“A man accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has said he wanted to face trial in the UK and clear his name.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Child protection authorities yesterday said they hoped to return an eight-year-old boy to his mother who had hit him with a hairbrush as soon as possible, but defended their decision to take him into care.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police mistakes meant a chance to charge Baby P’s mother with assaulting him was missed several weeks before his death, an unpublished report says.”
BBC News, 9th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An officer caught on camera lungeing a newspaper seller during G20 protests near the Bank of England was last night suspended. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is waiting to interview the man while Scotland Yard defended itself against accusations it deliberately misled the public over the death.”
The Independent, 10th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The detail of the Ministry of Justice reforms, published this week, makes clear for the first time that although the family courts will be opened to the press on April 27, they will not be quite as open as we had expected. Buried in a short paragraph is the information that judges will have wide grounds to refuse journalists permission to publish the details of a case they have just heard.”
The Times, 10th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A proposed boycott of Sats tests by two of England’s main education unions would be unlawful, the government says.”
BBC News, 10th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man accused of killing a father-of-two in a pub brawl has had his electronic bail tag removed by a judge to allow him to spend his 21st birthday weekend in Prague with friends.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jack Straw has been accused of a confidence trick over plans to open the family courts to the media.”
The Times, 10th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There are currently around 300 children aged 10 to 17 locked up in England and Wales. ”
BBC Today, 13th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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