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“has been jailed for 20 months”
“in June 2009”
“£40,000 in cash, ... six computers and passports in three names”
“A 21-year-old computer hacker has been jailed for 20 months for carrying out a complex online fraud which netted him tens of thousands of pounds.”
“Alistair Peckover, 21, of London Road, Hailsham, East Sussex, bought luxury items and more than £30,000 worth of gold bullion with the proceeds.”
“Peckover asked for 50 other offences to be taken into consideration.”
“Detectives seized a Porsche, £40,000 in cash, gold bullion, a Breitling and a Rolex watch, six computers and passports in three names from Peckover's home.”
“The 21-year-old received a suspended prison sentence in June 2009 for hacking into bookmaking sites to make a large profit for himself.”
“Sussex Police said just two months later he was illegally accessing the BT Openzone wireless network to get details of people's email accounts and their passwords.”
“Peckover also used the stolen identities to open gambling accounts with Ladbrokes and SkyBet.”
“Computer-based crime is not victimless.”
“Jasper was jailed for five years and banned from driving for five years.”
“Jasper, 25, who runs a small scaffolding company, gave himself in at Dunstable police station fifteen hours later.”
“Prosecutors said the car bomb went off, in less than the 30 minutes' warning given in two telephone calls said to have come from the Real IRA.”
“He was arrested in May under the Terrorism Act and claimed during interviews to have sold the car in November or December 2009 to members of the Traveller community for 850 euros, the court was told.”
“Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death in 1985, after fatally shooting lawyer Michael Burdell and severely wounding a bailiff Nick Kirk in an escape attempt from court. At the time, he was facing a murder charge in the case of the shooting of…”
“Although death by firing squad has been outlawed in Utah since 2004, the law does not apply to those convicted before that date, so Gardner was allowed to choose it as the method of his execution.”
“Mr DeLand, who oversaw executions by lethal injection and planned one execution by firing squad (which had to be abandoned at the last minute) wrote a prison manual in 1986 setting out a plan.”
“five anonymous marksmen bearing rifles took their places late on Thursday in a prison room to carry out the request of death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner”
“Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death in 1985”
“He would have been bathed in light, while they remained hidden in darkness some 20 feet away. A target was placed over his heart and a hood over his head before the five men opened fire. One gun was loaded with a dummy - probably wax - bul…”
“According to Mr DeLand's proposal, Gardner would have been taken to a holding cell 24-48 hours ahead of execution. There a prisoner is watched continually by rotating teams of prison staff, to ensure he doesn't try to take his own life. Th…”
“Donna Nu, his fiance at the time, told the BBC World Service in April that we should have 'gone past eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth'.”
“Mr Close, who served 10 years in jail for shooting a man dead at a bar in 1971, was found dead at his home in Canton Court, east Belfast.”
“The High Court in Glasgow heard that, on 18 August last year, the girl told her mother about the abuse and the police were contacted.”
“Little was also placed on the sex offenders register.”
“Safer Birmingham Partnerships (SBP) - a partnership of the police, the city council and other agencies - said 218 cameras, including 72 hidden ones, were put up to tackle all crime, predominately in the Washwood Heath and Sparkbrook wards.”
“He was originally sentenced in March after admitting a variety of offences, including four charges of inciting children to engage in sexual activity.”
“North Wales Police arrested him and found 10,000 images and 356 videos of child sex abuse.”
“At the Royal Courts of Justice in London Roger Kearney, 57, of Sarisbury Green, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years.”
“Mrs Poolton's husband, Ricky, was initially arrested on suspicion of murder and held on bail for five months until he was released without charge.”
“A Dutch court has sentenced five Somali men to five years in prison for attacking a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden last year, in the first such case to come to trial in Europe.”
“Prosecutors had requested five years in jail.”
“Kenya, which holds more than 100 alleged pirates, has convicted 18 since 2007.”
“"The black market for wood products is often run by criminals fuelling conflict, robbing governments of revenue and causing irreversible environmental destruction."”
“Simon Summers, 36, who served for four and a half years, had suffered a drink and drugs problem after leaving the marines, the Old Bailey heard. He attempted to withdraw £8,500 using a false passport from a Barclays bank in Fleet Street, L…”
“The court heard he tried to carry out a similar fraud weeks later, but was caught and jailed for six months.”
“The prison service wants to cut costs by merging staff at the 370-inmate jail with HMP Highpoint which houses 1,000 prisoners across the road.”
“We aim to get good value for money for the taxpayer by meeting prison capacity requirements more efficiently.”
“We are discussing proposals to cluster HMP High Point and HMP Edmunds Hill.”
“No decisions have yet been taken, but we are keeping staff updated on the process.”
“Taylor was sentenced to nine months in jail, suspended for two years.”
“Prosecutor David Evans said Taylor had been up all day before leaving Plymouth about 2230 BST, stopping only for petrol and cups of coffee on the 10-hour trip which covered 555 miles.”
“Prosecutor David Evans said Taylor had been up all day before leaving Plymouth about 2230 BST...”
“Taylor, 26, of Plymouth, Devon, had not slept for 22 hours when she hit the back of a tractor and trailer on the A38 in Ashburton in April 2009.”
“The crash had already cost two lives and caused 'appalling suffering' and depriving Taylor of her liberty would only cause more suffering.”
“The court had heard Taylor, her father Gordon and stepbrother Michael, 17, were injured in the smash which happened as she tried to complete an overnight round trip to Liverpool from her home in Plymouth because of a 'family difficulty'.”
“two-year prison sentence”
“This criminal damage has been carried out by vandals who appear to think they are above the law.”
“The announcement comes a day after a man died following an industrial accident at the Forgemasters site.”
“He told the 81-year-old resident of the property in the Bellfields area that he had detained a man, then showed her an identity card "like a sheriff's badge".”
“Det Con James West said he was hoping the e-fit would jog people's memories and prompt someone to come forward with information on the incident, which happened just before 1900 BST on 7 June.”
“In a separate incident on the same day, a 93-year-old woman in Woking was also visited by men claiming to be police.”
“The bogus callers called at her house in Goldsworth Park, sometime between 1630 and 1730 BST, claiming they had received a report of a shadowy figure in front of her windows.”
“Police have an e-fit image of the man, thought to be aged in his 20s. He had a "weathered" appearance and short, mousey blond hair. At the time of the incident he was wearing a brown, long-sleeved jumper with black trousers and black shoes.”
“Both suspects were described as being white and middle-aged.”
“The offender who spoke to the woman had grey fluffy hair and wore dark clothes.”
“The second suspect was described as wearing casual clothes.”
“Garry Purdham, 31, a semi-professional rugby league player, was the ninth person to die in the shooting rampage, near Gosforth on 2 June.”
“During the rampage Bird, 52, killed 12 people and wounded 11 others before killing himself.”
“The events of a fortnight ago were a tragedy of incomprehensible proportions which afflicted a region where Rugby League is an intrinsic part of the community.”
“Her husband, a retired civil servant, was charged with her murder the following day.”
“earlier this year issued a declaration of no confidence in Robin Masefield and his management team”
“Two men caught with cocaine worth about £3.2m have admitted being involved in the supply of drugs.”
“The cocaine seized from Currie had an estimated value of £2.8m.”
“Some of the stash, which had a potential value of £411,000, was stuffed inside a plastic bag.”
“it was the largest cocaine recovery in several years.”
“Officers from Strathclyde's major crime and terrorism unit were involved in the raids and said it was the largest cocaine recovery in several years.”
“The officer was found not guilty of common assault at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in March.”
“Police said 120,000 Ashkenazi Jews rallied in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv.”
“The protests were triggered by a court ruling sentencing some 80 Ashkenazi parents to jail.”
“Some 100,000 protesters marched through Jerusalem with the 40 couples, who planned to hand themselves over to the police in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling.”
“About 10,000 police officers were mobilised in the city.”
“A similar protest in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv drew about 20,000 people, said police.”
“If found guilty, they face up to 20 years in prison.”
“Parmar, regarded by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as the mastermind of the Air India bombing, was killed by police in India in 1992.”
“Reyat ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the Air India bombing, and was sentenced to only five years in prison.”
“Police in Bristol have seized a shotgun and cannabis with a street value of more than £230,000.”
“In total, officers seized more than 400 cannabis plants, dried cannabis, almost £40,000 in cash, a shotgun, and two Rolex watches.”
“A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply, and money laundering. He was also arrested on suspicion of abstracting electricity, the police spokesman said.”
“He said it was being examined to determine whether it was real or imitation. A spokesman said firearms officers were sent to Shamrock Road at about 1610 BST on Wednesday after a member of the public reported finding a gun.”
“Keran Henderson, 43, of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, was jailed in 2007 for three years for manslaughter.”
“A jury at Reading Crown Court convicted Henderson, a mother of two, by a majority of 10 to two at the end of a five-week trial.”
“The first category, all possible incidents that would be hypothetically recordable by police, suggested that 24% of all children were a victim of theft and violence - a rate four times higher than for adults.”
“The experimental British Crime Survey figures said up to 2.2m crimes of theft and violence took place against under 16s.”
“When asked to judge for themselves, just 6% of children perceived themselves to be victims of crime.”
“The pilot project interviewed 3,700 children in their homes in 2009 as part of the rolling British Crime Survey (BCS), the government's favoured measure of counting crime.”
“The experimental figures for the Home Office have been almost two years in the making.”
“That method suggested there were 404,000 crimes, rather than 2.2m, even though some of the children counted trivial incidents...”
“Across all categories, the experimental data showed that children were far less likely to report their experiences than adults with just 11% going to the police compared to almost four in 10 adults.”
“The Home Office is asking the public about the experiment in a consultation which runs until September”
“10 villagers, two teachers and a writer had been arrested from West Midnapore because of suspected links with the Maoists”
“In late May, more than 145 people were killed when a train crashed in West Bengal after Maoist rebels allegedly sabotaged the rail track.”
“Mr Singh said earlier 10 villagers, two teachers and a writer had been arrested from West Midnapore because of suspected links with the Maoists.”
“Neil Murphy, 18, was beaten in what police called a 'sustained attack' in Marie Curie Avenue, Bootle, on the afternoon of Saturday 5 June.”
“Two men have already been charged with his murder.”
“Five people have been arrested but no one has ever been charged.”
“Police said two semi-automatic pistols and some ammunition were found in the Gateshead area within months of the attack and one was forensically linked to the shooting.”
“A £1.5m police custody suite is being officially opened at Crawley police station.”
“Last year, Sussex Police managed approximately 45,000 detainees in 126 cells across six custody suites.”
