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David Crompton was suspended as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police following the Hillsborough Inquests South Yorkshire Police spent at least £2.1m on legal fees representing its suspended Chief Constable David Crompton during the Hillsborough Inquests, the BBC has discovered. Mr Crompton's barrister alone was paid over £1m to represent him. Several victims' families complained to the police watchdog about Mr Crompton's conduct during the inquests. They claim the chief constable "instructed his legal team to pour blame on to Liverpool fans". South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Dr Alan Billings said the legal costs - which were footed by the ta…

A police officer wore a woolly hat with the words "I love weed" while on duty, a disciplinary panel has heard. PC Simon Ryan also defaced a suspect's CV with the words "kiddie fiddler" and "paedo" during an inquiry into child abuse last year, the hearing was told. The North Yorkshire Police officer denies gross misconduct and apologised claiming it was intended to "leaven" the mood of colleagues. PC Ryan admitted his behaviour was "puerile". During the hearing at the police headquarters in Newby Wiske, near Northallerton, barrister Edward Pleeth, representing the force, said the officer searched a home following an allegation of a sexual offence involving a child in J…

More than 100 bottles of illegal alcohol have been seized from a pub, cafes and other businesses in Brighton. The bottles were seized as part of an operation to tackle organised crime within the city's Albanian community, Sussex Police said. Several premises are being investigated for breaching licence conditions, a spokeswoman added. Earlier raids also saw eight people charged with drugs offences and 11 people arrested. Details of the businesses involved have not been released - but police said the pub, two kebab shops, three cafe bars and an off-licence were still being investigated. They were visited on Thursday by officers from Sussex Police, the Immigration Se…

A memorial service for a police officer stabbed to death while on duty will be held at the spot where he died on Saturday. PC Jon Henry, 36, was murdered in George Street, Luton, on 11 June 2007 as he tried to arrest paranoid schizophrenic Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih. Colleagues and senior officers will attend a short service at his memorial stone outside BHS. On Friday, his wife and daughter opened a housing scheme named after him. ​ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36506577

A drug dealer who tried to evade police by driving a car at speeds of up to 100mph has been jailed for eight years. Adil Nolan drove at excessive speeds along a single lane road after officers tried to stop him in Dores, near Loch Ness, in November last year. Police caught up with the 30-year-old from Liverpool after he crashed into another car. The High Court in Glasgow heard officers arrested him before £115,000 of heroin was seized. Previous convictionsAppearing at the High Court in Glasgow, he pled guilty to a number of charges including being concerned in the supply of heroin and dangerous driving. It emerged Nolan already had previous drugs convictions in a c…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-tell-police-24-hours-hour-give-notice-before-sex-virtual-prison-a7072156.html How the heck someone warn the police 24 hours before having sex?

A police officer who ‘bounced’ on a detainee has been sacked for gross misconduct. PC Lee Curtis, 39, was filmed taking the extreme measures to deal with an abusive suspect. He and colleague Sergeant Christopher Wright stopped a van and one of the passengers, who was wanted by police, immediately got out and ran. A hearing heard that the driver, Robert Peterson, 40, began ‘thrashing around’ when four officers tried to arrest him around 3am on October 17 2014 in Grimsby, North East Linconshire. The chair of the panel, Lindsey Hall, said that having viewed the video footage from the police car, that the lifting of the legs of the ‘uncooperative, aggressive and abusive m…

Britain's top police officer today told Londoners to “get stuck in” if they see a crime being committed in a dramatic appeal for more members of the public to become have-a-go-heroes. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said that bystanders should give it their “best shot” to protect victims and that people should “never turn your back” if they were physically able to tackle offenders. He added: “If you can, you should intervene.” The Met Commissioner’s comments, during an interview with LBC, follow the conviction yesterday of 30-year-old knife attacker Muhiddin Mire for an attempted murder at Leytonstone Tube station in December. Mire slashed the neck of musician Lyle Zimmerman an…

Ten bikes were seized when Merseyside Police raided 15 properties Five people have been arrested during raids in Merseyside as part of an operation targeting scrambler bikes linked with organised crime. Eleven bikes were seized from 15 properties in Huyton, St Helens and Wirral following searches which began at 05:30 BST. Police said Operation Brookdale was in response to "community information". A 17-year-old scrambler bike rider died after being seriously injured in a crash in south Liverpool on Friday. Operation Brookdale will also see patrols increased and a helicopter monitor the movements of bikes, Merseyside Police said. Supt Jenny Sims said: "We understand…

A senior Met Police officer has lost a sex discrimination case sparked after a male colleague was seen in a corridor wearing only a towel. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Maxine de Brunner lost the case brought by Ch Insp Adrian Denby. The incident was her "pet hate" as it made female staff uncomfortable. But she was found to have discriminated against Ch Insp Denby by placing him under an internal and criminal investigation. Ch Insp Denby was in charge of the Central London Territorial Support Group (TSG) unit at the time of the incident. DAC de Bunner wanted to make the unit "more attractive" to women and ethic minorities by challenging its macho culture, the Centr…

A police officer from Aylesbury has admitted making and distributing indecent images, after filming a teenage girl performing a sex act on him and sending it to three friends. Metropolitan Police officer PC Stephen McMillan, 26, of Viridian Square, pleaded guilty to four charges at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court. He met the girl, who is under 18, via the social media dating app Tinder. He will be sentenced next month and has been suspended by the force. 'Deeply disturbing'McMillan admitted making an indecent photograph of a child and distributing an indecent image between 19 August and 14 September 2014. The charges also included inciting a child to be involved in…

A man on trial for stabbing a musician at Leytonstone Tube station "for Syria" said he was being followed by “people from MI5 and MI6.” A jury at the Old Bailey were shown CCTV footage of Muhiddin Mire, 30, of Sansom Road, Leytonstone, seize Lyle Zimmerman, 56, from behind, at the ticket office on December 5, last year. After the attack, when Mire was finally subdued by police, a shocked eyewitness called out, “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv,” – words that went viral on the internet. After his attack on Mr Zimmerman, Mire left the ticket hall and made his way to the street, where he ran into a Polish man, Daniel Bielinski, and his girlfriend. Mire swung the…