UK Policing News

A rapper is tying up police emergency lines by bombarding a force with nuisance calls. He dials 999 before rapping to operators at Greater Manchester Police - who are not allowed to cut him off. Despite officers blocking more than 60 sim cards, the man has plagued them since January 2009. In the past three months he has made 700 calls, some lasting up to five minutes, costing the force £1,000 a month. Supt Karan Lee said his "inappropriate outbursts" are putting "lives at risk". During many of the calls, the operator answers the phone to be met with a barrage of music and rants. His rapping is difficult to decipher but during one call he started shouting abou…

A rapist who was caught just 40 minutes after his 78-year-old victim went on BBC's Crimewatch to relive her ordeal was jailed for 12 years today. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0iM6nCllx It appears Crimewatch does work, amazing rresult!! :thumbsup: My life i bet this bloke got a shock after seeing himself on TV. :lol:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/10386731.stm A rapper is tying up police emergency lines by bombarding a force with nuisance calls. Cut the silly sod off, or does that go against his human rights? Annoying prat thou, the telephonist has got patience thou.

Inspector Wexford actor George Baker is facing being banned from the roads after he was arrested for suspected drink driving.The 79-year-old was pulled over by police while driving his actress wife Louie Ramsay home from a pub in Bulkington, Wiltshire. He failed the roadside breath test and was arrested. Court hearing: Inspector Wexford actor George Baker will appear before North West Wiltshire magistrates in Chippenham on Tuesday charged with drink driving TV star Baker, who has an MBE, said of the incident nine days ago: ‘I had no intention of driving while over the limit. It is something I deplore in others and I am sorry. ‘We were in the pub that evening wh…

A police officer and former Mr Gay UK winner has been charged with a number of sex offences. Pc Mark Carter, 27, was charged following an incident at the Etap hotel in Leeds on 19 December 2009. The serving officer, who was suspended from duty in December, will appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Pc Carter was crowned Mr Gay UK in 2006 at the Flamingo Club in Blackpool, beating 25 other contestants to win £5,000 worth of prizes. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "A 27-year-old man has been charged with a number of sexual offences. "He was arrested following a police investigation at the Etap hotel in Leeds on 19 December 2009. "He has been ba…

From BBC News: Mother tells baby assault trial of baptism decision One that really makes me angry.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287662/Angola-born-Navy-Wren-jailed-smuggling-2m-cocaine-UK.html :angry:She came to Britain having fled poverty and civil war in her home country of Angola. But for Teresa Matos, winning both British citizenship and an enviable job with the Royal Navy was not enough. On Friday the former asylum-seeker became the first Royal Navy sailor to be convicted for trying to use a warship to smuggle drugs into the country. The 36-year-old rating tried to bring over 8.5kg of 100 per cent pure cocaine – £2million worth – into Britain aboard HMS Manchester. The astonishing ambition of Matos’s crime was laid bare in court on Friday whe…

good job that none of the officers where hit in the chase and the man has been arrsted and no one was hurt .

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/06/10/north-east-police-forces-open-merger-talks-again-61634-26625651/ Personally speaking I think that this is a positive move as long it can be guaranteed that money will be saved and front line services and officer numbers protected. What's everyone elses opinion?

Ann Sumner was off work for a month after the attack "Getting verbally abused is the norm but this was no way near normal - in my 26 years as a paramedic I have never been subjected to an attack like this." Ann Sumner had much of her hair pulled out of her head, she was punched and scratched and left with a form of whiplash in her shoulder. All because she had stopped her rapid response vehicle to attend to a drunken girl in a Manchester city centre street. The student, 20-year-old Melissa Massey, was jailed for eight weeks on Monday after she pleaded guilty to assaulting the paramedic in the early hours of New Years Day. Ms Sumner, who lives in Chorley, Lancashir…

:aok:A 'wicked' woman who slashed and bruised her own face and body before crying rape has today been found guilty of perverting the course of justice.Leyla Ibrahim, 22, also cut her hair and clothes to support her claim that she had been sexually attacked while walking home alone after a night out. Her allegations - intended to 'teach people a lesson' - sparked the biggest manhunt faced by Carlisle police, with the investigation costing taxpayers £150,000. Sentence: Leyla Ibrahim was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after a trial at Carlisle Crown Court Four students were arrested and subjected to intimate examinations. One attempted self-harm after h…

Have a linky. Disgusting behaviour. Just think of all us wannabes trying desperately to get in and he just throws it away like it's a chewed up ol' dog toy.

:whistle2: disgusting news in my opinion the police do there job to bring to justice and the goverment want to let them off with a soft sentence.