A former Cleveland Police officer is accused of assaulting his girlfriend, whose garage had allegedly been used to store a cannabis factory. Investigators also claim the policeman hid a knife under his girlfriend’s bed, with texts uncovered on his phone allegedly informing her it was there to use as a weapon “just in case something […] […]
Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing accusations in the wake of the Plymouth shootings of dragging her feet over advice to tighten the rules on issuing firearms and shotgun licences. The Liberal Democrats said Ms Patel had so far failed to act on recommendations in a Home Office consultation document calling for new suitability checks […] […]
The best friend of a Lincolnshire domestic abuse victim, who died after waiting eight minutes on hold to police desperately trying to report her boyfriend, has called for more justice saying “you can’t grieve when there’s still doors that aren’t closed”. A confidential report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct that wasn’t meant to […] […]
The police watchdog will investigate Devon and Cornwall Police’s decision-making in relation to Plymouth gunman Jake Davison’s possession of a shotgun and a certificate for the weapon. Davison, 22, shot and killed his 51-year-old mother Maxine Davison, also known as Maxine Chapman, at a house in Biddick Drive in the Keyham area of the city […] […]
A Coventry policeman says he did not recognise a domestic abuse victim in a photograph he is alleged to have had sex, a jury was told. West Midlands Police officer Marc Forth replied “no” when asked point-blank by his barrister during a trial at Warwick Crown Court whether he had had sex with her. Forth, […] […]
A married police officer who stalked his former lover after falsely reporting that she had breached Covid-19 rules in acts of “twisted vengeance” has been spared jail. Stephen Green, who was a sergeant with West Mercia Police, had previously admitted a single charge of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, ahead of his sentencing at […] […]
A Hampshire Constabulary detective constable has been convicted of forging a witness statement during a murder investigation. Detective Constable Robert Ferrow completed and signed the statement of a witness during the investigation into the murder of Lucy-Anne Rushton in Andover, Hampshire in June 2019. He told investigators he felt “pressured to complete the statement due […] […]
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick added that she has asked officers to again review allegations connected to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, having so far decided not to open an investigation. Appearing on LBC Radio on Thursday morning, Dame Cressida was asked what inquiries have taken place into the allegations from Virginia Giuffre […] […]
Scotland Yard says it will review its decision not to investigate whether the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed crimes in London, after one of his accusers lodged a civil case against Prince Andrew in New York. The Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said no-one was above the law, but would not be opening […] […]
The mother of a County Durham man who died in a police cell has told ITV News Tyne Tees she is “disgusted” at the way Durham Constabulary officers treated him in the final hours of his life. Jake Anderson was arrested on 24 June 2019 on suspicion of alleged assault. He had a history of […] […]
Cleveland Police officers may have used force to punish suspects while they were in their custody, a critical new report has said Detainees are being placed at a “significant risk of harm” by failings across the force’s custody suites according to joint report, from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and […] […]
The “shameful” case of a violent 12-year-old boy who was detained in hospital by 15 police officers illustrates the “systemic failings” in England’s care system, according to the body representing all of England’s directors of children’s services. The boy was physically and chemically restrained in hospital last month. The disruption meant seriously ill children had […] […]
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