“Three men released from Guantánamo Bay after five years yesterday were being held by British police last night, even though, according to counter-terrorism sources, they are unlikely to face criminal charges in the UK.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The self-defence laws are to be tightened to give people more confidence if they tackle criminals, the government has said.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police officer who admitted spying on a female colleague after he made a peephole into an Essex police station’s gym has received a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for four years for a sex attack on a single mother who killed herself after seeing footage of the attack on a mobile phone.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 15-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker deported to Austria is to be returned to the UK after a high court judge condemned the Home Office’s ‘total lack of humanitarianism’ in the case. He arrived unaccompanied in Britain a year ago, and was said by his carer to have been terrified when Border and Immigration Agency officials arrived without warning at his home in south-west London at 4am to arrest him last month.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two restraint techniques used on children in custody have been suspended by ministers after medical concern. The so-called nose distraction, involving a painful upward chop against the septum, and the ‘double basket’, whereby the arms are crossed and held behind the back, are banned while their safety is checked.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“She has married four different millionaires and was described by her last husband as a ‘career divorcee’. Yesterday Susan Crossley appealed for more time to put her case for the right to a share of her last husband’s £45m declared fortune.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of failed asylum-seekers face forced removal to the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo, where they say they face rape, torture and even death, after a landmark immigration ruling.”
The Independent, 20th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
People who use mobile phones while driving could face up to two years in prison, under new guidelines being published today by prosecutors.
The Independent, 20th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three British businessmen were charged with cartel offences by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last night after they were allowed by US authorities to return to the UK.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The latest rape allegation to attract intense publicity has raised again the question of whether accused men should be granted the same anonymity as their accuser, until convicted.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is implementing key reforms to the child care proceedings system in England and Wales, following a review of the system completed in 2006. The reforms will improve the system and provide better outcomes for children while ensuring that resources are used in a timely and effective way.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Measures to cut knife crime may not work because nobody knows if the problem is genuinely getting better or worse, experts have warned.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police investigation to prosecute a 12-year-old for throwing a cocktail sausage at a neighbour has cost £20,000.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
A teenager who stabbed a friend to death after a drunken party should have been under curfew and wearing an electronic tag, it was disclosed yesterday.
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers will publish a white paper on Lords reform in the spring following today’s damning parliamentary report into the ‘cash for honours’ scandal.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Allegations of ‘apparent illegal activity and financial irregularities’ within the British National Party are being referred to the Metropolitan Police and to the Electoral Commission by a Labour MP.”
The Independent, 19th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Moves to make families pay bonds of up to £1,000 to sponsor visits by foreign relatives have been condemned as discriminatory.”
The Independent, 19th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two jurors have spoken out to question the guilty verdict in a case last month in which a childminder was jailed for shaking a baby to death.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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