, 1 February 2016 Police have released the following statement after two bodies were found at a house in Idle last night. "Police were called to an address in Cross Road in Idle at 6.23pm yesterday (Sunday), after receiving a report of a domestic incident. "Officers attended and found the body of a 38-year-old woman inside the property. "She had suffered serious injuries to her neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. "A 37-year-old man was also found inside the house with serious injuries to his leg. "He was also pronounced dead at the scene. "Two knives were recovered from the property. "Police are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with…