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A teenage moped rider has been rushed to hospital with leg injuries after he crashed into a police car following a chase in central London. The 17-year-old was being chased by two police cars before the crash at 4.30am on Saturday at Hyde Park Corner. Police said they were in pursuit of a moped with two riders on it after they had reports of it being involved in a “series of offences”. A marked police car chased the moped before it reached Grosvenor Place, at the junction with Chapel Street. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moped-teen-arrested-after-suffering-serious-injuries-in-police-chase-crash-a3903856.html
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Teenager Safaa Boular jailed for life for IS terror plot 3 August 2018 Image copyright Metropolitan Police The youngest woman to be convicted of plotting a terror attack on British soil has been jailed for life with a 13-year minimum term. Safaa Boular…
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Return to News 3 August 2018 A man from Bradford has today been sentenced to 13 years in prison for supplying heroin while out on licence for a similar offence. Fariman Khan (46, pictured right) was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court, alongside Francis Cooper (61, pictured left) both from Reynolds Avenue. Cooper was jailed for seven years. Khan was also given a SCPO (Serious Crime Prevention Order) which will start at the end of his sentence. For five years after he is released from prison, Khan will be subject to some strict restrictions, including what bank accounts he can hold and what communication devices he can use. He will also have to notify the aut…
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Northumbria Police has been told to reinstate all the money lost by one of its officers because it failed to warn him about pension scams. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-tyne-45031722
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Return to News 2 August 2018 The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been awarded more than £8 million as part of the Government’s investment in the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime. As part of the Police Transformation Fund (PTF), the Home Secretary has approved up to £70m in 2018/19 to boost law enforcement’s capacity to deal with major threats. The NCA-led projects that will receive funding include the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), the National Assessment Centre (NAC) and the National Data Exploitation Centre (NDEC). The Joint Operations Team (JOT) – made up from NCA and GCHQ officers to tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE…
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Four dead in Bradford police chase crash 2 August 2018 Image copyright Google Image caption The road is likely to remain closed for most of the day …
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Return to News 1 August 2018 A truck driver who claimed the eight kg of cocaine found in his lorry was tobacco has been jailed for nine years. It took the jury just 20 minutes at Canterbury Crown Court to convict 52 year-old Lithuanian Vaidotas Tuoma of drug smuggling yesterday (31st July). The Class A drugs have a street value of around £653,000 On 5 February this year, Border Force officers stopped Tuoma’s vehicle at the UK bound freight lanes of Channel Tunnel at Coquelles. Tuoma’s paperwork stated he was transporting sushi, bratwurst and chocolate from Germany to Telford, Shropshire. He told officers that he was present when the lorry was being loaded…
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VIDEO footage has emerged showing the show moment a man hits a policeman to the ground before ramming his car into the officer’s vehicle and speeding away along a footpath. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/994720/police-bradford-fight-grantham-road-west-midlands-police
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Joanne Rand acid death: Man jailed for 17 years 31 July 2018 A man has been jailed for 17 years for the manslaughter of a nurse who died 11 days after being splashed with acid. Xeneral Webster, 19, was arguing with another man in High Wycombe when he took out a bottle of acid which splashed over Joanne …
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Two police officers who used their patrol car to knock a criminal off his motor scooter after a high-speed chase have been praised by a judge. Police constables George Anckorn and Russell Mellis were in a marked police car when they saw 19-year-old Abdirizak Kheyre on a stolen scooter in Islington. The officers — deployed to the Met’s Operation Venice team which targets moped offenders — pulled alongside the teenager when he was stationary and asked him to pull over. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-police-knock-moped-knife-thug-off-bike-after-highspeed-chase-a3900166.html
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Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick today claimed the surge in violent crime in London has begun to “stabilise” after murder rates have fallen in recent months. The Met Commissioner said there had been five homicides in the capital in July - compared to an average of 15 killings a month at the start of the year. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-chief-cressida-dick-londons-violent-crime-surge-has-begun-to-stabilise-a3900151.html
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Four men have been charged with three counts of attempted murder after shots were fired at armed police during a chase in east London. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44993335
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A police officer who sawed and smashed his way through a suspect's windscreen with a knife has been cleared of common assault and damaging property. Joshua Savage, 28, was accused of attacking Leon Fontana's Ford Fiesta with a baton before cutting the glass with a lock knife on September 16 2016. Police mistakenly thought the driver was a potentially violent drug dealer called TJ Dixon who may have had a weapon and only a provisional licence. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-who-smashed-his-way-into-suspects-car-cleared-of-common-assault-and-damaging-property-a3898061.html
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Simon Macartney was employed by South East Ambulance NHS Trust as Driving Standards Manager and was responsible for the driving standards of Ambulance drivers who attend 999 calls. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/man-who-lied-qualifications-job-14449837
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An Essex police officer who kicked an arrested man in the face acted "instinctively", a misconduct hearing heard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-44876079
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