UK Policing News

A convicted criminal used Facebook to threaten his enemies while in a maximum security prison for conspiracy to murder, it emerged tonight. Colin Gunn, an underworld godfather who ordered the killing of a couple, had his social networking site account shut down yesterday, a source said. The Sunday Times reported the 42-year-old said in one posting: 'I will be home one day and I can't wait to look into certain people's eyes and see the fear of me being there.' Gunn, from Nottingham, was jailed over the revenge murders of John and Joan Stirland in 2004. According to the Ministry of Justice, prisoners are prohibited from accessing social networking sites. But the latest…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime...me-1882554.html A Christian policing group which believes that the power of prayer can catch criminals and keep officers safe from harm has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Home Office to widen its involvement with local church groups. Start praying people, and the money MIGHT come. :clapping: I cannot see this working, but you never know.

A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct after he had sex on duty with a woman he was meant to be helping. Pc James Formby, 31, and a colleague responded to a suspected domestic abuse incident in Bromley last September. He stayed with the woman while a man was taken to a police station, then engaged in sexual activity with the woman, who had been drinking. Formby, who has been suspended from the force, will be sentenced on 1 March. 'Vulnerable and scared' The officer, based at Bromley Police station, pleaded guilty to one charge of misconduct in public office at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. The investigation was carried out by the Inde…

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned that the scanners breach privacy rules under the Human Rights Act for their naked images. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0eIgqgNVz i can see trouble at the airports for police and security staff with passengers not wanting to do the body scan :whistle2: :whistle2: :whistle2:

Students arrested over plant food "legal high" drug Students are being warned about the dangers of consuming plant food after seven young people were arrested at a Lancaster nightclub. Doorstaff alerted the police when they found white powder during searches on the students at the Sugar House. Those arrested claimed it was "bubble", an ingredient of plant food called mephedrone that is legal to possess but can be dangerous if taken with alcohol. All seven have been bailed while tests are carried out on the powder. 'Very bad reactions' The chemical, also known as "meow meow" usually takes the form of a white powder, crystals or tablets. Det Ch Insp Neil Gregso…

A group of G20 protesters are to sue the Metropolitan Police after all charges against them were dropped. The 11 protesters were among thousands who took part in the demonstrations in London on 1 April 2009. They were charged with impersonating police after driving a bright blue armoured car into the city. The demonstrators, who go under the label the Space Hijackers, said the charges against them were "ridiculous" and a "waste of taxpayers' money". The 11 were arrested after jumping out of the customised Alvis Saracen, complete with gun turret and the word "riot" emblazoned on it, outside the Bishopsgate offices of the Royal Bank of Scotland. They were also weari…

Police Find Naked Burglar 01-Feb-10 Not a good night for burglar as he loses his clothes and his liberty... Police officers discovered him trapped in a chimney breast of a Tesco Express store in Pemberton, Wigan, reports the BBC. Firefighters were called to rescue the man, who became trapped in the chimney as he tried to get out of the supermarket. Police said that because the man was naked he was taken to hospital as a precaution but was treated and discharged before being arrested. A GMP spokeswoman said: "It is believed some his clothes came off as a result of him struggling to get out of the chimney." A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and r…

A farmer and his wife have been tied up and given electric shocks by crooks who think they have hiding missing millions from the £53 million Securitas robbery Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0eJdPrLHz it do makes you wonder where the money as gone if Kent Police has searched the farm and confirmed that there is no secret stashes of money

A farmer and his wife have been tied up and given electric shocks by crooks who think they have hiding missing millions from the £53 million Securitas robbery. Ken Crow, 59, and his wife Val, 55, have been attacked in their home near Tonbridge in Kent, threatened with violence, blackmail and ordered to hand over millions after false rumours have swept the criminal underworld that some of the missing millions are buried on their land. Kent Police has searched the farm and confirmed that there is no secret stashes of money there and are appealing for help to catch the gangs which have targeted the innocent couple over the past year. Loot: A picture of some of the £51m…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8490551.stm possibly a dry run for something bigger? Thank heavens for peace!

Shots were fired at Bessbrook station in South Armagh. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8490551.stm This follows two gun attacks on Crossmaglen station in the past two weeks.

Burglars lose their 'Human Rights' the moment they break into someone's home, David Cameron has declared. The Tory leader's tough message came as he spelled out plans to protect people who defend their properties. Mr Cameron said "The moment a burglar steps over your threshold, and invades your property - with all the threat that gives to you, your family and your livelihood - I think they leave their human rights outside." He spoke out while defending proposals to prosecute only homeowners who use "grossly disproportionate" violence against an intruder - if he wins the General Election. Under current laws, only "reasonable" force is allowed. But Mr Cameron said the …

Police officers discovered him trapped in a chimney breast of a Tesco Express store in Pemberton, Wigan, http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police-Fi...glar-_21726.htm who do he think he was santa

A man dubbed the jigsaw killer for murdering and chopping up his friend before scattering his body parts across two counties was jailed for life today. Stephen Marshall, 38, was told he would serve a minimum of 36 years in prison, while his girlfriend, Sarah Bush, 21, was jailed for three years and nine months for perverting the course of justice. The severed remains of Jeffrey Howe, 49, from Southgate, north London, were discovered across Hertfordshire and Leicestershire last year. Butcher: Stephen Marshall killed Jeffrey Howe (right) and then chopped him up He became known as the ‘jigsaw man’ after the series of macabre finds. Marshall had previously admitted …