‘The police watchdog has urged the Metropolitan Police to stop an officer quitting so he can face misconduct proceedings after a death in custody.’
BBC News, 29th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A policewoman has become the fourth officer to be sacked over press leaks related to the “plebgate” affair.’
BBC News, 21st May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A policeman who was sentenced for punching a suspected shoplifter in the head earlier this week has been found to have breached professional standards in another incident where he sprayed peaceful protesters with CS gas.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A prison officer who had sex with an inmate and supplied drugs to prisoners at HMP Birmingham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘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
Regina v Mitchell (William) [2014] WLR (D) 61
‘To be the holder of a public office a person had to owe duties to the public over and above duties owed to individual citizens. Therefore a paramedic who did not owe such duties was not a holder of a public office.’
WLR Daily, 12th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A police officer who lied about witnessing the Plebgate row was jailed for 12 months today. Keith Wallis, 53, of West Drayton, West London, sent an email to Conservative deputy chief whip John Randall, who was his MP, wrongly claiming that he had seen what happened as Andrew Mitchell left Downing Street on September 19, 2012.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former worker at the high-security Broadmoor hospital has been given a suspended prison sentence after passing information to tabloid newspapers.’
BBC News, 20th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Belhaj and another v Straw and Others [2013] EWHC 4111 (QB) 20 December 2013. The High Court has struck out claims against British establishment defendants for “unlawful rendition”. The doctrine of immunity attaching to an act of state is total bar to that such claims and is not limited by the gravity of the alleged violation of rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th January 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The solicitor for MP Andrew Mitchell has confirmed that the costs appeal case is unlikely to go to the Supreme Court. Graham Atkins, founding partner at London firm Atkins Thomson, told the Gazette he had looked to have the case heard at the higher court but was advised it would not be successful.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Police Federation says it wants a judicial review of the police watchdog’s decision to investigate three officers who met the MP at the centre of the “plebgate” row.’
BBC News, 12th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Met police officer plans to resign after admitting misconduct in public office over the “plebgate” affair. PC Keith Wallis, 53, has admitted falsely claiming to have witnessed a row between then-cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell and police officers in Downing Street in September 2012. The diplomatic protection group officer has been bailed until 6 February when he is due to be sentenced.’
BBC News, 10th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Acting Detective Constable Hannah Notley never submitted papers on the case to the Crown Prosecution Service.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In a press conference, Mitchell condemned the police for failing to arrest Rowland or to interview him under caution, and attacked the Crown Prosecution Service for failing to get to the bottom of what had happened.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘CPS decisions in Operation Alice – incident at Downing Street on 19 September 2012.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th November 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A police officer is to be charged with misconduct in a public office over the Andrew Mitchell “Plebgate” row.’
BBC News, 26th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of women who are taking legal action against police chiefs over claims they were tricked into forming long-term relationships with undercover spies have lost their fight to have part of their case heard in public.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The trial of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and others linked with alleged phone-hacking at the now-defunct News of the World will begin on Monday at the Old Bailey, kicking off what is likely to be one of the longest criminal trials in recent memory.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policewoman with the Hampshire force who disclosed intelligence to criminals has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prosecutors are considering launching the first case against an undercover police officer deployed to infiltrate political campaigns. The Crown Prosecution Service is examining allegations of wrongdoing by Jim Boyling, a former member of a covert Metropolitan police unit which planted undercover officers in political groups for four decades.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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