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A slaughterman who executed a mother-of-three with a bolt gun in front of her daughters after becoming obsessed with her was jailed for life today. John McFarlane was told he must serve at least 20 years in jail for the 'clinical' murder of 38-year-old Mary Griffiths. McFarlane was taking revenge after she posted a message on Facebook saying he was 'delusional' if he thought they would ever have a relationship. Mary Griffiths was shot by slaughterman John McFarlane with a bolt gun in front of her children after she called him 'delusional' on Facebook Hours before the murder in May this year, Ms Griffiths had contacted police to voice her fears that the 40-year-old, …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8356392.stm Good news? Or is it ridiculous that things have descended this far? Are un-fit officers an issue in your experience?

National service should be reintroduced to give young people "a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence", Sir Michael Caine has said. The actor, 76, who served in the Korean War and did two years of national service, said he was "very anti-war". "I'm just saying put them in the army for six months," he said in London at the European premiere of Harry Brown. In the film, Sir Michael plays a vigilante intent on revenge against young thugs who killed his friend. The movie, set in a London council estate beset by problems with drugs and gun crime, was "almost documentary", he said. "There should be a great plan to re-educate these youngsters. "It's such a was…

jailed warder who had young inmate;s baby Jailed for 30 months: Former prison officer Kelly-Anne McDade gave birth to a boy after a relationship with an inmateA prison officer who had a baby after conducting an affair with a young offender in his cell was jailed today. Kelly-Anne McDade, 31, gave birth to a boy in February after the relationship with Nelson Delgado, who had been listed as dangerous by officials. McDade, told colleagues at the Young Offenders' Institute in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, that she had become pregnant after a holiday relationship. But she had to resign after she was caught on CCTV opening 21-year-old Delgado's cell door when all doors at …

Jailed for 30 months: Former prison officer Kelly-Anne McDade gave birth to a boy after a relationship with an inmate A prison officer who had a baby after conducting an affair with a young offender in his cell was jailed today. Kelly-Anne McDade, 31, gave birth to a boy in February after the relationship with Nelson Delgado, who had been listed as dangerous by officials. McDade, told colleagues at the Young Offenders' Institute in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, that she had become pregnant after a holiday relationship. But she had to resign after she was caught on CCTV opening 21-year-old Delgado's cell door when all doors at the institution had been closed for the n…

How many other people listened to 'Call You and Yours' on Tuesday 10/11? It was a phone in about people's attitudes to the police but the caller's opinions were almost universally negative. It followed BBC1's Panorama programme on 9/11, which a number of callers referenced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b006qps9/Tuesday/console

POLICE are investigating after a man waiting for his bus was approached and threatened if he did not hand over a cigarette. The robbery happened at the bus station in St Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds, between 5pm and 5.15pm on Monday. The victim was approached by two men as he was waiting for a bus. A police spokeswoman told how one of them threatened him and demanded a cigarette. She said: “The man gave him one and got onto his bus. The man who was given the cigarette is described as white, in his late teens to early 20s, between 5ft8in and 6ft 2in tall with short brown or blond hair and wore a black baseball cap, a black hooded top and dark trousers. He s…

A police marksman was removed from Scotland Yard's specialist CO19 unit today after posting revealing pictures of himself online. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0WazETmrP He's a bit of a tool for posting pictures of himself naked alongside pictures in uniform but I don't really see how this affects his ability to do his job, other than the constant ribing he'll undergo!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8356288.stm I found this worrying that the force in question actually had to clarify it was legal to taser a dog which was attacking them :D Presumably some people would rather it tired itself out gnawing on the the officers leg... Interesting that the dog was returned to it's owner and wasn't deemed as being out of control etc.

Johnson saves woman from 'oiks' London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle. Franny Armstrong called for help as she was surrounded and pushed by the girls, one of whom had an iron bar, in Camden, north London, on Monday night. The mayor, who was cycling past, stopped and chased the girls down the street, calling them: "Oiks". Ms Armstrong said: "He was my knight on a shining bicycle." 'Very frightening' Film-maker and climate change activist Ms Armstrong was walking home when she was approached by the group of hoodie-wearing girls. She said: "I was texting on my p…

Source When consultant obstetrician Dr Sherif Abdel-Fattah got a speeding ticket in August for marginally exceeding the limit while rushing to the aid of a woman with severe bleeding he expected the fine would be quickly overturned. He had a letter from his hospital trust confirming the life-threatening nature of the early morning call out, but it took until last Friday for Avon and Somerset Police to relent and cancel the fine. So, who can legally speed? "The only people who are statutorily allowed to speed are drivers of the emergency service vehicles when going about proper business," says Chris Hunt Cooke, chairman of the Magistrates' Association's road traffic…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8356658.stm Brilliant! Show's the level of intelligence of some people.

I am aware that a number of people were asking when this documentary on CO19 would be reshown so I thought I would inform you that Part 1 is on ITV1 tonight at 2235.

A suspicious wife caught her pensioner husband chatting up girls for internet sex by posing online as a teenager, a court has heard. Cheryl Roberts, 61, suspected her husband David was logging on to chatrooms to lure schoolchildren into sex. So the mother-of-two used another computer in their home in Bridgend, South Wales, to pretend she was a 14-year-old - and snared her husband in the act. Cardiff Crown Court heard yesterday she hooked up with Roberts, 68, when he was in his study. He was completely unaware he was chatting to his own wife in the living room next door. Former pub landlord Roberts propositioned the ‘girl’ asking her to meet up for sex. The court …