“Police forces face a multi-million-pound bill for establishing witness protection schemes after senior judges ruled yesterday that they are legally bound to ensure the safety of witnesses. Sir Anthony Clarke, the Master of the Rolls, found that the right to life enshrined in the Human Rights Act required police forces to protect vulnerable witnesses in criminal cases.”
The Times, 25th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior judges have upheld a landmark ruling that forces police across the country have to take legal responsibility for the protection of their witnesses.”
The Times, 24th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A police force lost a Court of Appeal challenge today over a landmark ruling that it failed to protect a witness murdered just days before he was due to give evidence.”
The Independent, 24th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police are to be given new powers to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged, the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail for unlawful computer access
Court of Appeal
“Police officers had to realise that accessing the police national computer for an improper purpose was an offence that required an immediate prison sentence.”
The Times, 12th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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