‘The government has ruled out changing stop and search rules to allow police to use the power without reasonable grounds to suspect wrongdoing, while saying they want to “reduce bureaucracy” over such operations.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Five men have been jailed over the murder of a Romanian man who was chased down and stabbed to death in a London shopping centre, just weeks after he moved to the UK.’
The Independent, 7th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A series of stabbings on the streets of London has led to a renewed focus on knife crime and how to reduce it. One power available to the police is stop and search, and Home Secretary Sajid Javid has recently emphasised its importance in tackling violence: “If stop and search means that lives can be saved from the communities most affected, then of course it’s a very good thing,” he told the annual Police Superintendents’ Conference in September. But what powers are available to the police and what is the evidence they reduce crime?’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police officer who Tasered a man shortly before his death should not have held the trigger for such a long time, the police watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An association representing 120,000 police officers has launched legal action accusing the government of “cheating officers out of the pay increase they should receive”. The Police Federation said it had lodged an application for a judicial review of the decision to ignore an independent body’s recommended 3 per cent increase amid a rise in crime, demand and the terror threat.’
The Independent, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sharp jump in violent and sexual offences has fuelled a 17% increase in crimes recorded on Britain’s railways, official figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A convicted murderer who spent 18 months on the run after being sprung from custody by armed men has been jailed until at least 2051.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man with extreme racist and homophobic views has been jailed for more than three years for making bombs and stockpiling weapons including crossbows and knives at his home in a Devon village.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police officer who Tasered her force’s own race relations adviser in the face in a case of mistaken identity has been cleared of gross misconduct.’
The Independent, 5th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A police officer is to face a misconduct hearing for shooting a race relations adviser in the face with a stun gun claiming she mistook him for a man wanted on drugs charges.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police officer has been found not guilty of assault after Tasering a police race relations adviser in the face having mistaken him for a suspect.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘On Friday 13 April 2018 the Royal Air Force participated in air strikes (together with the United States and France) to degrade the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capability and to deter further chemical attacks. This intervention in Syria was not authorised by the UN Security Council, nor was the involvement of British troops approved by the House of Commons. Instead, the decision to send British forces to Syria was made by The Prime Minister Theresa in conjunction with the Cabinet. Readers can view her public statement from 14 April 2018 here. Events unfolded this way despite governmental acknowledgement of a War Powers Convention in the 2011 Cabinet Manual.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th April 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘This paper looks at the general prohibition in international law on the use of force or threat of force directed at other states, and the legal advice on which the Government decided to participate with the US and France in air strikes on Syrian government targets on 14 April.’
House of Commons Library, 16th April 2018
Source: www.parliament.uk
‘Human rights campaigners have begun an attempt to overturn a high court judgment that allows the British government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade brought the case against Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, seeking permission to appeal against a decision last July that granting licences for the export of arms from the UK to Saudi Arabia was not unlawful. CAAT has warned that British weapons could be used to kill or injure Yemeni civilians.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Adults convicted of possessing a knife or acid for use as an offensive weapon in public are likely to face longer prison terms when new sentencing guidelines for judges in England and Wales are introduced.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People caught with acid or other corrosive substances in public could face up to six months in jail under new guidelines for England and Wales.’
BBC News, 1st March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Nazi-sympathiser who threatened to petrol bomb mosques after the Manchester Arena attack and who had an array of medieval weapons at his home has been jailed for eight years.’
The Independent, 10th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police drew, aimed or fired Tasers in mental health hospitals, wards, and clinics 58 times in the first six months of figures being recorded.’
BBC News, 1st February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who sold firearms to criminals has been jailed for 14 years today for conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons and ammunition. Dr Mohinder Surdhar was sentenced today at Birmingham Crown Court. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons and ammunition. His co-conspirator, Paul Edmunds was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison on 21 December for supplying guns and ammunition linked to more than 100 crimes around the country.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 31st January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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