UK Policing News

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html a very sad storie

A cowardly mugger who punched a two-year-old girl in the face when her mother refused to give up her handbag was being hunted by police today. Maria Sharma, 28, was pushing her twins Paris and Sunny along a busy road in Slough, Berkshire, when the vile attack took place in broad daylight. A man, who Mrs Sharma described as 'looking possessed', tried to snatch her handbag, which was hanging from the toddlers' pushchair. When the single mother-of-four fought back, he crouched down and punched Paris full in the face. 'Animal': A mugger punched two-year-old Paris Sharma in the face while trying to steal her mother Maria's handbagHe then again attempted to run off with Mr…

Interesting piece.

Source A pretty sound result overall.

Man killed wife 'during a dream' The trial heard the couple were happily married with two grown-up daughters The trial of a husband accused of murdering his wife as they slept in a camper van has heard he killed her while he dreamt she was an intruder. Christine Thomas, 57, was killed in Aberporth, Ceredigion, in July 2008. Swansea Crown Court heard Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath, accepts he killed her but says he has a sleep disorder which had been triggered by "boy racer activity". Jurors have been told they can reach a verdict of not guilty or of not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecuting barrister Paul Thomas QC, in his opening words to the jury on Tuesday mo…

ANTI-TERROR detectives were last night questioning five men arrested in a series of dawn raids over alleged links to Afghanistan training camps. One of the five is a Muslim leader who teaches at a number of mosques across the North-west of England. The preacher, who is in his 60s and is not being named by security sources, was arrested at 4am at his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The Daily Express understands that the raids followed a 15-month investigation into the recruitment of would-be terrorists for training in Afghanistan which may have led to attacks in ­Pakistan. About 40 members of the North-West Counter Terrorism Unit also swooped on three addresses …

A police community support officer (PCSO) has been jailed for two years for encouraging an 11-year-old girl to perform sex acts on a webcam. Steven Evans, 23, met the girl on the internet after he obtained her e-mail address from communicating online with other children. Preston Crown Court heard he asked her questions of a sexual nature for six months before she told her mother. Evans, of Chorley, Lancashire, resigned from the force after his arrest. Hundreds of indecent images of young girls were found on his computer when officers searched his former address in Abbey Village. Guilty pleas Website searches such as "nine-year-old", "11-year-old" and "pre-teen ha…

From Todays East Anglian Daily Times.

Taser gun used on 10-year-old girl who 'refused to take shower' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ake-shower.html I could not imagine a Officer in the UK doing this. "Her mother told me to take her if I needed to," Nice mum too. :lol:

An interesting article, challenging the good old 14-day rule! http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi...icle6898147.ece

An unemployed model caught with £627,250 worth of cocaine hidden in her Mercedes has been jailed for five years. Kelly Askew, 30, was driving the £12,000 car when undercover police pulled her over and found two blocks of cocaine, weighing almost 2kg. The mother-of-two blamed her then-boyfriend, passenger John Clayton - whose brother was shot dead eight years ago - and claimed he told her not to be 'nosy' about the purpose of their journey. Model criminal: Unemployed sleepwear model Kelly Askew has been jailed The pair had been stopped by police in Bolton last June as they headed towards the M62. They were travelling back towards Liverpool, where they both lived, a…

http://www.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/skelmer...80904-24820238/ News Skelmersdale News Skelmersdale PCSO run down by quad biker A SKELMERSDALE Police Community Support Officer is recovering after being knocked down by a quad bike while out on patrol. PCSO Lizzy Chenneourr, who covers the Tanhouse area, was attempting to address the issue of young people riding their motorcycles and quad bikes between Birch Green and Tanhouse when the incident occurred. As she approached one of them on a footbridge that leads from Birch Green to Evington one of the bike riders drove at full throttle straight at the officer, hitting her full force to the centre of her body and knocking h…

Daily Telegraph

The oldest serving police officer in Leicestershire is retiring from the Force on his 63rd Birthday. http://www.leics.police.uk/news/3031_leice...fficer_retires/ Happy retirement mate, come enjoy stay on UKPO. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

An unemployed model caught with £627,250 worth of cocaine hidden in her Mercedes has been jailed for five years. Kelly Askew, 30, was driving the £12,000 car when undercover police pulled her over and found two blocks of cocaine, weighing almost 2kg. The mother-of-two blamed her then-boyfriend, passenger John Clayton - whose brother was shot dead eight years ago - and claimed he told her not to be 'nosy' about the purpose of their journey. Model criminal: Unemployed sleepwear model Kelly Askew has been jailedThe pair had been stopped by police in Bolton last June as they headed towards the M62. They were travelling back towards Liverpool, where they both lived, afte…