“The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took a fresh twist yesterday as it emerged that Britain’s second most senior law officer is to examine concerns of collusion between the newspaper and police.”
The Independent, 14th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former police officer has been jailed for three years for passing secret information to his wife and her drug dealer, in return for drugs and money.”
BBC News, 12th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An experienced but corrupt police officer faces jail today after being convicted of being at the centre of an ‘extremely dangerous conspiracy’. ”
The Independent, 12th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Greater Manchester Police has been told it failed a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend as a report graded it as one of the worst in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v W [2010] EWCA Crim 372; [2010] WLR (D) 61
“Where the crime of misconduct in a public office was committed in circumstances involving the acquisition of property by theft or fraud, particularly when the holder of a public office was alleged to have made improper claims for public funds in circumstances which were said to be criminal, proof that the defendant was dishonest was an essential ingredient of the offence.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Police have been condemned for asking a judge to give lenient sentences to burglars who had helped officers to clear their books.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Only two of almost 150 race claims made against the country’s largest police force in the past four years have been upheld at tribunals, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police questioned an amateur photographer under anti-terrorist legislation and later arrested him, claiming pictures he was taking in a Lancashire town were ‘suspicious’ and constituted ‘antisocial behaviour’.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Metropolitan Police officer praised by ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone for his handling of a racist attack on him has lost a race discrimination claim.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ‘eye in the sky’ arrest of a teenager fleeing from a stolen car using a surveillance drone could land police in court after it emerged it did not have permission to be in the air.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Disgraced officer, jailed for four years, is to appeal against conviction for corruption, says legal team.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Serious and Organised Crime Agency is assessing the scale of corruption within the British police after concerns were raised by senior internal investigators, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior British police officer ever convicted of corruption offences was starting a four-year prison sentence yesterday after a jury found he had tried to frame an innocent man and told a series of lies in an attempt to cover up his abuse of office.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police unit has been created to force the take-down of web pages which break the UK’s terrorism laws. The Government has set up a web page through which the public can tell the police about pages that they think are illegal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A call has been made for a public inquiry to examine the case of a man left with a brain injury after being found in a coma in police custody.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police forces that use video surveillance of hunts recorded by animal rights groups could be breaking the law, under new guidance.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The public and press are being kept away from an inquest into the deaths of a Lincolnshire couple who were shot at a hideaway, for security reasons.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A social worker who was forced into hiding by a man dubbed Britain’s most prolific stalker has spoken out for the first time over ‘appalling’ failures of the Metropolitan Police in investigating her harassment, followed by what she describes as an ‘incompetent’ internal inquiry into its own conduct.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gang of G20 protesters launched a battle for compensation against Scotland Yard today after prosecutors dropped charges against them.”
The Independent, 29th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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