‘Offensive’ nude scanner app ad shown during soap banned – BBC News
‘A TV advert for a “nude scanner” mobile phone app has been banned after it was shown during a prime-time show.’
BBC News, 19th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: complaints
Lostprophets’ Ian Watkins: Claims paedophile could have been caught sooner – BBC News
‘Calls have been made for an inquiry into claims paedophile rock star Ian Watkins could have been caught sooner.’
BBC News, 18th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police watchdog investigates vigilante murder of disabled Iranian refugee – The Guardian
‘Police watchdog investigators are carrying out house-to-house inquiries in the Bristol street where a disabled Iranian refugee was murdered by a vigilante who wrongly believe him to be a paedophile.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police failings left suspect free to shoot man in face resulting in ‘life-changing’ injuries – The Independent
‘A suspected gunman was free to shoot a man in the face after apparent police failings meant that he was not identified as the owner of a sawn-off shotgun seized in a police operation 17 months earlier, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 12th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina v Walker & Son (Hauliers) Ltd – WLR Daily
Regina v Walker & Son (Hauliers) Ltd [2014] EWCA Crim 100; [2014] WLR (D) 49
‘If a defendant knew that waste operations were occurring on his land, ignorance of the fact that such operations were being carried out in breach of the requirement for an environmental permit was no defence to a charge of knowingly permitting the operation of a regulated facility without an environmental permit.’
WLR Daily, 6th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
70% of shelved child abuse inquiries could be reopened following complaints by victims – The Independent
‘Dozens of historic child abuse inquiries could be restarted following complaints by victims of being let down by the criminal justice system.’
The Independent, 5th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Call for review of rape complainants’ treatment after woman’s death – The Guardian
‘A police and crime commissioner has called for a review of how sex offence complainants are treated by the courts after the death of a woman days after a jury acquitted a man accused of raping her.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman falls to death days after man accused of raping her is cleared – Daily Telegraph
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the death of a woman who twice gave evidence in the trial of a man accused of raping her.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
EastEnders cleared over ‘racist’ complaints – BBC News
‘EastEnders has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog over complaints about a Muslim character berating her father for dating a “white woman”.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mike Hancock case: woman wins right to see full QC report – The Guardian
‘The alleged sexual assault victim of MP Mike Hancock has won the right to see a full version of an independent QC’s report about her accusations.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC to investigate police handling of Hamzah Khan case – The Guardian
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to investigate whether officers mishandled the case of a four-year-old boy whose mummified remains were found in his cot almost two years after he died.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Personal data and fitness to practice investigations – Tribunal overturns ‘neither confirm nor deny’ position – Panopticon
‘When an identifiable individual has been the subject of a formal complaint about their competence or conduct, that fact constitutes their personal data. In terms of privacy/publicity decisions, such situations are often approached in this way: where the complaint is well founded or at least merits serious consideration, publication is warranted, but otherwise confidentiality is maintained, lest unjustified aspersions be cast against that person.’
Panopticon, 17th January 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
IPCC face conferring ban after fatal police shootings – The Independent
‘Police officers could be banned from conferring after fatal shootings in the wake of the death of Mark Duggan.’
The Independent, 17th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police admit they should have reviewed tactic used in Mark Duggan case – The Guardian
‘The Metropolitan Police has admitted it was wrong not to review its use of the “hard stop” tactic employed in the shooting of Mark Duggan in 2011, despite being advised to do so by the complaints watchdog.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ombudsman and council in standoff over £60,000-plus payment – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Local Government Ombudsman and a local authority are at loggerheads over a recommendation that the council pay out more than £60,000 to a man forced to become a full-time carer for his wife.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Hillcroft nursing home care workers jailed for abusing elderly residents – The Guardian
‘Three nursing home staff have been jailed and a fourth given a community sentence for tormenting and abusing elderly residents with dementia, actions described by the trial judge as “gratuitous sport at the expense of vulnerable victims”.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
