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“The allegations of sexual abuse against the two children were reportedly brought after police found photos of the two girls, aged five and six, among his collection.”
“This is the largest number of pictures seized in Austria in the course of a single operation,”
“Two charges of common assault and making a threat to kill should remain on file.”
“Brian Mackay, from Edinburgh, had agreed to process the cash for a Nigerian woman he met in an internet chatroom between May and July 2008. [...] He was ordered to complete 260 hours of unpaid work for his part in the con.”
“was jailed for 18 months.”
“Earlier this week, seven under-aged initiates were rescued from an illegal initiation school run by a 55-year-old unregistered traditional surgeon who had been arrested several times for the offence.”
“who had been arrested several times for the offence.”
“Over the next six weeks researchers from the force will visit communities across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Powys.”
“They will be asked what they think of the service and what the priorities should be over the coming year.”
“He was sentenced to a 12-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months.”
“Prosecutors said he killed the swan, which is protected by law, in the early hours of 10 May on an embankment near The Swan Hotel.”
“Mr Miah has been very fortunate to escape going straight to jail. Four people have gone to prison for killing swans in the past 10 years.”
“Three companies have been convicted of health and safety breaches in relation to the Buncefield oil depot explosion in Hertfordshire in December 2005.”
“This was the biggest and most complex criminal inquiry we have worked on together - the product of many hundreds of hours of painstaking forensic investigation.”
“Sentencing of the companies by trial judge Mr Justice Calvert-Smith will take place back at St Albans Crown Court next month.”
“Ten prison service staff who faced disciplinary charges following the suicide of a prisoner at Maghaberry Jail have been reinstated after appeals.”
“Colin Bell, who was serving a life sentence for murder, hanged himself at the jail in July 2008.”
“Two senior prison officers recommended for demotion have also been returned to their previous positions, with a formal warning.”
“The cases of three other prison officers have yet to be resolved.”
“The Northern Ireland Prison Service confirmed that an independent appeal panel had concluded its deliberations in 10 out of the 13 cases.”
“On Thursday, the director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Robin Masefield, said he intended to step down from his post before the end of this year.”
“Officers have arrested 14 men in the city on suspicion of breaching orders since the end of May.”
“These 14 arrests follow on from work we did to help convict eight Portsmouth men following trouble at the Carling Cup fixture against Carlisle in October last year.”
“Of the 14 men arrested since May, four pleaded guilty before Portsmouth magistrates and were fined, given curfews or supervision orders.”
“Three were charged and released on police bail to appear in court on 22 June.”
“He was jailed for three and a half years at the High Court in Edinburgh.”
“Mark Wallace, 26, from Elmwood Drive in Bangor, told friends he was thinking of stabbing Katie Hughes weeks in advance of her death in April 2009.”
“Wallace, a former drug addict, was once forced to leave NI by paramilitaries. On the night of the murder Wallace went into the kitchen of the house in Park Avenue in Bangor and returned to a sofa to sit beside Ms Hughes, who has a four yea…”
“Mr Justice Hart said that on his own admission Wallace had attacked a man at a party a few days before the murder. He said he had hit him over the head with a bottle.”
“He said: "It was done for health and safety reasons [given] the dirt and rubbish these geese leave. There's been outrage because it was the day after the shootings in Cumbria and it unnerves people, which we will admit was wrong. But Canad…”
“Terry Follows, cabinet member for environment, waste management and neighbourhood services, said Stoke-on-Trent City Council would look into how it deals with geese.”
“"As the suspect was acting suspiciously police decided to search him and the 30 tickets were discovered," said police spokeswoman Sally de Beer.”
“Greater Manchester Police chiefs have put a freeze on recruiting new officers as part of efforts to save £6.9m.”
“It follows a reduction in the annual police grant announced as part of the coalition's £6.2bn of spending cuts.”
“We've got the lowest crime in Manchester for ten years, the lowest gun crime for eight years.”
“The move, decided by the Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA), means retiring officers will not be replaced.”
“Lawrence, who was jailed in 2005 with a minimum tariff of 21 years, has been transferred to another prison.”
“Lawrence is serving life for murder and for plotting two further killings.”
“The plot was uncovered when prison guards spotted the phrase 'more heat, less light' in one of his letters.”
“Parkhurst lost its maximum security status after three inmates escaped in 1995.”
“David Baker, 24, was cycling on Central Bridge when he was attacked by a gang on 8 June at 2340 BST.”
“Police have taken the "unusual" step of naming two people they want to question over the attack Paul Johnson, 21, and Timothy Horstead, 20, of Thornhill.”
“An 18-year-old woman arrested last week has since been released on bail.”
“He had been charged with attempting to smuggle arms and explosives from Europe in an alleged Real IRA arms operation.”
“Mr Kearns had denied two charges of plotting to possess guns and explosives between May 2005 and June 2006.”
“He faces a total of six charges including conspiring to get arms and explosives, IRA membership and three charges of using money for the purposes of terrorism.”
“She could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison if convicted.”
“Police said his injuries were not life-threatening.”
“Two men have been arrested and are being questioned.”
“Police were called at approximately 0905 BST to reports of an assault at Chester Road, N9. Police and London Ambulance Service attended and discovered a male in his 20s suffering from a stab wound to his chest.”
“Police refused to comment on whether a row over parking was the reason for the stabbing.”
“The killings bring to 16 the number of people who have died in such shootings in the southern port city since 1 June.”
“We anticipate retaliatory attacks and explosions by the rebels over the weekend, he said.”
“A local rebel militia has also called for a separate strike in the area on Friday in protest against 'police atrocities on innocent villagers'.”
“Meanwhile, 29 activists appeared in court on trespassing charges after being arrested on Monday for allegedly breaking into the Forsmark nuclear power plant.”
“He was convicted in 1985 of fatally shooting a lawyer during an attempt to escape from a court where he was facing another murder charge dating from 1984.”
“The execution was carried out at a prison in Draper, a suburb of Salt Lake City, by a five-man firing squad of police officer volunteers.”
“More than 20 of Gardner's friends and family members had gathered outside the prison to hold a vigil.”
“Convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner, who had spent 25 years on death row, was executed soon after midnight local time (0600 GMT), after a final appeal had been rejected.”
“Gardner, 49, chose the firing squad before Utah banned the method in 2004.”
“It's been a balancing act of being sensitive to the families who lost loved ones and the family who lost a loved one tonight.”
“Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff used the Twitter micro-blogging site to say he had given the go-ahead for execution.”
“Utah Governor Gary Herbert also rejected a request for a temporary stay on Thursday, saying Gardner's legal team had presented no material that had not already been considered by the courts.”
“State legislators removed that choice in 2004 and made lethal injection the standard method - but inmates sentenced before then can still opt for a firing squad.”
“the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani says that of the nine members of the state's death row who can choose the method, four say they want to die this way.”
“Warren Blackwell was convicted in 1999 of sexual assault”
“Mr Blackwell was jailed in October 1999 and was released in February 2003”
“Nothing can bring back the three years four months he wrongly spent in prison”
“The woman who made the false allegations was named in the House of Lords in 2006 by Labour peer Lord Campbell-Savours, during exchanges about the rape laws”
“Warren Blackwell served more than three years in prison”
“Northamptonshire Police acknowledges and regrets that some aspects of the investigation and handling of information, which emerged after Mr Blackwell's conviction in 1999, fell well below the required standard”
“300lb bomb”
“Eleven people have been arrested and 32 vehicles taken off the roads in an Essex Police operation at Thurrock services on the M25.”
“He avoided having his car seized but was still given a £200 fixed penalty notice and six penalty points for not being insured at the time he was first seen by police.”
“Ross Webber, 28, a bank worker from East Lothian, received eight years and nine months in June 2009 for his involvement in the gang.”
“Milligan, a civil servant from Glasgow, was jailed for 17 years.”
“Lothian and Borders Police's Operation Algebra began in late 2007”
“Eight men were convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh last year.”
“The very first Al Qaeda terrorist arrested in the UK was Moinul Abedin, from Sparkbrook, convicted of bombmaking and jailed for 20 years in 2002.”
“She also said there had been 11 convictions for terrorist-related activity in Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath since 2007.”
“Surrey Police said two men took Oakley sunglasses worth £1,000 and spectacles worth £500 from the shop display in High Street, Cranleigh.”
“We are keen to trace not only the suspects witnessed at the scene but also the stolen goods. I would appeal to anyone who may be offered these items for sale in an unusual venue or has any knowledge of there whereabouts to contact Surrey …”
“has been jailed for 12 months.”
“Dawn Ellison admitted 10 counts of theft at Bolton Crown Court”
“Dawn Ellison, 48, of Bury Road in Radcliffe, stole £32,000 from RRG Group in Bolton, where she worked as a senior accounts supervisor, police said. She was responsible for banking cash the company received, but from November 2008 to Januar…”
“has been jailed for 12 months”
“Regarding Brokenborough there's no mud on the main road whatsoever.”
“In this case the time between the first report to Wiltshire Police and the fatal collision was nearly one and a half hours and during this period possibly a hundred drivers safely negotiated the same stretch of road in the same conditions.”
“It concluded that a constable and a police community support officer did not perform their duties properly.”
“A constable later responded to a 999 call at about 1850 GMT that a car had skidded off the road into a hedge.”
“They also concluded that Mr Kayran had not been speeding.”
“She said it was contradicted by eyewitnesses, including the force's collision investigation experts, that the road was 'treacherously slippery'.”
“The IPCC investigation report concluded that the two officers' performance of their duties was deficient.”
“possibly a hundred drivers safely negotiated the same stretch of road in the same conditions.”
“For those reasons I have not accepted the recommendations of the IPCC in connection with the conduct of the officers and have decided that I will not hold any conduct hearings (disciplinary hearings) in respect of them.”
“served five years in jail”
“jailed for seven years and three months in 2005”
“Stephen Taylor was jailed for 10 months at Minshull Street Crown Court.”
“The rare watches were stolen during a robbery in Mottram Old Road, Stalybridge, in the early hours of 12 April, police said.”
“A 17-year-old girl was also assaulted in the incident.”
