‘A police officer who photographed a dead woman’s partially-naked body has been sacked after being found guilty of gross misconduct.’
BBC News, 12th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police forensics expert who illegally stored images of murder victims and crime scenes on his own computer has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 10th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former digital forensic police expert had admitted to unlawfully accessing and storing photos of corpses on his personal computer.’
The Independent, 9th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A watchdog has issued a warning over police officers’ “unacceptable” use of WhatsApp to share sensitive operational information and discriminatory comments.’
The Independent, 7th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A police officer made degrading and sexist insults about two murdered women as he shared pictures from the scene where they were found with a colleague photographing their bodies and also sharing the images via WhatsApp.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who has been the victim of deepfake pornography is calling for a change in the law.’
BBC News, 6th January 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when they submit them online than lighter-skinned men, according to a BBC investigation.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A jealous man who murdered his partner and shared images of her body on a messaging app with her family has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 1st September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The European Court of Human Rights court held in Gaughran v United Kingdom [2020] ECHR 144 that the police’s indefinite retention of DNA profile, fingerprints and photographs of person convicted of a minor offence without a possibility of review constituted an infringement of Article 8 ECHR (respect for private life). This is the latest in a number of cases where the ECtHR has disagreed with a decision of the Supreme Court and represents a further development of the meaning of “private life”.’
UK Police Law Blog, 30th April 2020
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Four men have been jailed in the year since the upskirting law was introduced in England and Wales, figures show.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four men have been convicted so far under the new “upskirting” legislation, the Crown Prosecution Service can reveal.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th September 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A British government lawyer has become the first person to be convicted of upskirting since it was made a crime under new legislation in April.’
The Independent, 23rd September 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘‘Upskirting’ perpetrators face two years in prison and being placed on the sex offenders register, as a new law making the act a specific criminal offence is expected to receive Royal Assent today.’
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A man who took a photograph up the skirt of a woman at a London Tube station has been fined £2,000.’
BBC News, 1st February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who launched a campaign against upskirting after being targeted at a festival 18 months ago has said “we did it!” after legislation was passed to make it a crime in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 15th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Website operators cannot lift copyrighted media lawfully posted elsewhere on the internet without first obtaining the rights holder’s permission to publish the image themselves, the EU’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
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