UK Policing News

Prison guards unwittingly allowed a convicted drug dealer to grow cannabis in his cell - and even decorate one 4ft plant as a christmas tree. Gold-toothed Mohamed Jalloh, 28, convinced jail staff that his super-powerful skunk crop was really tomato plants. He grew it for at least five months while unsuspecting officers and bosses admired his green fingers. And he got so cocky he put festive decorations on one to brighten up his cell at Verne Prison in Portland, Dorset. Eventually he was grassed up by a jealous inmate - and guards then identified the plants using Google snaps. A source said: "You could see the plants from the grounds as his cell looks on to the educati…

The maximum sentence for dangerous driving will be more than doubled, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said last night. at last jack straw has said something right for a change Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aYH3itTo

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...n-run-amok.html Looks like fun :D

Appeal: Aso Mohammed Ibrahim has been allowed to stay in the country despite knocking down and killing a 12-year-old girl while disqualified A failed asylum seeker who fled after knocking down and killing a 12-year-old girl has won his appeal to stay in Britain. The family of Amy Houston, who was left dying under the wheels of Aso Mohammed Ibrahim's Rover car as she walked to the shops, have spoken of their disgust at the decision. The Kurdish Iraqi was on bail and already disqualified from driving when he hit the schoolgirl. Ibrahim, 32, who has never held a driving licence, was jailed for four months for driving while disqualified and failing to stop after an accide…

I havent read the article but heard GMP being slated on radio. Along the lines of GMP failed woman who was stabbed and killed by her husband/partner after they attended 11/12 times. Why is the Police that always get the blame. What i would like to know is: How many allegations were made? How many times husband was arrested? How many times she made formal complaint? How many times she retracted? How many times CPS refused charge? How many times he went to Court and the outcome? If found guilty, the sentences he received? How many times she was advised to leave him? It makes my blood boil that the Police are automatically to blame. People need to realise that w…

Coach crash in Cornwall leaves two dead and 47 injured Two women have died and another 47 people have been injured in a coach crash on a country road in Cornwall. The coach is thought to have skidded on sheet ice and rolled on to its side at Townshend, near Hayle. The passengers were returning from a trip to see Christmas lights 14 miles away in Mousehole when the crash happened at 2215 GMT on Tuesday. The first police car at the scene also lost control on the ice and crashed into the overturned coach. The two officers inside the vehicle were not injured. Superintendent Tim Swarbrick said: "It's a tragedy at this time of the year and our thoughts are with the…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8427439.stm A ban on several drugs known as "legal highs" has come into force. The substances, including GBL and BZP, become Class C drugs, with a possible two-year jail sentence for possession. Ministers moved to classify them after a recommendation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and fears they are a threat to user health. Anyone come across any of these? i never have and i have never heard of anyone having any problems with it. Hate to cover the same old ground but i have met 100's of alcoholics with destroyed lives and minimal chance of reaching old age

Two brothers will have their noses and ears cut off in Pakistan as punishment for doing the same to a woman over a rejected marriage proposal. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...l#ixzz0aUbPxOS7 Seems like a good idea, throw bricks at the Police, the police then get their turn to throw the bricks back. :clapping:

The parents of an 11-year-old girl posed as their child on the internet to snare a paedophile who they discovered was grooming her for sex. The pair took over the girl's Facebook account and, pretending to be her, lured perverted Thomas Gibbs into a trap. Today the 52-year-old was behind bars, starting a 16-month jail term. A judge heard how the couple became concerned about online conversations between their young daughter and another person. They stepped in and assumed her internet identity as they realised the correspondent's depraved intentions. Gibbs suggested meeting the 'young girl' and turned up on two occasions for the arranged rendezvous. On the first o…

Source: http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4815...the_job/?ref=mr Two Croydon police constables have been jailed for stealing from people while they carrying out their duty. Jerome Bradley, 35, and Dermot Sargent, 27, were sent to prison for a total of 26 months at Southwark Crown Court yesterday. Bradley had earlier pleaded guilty to theft of an Xbox and money and was sentenced to eight months and Sargent, who had pleaded guilty to theft of money and perverting the course of justice, was given eighteen months. The two men, who were cops based in Croydon, were arrested on suspicion of theft in December 2008. A colleague had raised concerns with senior officers…

I saw this and couldnt help myself but to add it to a thread, heres a bit of light hearted relief for you guys :D (The CCTV footage kicks in after the advert) A pervert caught secretly sniffing a supermarket shelf-stacker's bum was last night being hunted by police. The offender was spotted on CCTV trying to catch a whiff of the unsuspecting worker’s backside. Footage shows the man casually pretending to shop before suddenly crouching down behind the shelf stacker. The sick bum-sniffer puts his face inches from the worker’s - as several shoppers wander past oblivious to what is happening. In one incident the man is seen sneakily swooping on the worker’…

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage art student was knifed to death following an apparent row on Facebook. Salum Kombo, 18, was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds in east London near his family home on Sunday evening. Friends claim he may have been targeted after posting a message on the social networking webpage of another boy. Enlarge Enlarge Victim: Salum Kongo was stabbed to death after an apparent row on Facebook. Friends yesterday posted a tribute to the 18-year-old on the social networking site Mr Kombo, who was studying art at Tower Hamlets College, was stabbed in a basketball court just off Chiltern Road in…

The parents of an 11-year-old girl posed as their child on the internet to snare a paedophile who they discovered was grooming her for sex. I would like to shake them by the hands, fantastic job, fantastic parents. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aRIOzDMY

A man who fathered two children with his own daughter has been jailed for nine months. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aR4wEluJ what a sick person to do this to there own daughter if i was the judge the sentence whould hav been a lot longer.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage art student was knifed to death following an apparent row on Facebook Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aRC9DmPB sad case to get killed over a row.