Barclays Libor court case delayed until April 2014 – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2013 in banking, delay, fraud, interest, news, trials by sally

“The first UK trial concerning the alleged fraudulent manipulation of Libor rates has been delayed until next year after Barclays won the right to challenge aspects of the high court case.”

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The Guardian, 29th April 2013

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MPs’ expenses: copies of receipts are subject to FOIA – Panopticon

Posted April 30th, 2013 in disclosure, documents, expenses, freedom of information, news, parliament by sally

“Following the MPs’ expenses scandal, the then newly-founded Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) decided that it would not routinely publish images of the receipts submitted to IPSA by MPs in support of their expenses claims. Rather, only text transcribed from the submitted receipts was to be published.”

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Panopticon, 29th April 2013

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Woman fined for ‘racist’ English insult

Posted April 30th, 2013 in compensation, conditional discharge, fines, harassment, news, racism by sally

“A Welsh woman has been made to pay compensation for using a racist slur against an English woman after calling her ‘an English cow’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2013

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Men guilty of raping boy, 14, in Manchester Debenhams – BBC News

Posted April 30th, 2013 in children, closed circuit television, news, rape by sally

“Two men have been found guilty of raping a 14-year-old boy in a city centre department store’s toilets.”

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BBC News, 29th April 2013

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Prison perks: inmates must wear uniforms as Grayling cracks down – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2013 in news, prisons by sally

“All convicted male prisoners are to be required to wear prison uniform for the first two weeks of their sentence under a shakeup of life in jail ordered by the justice secretary, Chris Grayling.”

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The Guardian, 30th April 2013

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Animal cruelty convictions up 33% in England and Wales – The Independent

Posted April 30th, 2013 in animal cruelty, news, prosecutions, reports by sally

“Convictions for animal neglect and cruelty have risen by a third in England and Wales, according to an RSPCA report.”

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The Independent, 30th April 2013

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Ten thousand violent crime cases dealt with by ‘community resolution’ methods – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2013 in domestic violence, news, police, restorative justice, violent offenders by sally

“The police are dealing with as many as one in eight violent offences, including knife crimes and domestic violence, by getting the offender to apologise to the victim rather than prosecuting them in court, according to House of Commons research.”

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The Guardian, 30th April 2013

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