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The father of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally injured in a collision with a cyclist has said it is "laughable" the man has only been fined. Mick Bennett said Jason Howard should have faced manslaughter charges and been jailed for several years over Rhiannon Bennett's death in April 2007. Howard was an "arrogant and vile little man", Mr Bennett said outside court. Howard, 36, of Buckingham, was fined £2,200 on Tuesday after being convicted of dangerous cycling in the town. During Howard's trial, Aylesbury magistrates heard Howard had shouted at Rhiannon to "move because I'm not stopping" before crashing into her. Rhiannon died six days after hitting her head on the …

is anyone following the tv program Banged Up? any thoughts?

This was the old story....... When two unrelated human feet washed up on the beaches of two small islands north of Vancouver in six days last August, a police spokesman said the odds of it happening were a million to one. This week the number of feet found rose to five. What's going on? Police in British Columbia are confounded, saying they have never seen a case like it. The feet have all been recovered along the shorelines of the Strait of Georgia, which lies to the south and west of Vancouver. They were all encased in trainers, and most are right feet. Police say they have found no evidence of the feet being severed and that it is not clear whether a crime has b…

Every police force should set up a specialist squad to investigate rape allegations, a senior officer says. John Yates, who speaks on the issue for the Association of Chief Police Officers, argues such teams would help raise standards of victim care. They would also help improve conviction rates as rape inquiries are demanding and require specialist skills, he will tell a London conference on the issue. About 6% of reported rapes in England and Wales result in a conviction. 'Significant advances' Five per cent of women have experienced rape but only 15% of victims report their attack to the police, the British Crime Survey found. Of reported rape cases, 70% do not e…

An off-duty woman Special Constable cycled after a bus to ensure a man suspected of indecent exposure was arrested in Northampton.The 35-year-old special had been a victim of indecent exposure in Ecton Brook at the end of June. Last week as she was cycling home from her work at a school in the area, she spotted a man she believed may have been responsible for the offence. The man boarded a bu, and the special followed on her bike, making for the Weston Favell centre where the bus was due to stop. When the man got off the bus, she called police for assistance and officers arrived and arrested the man. A 62-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of indecent exposu…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7495075.stm Police stop and searches increased by 9% to nearly a million in 2006-7, with black people seven times as likely to be stopped as white people. Asian people are also more likely to be stopped, and most searches were made for suspected drugs or stolen property. Ministry of Justice statistics for England and Wales also showed black murder victims were more likely to be shot than Asian or white victims. Figures for the three years to 2006-7 showed a 3.7% rise in racist incidents. The rise, shown in police figures, was also reflected in the British Crime Survey. In an analysis of murder victims the report showed 27% of black vict…

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/51383/...sting-1m-a-week STRESSED-OUT POLICE COSTING £1M A WEEK ON DUTY: But 'sickies' take a toll Monday July 7,2008 By Tom Whitehead Home Affairs Correspondent Have your say(1) A THOUSAND police officers a day are calling in sick because of stress, anxiety or depression. At least 70 have been signed off work for a year while absences are costing the taxpayer almost £1 million a week in total. Millions of pounds are also being paid annually to keep hundreds of police on “gardening leave.†Meanwhile £500million was spent on overtime last year. Fifty per cent of cases are said to be triggered by tension at home beca…

Police stop and search figures up Police stop and searches increased by 9% to nearly a million in 2006-7, with black people seven times as likely to be stopped as white people. Asian people are also more likely to be stopped, and most searches were made for suspected drugs or stolen property. Ministry of Justice statistics for England and Wales also showed black murder victims were more likely to be shot than Asian or white victims. Figures for the three years to 2006-7 showed a 3.7% rise in racist incidents. The rise, shown in police figures, was also reflected in the British Crime Survey. In an analysis of murder victims the report showed 27% of black victims w…

Police shoot 'danger' dog dead 4:39pm Thursday 19th June 2008 CROYDON: ‘Racist police killed my Tiger’ 9:47am Wednesday 2nd July 2008

'Spider-Man' break-ins on the up as thieves set sights high TARGET: A flat on Warrender Park Road has been robbed Published Date: 08 July 2008 By ALAN McEWEN Edinburgh Evening News DAREDEVIL burglars are breaking into flats across the Capital by clambering up scaffolding Spider-Man-style to sneak through windows. In the last six months there have been 32 break-ins where a thief has scaled the outside of buildings to gain entry. The spate of housebreakings has prompted officers to issue a warning to residents whose homes are undergoing renovation work to keep windows locked and valuables out of sight. Officers are also warning the daredevil raiders that their antics…

Police are using "Mosquito" devices at a village in Cornwall as part of their campaign against unruly public school children who visit the upmarket seaside resort every summer. The devices, which emit an annoying high-pitched sound that can only be heard by young people, will be installed at two popular meeting spots at Polzeath, north Cornwall. Thousands of youngsters, often dubbed "snob yobs", celebrate the end of their exams by heading to the surf beach at Polzeath and to nearby Rock. Residents have complained that their lives have been made miserable by the youngsters' antisocial behaviour, which includes all-night beach parties, drunken fights, vandalism and lit…

A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery. The 78-year-old woman was told by a High Court judge on Tuesday that she can go ahead with her claim against 59-year-old Iorworth Hoare. She wants damages for the psychological injuries she suffered after he attacked her in Roundhay Park, Leeds, in 1988. Hoare was convicted of attempted rape and jailed for life in May 1989. He had six previous convictions for rape, attempted rape and indecent assault and spent 16 years in prison. He bought a winning Lotto Extra ticket while on day release from prison in August 2…

Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7486000/7486619.stm) I think it's a bit pathetic to be honest if a Sgt cannot even challenge a scruffy PC these days.