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Man Charged For Damaging Burgers "A man has been charged with causing criminal damage to two hamburgers worth £5 after an alleged doorstep dispute with a fast food firm. Stephen Morgan, 31, of South Wales, underwent a police grilling after he was arrested and taken from his home in handcuffs at the weekend. He is due appear at Swansea Magistrates' Court, in south Wales, next Monday. Morgan was at home in Culfor Road, Loughor, near Swansea, with partner Michelle Owen on Saturday evening. The couple, who have two children, planned to stay in and watch ITV1's The X Factor with other family members. A dispute is alleged to have started after an order of food with a loca…

http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/pr131009_leigh_roberts.htm The Independent Police Complaints Commission has concluded its independent investigation into the death of Leigh John Roberts in Llandaff North on 23 April 2009. when this death occured the newspapers were full of it. Praying and what seemed like hoping another Officer was for the chop. I do not see much in the papers now that the Officer has been seen to do his job correctly. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/P...ymouth%2C_Devon I know they charged the women with motoring offences, but taking a very strict view on it, why wouldn't they charge the woman with assault, or criminal damage? Does the motoring charges amount to a higher crime than common assault or Criminal Damage? The reason I ask, is that we were informed at sully, that spitting is a common assault offence, surely this is similar. The flip side, I guess is whether a criminal or civil offence should be registered.

Yorkshire to London cycle ride to raise awareness of the disgraceful condition of the National Police Memorial and lack of funding to repair and maintain it. Michael Downes the Chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation was very proud during July of this year to have attended 10 Downing Street, during the national Police Bravery event in London, with both nominees and the relatives of fallen officers and moreover whilst there to have attended the National Police Memorial in the Mall, in the company of close relatives of fallen officers. Sadly, he and others were to say the least disappointed, to see that the National Police Memorial had been maliciously damaged an…

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An 85-year-old man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of an elderly woman in an Edinburgh street. Benedicta McLean, 74, was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary following the incident about 1300 BST on Wednesday in Clermiston Road, Corstorphine. Click

A CHEATING boyfriend was jailed for 25 years yesterday for trying to murder his heavily pregnant partner so he could benefit from her will. Simon Morris attacked Nerys Price with a hammer while she slept and tried to make it look like a botched burglary. He planned to cash in on her will and start a new life with his secret lover. Morris, 37, who denied attempted murder and attempted child destruction, had encouraged Nerys, 35, to change her will so he was the sole beneficiary of her estate. He would have inherited hundreds of thousands of pounds. Morris twice bludgeoned his girlfriend in the head with the sharp end of a bricklayer's hammer. She was 38 weeks p…

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A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder has absconded while on an escorted visit to a town centre. Brian Clayton, 45, from Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands, was visiting Stafford with a prison officer when he was last seen at about 1525 BST on Wednesday. Clayton is serving a life sentence at Featherstone Prison near Wolverhampton for a murder he committed in 1984. The inmate, who is described as 5ft 9ins tall and wearing glasses, was last seen outside Boots in Market Square. He is described as white, pale, of average build with cropped brown hair and having green eyes. Clayton was wearing black New Balance trainers, faded blue Levi jeans and a dark blue Lacoste cr…

Mmm - I bet no-one saw that one coming. What on earth goes through these people's minds? "He's a danger to the public, serving life for murder...I know let's take him out for a treat."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7753557.stm Senior Tory arrested over leaks Conservative immigration spokesman Damian Green has been arrested and released on bail in connection with a series of leaks from the Home Office. He was held on suspicion of "conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office," the Metropolitan Police said. He was questioned by police but has not been charged and has been bailed until February. He denies an…

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinbu...ast/8302768.stm An amorous couple have been fined for having sex in broad daylight - in a police station car park. Leanne Richardson, 26, and Ross Welsh, 30, had to be physically stopped mid sex act by officers from Portobello police station in Edinburgh. They both pleaded guilty to committing a breach of the peace in the car park on 21 April and were fined £200. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard they were both very drunk and had met in a pub just a few hours before. The court heard officers at Portobello police station were stunned when a woman came to the front desk and told them there was a naked man in the car …