UK Policing News

A father was warned he faces jail after his teenage stepson accidentally shot himself in the head while posing for a photograph with his illegal handgun. Mike Hole, 50, of Newport, dialled 999 fled the scene, thinking the boy would die, and hid his semi-automatic gun, Cardiff Crown Court was told Lewis Bailey, 15, had emergency surgery and has since made a full recovery. Hole pleaded guilty to child cruelty and admitted a charge of possessing a prohibited firearm. Hole dialled 999 then fled the scene, the court heard The teenager held the .25 Beretta pistol to his head to allow Hole to take a picture on his mobile phone but the loaded gun went off. Hole dialled …

A retired doctor who was wearing a cricket helmet while driving ran over a man who he believed had been tailgating him, a court heard. Dr Anthony Hall, 74, flew into a rage and flashed his lights after Anthony Grainge overtook him, it is alleged. When Mr Grainge pulled over, thinking something was wrong with one of their cars, Hall, who wears a cricket helmet while driving, is said to have deliberately hit him with his vehicle. Hall drove at Mr Grainge with such force he threw him onto the bonnet, the court heard. Dr Anthony Hall, left, allegedly flew into a rage and started flashing his lights when Anthony Grainge, right, overtook him Mr Grainge claims his face en…

A couple of Derbyshire news stories that have happend over the last few days but i haven't seen mentioned on here Police BMW in collision with other vehicles. http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Fir...il/article.html A man takes a blind woman hostage in her own home. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/de...d/ai_n53770776/

You can see the lust for our resources, the anger in her eyes and the hate in her soul! Linky here

24/05/10 Osbourne's £6bn cuts - Independent Civil servants will be told today that they are being banned from recruiting any new staff while the Chancellor, George Osborne, battles to find ways to keep his promise to cut £6bn a year off public spending. The jobs freeze will be a severe setback for students who are due to graduate this summer and were looking towards a civil service career, but the future is equally bleak for about 300,000 public employees who could face the sack as the coalition Government slices into what it regards as wasteful public spending. The proposed cuts will be set out in an emergency package which Mr Osborne and his Liberal Democrat deputy…

A veteran anti-war protester arrested before the State Opening of Parliament has been charged with obstructing police. Police search the protesters' camp opposite the House of Commons Brian Haw, 61, who maintains a round-the-clock demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament, was detained by officers on Tuesday. His fellow protester Barbara Tucker, 48, was also detained and charged with a public order offence and obstructing police, Scotland Yard said. Appearing at City of Westminster Magistrates Court, Haw and Tucker, who are both listed as of no fixed abode, denied the charges against them. Haw - wearing an anti-war T-shirt, jeans and a hat covered in badges - …

About time these parasites were dealt with. I hope he now gets hit with a proceeds of crime ruling and ends up with not a penny to his name! An unlicenced car clamper who a judge said was guilty of the "ruthless exploitation" of motorists has been jailed for two years. The city's trading standards department received more than 100 complaints about Andrew Baker's company, Inter Park UK. One man said he paid for all day parking but was clamped after just ten minutes. Baker, 28, of Birmingham, admitted conspiring with others to make unwarranted demands from motorists. Birmingham City Council, which brought the case against Baker, said he ran his business in Birmingham, Wol…

Police delayed Cameron's Jag David Cameron was unable to arrive in Downing Street in a new Jaguar XJ because the car was still being tested by Metropolitan police, according to reports. Jaguar is said to have rushed to have two armoured versions of the latest XJ ready in order to capitalise on the publicity from having Britain's new prime minister arrive in office in the car. However, the new Prime Minister was forced to to arrive at Number Ten in an old generation car because police tests hadn't been completed on the new model. Instead, he took delivery of the latest generation car the following day and will now continue to use it for ministerial business. http://ww…

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Biker caught at 140 mph. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8704489.stm I forget how fast bikes are until I watch this video. No way of keeping up with that in a real world traffic car. Reckon he lost his licence?

A road menace was seen laughing and giggling just moments after he killed a doting father while showing off in a high performance car. Zaffer Kurshid, 21, had just passed his driving test and was in his brother's powerful Volvo S60 car when he ploughed into Robert Allen at 70mph in a 30mph zone. The 36-year-old was chasing his dog who had run into a road when Kurshid roared into him at 70mph, catapulting the father-of-one 40 yards into the air. As the victim lay dying, Kurshid, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, sped off with rap music blaring from the stereo and dumped the 155mph car. A witness who saw Kurshid and his girlfriend, who was in the car at the time of the ac…

A campaign is being launched to warn vulnerable people across Wales about doorstep crime. The doorstep campaign features the "ice-man" cold caller character TV and radio adverts and a mailshot warning about the dangers of cold callers will run through May and June. The £1.8m campaign follows the case of Anne Cornock, aged 76, of Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, who was cheated out of £272,000 by a doorstep caller. "Doorstep crime is an insidious and deceitful act," said assistant chief constable Richard Lewis. Representatives from the police, trading standards, and the Welsh Assembly Government, which is funding the initiative, will attend its launch at the Millennium…

Parliament Square anti-war protester Brian Haw arrested Police with sniffer dogs searched the tents in Parliament Square Parliament Square protester Brian Haw has been arrested for obstructing police during searches of tents on the green. Anti-war campaigner Mr Haw, who has been camping there since 2001, was held as police searched the "peace camp". Another protester Barbara Tucker, who has also been camping outside the Houses of Parliament, was arrested. Mayor Boris Johnson will be applying to the High Court to remove the activists from the camp, his spokesman said. The green is owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA), but the spokesman said the mayor or the …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8703596.stm Sounds like a good spot from the PCSO's.

Police have appealed for help to piece together the last movements of a teenage girl whose badly-burned body was found in a field. Police have appealed for help to piece together the last movements of a teenage girl whose badly-burned body was found in a field. Zoe Nelson, 17, was last seen leaving her home in Newmains, Lanarkshire on Saturday at 5pm. Her body was discovered on Sunday afternoon about a mile away in the Cambusnethan area of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. Officers said her family was "devastated" by the death, which was being treated as murder following a post-mortem examination. In a statement, Zoe's mother, Marieann, said: "We are absolutely heartbroken …