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A police officer has admitted having sex with a woman while on duty and propositioning another woman after she had been arrested. Pc Gary Bayldon, 48, from Newport, Isle of Wight, is suspended from duty on full pay with the Hampshire force and will face an internal inquiry. He admitted three counts of wilful misconduct in public office at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday. He will be sentenced on 28 October. The judge warned he could face prison. Bayldon admitted visiting a woman while on late shift and having sexual intercourse with her between 31 August, 2003 and 31 August, 2004. He pleaded guilty to visiting the same woman during the late shift and having sexua…

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT IT Britain will be the most lenient country in Europe with its drink drive laws! Should the limit be reduced (50mg/20mg per 100ml of blood)? Should the limit be 0mg per 100ml of blood?

A serving police officer has been charged with burglary following a Metropolitan police investigation. Keiley Patton, 26, based in Brent, north London, was also charged with misconduct in a public office. Another man, 24-year-old Soloman Henry from Grenville Road, Archway, north London, was charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office. Both men will appear on bail at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court later this month. As part of the investigation by the Directorate of Professional Standards, a Pc from Brent was also arrested in June on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. She was bailed to return to a north London police station …

In the wake of the resignation of Britain's top police officer, Panorama investigates racism in Britain's police force. Mark Daly - who exposed racism amongst Police Recruits in The Secret Policeman five years ago - returns to uncover the truth about being a Black Ethnic Minority (BME) Cop today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f3ty2 Sir Ian Blair has faced months of mounting criticism London's Metropolitan Police Service (Met) is reeling after its most senior officer, Sir Ian Blair, became the first commissioner since 1918 to quit the force. Sir Ian blamed his resignation on a lack of support from London Mayor Boris Johnson, triggering a dispute between the mayo…

Officers stabbed during arrest (North Manchester) Two police officers were stabbed while attempting to restrain an armed burglar in north Manchester. Just after 12.20am on Monday 6 October 2008 police were called to a house on Rudd Street in Harpurhey following reports that the offenders had forced their way in, and were threatening the occupants. The first two officers arrived at the house four minutes after the call was received to find the front door had been smashed open. They went inside and saw the two offenders, one of which then escaped out of the back door. The other offender then started attacking the police officers. Armed…

Telegraph Article The Swiss-made Strellson jacket, which was reduced from £200 to £59 at the discount clothing shop, has a metal chain with a Vecorinox officer’s knife on the end attached to the lining. Joan Holland, whose son Andrew was killed with a knife last year, said: “It’s horrendous. They’re promoting knife crime. “It’s sending the wrong message. The police say 'Don’t carry knives’, but TK Maxx sells them with a jacket. “Someone could get hurt. I hope whoever came up with that idea gets a big fine.†It is illegal to sell knives to under-18s. Steve Gale, 36, told The Sun newspaper when he came across the coat in his local branch in Farnbor…

A Championship footballer has been jailed for seven years and four months for causing the deaths of two children by dangerous driving. Former Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick, 25, admitted causing the deaths of Arron Peak, 10, and Ben Peak, eight, and driving with excess alcohol. The brothers, from Partington, Greater Manchester, died in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire on 7 June. McCormick entered his guilty pleas at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court earlier. Judge Paul Glenn had told him a custodial sentence was inevitable. The court heard that when breathalysed McCormick, who had been returning from a wedding, was found to have 74 micrograms of alcohol in…

Boris Johnson is set to take control of Scotland Yard's watchdog just days after ousting Sir Ian Blair. The London Mayor said he will outline his vision for the force at his first meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA). Mr Johnson has said he is in no hurry to replace Sir Ian Blair and has urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith likewise and not to rush into appointing a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Instead, the Mayor said he wants to work alongside Ms Smith in the shortlisting and final interviews of any candidates for the job. Today, Mr Johnson will be joined by his policing deputy Kit Malthouse as he meets the other 21 members at City Hall. Deputy C…

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Cannabis 'less harmful than drink Cannabis use is less harmful than drinking or smoking cigarettes and should be legalised, according to a new report.The Beckley Foundation's Global Cannabis Commission says banning the drug has backfired and calls for a "serious rethink" of drugs policy. The ban has had little or no impact on supply and has turned users in to criminals, they say. "Although cannabis can have a negative impact on health, including mental health, in terms of relative harms it is considerably less harmful than alcohol or tobacco," they write. "Historically there have only been two deaths worldwide attributed to cannabis, whereas alcohol and tobacco toget…

This driver deserves everything he got for putting lives at risk with his stupidity and personally I hope he never gets his LGV licence back :smiley_strop1: Truck driver banned

Police confiscate walking stick from retired teacher, 78, because it is an 'offensive weapon' By Daniel Bates Last updated at 9:33 PM on 29th September 2008 They must have known he was a troublemaker the moment they saw him. With his white hair, wax jacket and glasses, 78-year-old Philip Clarkson Webb clearly ticked all the boxes any eagle-eyed policemen would mark as 'danger'. And as he shuffled along the pavement towards them there was one thing above all they deemed to pose a threat - his walking stick. The officers surrounded the retired classics teacher and informed him the 3ft wooden cane was an 'offensive weapon' and had to be confiscated. Mr Clarkson Webb d…

I found this an interesting case. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/c...icle4861271.ece Holocaust denial is not actually an offence in the UK. However the German European Arrest Warrant stands. An Australian teacher accused of denying the Holocaust was arrested on an EU warrant issued by Germany as he arrived in Britain today. Gerald Toben, 64, is accused of publishing "anti-Semitic and revisionist" material on the internet that denies or plays down the genocide of the Jews by the Nazis. Mr Toben is wanted by the German authorities who have issued a warrant for his arrest for acts committed in Germany, Australia and other countries. Holocaust d…

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