UK Policing News

heard this today, made me laugh... Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger has been banned from motoring for a year after being convicted of drink-driving in the Canadian city of Vancouver. The 33-year-old had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he was stopped by police. He had been speeding in his Lamborghini at the time, in June 2006. Speaking after leaving court, Kroeger said that "everyone makes mistakes". His lawyer, Marvin Stern, added they planned to appeal against the decision. Kroeger's defence team had argued during the trial that police officers infringed his rights in the way they took his breath test. And Mr Stern said afterwards that the …

Merseyside Police have brought 303 outstanding offenders to justice during a 24 hour Total Policing initiative. The operation, which was carried out in all areas of Merseyside and involved more than 200 officers, set out to bring to justice those with outstanding court and bail warrants as well as named offenders. In total 303 people were arrested for various offences including robbery, assault, burglary, prostitution and the supply of controlled drugs, as well as being in breech of bail conditions or failing to attend court. A wide range of tactics were used to target outstanding offenders, with many receiving a surprise visit to their home, from where officers return…

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Parents of a 16-year-old girl "infatuated" with a man three times her age fear for her safety after she ran off with him. Lisa Wright, who went missing on her way to school, is believed to be with family friend Nigel Trowbridge, 46. She left home in Dagenham, Essex on April 28, and has twice contacted her mother Angela. Lisa called on May 9 and went home three days later but said she did not want to stay. Police have searched Trowbridge's flat where they found some of Lisa's clothes and a bottle of her perfume. There was no sign of the pair. Her family are worried about Lisa's relationship with Trowbridge. A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "We are worried…

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Police will be using more stop and search powers to prevent knife crime in London, following the "horrendous events over the last 48 hours". From tonight officers will make use of searches under section 60 of the Public Order Act which allows police to search people without reasonable suspicion. The first team of 15 officers will be deployed to an unnamed London borough. It follows a rise in fatal knife attacks in London, including that of Steven Bigby, killed in the West End. The 22-year-old died from a stab wound to the chest in Oxford Street on Monday. 'Most stubborn' Figures show 68 people aged under 25 have been killed in London since the beginning of 200…

Shoplifter asks for her own Asbo Tania Hall was given an Asbo for thefts in Birmingham A convicted shoplifter is believed to be the first person to have requested her own Asbo, police have said. Twenty-year-old Tania Hall, from Birmingham, has been banned from certain roads in the city's Erdington area for the next two years. She told the city's magistrates the anti-social behaviour order would help prevent her committing further crimes. She said being in prison over Christmas away from her family made her realise she had to stop shoplifting. Ms Hall said she knew she had to avoid Erdington to prevent her mixing with people who she had taken drugs with. Many…

judge stunned a courtroom by branding three women robbers 'a bunch of over-the-hill slappers'. Outspoken judge Timothy Nash made the remarks at Canterbury Crown Court as he sentenced the trio to three years jail each for drunkenly mugging a man for his wallet in the Kent city. The judge has previously attracted attention for branding the Home Office "totally incompetent" over deportation and for dubbing Asbos "namby pamby". Drunks: Alison Raines, Melanie Coombs and Lorraine Hallett He spoke out again yesterday as Melanie Coombs, 39, Lorraine Hallett, 37, and Alison Raines, 41, were caged after they admitted robbing reveller James McCabe on January 19. All three h…

The number of police officers wounded in shootings has increased by 60% in four years, according to figures released by the Conservatives. The statistics, which cover officers in England and Wales shot while on duty, show the number rose from 12 in 2002/03 to 19 in 2006/07. Shadow Home Office minister David Ruffley said the figures showed the Government was failing "to tackle the scourge of gun crime". He said: "With the trade in illegal weapons soaring through porous borders, ministers are presiding over a service with falling number of armed officers. Now we see a rise in the number of police getting injured in the line of duty. "This is yet another consequence of L…

CRIMES committed by girls as young as ten have soared by 25 per cent in three years, Government figures show. Offences by females aged ten to 17 rose by 12,000 a year between 2003-4 and 2006-7, according to Home Office statistics due out on Thursday. They climbed from 47,000 to 59,000. In the same period, crimes by boys FELL two per cent, from 240,000 to 236,000. Girl gangs are a growing menace in towns and cities. In March, a 15-year-old was jailed for using a mobile phone to film two male pals beating a man to death in Keighley, West Yorks. Last week Home Secretary Jacqui Smith vowed to "turn the tables" on yobs, ordering police to give them "a taste of their …

A convicted criminal has had his curfew lifted because the electronic tag he was forced to wear did not look good with his shorts. A judge at Exeter Crown Court agreed to the tag's removal after Morgan got a job selling windsurfing equipment. His lawyers had argued the tag would not look good with the shorts he was required to wear as his new uniform. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7390034.stm Oh well thats ok then. Yeah sorry your honour, going to jail dosent go well with my £10,000 Armani suit...hope you dont mind!