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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7696709.stm One of the teenage boys who kicked a 20-year-old woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth has had his murder sentence reduced. Ryan Herbert, 16, of Bacup, Lancashire, was ordered to serve 16 years and three months for killing Sophie Lancaster. Herbert's sentence has been cut by nine months. Brendan Harris, 16, who was sentenced to 18 years for the murder, has failed to have his term reduced. Ms Lancaster died 13 days after the attack in Stubbylee Park last year. She was trying to protect her boyfriend Robert Maltby, who survived the attack. At the Court of Appeal in London the Lord Chief Justice,…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ex-charges.html As the topic says. What an idiot. BTW the Judge is welcome on here to defend his decision.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/7705416.stm Amongst all the news today, I thought the reactions to this peace amusing. I just hope it was nothing sinister! How common is this "misdirected leisure activity" then, and which laws does it contravene?

Man shot dead by police officers A man has been shot dead by police in Romford, east London. The BBC's Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said armed police were called to Romford at 1340 GMT. Police said: "Armed police attended at the request of borough officers. A man has been shot dead by police. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital." The shooting happened near Honeysuckle Close, a residential estate in the Harold Hill area that backs onto a local park. Helicopter Both the Directorate of Public Standards and the Independent Police Complaints Commission were informed of the shooting. One neighbour in Honeysuckle Close, who did not want to be named…

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Police officers put vehicles out of action 26 times in the space of a year by filling them with petrol instead of diesel, a force has admitted. North Wales Police say officers made the mistake even though the majority of its new vehicles have bright yellow filler caps marked "diesel". Repairing the vehicles cost the tax payer more than £2,700 The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008. North Wales Police says that the bright yellow "diesel" cap has been fitted to most vehicles for the last two years. To insert the fuel nozzle, the flap must be physically moved which should bring the required fuel t…

A Metropolitan Police officer who assaulted a drunken man has been jailed for 12 weeks. Pc Andrew Graham, who has since resigned, took the man aside and knocked his legs away so he fell to the ground, then kicked him several times. He was found guilty of common assault at City of Westminster Magistrates Court for the attack in Wembley in January. Graham, 37, from Wembley, had served in the Brent area of the city. He was reported to managers by his two colleagues and was convicted on 7 October. Graham, who has a young daughter and whose wife is four months pregnant, resigned from the Met when he realised he had no chance of continuing in his job. Judge Michael …

A MAN’S body has been found in the foyer of a Merseyside police station. Officers found the man, aged about 40, in the inquiry office of Birkenhead police station at 7am yesterday. Paramedics confirmed the man, thought to be homeless, was dead at the scene, and the Mortimer Street station was sealed off while an investigation was launched. A police spokesman said the man was found collapsed, and his death was being treated by investigators as “unexplainedâ€. A post mortem was due to be carried out yesterday afternoon. Liverpool Echo

Police Motorcyclist Dies in Crash Scene of Accident A police motorcylist has been killed in an accident involving a waste truck while he was on duty in Sheffield. Accident investigators spent much of Friday afternoon at the scene of the crash in Prince of Wales Road, which was closed for several hours. South Yorkshire's Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes said the dead officer was an "outgoing family man", who was well-known throughout the force. "As you can imagine we are all very distressed by this," he told BBC News. Mr Hughes said: "Sadly this is an incident involving a serving and on-duty motorcyclist with South Yorkshire Police who has been killed in the executi…

A high-ranking Sussex police officer whose daughter was murdered has been found dead. Det Ch Insp Jim Torbet was 54 and had been with the force for 28 years. His daughter, Rae, was stabbed to death in her Bexhill flat in 2003 by ex-boyfriend Dellwyn James who was jailed for her murder. The force confirmed that Mr Torbet was suspended over allegations of theft last month. He was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting wine. His colleague, Worthing district commander, Sharon Rowe was also suspended and arrested on suspicion of shoplifting from a Marks & Spencer store. The pair were bailed pending inquiries after the alleged incident in Shoreham, West Sussex. Ch…

Caterer sues police over sausages Mr Khoja wants the informal agreement formalised by the tribunal A Muslim catering manager has accused the Metropolitan Police of religious discrimination as he was told he may have to handle sausages and bacon. Hasanali Khoja was told he would be expected to handle pork products at his new job at the Empress State Building in Earls Court, west London. His lawyer said Mr Khoja was excused from pork meat in his previous job at Hendon Police College in north London. An informal agreement was reached with the force but he wants it formalised. Obviously nobody in my situation would be happy Hasanali Khoja An employment tribunal…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7704835.stm A Muslim catering manager has accused the Metropolitan Police of religious discrimination as he was told he may have to handle sausages and bacon. Hasanali Khoja was told he would be expected to handle pork products at his new job at the Empress State Building in Earls Court, west London. His lawyer said Mr Khoja was excused from pork meat in his previous job at Hendon Police College in north London. An informal agreement was reached with the force but he wants it formalised. An employment tribunal in Watford will consider his claim in May 2009. A Metropolitan Police (Met) spokesman said it was defending a c…

You would think they would have automatically locking doors. All of ours require a magnet (attached to our warrant cards) to get in. If you have an old fashioned lock on a police station door you're asking for trouble.

Lincolnshire police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of hacking into next door's Wi-Fi after his neighbour complained the connection was running a bit slow. Police arrived at the lad's house after nine o'clock on Sunday October 5, and arrested him under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The youngster was then questioned until quarter to twelve, at which point his father refused a police caution. Ten days later a letter was pushed through the boy's door cancelling his bail and stating that no additional action would be taken. There was no further explanation, leading the father to file a complaint for unlawful arrest and detention. The lad in question got himself a Wi-F…