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An environmental protester who failed to attend court to be sentenced for her part in a demonstration was "taking the mickey", a judge said. Louise Hemmerman was among a group who boarded a train taking fuel to Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire. Judge James Spencer QC was told the 32-year-old, from Leeds, was in Spain working on an environmental project. He issued a warrant against her and gave another protester a 12-month conditional discharge. Leeds Crown Court heard that Oliver Rodker, 40, of Hamilton Road, Manchester, had three previous convictions for taking direct action in connection with the Newbury bypass. No costs or fine was imposed due to his limited fi…

Menezes police will not be punished. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3507577.html Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have been told that police officers involved in the fatal shooting will not face punishment. :clapping: :clapping: First i pay lip service on how i feel for the family of Menezes. Then to those out there who came on here calling the Police murderers, liars, and other nonsense. BTW, if any one or more people do take a pop at me for my views, i will not respond. :lol:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambrid...ire/8282469.stm School children in Cambridgeshire have been thanked by police for helping to chase an offender. Turns out not all kids are bad, we found 20 good ones. :clapping: I knew that picture would come in handy one day.

Source Oh dear that sergeant who asked him to take his turban off needs to redo his diversity training But a positive result for Mr Singh and the Sikh community

A PENSIONER has appeared in court after she prodded her finger against the chest of a teenager who she claimed had taunted her. Renate Bowling, 71, used her walking frame to get into the dock at Blackpool magistrates court. There, justices were told how the German-born grandmother had survived the Second World War in Berlin, but at the end of hostilities found herself in Communist East Germany. She escaped over the Berlin Wall and then fell in love with and married a British Army Staff sergeant from the Royal Engineers before the couple came to Britain. Yesterday she admitted a charge of assaulting a 17-year -old youth by prodding him with her finger. Originally she …

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/mer...ide/8286858.stm A man who killed his girlfriend's two-year-old son after weeks of systematic violence has been jailed for six years. Six years, is that some kind of joke, and what`s this manslaughter about? :crazy:

Crime rates show a divide along geographical lines, with public perceptions at odds with the facts, writes Michael Dee. People perceive crime to be on the up despite falling crime levels across the country, research on the geography of crime in England and Wales by Local Futures shows. The crime figures appear to be down, but no mention of the words THANK YOU TO THE POLICE in the article. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

IPCC sticks to Menezes decision Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead on a Tube train at Stockwell Investigators say they are standing by their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who fatally shot Jean Charles de Menezes. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) reviewed its earlier findings after requests from the 27-year-old Brazilian's family. The review followed the recording of an open verdict at last year's inquest into the 2005 shooting in south London. Police had mistaken the electrician for a suicide bomber. Reacting to the decision, a spokeswoman for the Justice4Jean campaign said it made a "mockery of the inquest'…

Policeman denies sexual comments A policeman has appeared in court charged with making remarks of an indecent and sexual nature to five female officers while on duty. Dumfries and Galloway officer Brian Wilson, 29, denied all five charges of breach of the peace against him. He is alleged to have invited two of the female officers to have sex with him in the back of a police van. The offences are alleged to have taken place in Annandale and Eskdale between August 2006 and November last year. The charges at Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court further allege that he exposed himself, and made an indecent suggestion to an officer at Lockerbie Police station in October last y…

Pc checked on lover in database A police constable used a confidential database to check up on his ex-girlfriend's new lover, Southwark Crown Court has heard. Christopher Ward also used the police national computer to help a woman find out if her ex-husband was alive. Ward, 26, from West Drayton, north-west London, faces disciplinary proceedings after the court case. He admitted a charge of obtaining or disclosing personal data and was given a two-year conditional discharge. Ward was also ordered to pay £250 costs. 'Wrong and stupid' Howard Tobias, prosecuting, said Ward's ex-girlfriend asked him to help another friend who wanted to know whether her former h…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...g-children.html udge urges Little Ted's nursery monster to tell tormented parents which children she sexually assaulted. I bet these went through the checks, seems to fail. And that fat moose centre picture, why you hiding, surely you enjoy what antics you get up to. You are in truth evil ITS, hope you get a life term each as castration is not on the agender. So we come to the people who have been abused, i`m sure our hearts go out to them and their families. Then we come to the reason that i am on here, to say a f--king well done to all the Officers concerned who put this case together, and won it in court. To those boy…

Police lost and found thief fined A civilian worker who stole from lost and found property at Grampian Police has been fined. Karen McLennan, 27, stole gift cards and money from the unit at the force's Aberdeen headquarters. McLennan admitted stealing £195 in cash, and seven gift cards, between October 2007 and March last year. The court heard it was out of character and the first offender was ashamed. Sheriff Colin Harris fined McLennan £200 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8285248.stm

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police officer will be charged with assaulting a woman during the G20 demonstrations in London, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Ms Fisher complained about policing at the G20 protests Sergeant Delroy 'Tony' Smellie has been ordered to appear in court over the beating of Nicola Fisher. Prosecutors have decided there is "sufficient evidence" for him to be charged. A spokesperson said: "The CPS reviewed a file of evidence provided by the Independent Police Complaints Commission following their investigation into Ms Fisher’s allegation. "A summons has been served on PS Smellie who will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on 16 November 2009." Ms F…

A Grampian Police officer convicted of diluting his urine sample during a suspected drink-drive probe has avoided a jail sentence. Sgt Ewan McHardy, 41, was stopped while off duty in Elgin in 2005. Cans of lager and a kebab were seen in the car and a smell of alcohol was detected. McHardy, of Aberdeen, was found guilty of later tampering with his sample. The sheriff fined McHardy, who is suspended from duty, £6,000 - after hearing he would lose his pension. Grampian Police said McHardy remained suspended while a report was prepared to allow consideration of misconduct proceedings. The officer was stopped in March 2005 after being seen driving erratically. He provide…