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James Bulger killer Jon Venables charged over indecent images 5 January 2018 Image copyright Merseyside Police Image caption Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, has been charged over indecent images of children. The…
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A teenager who suffered serious injuries after being pushed from his bike by a police officer was innocent of any suspected crime, a watchdog said today. Terrell Decosta Jones-Burton, 15, was knocked unconscious after he was “slammed” off his bike in a police stop near his home in Bermondsey. Police suspected the schoolboy of being involved in a mobile phone bike robbery 20 minutes earlier. IOPC examining police officer's use of force https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/teenager-terrell-decosta-jonesburton-left-injured-after-being-slammed-off-bike-by-police-innocent-of-a3755346.html
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Finsbury Park: Man 'wanted to kill Muslims in van attack' 22 January 2018 Related TopicsFinsbury Park attack trial Image copyright Julia Quenzler A man accused of driving a van into a crowd of people near two mosques in north London wanted to kill as many Muslims as possible, a court has heard. Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of ploughing into a crowd of worshippers in Fin…
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Police admit they may have to work with "paedophile hunters" after figures obtained by the BBC revealed a rise in their evidence being used in court. Full Story - BBC
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Stakeknife: Fred Scappaticci arrested over murders 30 January 2018 Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Fred Scappaticci denies he was an Army agent within the IRA A man alleged to have been the Army's most high-ranking agent in the IRA has been arrested and is being questioned about allegations that h…
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Met Police apologise for Liam Allan collapsed rape trial 30 January 2018 The Met Police have apologised to a student for errors in the handling of a failed rape case against him. A review found that a series of errors by police and prosecutors were to blame for the collapse of a rape trial involving the 22-year-old Liam Allan. The officer in charge of the case failed to find key evidence among 57,000 messages on the …
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Met Police apologise for Liam Allan collapsed rape trial 30 January 2018 The Met Police have apologised to a student for errors in the handling of a failed rape case against him. A review found that a series of errors by police and prosecutors were to blame for the collapse of a rape trial involving the 22-year-old Liam Allan. The officer in charge of the case failed to find key evidence among 57,000 messages on the …
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'Ex-soldier' raiding Home Counties houses at gunpoint 30 January 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Susan Morris suffered a broken jaw and bruising after she was tied up and dragged by her hair A highly-professional soldier with a "commanding nature" is believed to have carried out seven violent £1m ra…
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'Ex-soldier' raiding Home Counties houses at gunpoint 30 January 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Susan Morris suffered a broken jaw and bruising after she was tied up and dragged by her hair A highly-professional soldier with a "commanding nature" is believed to have carried out seven violent £1m ra…
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A 14-year-old girl is among three teenagers arrested on suspicion of possessing a gun after a police officer was threatened. The teenagers - including two 17-year-old boys - were arrested after one of the boys allegedly pointed a weapon at an officer who stopped a youth in Lewisham, Scotland Yard said. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/three-teenagers-arrested-after-gun-pointed-at-police-officers-head-a3751591.html
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UVF 'supergrass' Gary Haggarty jailed for six years 29 January 2018 Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Gary Haggarty, 45, was sentenced for more than 200 offences, including five murders A loyalist "supergrass" has been jailed for more than six years after admitting more than 200 offences, including …
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The alarming acceleration in crime, particularly violent crime, in England and Wales revealed by the latest set of police recorded crime figures will set the alarm bells ringing in Downing Street and highlights the lack of any coherent crime strategy from Theresa May or her home secretary, Amber Rudd. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/25/surge-uk-police-recorded-crime-trouble-theresa-may
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Middle-aged female police officers are being provided with ‘crying rooms’ at work for when they feel overcome with emotion during the menopause. Full Story - Daily Mail
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28 January 2018 Image caption The three victims of the crash were George Wilkinson, Harry Louis Rice and Josh Mcgunniess A 34-year-old man wanted in connection with a car crash that killed three teenagers has been arrested. Scotland Yard said he handed himself in and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. A 28-year-old man was arrested after the crash near a bus stop in Hayes, west London, on Friday evening, on s…
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Hundreds of cases dropped over evidence disclosure failings 24 January 2018 Image copyright Social Media/BBC Image caption Charges against Isaac Itiary and Liam Allan were dropped over a failure to disclose key evidence The number of prosecutions in England and Wales that collapsed because of a failure by…
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