UK Policing News

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of a number of offences including false imprisonment and assault following the conclusion of a trial at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, 10 November. https://news.met.police.uk/news/serving-officer-convicted-of-offences-including-false-imprisonment-475105

A gang involved in the importation of over 15 tons of cocaine - with an estimated street value of £1.59 billion - into the country has today been jailed. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/yhrocu-six-jailed-role-ps159-billion-cocaine-importation-plot

A police officer offered a woman £500 for 'sex for a month' after having a threesome with her and his male colleague in a patrol car, a court has been told. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12693625/Police-500-sex-threesome.html

Blakenall Heath, in Walsall, is plagued with knife-wielding gangs Residents say the town has become a 'no-go zone' for local police https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12730193/Inside-Britains-roughest-estate-gangs-run-riot-police-cars-pelted-bricks-squashed-rat-decorates-childrens-play-area.html

This is the moment where a BMW driver is rammed by police after attempting to travel the wrong way down the motorway. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12732691/Moment-BMW-driver-surrounded-rammed-police-dramatic-chase-travelling-wrong-way-motorway-rush-hour.html

Stabbing 'was an accident' jury told.... Metro,15.09.'05,Glasgow A teenager accused of murdering his friend by stabbing him through the heart claimedit was an accident, a court heard yesterday. Stephen Dickson,17, told police in taped interview:'The knife went into him.' Yesterday, at the High court in Glasgow, the interview was placed to jury. Dickson, of East Kilbride, denies murdering Ryan Kenny,17, also from the Lanarkshire town, on March27 this year by striking him on the body with a knife. The incident is alleged to have taken place in Dickson's bedroom.During the interview, the accused said:'he said to me 'stab me' and I accidentally did. I pushed it towards hi…

The Met Police has shared CCTV footage of a man wearing a stolen police jacket breaking into a car. The video - which at the time of writing has been viewed 4,000 times - shows the suspect walking up to the car, looking around for witnesses, opening the door and then appearing to rifle through it. https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/cctv-shows-man-breaking-car-28069965

An assistant head teacher from Yorkshire has pleaded guilty to making over 11,500 images and videos of child abuse following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/assistant-head-teacher-caught-with-11-500-child-abuse-images

Migrants 'desperate for water' have been found in the back of two lorries, causing police to close a portion of the M4, it has emerged. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12729199/Migrants-desperate-water-two-lorries-police-shutdown-motorway-services-deal-emergency-incident.html

A former Metropolitan Police officer has been convicted of sending a grossly offensive racist message that joked about having a bike stolen on WhatsApp. Michael Chadwell, 62, denied one count of sending by public communication a grossly offensive racist message but was found guilty after a trial at City of London Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Monday, November 6). https://www.mylondon.news/news/ex-met-police-officer-sent-28058109

They recruited dishonest bank staff to prey on vulnerable customers https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/fraud-gang-paid-crooked-santander-28024308

The thief also used the Range Rover to ram a police car https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/east-london-car-thief-crashes-28065603

A Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for more than six years after being found guilty of stalking. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12724659/Met-PC-53-jailed-six-years-stalking-police-raided-home.html

Disturbing CCTV shown in a courtroom has shown the moment two elderly Muslim worshippers were doused in petrol and set on fire outside mosques in West London and Birmingham. Mohammed Abbkr, 29, was found guilty yesterday (Monday, October 7) of attempting to murder worshippers Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, in separate attacks earlier this year. https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/chilling-cctv-shows-attacker-stalking-28057983