“Today’s miscarriages of justice are caused by ineptitude or dishonesty by police. Tomorrow’s may be caused by underpaid defence lawyers.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A young man who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit has had his conviction quashed by judges.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Media organisations have won a High Court battle over police orders to hand over film of the evictions from the traveller site at Dale Farm in Essex.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sam Hallam became one of the youngest victims of a miscarriage of justice on Wednesday when the court of appeal released him after he served seven years for murder.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ali Dizaei, the Metropolitan Police commander twice jailed for corruption, has been dismissed from the force, it was announced today.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Scotland Yard has called in the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to review fresh allegations of corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable to legally track the online activities of terrorists and serious criminals in 25% of cases, the Home Office says.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision of the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis to issue and serve warning notices to those who had been accused of harassment or stalking by means of a Prevention of Harassment Letter or a Police Information Notice, and the retention of the documents or the underlying allegations in police records thereafter, could not give rise to any infringement of the subject’s rights under article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the associated principles.”
WLR Daily, 27th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“We need greater clarity on when the use of ‘kettling’ is permitted before people’s freedom to protest is severely curtailed.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police marksman who shot Mark Duggan dead and 30 other officers are refusing to be interviewed by the official investigation into the incident which triggered the summer riots across England.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary is considering ordering a new public inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police watchdog has aired its growing frustration over the Home Office’s failure to close a loophole that allows privately contracted officers to escape investigation.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer says each of the four files presented to the CPS on phone hacking will be considered as an individual case.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The police watchdog has announced a review into mounting complaints about racism in the Metropolitan police, warning that they probably suggest a ‘much wider disaffection and dissatisfaction’ with the force.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Asian former police officer who was racially abused by colleagues at Cleveland police then set up and jailed for a crime he did not commit has accepted compensation from the force of more than £800,000.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates helped secure a job for News International executive Neil Wallis’s daughter telling his staff he had been a ‘great friend’ of the force, a report has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have been criticised for their role in withholding crucial surveillance recordings made by undercover policeman Mark Kennedy. The tapes were kept from activists who were being prosecuted for planning to occupy one of Britain’s largest power stations. The contents contained vital evidence for the activists’ defence.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police watchdog is investigating why a black man who used his mobile phone to record an officer racially insulting him was arrested for a crime he said he did not commit, less than six hours after complaining about his treatment.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The identities of more than 160 child sex offenders have been exposed during the first year of the ‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme, which allows worried parents to check on anyone who has regular access to their children.”
The Independent, 4th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR recently tackled the question of whether the police tactic of ‘kettling’ (verb, UK, of the police – to contain demonstrators in a confined area) amounted to a deprivation of the liberty of four applicants within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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