UK Policing News

An ex-police officer who alleged she was bullied because of her "posh" background has lost her claim for unfair dismissal against Surrey Police. An employment tribunal in Croydon, rejected Alison Wheeler's claims that her sacking was "sexist and ageist". Former opera singer Miss Wheeler, from East Molesey, now a singing teacher, was seeking £350,000 compensation. Assistant Chief Constable Ian Dyson branded the case as "scurrilous" and said it "cost the force considerably". Former public schoolgirl Ms Wheeler gained a diploma from Trinity College of Music in London and worked as a mezzo soprano for 10 years before joining Surrey Police in January 2006. Far from di…

Manchester United had more fans arrested for hooliganism last season than any other Premier League club, according to Home Office figures. Some 3,752 arrests were made in total across the football league, a fall of two per cent on the previous season, with arrests being made at one-third of all matches. But arrests for racist chanting rose from 13 to 23, while pitch invasions rose from 203 to 245. United fans accounted for 185 of the 1,600 top-flight fans arrested during the 2008-09 season, with Newcastle second on 144 and Everton third on 139. By contrast, just 13 Fulham fans were arrested during the season. Outside the Premier League, Leeds and Cardiff saw the most…

A clergyman has been criticised as 'highly irresponsible' after advising his congregation to shoplift following his Nativity sermon. Father Tim Jones, 41, broke off from his traditional annual sermon yesterday to tell his flock that stealing from large chains is sometimes the best option for vulnerable people. It is far better for people desperate during the recession to shoplift than turn to 'prostitution, mugging or burglary', he said. The married father-of-two insisted his unusual advice did not break the Bible commandment 'Thou shalt not steal' - because God's love for the poor outweighs his love for the rich. But the minister's controversial sermon at St Lawrence…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8425233.stm setting a good example aren't we????? of all people!

A millionaire businessman who fought back against a knife-wielding burglar was jailed for two-and-a-half years yesterday. But his attacker has been spared prison. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0Zm5vjGTi "But had he spared Mr Hussain jail, the judge said, the 'rule of law' would collapse. Would the rule of law really collapse? I must admit in some areas of the UK i thought the rule of law had collapsed. The burglar got off, So the rule of law has not collapsed. How does that work?

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 accident. seems to be no british justice and the judge wants to be sacked Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aWuDsoSy

SOURCE:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8430011.stm Let's hope this is a mistake...

A mother who claimed more than £30,000 in disability handouts after saying she was too frail to get out of bed was filmed working a 48-hour week running a team of cleaners. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aLkNRsO7 with so many people needing help and yet you get a woman like this

Britain's tiniest yob has been slapped with an Asbo after terrorising residents in his town, drunkenly abusing people, attacking houses and climbing on rooftops. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0ac533JUj was he trying to play santa climbing rooftops

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…