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“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.”
“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.”
