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“I arrived to open up the gallery, and a riot van and two squad carriers were outside.”
“A Metropolitan Police spokesman said police were sent to the gallery at about 1020 BST.”
“The inquest heard how police officers named the baby Patrick because he was discovered the day after St Patrick's Day.”
“Andrew Longmire, 54, from Bolton, was given 11 life sentences in 1988 after he was convicted of 11 rapes.”
“Longmire, who appeared by video link from Whitemoor maximum security prison in Cambridgeshire, was given the life sentence with a minimum of two years by Judge Alan Goldsack QC after admitting the rape.”
“Det Sgt Ian Harding, who led the Sheffield case - part of a wider cold case review operation by South Yorkshire Police - said Longmire had already been given 11 life sentences with a minimum of 20 years for his earlier crimes in the 1980s,…”
“Longmire raped his 26-year-old victim at her home in the Sharrow area of Sheffield on 7 September, 1981.”
“Det Sgt Harding told the BBC: "The offence of rape is always horrific for the victims, however this is made even worse by the fact that this lady was in her home and she had a three-year-old child who witnessed the attack."”
“During the hunt for him he evaded police at Leeds railway station and went on to shoot at two officers when he was finally arrested in Bebington, Merseyside, in 1988.”
“The officers were not injured and Longmire was later convicted of their attempted murder.”
“Poles Marcin Skibicki, 29 of Bute Street, Luton and Pawal Pilipow, 25 of Rye Close, Stevenage, deny murder.”
“The assault happened when the pair tried to stop a row outside a pub in Shirley on 30 April. One was left unconscious with a fractured eye socket. Both suffered facial cuts and bruises.”
“Police said the attacked crew members, aged aged 28 and 36, had been in the Shirley Hotel pub in Shirley High Street at about 2130 BST on Friday 30 April when they became aware of the argument outside.”
“The Metropolitan Police are investigating 28 allegations of postal vote fraud and electoral irregularities in 12 boroughs - Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, Barking and Dagenham, Westminster, Enfield, Hounslow, Haringey, Ealing, Brent, Bexleyheath,…”
“Tower Hamlets Council said it had alerted the police about 10 allegations relating to postal fraud and removed 141 people from the electoral register.”
“The 41-year-old, who admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, was sentenced to four years and three months.”
“A man caught with £114,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed...”
“He replied 'Yes underneath the chest of drawers in the kitchen next to my fridge'.”
“He told the court his client's pregnant partner was due to have a her baby in six weeks times and a prison term would mean he would miss the birth.”
“In 1998, O'Neill and Lauchlan were jailed for eight years and six years respectively for 31 charges of sexually abusing children.”
“An intercepted call alerted police that O'Neill and Lauchlan were grooming a six-year-old boy in Scotland. Over a six-week period they texted the child and his mother about 2,000 times...”
“Central Scotland Police took over the surveillance operation when they travelled to Falkirk with the boy and his mother to stay at a hotel in 2008. When officers searched the bedside cabinet they found a pair of the child's underpants and …”
“The pair were first charged with Mrs McGarrigle's murder in April 2005 - the year she was declared dead - but were not indicted after prosecutors considered the evidence.”
“On release from prison in 2007, they set up home in Blackpool and had to register with police as convicted sex offenders.”
“Although it would be 13 years between the murder and O'Neill and Lauchlan being found guilty...”
“Abdul Khan, 19, of Harrow, was told he must serve at least 22 years.”
“Khan, who fled to France then Germany after the killing, had denied murder but admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Hawadleh's friend.”
“The murder happened as Mr Hawadleh filled his silver Ford Focus at a petrol station in Harrow, north west London, in February.”
“O'Neill was told that he must serve at least 30 years in prison”
“Lauchlan must serve at least 26 years”
“They were also jailed for 10 years each for the sexual abuse of boys, aged six and 14”
“the same year that Mrs McGarrigle was formally declared dead, O'Neill and Lauchlan were charged with her murder”
“The pair were eventually arrested - after several more instances of child abuse - during a police operation in 2008.”
“In May this year, before the start of the trial, they were convicted of grooming a six-year-old boy having earlier sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy while they were living in Spain.”
“O'Neill was told that he must serve at least 30 years in prison while Lauchlan must serve at least 26 years.”
“They were also jailed for 10 years each for the sexual abuse of boys, aged six and 14, of which they were found guilty last month at the same court.”
“Mrs McGarrigle, whose body has never been found, was reported missing in 1998 and declared dead in 2005.”
“During the trial the court heard how Mrs McGarrigle had met O'Neill and Lauchlan in 1994 after moving to Rothesay, Isle of Bute, following her split from husband Robert.”
“The same year that Mrs McGarrigle was formally declared dead, O'Neill and Lauchlan were charged with her murder.”
“Bikes worth £30,000 were stolen from an event in nearby Margam Park in May.”
“as a further eight bikes worth around £10,000 were taken from a secure lock-up at the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre on Tuesday.”
“It is absolutely essential that all the visitors take every precaution available to them in order to keep their belongings safe.”
“I have no doubt that there is an organised crime group targeting this area and these events to steal the expensive mountain bikes.”
“As well as the theft from the National Mountain Bike Championships two weeks ago”
“He was arrested last month after he was captured on video appearing to exhort protesters to set fire to the Central World shopping centre in central Bangkok.”
“The offence of violating the state of emergency decree carries a two-year prison sentence.”
“Kenneth Palmer, 38, was reported missing to Northamptonshire Police by his father Roy on 11 December 2007.”
“On 21 February 2008 Natasha Richards, his son's neighbour in Brooke Greene, Wellingborough, contacted police.”
“Mr Foulkes, 22, was jailed for four months for breeding and owning the dog, after he pleaded guilty to three counts under the Dangerous Dogs Act at Liverpool Magistrates' Court in May.”
“"I can confirm that one Frontier Corps personnel has been killed in the attack," Zahid Shah, a senior Karachi police official, told the BBC.”
“I can confirm that one Frontier Corps personnel has been killed in the attack”
“Four others were wounded when the bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded”
“This is the first time that a military installation has been attacked in Karachi since an attack on a senior military commander in 2004”
“Philip Onyancha, 32, was arrested on Sunday after confessing to killing 17 people, mainly women.”
“For the last three days, Mr Onyancha has been leading the police on a gruesome tour of the country.”
“So far, four bodies have been found and he had led police to the sites of several unresolved murders.”
“Two Norwegians who had their death sentences overturned in April have again been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
“The BBC's Thomas Fessy in the capital, Kinshasa, says the tribunal in Kisangani has lowered the damages the convicted men and the Norwegian state have been ordered to pay from $500m (£300m) to $65m.”
“They were originally convicted of the spying and murder charges in September 2009 and lost an appeal in December.”
“They were originally convicted of the spying and murder charges in September 2009”
“The number of offenders punished for carrying a knife has fallen by 22%”
“Statistics for the first three months of this year show 19% of knife possession offences led to prison terms - the lowest figure for two years.”
“Police and courts in England and Wales dealt with 5,300 people accused of knife possession - a 22% drop compared with the same period in 2009.”
“This fall was more marked for young offenders, down to 1,000 from 1,400.”
“Adults caught holding a knife were told to expect a three-month prison sentence, although a guilty plea and other mitigation could lead to a lesser punishment.”
“Last year we had about 15 pipe bombs in the district, most of them would have been across Foyle.”
“This year, to date, we are up to 16.”
“There have been five security alerts in the north west in the past week because of pipe bombs”
“A pipe bomb is the equivalent of a hand grenade.”
“Penalty charges of £25 to £35 have been introduced but nobody has yet been prosecuted or had a badge withdrawn.”
“It is a criminal offence for the badge to be used by anyone other than the registered holder and abusers face a fine of up to £1,000.”
“Officers also want to speak to anyone who attended a party in Fairfield Road between April and early May.”
“More than 30 suspected football hooligans will be targeted in a two-day arrest operation by Staffordshire Police.”
“Eight people were arrested on the day after Port Vale supporters attacked police officers.”
“Police previously issued 11 images of suspects on the force website and through local media to be identified.”
“A UN tribunal has convicted two Bosnian Serbs for committing genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and sentenced them to life in prison.”
“Vujadin Popovic, 53, and Ljubisa Beara, 70, were among seven former high-ranking military and police officials to be sentenced.”
“The court jailed five other defendants for between five and 35 years.”
“Another chief of security, Drago Nikolic, was found guilty of aiding and abetting genocide, and sentenced to a prison term of 35 years.”
“More than 70 litres (123 pints) of alcohol was seized from youths drinking in parks in Stirlingshire and Falkirk over two nights, police have said.”
“A Pakistani-American has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a court in New York for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.”
“Hashmi was arrested in London in 2006 and became the first person to be extradited under laws brought in by the UK after the 11 September 2001 attacks.”
“Hashmi's sentencing was part of a last-minute deal with prosecutors in April in which he admitted certain charges in exchange for three other counts being dropped, thereby avoiding a trial and up to 70 years in jail.”
“The number of arrests at the annual Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria fell by almost 50% this year, police say.”
“Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur - charges he strongly denies.”
“Analysts say the Freedom Party would not make an acceptable partner in a coalition, because Mr Wilders faces a criminal trial later this year on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination with his anti-Islamic film, Fitna.”
“Mr Cameron also said £200m in aid funding would be diverted from existing budgets to help Afghanistan build up its police and civil service capacity, in order to enable it able to handle its own security needs as soon as possible.”
“A US court has sentenced a prominent Florida lawyer to 50 years in prison for running a fraudulent investment scheme worth more than $1bn (£685m).”
“Rothstein, 47, was convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit bank transfer fraud, money laundering and criminal conspiracy related to the financial scam...”
“Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his actions as troops stormed the Palace of Justice in Bogota after it had been seized by left-wing rebels.”
“The case was opened in 2006 after video footage emerged showing some of them alive after the assault, being taken away by soldiers.”
“A man was jailed for nine years in March for the 2008 raid on Sheila Jeffrey's office in Town Yetholm.”
“They undertook a seven-mile pursuit in their car across country roads and did not give up until they had as much information about the vehicle as possible, which they passed to police.”
“who was jailed on corruption charges in 2006”
“Jack Abramoff was first convicted of faking a wire transfer of $23m (£13m) to obtain loans for the purchase of the SunCruz fleet of casino boats”
“A former Deputy Secretary of the Interior appointed by President George W Bush - J Steven Griles - was the highest level administration official convicted”
“It followed last week's resignation of party leader Dawn Purvis in protest at the murder of Bobby Moffett on the Shankill Road on 28 May.”
“The police have confirmed they believe UVF members murdered Mr Moffett and are also investigating the possibility that the killing was authorised by the organisation's leadership.”
“The 20-year-old man was arrested when he fell out of the rear wheel cavity as the jet landed at the west London airport on Sunday evening.”
“A Met spokesman said the man was arrested for stowing away in an aircraft, contrary to the Air Navigation Order 2009, but was cautioned and freed with no further action being taken.”
