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“14 out of 18 murders across Strathclyde since 1 April had been drink-related.”
“An Edinburgh woman who put methadone on a baby's dummy to stop him crying has been jailed for three years.”
“Sheriff Alistair Noble jailed Cowan for a total of 10 months, eight months for a charge brought under the Children and Young Persons Act and two months for missing a previous court date.”
“Police were called in when tests revealed methadone was in the baby's system two days later.”
“Lord Bannatyne ordered the three year sentence to follow a 26-month sentence Taylor was currently serving for snatching a 66-year-old woman's bag at knife-point.”
“At a recent football match supporters unveiled a huge banner with the words, 'death to the crooked noses'. The clubs involved have been punished and the fans responsible arrested.”
“An independent review was ordered after the 23-month-old was killed by his mother's boyfriend, who was jailed for 10 years for the attack.”
“His report found resources in the police, council and NHS had been increased and that staff were able to deal better with pressures.”
“He had been detained twice in the previous week, and was on police bail.”
“The new Amber Valley MP, Nigel Mills, used his maiden Commons speech to back an inquiry into how police dealt with a mentally-ill killer.”
“"The case is made more difficult by the fact the alleged perpetrator of these offences had been arrested twice by the police the week before from accusations of domestic violence."”
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating how police handled the case.”
“"I do welcome the fact that Derbyshire Police has called in the Independent Police Complaints Commission to review their actions."”
“On Monday Monika Lewandowska, a spokeswoman for Warsaw prosecutors, said that the first withdrawal on two stolen cards was made about two hours after the crash.”
“Diego Dias, 20, and Jones Sousa dos Santos, 28, both from Brazil, were convicted of the manslaughter of Paul Houston, 51, in Portugal last year.”
“They were sentenced to 14 years in prison when they appeared in court in Portugal on Monday.”
“Portuguese police arrested the pair three days after the attack as they prepared to flee the country.”
“The nine fibreglass sculptures were targeted over the weekend and have been removed for repair.”
“Mr Qin said the case was being investigated, but gave no further details. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference in Beijing that the four residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, had been shot 'on suspicion o…”
“Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who said they were detained on the Chinese side, were sentenced to 12 years' hard labour but were freed in August after four months in captivity, as part of a diplomatic mission spearheaded by former US President B…”
“A US man, Robert Park, was also arrested in December last year, after walking into North Korea across a frozen river. He was released in February.”
“A fourth person was reportedly injured in the incident near the north-eastern border town of Dandong.”
“Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference in Beijing that the four residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, had been shot 'on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities'.”
“At least 11 people have been killed in Iraq in a wave of attacks on people who have opposed insurgents, police say.”
“Gunman Derrick Bird pointed a gun at two police officers during his rampage through Cumbria which left 12 people dead, it has emerged.”
“Because of the sensitivity of many targets in London, more than 2,700 Metropolitan Police officers are authorised to use guns.”
“The Police Federation, external which represents rank-and-file officers, called for a 5% increase in the number authorised to use guns.”
“When it surveyed, external 47,328 members, 82% said they did not want officers to be routinely armed on duty.”
“In April 2004, an ICM poll, external found 47% of the public supporting arming all police, with 48% against.”
“Three years ago, think-tank Policy Exchange, external found 72% of 2,156 adults wanted to see more armed police patrols.”
“after a successful trial in 10 force areas, thousands more of the devices are being issued to new police teams with specialist training.”
“In August 2009 Chief Constable Keith Bristow said the police operation had succeeded in protecting those who attended.”
“Police tried to have the event's licence revoked, citing concerns about "heightened" tension between the Hells Angels and a rival gang, the Outlaws.”
“They feared tension following the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin after the event in 2007 and a riot at Birmingham Airport in 2008.”
“was sentenced to a 26-week jail term”
“was jailed for a further eight weeks.”
“The CPS decided there was only enough evidence in three of the deaths to press murder charges.”
“She was also facing 13 counts of unlawfully administering poison to 12 other patients and another of attempting to murder 42‑year‑old Michael Parker in June 2002.”
“Police say it may be six weeks before the cause of former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable's death is established.”
“About 500 people packed a church to pay their respects to those killed in the Cumbrian shootings.”
“The service at St Begh's Priory in Whitehaven on Monday night, was part of a series of events to mark the murder of 12 people by gunman Derrick Bird.”
“Bird killed his brother and family lawyer before shooting dead ten others and then killing himself.”
“The service came on the same day that Cumbria Police confirmed unarmed officers tried to chase Bird during his shooting rampage but could not stop him.”
“As well as those he killed, Bird also wounded 11 others as he drove for 45 miles through the Cumbrian countryside.”
“Modified crops have been attacked in the past and in 2000 a field of maize being grown in Norfolk was trashed by 28 campaigners including Lord Peter Melchett of Greenpeace.”
“even though under 1% of the 10,300 Muslim prisoners in England and Wales had been convicted of terrorism.”
“Three years ago the Prison Service began training staff to identify and respond to signs of radicalisation.”
“Muslim prisoners were 'too often' seen as potential extremists.”
“Police in southern India have detained hundreds of Tamil demonstrators ahead of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's three-day visit.”
“Mohamed Alessa, 20, and Carlos Almonte, 24, from New Jersey, were arrested on Saturday before they could board flights to Egypt, then Somalia.”
“Greater Manchester Police (GMP) claims that there is up to a ten-fold increase during sporting events.”
“Officials are drafting a change to the law which would let police set up a temporary headquarters on protected land during the 2012 London Olympics”
“A man who committed a £25,000 robbery while on day release from a Kent prison has been jailed for 11 years.”
“Neil Corrigan, 28, from Dover, had been serving a jail term at Standford Hill open prison on the Isle of Sheppey when he targeted Barclays Bank in Swanley.”
“He was helped by former prisoner Ricky Johnson, 25, of no fixed address, who was jailed for nine years.”
“Corrigan had served five years of a nine-year sentence for robbery when he carried out the raid on the security van instead of going to a work placement on day release.”
“Mexican police say 55 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned mine that appears to have been used as a mass grave by drugs gangs.”
“Only six have so far been identified - one was the director of a local prison.”
“Police believe a baby girl missing after she was not returned to her carers in County Down was taken on a ferry to Scotland by her parents.”
“Police said it was understood they travelled to Belfast and boarded the 1145 BST sailing to Stranraer.”
“Tom Bennett, aged 18, from Grove, has been arrested after causing trouble in Wantage and Grove on 11 occasions.”
“51% of people say they feel strongly that the federal government should pursue criminal charges against BP”
“51% of people say they feel strongly that the federal government should pursue criminal charges against BP and the other companies involved in the disaster”
“Amnesty International described the two-year sentences for eight people as "too little, too late".”
“Twenty-five years is an unacceptable length of time for the survivors of the disaster and families of the dead to have waited for a criminal trial to reach a conclusion.”
“The seven former employees, some of whom are now in their 70s, were also ordered to pay fines of 100,000 Indian rupees (£1,467; $2,125) apiece.”
“Cairns, the child's father, was detained twice in the week before the killings, once under the Mental Health Act, before he was arrested for threatening to kill Miss Slack, an artist who had lived in Spain.”
“He was released on police bail and told not to contact Miss Slack, who was three months pregnant by a new boyfriend.”
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating how Derbyshire Constabulary handled the case.”
“A report by the Unamid peacekeeping mission said 440 people died in fighting in May between rebels and government forces, 126 in tribal violence and 31 in other violence, including murder.”
“Our operation took approximately three hours, resulting in a large volume of alcohol, equipment and two gaming machines being seized.”
“Fifteen people were in a domestic garage at Mourne Esplanade when it was searched at about 0200 BST on Sunday.”
“The police said it was the second search of such premises to be carried out in the south Down area in recent weeks.”
“the lawyer further claimed that in police interviews the youth finally admitted taking the pensioner's wallet, later found in his flat, and using £80 he took from it to pay his rent.”
“the teenager claimed in a 'fantastical tale' that he had found the pensioner dead in his Brook Valley home in Omagh on 11 April 2009.”
“He claimed later that 'the accused had the opportunity and motive' for the killing and that either Mr O'Neill had opened the door to him, or he had climbed in a back window on which only his fingerprint was found. ... However, the lawyer a…”
“The 17-year-old, who can not be named or identified for legal reasons denies killing Francis O'Neill. [...] The 78-year-old was found dead at his Omagh home in 2009.”
“The lawyer further claimed that in police interviews the youth finally admitted taking the pensioner's wallet, later found in his flat, and using £80 he took from it to pay his rent. [...] the teenager claimed in a 'fantastical tale' that …”
“the youth finally admitted taking the pensioner's wallet, later found in his flat, and using £80 he took from it to pay his rent.”
“when paramedics arrived they found Mr O'Neill sitting upright in chair in his living room and that while there were no visible signs of injury, there was a small amount of blood on his jumper.”
“He claimed later that 'the accused had the opportunity and motive' for the killing and that either Mr O'Neill had opened the door to him, or he had climbed in a back window on which only his fingerprint was found. [...] Mr McCollum admitte…”
“either Mr O'Neill had opened the door to him, or he had climbed in a back window on which only his fingerprint was found.”
“Bird killed 12 people on the rampage in west Cumbria before shooting himself.”
“was jailed for six years in August after he admitted extorting the money”
“was jailed for six years in August”
“who blackmailed his abuser for £203,000”
“He demanded £150,000”
“Phillips later made more than 30 threatening phone calls to him”
“a vintage car worth £15,000.”
“More than 100 specialists will be based at the building on the city's waterfront, which replaces the previously cramped conditions at Tayside police's headquarters.”
“We have a number of new laboratories in the building here which will allow us to recover evidence from items we could never actually recover in the past.”
“We've got new DNA facilities, we've got new contamination facilities as well, to make sure we're not in any way contaminating any crime scenes.”
“Suffolk Police received 26 calls about the damage between 0500 and 1500 BST”
“In 2009, Bateman was invited to appear on Big Brother to mark its 10th anniversary, but pulled out after declining to take part in an assault course. His place was taken by Phillips.”
“Two people have died in a parachuting accident, Nottinghamshire Police said.”
“Three men have each been jailed for 10 years over the death of a 22-year-old in a gang-related killing.”
“Craig Dodwell, 20, James McLauchlan, 21, and David McKay, 24, had previously admitted culpable homicide.”
“Steven Gracey, 20, of Germiston, also had his not guilty plea to the murder accepted and he instead admitted to an assault on Mr Crawford's friend Andrew Bain. He was jailed for a year.”
“Mr Crawford was in Forge Street on 24 May last year with some friends after they had watched the SPL title decider on television.”
“A 14-year-old boy also admitted assaulting Mr Crawford by punching him on the face. He was placed on probation for two years and ordered to be electronically tagged for six months.”
