UK Policing News

A bungling thief became the face of crime that does not pay when he provided police with his own mugshot while stealing CCTV equipment from a pub. Armed with little more than a Swiss Army knife, the hapless thief spent four hours dismantling the equipment seemingly unaware his every move was being caught on camera. His girlfriend also made a fleeting appearance in the footage - but had the sense to stay out of the limelight. The burglar struck at the former Lister Arms pub next to Bradford's busy Manchester Road at 4am on Sunday. Owner Amjad Ali, a solicitor who is converting the premises into offices for his law firm, said: 'Originally I was frustrated. But when I …

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Horse & Hound

A millionaire footballer caught speeding at 107mph has escaped a driving ban and was handed a paltry fine after he begged magistrates for leniency as he is currently unemployed. Former West Ham United and Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger, 29, was clocked speeding in his luxury Range Rover on the A14 in Suffolk. The German international is currently a free agent and looking for a new club after he was released by relegated West Ham at the end of last season and claims he is speeding around the country trying to find a new club. Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court agreed not to ban the star - known as 'Der Hammer' - after he told them he was unemployed and needed…

BREAKING NEWS Lincolnshire Police say they are dealing with a serious incident on an industrial estate in Boston after reports of an explosion http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ No story as of yet. Let's hope no one was hurt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14139947 A woman who served time for killing her partner has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering another man at a party at her east London home. Got to wonder why "She had served 42 months for kicking and punching her partner Kevin Qui to death in 2004, the Old Bailey heard." seems rather low, but then you need to go to extraordinary lengths in order to gain a real sentence nowadays. But indeed what a nasty individual, will be out within 15 years no doubt.

A teenager has been charged with trespassing on the railway after a picture was posted on the internet of him apparently 'planking' on train tracks The photo of a teenager lying across railway tracks at an unknown location appeared on a planking fan page on Facebook. The shot of the youngster with his head on one rail and his feet on the other is one of hundreds which have featured on the group's page. Now a 14-year-old boy is set to appear at York Youth Court on July 5 in connection with the photo, according to a spokesman for the British Transport Police. Planking is a craze for taking photos of people lying down in unusual places and then posting them on the web. …

A father who warned another parent about a convicted paedophile has been fined £1,000 and found guilty of harassing the sex offender. He was horrified to find his ex-wife's new husband – stepfather to his daughter, 11 – had served three jail terms for sex crimes. A reporting restriction imposed to protect the stepfather's identity means that none of the family members can be named. One of the stepfather's sentences was for molesting two 12-year-old girls as they slept at his house. A court heard the father raised the alarm after discovering four of his daughter's friends had been invited to the family home for a sleepover to celebrate her birthday. When he showed …

Dear Mods, I know this should be in the news section, but I think theres a specific point in the article many people would want to discuss on general discussion, anyways it's up to you One real life reason why not to go flashing your badge (in this case telling people you're a police officer)!

A decision to remove flags erected in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim resulted in rioting by loyalist youths. At one point a hijacked bus was driven a a police armoured land rover, slightly injuring five officers. Belfast Telegraph Originally it was thought that only paramilitary flags would be removed but it appears that this decision was modified to include Ulster flags and Union flags, which may have been the spark for the incident. ACC Alistair Finlay apologised for the manner in which the flags had been removed but said that there was no excuse for the violence that followed. BBC News The photo shows the bus having struck the Tangi.

The last month in Northern Ireland has been crazy..nearly riots on a daily basis, including some more last night! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14117801

A drunk footballer called a policeman a 'tramp' then offered to buy him a BMW, a court heard. Lee Tomlin, a midfielder with Championship side Peterborough United, was on a night out when he told the PC he should 'get a proper job'. The 22-year-old winger was challenged during a late-night incident in Leicester city centre, the court was told. Fernando Rodrigues, prosecuting, said Tomlin was told by police to leave the area and not return within 24 hours following trouble just after midnight on June 12 this year. He said: 'Tomlin said he was a professional footballer. 'He told an officer he looked like a tramp and he should get a proper job. Tomlin smelled of intoxi…

Five Nottinghamshire police officers have received final written warnings after a misconduct hearing over the death of a footballer. Reece Staples, 19, collapsed in a cell at Oxclose Lane Police Station in June 2009 and died of cocaine poisoning. Following an Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry, it emerged a hearing in June resulted in the warnings for gross misconduct. No criminal charges have been brought against the officers. Mr Staples, 19, a former Nottingham Forest academy player, was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage. He had swallowed wraps of cocaine and one of these burst while he was in custody. He died of acute cocaine poisonin…

Hundreds of deadly weapons are being seized at schools each year from children as young as six, disturbing figures reveal. The shocking arsenal includes a meat cleaver, an axe, a bayonet and a knife found on a Year 1 primary school pupil. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013781/Police-confiscated-1-000-deadly-weapons-children-school.html#ixzz1Rw9uuAJP I get for my kids birthday a Uzi, must keep up with the Joneses next door. What kind of crappy kids we bringing up these days?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14109874 82! Must be some sort of record!