Gypsies who pocketed £800,000 in benefits ordered to pay back £17.65 – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 25th, 2012 in assets recovery, benefits, fraud, news, sentencing, travellers by tracey

“Two members of a Romany gypsy family who flew in and out of Britain to pocket more than £800,000 in benefits have been ordered to pay back just £17.65.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2012

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Norfolk urbanisation protesters win High Court battle – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2012 in demonstrations, environmental protection, local government, news, planning by tracey

“Campaigners fighting town and city expansion in Norfolk have won a High Court battle with council planners. The group Snub (Stop Norwich Urbanisation), took action against Broadland District, South Norfolk District and Norwich City councils. The judge ruled that plans for 33,000 properties and the new Norwich northern distributor road had not been properly assessed.”

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BBC News, 24th February 2012

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Metals trader fraudster given extra seven years – The Guardian

Posted February 25th, 2012 in administrators, assets recovery, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“Viren Rastogi, the London metals trading tycoon behind one of Britain’s biggest ever frauds, has been ordered to serve seven years behind bars on top of an initial sentence of nine-and-a-half years because he has failed to return millions of pounds defrauded from 20 international banks.”

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The Guardian, 24th February 2012

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Tropical fish plot cocaine smugglers jailed – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2012 in drug trafficking, news, sentencing by tracey

“Two men have been jailed for trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of £1.6m from Colombia to Nottingham in bags of tropical fish.”

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BBC News, 24th February 2012

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No charges over seized Manchester United fanzine – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2012 in Crown Prosecution Service, inciting racial hatred, media, news, police, sport by tracey

“Nobody will be charged over copies of a Manchester United fanzine seized before the match with Liverpool amid fears its cover would stoke a racism row.”

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BBC News, 24th February 2012

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IPCC to investigate new claims of police leak to News International – The Guardian

Posted February 25th, 2012 in inquiries, interception, media, news, police by tracey

“The police watchdog has begun an inquiry into claims a senior officer who worked on Scotland Yard’s original 2006 phone-hacking investigation leaked information to a News International executive. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was investigating after being passed information from Operation Elveden, the Met police inquiry into alleged payments to officers by journalists.”

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The Guardian, 24th February 2012

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Caroline Spelman facing six-figure legal bill over bid to stop press printing story about son – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 25th, 2012 in freedom of expression, injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest, sport by tracey

“Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is facing a six-figure legal bill after losing a High Court bid to stop a newspaper publishing a story about her teenage son’s rugby-playing career.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2012

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