UK Policing News

Linkage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8008965.stm Hmm, Its a shame really, you have to gain alot of trust with you youth members and something like this could make them lose the trust of leaders as the leaders are the ones who should be looking out for the cadets to recognise these things. But if the youth leaders are the one who are doing the abusing who is going to look after them? well done to them for reporting.

Two thieves tortured an elderly man to death with a knife and his own walking stick during a burglary in Wiltshire, a jury has been told. Winchester Crown Court heard John James and Joby Barney conspired with three others to burgle 75-year-old Reginald John Baker's home on 5 September 2008. Jurors were shown pictures from a CCTV camera in Mr Baker's house which filmed the break-in and torture. Mr James, 19, and Mr Barney, 25, both deny murder and conspiracy to burgle. Mr Baker was tortured for half an hour by the pair, who tried to make him say where his savings were, jurors heard. The court was told how Mr Baker had been the victim of an earlier burglary on 30 July.…

Video from the BBC of Tamil protestors today breaking through police lines. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8008044.stm I can't help but wonder whether the Metropolitan Police's, and/or those of individual officers on the ground, responses more measured in light of the accusations of excessive force at the G20.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8009138.stm Couple jailed for fake ID factory Holmes and Sanders made an estimated £300,000 over two years A couple who set up and ran an international fake ID factory from their Cheshire home have been jailed. Adrian Holmes and Lucy Sanders made about £300,000 from a website targeting young people hoping to break drinking laws, Chester Crown Court heard. The pair, who admitted a charge of conspiring to supply articles for use in fraud, had orders from as far away as Singapore and Japan. Holmes, 32, of Lymm, was jailed for two years and Sanders, 28, one year. The court heard that Holmes was the brains behind the operation…

BBC news update. I see there is to be a third post-mortem on Ian Tomlinson - got to wonder where this is going.

Another article from the BBC, on the use of video cameras by and on the police. Quite interesting with some comments backing up the police for a change!

Some positive news Ten men have been arrested as part of a counter-terrorism operation across the north west of England. The BBC has learned addresses are being raided by officers in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester. Counter-terrorism officers also targeted a building at Liverpool John Moores University and a guest house in Clitheroe, Lancashire. Officers from the North West Counter-Terrorism Unit carried out the raids with support from other forces. Merseyside Police, Greater Manchester Police and Lancashire Constabulary are helping carry out the series of raids which were launched on Wednesday afternoon. BBC correspondent Nick Ravenscroft said a Greater Ma…

Hi, I have been dismayed at the biased reporting of the by the media regarding the G20 policing. Some newspapers that have political affiliations is to be expected but when it come to the BBC........ I am concerned! I would urge all colleagues who feel that the reporting is unbalanced to lodge a formal complaint with the BBC. My complaint went as follows: "I wish to complain regarding the biased and inaccurate reporting of the G20 protest and the coverage of the the Home affairs select committee hearing on 21st April 2009. The comments made by the HMIC were taken out of context and raised as a banner heading. The HMIC was asked on several occasions regarding the foo…

A second Durham Police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into the sale of firearms. The 41-year-old constable, who has been suspended from duty, will be questioned on suspicion of the theft of shotguns. It follows the arrest of another Pc, aged 46, over the suspected sale of guns handed to police for destruction. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is supervising the force's inquiry, thought to relate to more than 100 weapons. The investigation began after a rifle was stolen during a burglary at a farm in County Durham. It emerged that its previous owner handed the gun to police for destruction, but it disappeared from the for…

A third postmortem examination is to be carried out tomorrow on the body of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller who died shortly after a police officer hit him from behind during the G20 protests on 1 April. Lawyers representing a Metropolitan police officer who is being questioned in connection with the incident have appointed a third pathologist and requested that the City of London coroner allow the test to be conducted. The officer has been interviewed under caution on suspicion of manslaughter. I think this may be taken wrong by some, if this finds heart attack, we can all guess what the head lines are going to read

Nine men arrested under the Terrorism Act over an alleged Easter bomb plot have been released into the custody of the UK Borders Agency. Police said two men remain in custody following the high-profile raids in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, and Lancashire on April 8. A total of 12 men - 11 Pakistani nationals and one Afghan - were held in the operation on suspicion of planning attacks in the North West. Last week, an 18-year-old was transferred into the custody of the UK Borders Agency. Now, the North West Counter Terrorism Unit has confirmed that nine more - aged between 22 and 38 - have been handed over to the agency in preparation for deportation. A Home Office s…

http://www.strathclyde.police.uk/index.asp?docID=6679 Police and wardens in Renfrewshire are to be equipped with state-of-the-art cameras in a groundbreaking initiative to fight crime. To be uploaded to Youtube at a later date i hope.

How many more will come in now they are smelling the money. Where there's blame , there's a claim.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2380455.ece Twins mum dies after op is put off. A POLICEWOMAN died giving birth to twins after hospital staff shortages meant she had to wait four days to be induced, an inquest heard yesterday. Disgrace, no money for hospitals, but plenty to bail out the banks.

A police billboard campaign which shows how a ruthless gang will age behind bars has been unveiled as a thank you to the people whose evidence led to their convictions. Self-styled 'General' Joyce will grow old in jail, thanks to the public Six witnesses came forward to give evidence against two leaders and nine other members of the Gooch Gang, who brought chaos to the streets of Manchester with gun running and drug dealing. Colin Joyce, 29, and Lee Amos, 33, received life sentences for their involvement in the killings of Ucal Chin and Tyrone Gilbert, who had links with the rival Longsight Crew. Chin was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in June 2007 and Gilbert w…