UK Policing News

A YOUTH serving life for the alcohol-fuelled murder of Garry Newlove, a father of three who was kicked to death after confronting vandals outside his home, lost an appeal against conviction yesterday. Gang ringleader Adam Swellings, now 20, is serving a minimum term of 17 years. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Youth-loses-mu...peal.4694116.jp Good, hope they add on a few more years for misbehaviour inside.

This just sounds bizarre.

A West Midlands police officer has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a teenage model. The 49-year-old woman is being held in connection with the death of Amy Leigh Barnes, 19, who was found stabbed at her home in Bolton, on Saturday. Ms Barnes had modelled for Cosmopolitan and Nuts Magazine and had appeared in Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks. Ricardo Morrison, 21, formerly of Birmingham, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with her murder. The amateur footballer, her former boyfriend, was remanded in custody by Bolton magistrates until 19 November. Facebook tributes Greater Manchester Police said the woman had been arrested on suspicion …

A college student who made a video with Kent Police and Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH) to promote firework safety has watched the number of people viewing it on YouTube soar through the half million mark. The video is the most viewed educational contribution in the UK this month on the website, with (at time of release) 585,919 views. It is also the 6th most viewed video nationally on YouTube (at time of release) this month. Helene Wood, who was burned and scarred by a firework 10 years ago, returned to the hospital at East Grinstead recently to meet plastic surgeons and record the video in support of the Kent Police Safer Autumn campaign. It was up…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1924401.ece Might as well grab the cash, everyone else is.

From The Times April 8, 2008 The Shannon Matthews saga took an extraordinary twist yesterday when it was claimed that the schoolgirl’s mother may have been fully aware of the identity of her daughter’s alleged kidnapper. A source has told The Times that Karen Matthews, 32, admitted to close friends that she had known where the eight-year-old was being held “from day oneâ€. During the 24-day search for Shannon, who went missing in February as she walked home from her primary school, Ms Matthews made a series of tearful pleas for the safe return of her daughter. They were said to have turned into tears of joy last month when Shannon was found safe and well after …

More Islamist extremists are active in the UK than previously thought, a secret intelligence report seen by the Sunday Telegraph has suggested. There are "some thousands" of militants in Britain, with extremist cells concentrated in London, Birmingham and Luton, the quoted report says. The document also states the UK will remain "a high-priority target" for al-Qaeda for the foreseeable future. The Home Office said resources had been invested to tackle the complex threat. The paper says the document - marked "restricted" - was drawn up by the intelligence branch of the Ministry of Defence, MI5 and Special Branch. Although the report states judging the number of milit…

Well done Paul! Look East Link

SOURCE:- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1645908.ece Maybe issue female officers with shoulder holsters that don't need to be removed when going to the loo? Plus I would guess if a male officer needed to do a No. 2 then their belt would also need to be removed?

Following a lengthy and complex operation by Thames Valley Police Organised Crime Group (OCG), two drug dealers have been sentenced to over 12 years imprisonment and £207,350 has been seized from a man convicted of money laundering. Paul Berry, aged 38, from Kirkwood Grove, Milton Keynes, and Stephen Jackson, 43, from Lucas Place, Milton Keynes, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing. Yesterday (5/11) at Reading Crown Court, Berry was sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment and Jackson to six years and eight months. Gerard Shields, aged 27, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment on Friday 24 October for money launderin…

The chief officer of the States of Jersey Police has been suspended pending an investigation into his role in an inquiry into alleged child abuse. Graham Power has "strenuously" denied any wrongdoing and says he will rigorously contest any allegations. He said he could not comment publicly on the nature of the allegations. Earlier, detectives probing alleged abuse at Haut de la Garenne said no one had been murdered there and previously released evidence had been inaccurate. Source

Daily Mail I'll hold my hands up and say I have never heard of that offence!

Model death probe: Policewoman held Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 13:58 GMT- Search: Amy Leigh Barnes arrests Amy Leigh Barnes died after being taken to hospital with stab wounds A serving police officer has been arrested for allegedly helping her son who is accused of murdering his model ex-girlfriend, police sources said. The 49-year-old woman, an officer with West Midlands Police, was arrested on the day her son, Ricardo Morrison, 21, appeared in court charged with the murder of Amy Leigh Barnes. The 19-year-old part-time model and actress was stabbed to death on Saturday at her home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Morrison, an amateur footballer a…

TWO senior Merseyside police employees are at the centre of an alleged ‘gifts for contracts’ corruption scandal. The ECHO can reveal that Kevin Mighall, 51, and Steven Paul Kell, 51, have been charged along with six businessmen from prominent firms around the region. It is alleged hospitality trips to sporting events were offered to the police civilians in return for the awarding of lucrative tender contracts on police buildings. Merseyside police employees Mighall, of Dorchester Park, Noctorum, and Kell, of Queens Avenue, Meols – said to work in the force’s estates department – are currently suspended and have been on temporary leave since last autumn. The …