Seni Lewis death: IPCC taken to court over report – BBC News
“The family of a man who died days after being restrained by police have asked judges to review the police watchdog’s report on his death.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 22 July 2013
Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to receive posthumous pardon for homosexuality conviction – The Independent
“The Government says it will not oppose a parliamentary bill that would quash the 1952 ‘gross indecency’ conviction.”
The Independent, 20th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council wins right to sell family assets to pay care bill – Daily Telegraph
“A local authority has won the right to sell off family heirlooms, including a £30,000 Lucien Pissarro painting, to pay for an elderly man’s care bills.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Michael Adebolajo injuries: prison officers deny wrongdoing – The Guardian
“Prison officers have denied any wrongdoing after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth when he was restrained in jail, a trade union said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Allotment-holders take legal action against Eric Pickles – The Independent
“Allotment-holders are taking legal action against Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, over his decision to approve the development of a site in Watford used by local families for more than 100 years.”
The Independent, 21st July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pryce prison picture not an invasion of privacy, decides PCC – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint that the Daily Telegraph intruded on the privacy of Vicky Pryce by publishing a picture of her in prison. It further rejected a complaint that the publication amounted to harassment.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Privacy actions up 22% as public fights storage of personal information on ‘big brother’ databases – The Independent
“A sharp rise in the number of privacy hearings in British courts has been fuelled by requests for ‘irrelevant’ personal information to be removed from police and other state databases, figures show.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Organist’s killer jailed for at least 25 years – The Guardian
“A man who battered a church organist to death as he walked to midnight mass has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years by a judge who told him: ‘Why you wished to inflict violence on another human being on Christmas Eve is known only to you.'”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Special court orders cast doubt on Kevin Lane murder conviction – The Guardian
“Doubts have emerged about the conviction of a contract killer following a trial in which special court orders were used to keep sensitive information out of the public domain.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
