UK Policing News

A police officer who helped track down paedophiles has walked free from court after he was caught with nearly 1,000 downloaded indecent images of children at his home https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lee-kelly-indecent-images-court-15667502

Officers from British Transport Police were called to the station just before 9pm as a man wielding a knife stabbed members of the public. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-victoria-knife-attack-station-15615253 Not a great start to the new year celebrations, I hope those injured are not serious and recover quickly.

Return to News A British cyber criminal has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for conducting attacks that disrupted a Liberian telecommunications provider, resulting in losses estimated at tens of millions of US dollars. Daniel Kaye, from Egham, Surrey, pleaded guilty in December 2018 to creating and using a botnet and possessing criminal property. He was jailed today at Blackfriars Crown Court following an investigation led by the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU). Kaye, who was living in Peyia, Cyprus, began carrying out intermittent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the Liberian telecommunications provider Lonestar M…

Universal credit: Two-child benefit cap to be relaxed 11 January 2019 Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Amber Rudd will make her first major welfare speech on Friday …

Andy Murray was in tears as he told journalists next week's Australian Open could be his last tournament Australian Open 2019 Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 14-27 January Coverage: Daily live commentaries on the BBC Sport website, listen to Tennis Breakfast daily from 07:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and watch highlights on BBC TV and online from 19 January. Britain's Andy Murray says he plans to retire after this year's Wimbledon but fears next week's Australian Open could be the final tournament of his career. The three-time Grand Slam winner, who is struggling to recover from hip surgery, was in tears at a news conference in Melbourne on Fri…

Return to News A man who tried to smuggle 19 rare and endangered bird eggs into the UK strapped to his body has today, 10 January, been jailed for three years and one month. (37 Months on each count concurrent) The smuggling attempt was uncovered by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport on 26 June 2018 when officers stopped Jeffrey Lendrum after he arrived on a flight from Johannesburg. Lendrum, 57 and of no fixed UK address, was wearing a heavy jacket which officers thought was unusual due to the very warm weather conditions. When asked whether he had anything to declare, Lendrum stated he had some Fish Eagle and Kestrel eggs strapped to his body. During…

Return to News National Crime Agency investigators are appealing for information on the whereabouts of two men wanted for questioning in connection with a £4 million drugs conspiracy. NCA officers believe the pair are involved with an organised crime group responsible for importing cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis into the UK. Investigators want to speak to 51-year-old Desmond Broad – who is also known as Andrew Nicholas - and 48-year-old Alan Cumming about the importation of 200 kilos of both Class A and B drugs between March 2016 and June 2017. The friends have links to Liverpool and the Runcorn area of Cheshire. Mark Perks, NCA investigator, said: “We…

Return to News Three members of an organised crime group who attempted to smuggle £3 million of Class A and B drugs into Dublin have been jailed for a total of 27 years and five months. The gang were found with 30 kilos of cocaine, 45 kilos of cannabis, 15 kilos of MDMA and two kilos of ketamine following an investigation by the joint NCA and Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). Christopher Rigg, aged 52, of no fixed address, Wayne Sudbury, aged 40, from Crosby in Merseyside, and Artur Jaku-Graham, aged 32, of no fixed address, were jailed for 10 years nine months, 10 years eight months and six years respectively today (10 January) at Live…

Waltham Forest stabbing: Moped crash boy, 14, killed 9 January 2019 Related TopicsLondon violence Image copyright PA Image caption The wounded teenager was found in Bickley Road, Waltham Forest …

Anna Soubry urges police action after 'Nazi taunts' outside Parliament 7 January 2019 Related TopicsBrexit Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAnna Soubry: "This is astonishing. This is what has happened to our country." MP Anna Soubry has criticised the police for failing to intervene after she was verbally abused by protesters ou…

Return to News Two men from the West Midlands have been jailed following an operation by the joint National Crime Agency and Met Police Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). Abid Hussain, aged 50, of Wells Avenue, Wednesbury, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offences on the first day of the trial, was sentenced to eight years and one month at Blackfriars Crown Court. His accomplice, 55 year-old Janger Khan, of William Cook Road, Birmingham, was jailed for eight years and-a-half years. The jury found Khan guilty in less than two hours, returning with a unanimous verdict. On 22 July 2018, officers from the OCP stopped a vehicle as it left the car park of Te…