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“Don Reed was one of the first people he had opened fire on in Whitehaven - but survived with a wound to his back.”
“Next, Bird drove seven miles to Whitehaven where he shot dead fellow taxi driver Darren Rewcastle”
“Bird was eventually found dead in woodland in Boot, shortly after crashing his car near the River Esk.”
“A lone gunman opened fire in a building near the main Palais de Justice in Brussels at about 1115 (0915 GMT).”
“"He was present at the outset of the hearing," said Jean-Marc Meilleur of the Brussels prosecutor's office. "Toward the end of the session, he pulled a gun. Shots were fired, after which the killer fled."”
“A former councillor in Buckinghamshire has been sentenced to 100 hours community service for falsely claiming £6,323 in benefits while in office.”
“Police have confirmed that he had licences for the two weapons he used - a shotgun and a .22 rifle.”
“David Cameron has said there should not be a "knee-jerk reaction" to changing the laws on gun ownership after 12 people were shot dead in Cumbria.”
“It is not yet known what prompted Derrick Bird to drive around shooting people - leaving 11 injured as well as the 12 dead.”
“She said more than 100 detectives were taking part in the investigation and would be looking into Bird's history, his access to firearms and the "motivation for his actions".”
“Mrs May said that mass killings were "extremely rare" in Britain but said: "That doesn't make it any the less painful..."”
“Northern Constabulary said 25 police officers took part in the raids.”
“Sally Hatton, a hairdresser working at Sunshine Hairdressers in Potters Bar, described in a statement how she discovered 80-year-old victim Agnes Quinlivan trapped under rubble beneath a railway bridge.”
“It revealed a third of detainees at Brinsford Young Offenders Institution told government inspectors they had been victimised by other prisoners.”
“More than 400 young adults were held at Brinsford”
“She noted that its juvenile unit is due to close”
“it had also has had to absorb budget cuts.”
“The latest findings were from inspections in November and December.”
“The UVF was blamed for the murder of loyalist Bobby Moffett, 43, on the Shankill Road in Belfast on Friday.”
“He was arrested 18 months ago along with his brother and co-defendant, Robert Blagojevich.”
“If convicted, he could be sentenced to 415 years in prison and ordered to pay fines of $6m (£4.1m).”
“His predecessor as Illinois governor, Republican George Ryan, was convicted of racketeering and wire fraud and is now serving a six-and-a-half year sentence.”
“Police say that six children and nine women are among the dead.”
“Ciaran Mitchell and Karen Logue said the police did not visit them until 1100 BST on Thursday.”
“In December Kent Police said the facts were unclear as evidence had been destroyed by fire and work done to restore power.”
“Ms Purvis stepped down on Wednesday evening. She will continue as an independent assembly member at Stormont.”
“controversy over the shooting of loyalist Bobby Moffett, 43, which has been blamed on members of the UVF.”
“A 35-year-old man who was being questioned about the killing has been released. No-one else is being held by police investigating the death.”
“He agreed that the Moffett murder was 'a major factor' in Ms Purvis' decision.”
“147 assault rifles, 53 bayonets and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition”
“Two men have been arrested.”
“Inside, they found 147 assault rifles, 53 bayonets and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition they believe were heading across the border to Mexico.”
“This is one of the biggest cases we've ever seen here in this city”
“Drug-related violence in Mexico has left some 23,000 people dead since President Calderon came to office in December 2006 and launched a crackdown on drug gangs.”
“one man was arrested for possessing an offensive weapon”
“Police said Bird had firearms licences, which he is understood to have held for 20 years”
“Two weapons have been seized by police and are being examined by forensic experts.”
“Dr Barrie Walker, a local GP who was called to the scene of the Seascale shootings, said two young girls had witnessed Mr Pike's killing.”
“Cumbria Police's Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Hyde said more than 100 officers were involved in the investigation.”
“Derrick Bird, 52, embarked on a rampage that began near Whitehaven and ended when he turned a gun on himself.”
“Eleven people were injured as Bird drove around shooting indiscriminately.”
“Before Bird was found dead in Boot — shortly after crashing his car near the River Esk — his rampage had spanned about 25 miles.”
“Home Secretary Theresa May has since confirmed the weapons used in the shootings were held legally.”
“Kevin Commons, aged 60, worked at KJ Commons solicitors which has offices across the region.”
“Seascale, where cyclist Michael Pike, 64, and Jane Robinson, who was in her 70s and delivering Betaware catalogues, were both killed.”
“The twelfth victim is understood to be 23-year-old estate agent Jamie Clark, who was driving through Seascale when Mr Bird opened fire at him.”
“Don Reed was one of the first people Bird opened fire on in Whitehaven — but luckily he survived with a wound to his back.”
“However, when a friend shouted at Bird, the taxi driver got back in his vehicle and drove off — shooting another man in the face as he left.”
“Serial rapist Robert Napper admitted killing Ms Nickell on Wimbledon Common, south-west London in 1992.”
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found Napper, 42, was identified as a threat to women in the mid-1980s.”
“The IPCC said two other killings by Napper could have been prevented.”
“Samantha Bissett and her four-year-old daughter Jazmine were killed at their home in Plumstead, south London, in 1993.”
“Ms Nickell, 23, was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times by Napper in front of her two-year-old son Alex.”
“Another person said he contacted police two months after Rachel Nickell's death to say that he had overhead a conversation in a pub between Napper and a friend in which they were laughing about the killing.”
“A record on a police intelligence system in 2002 said Napper confessed to killing Rachel Nickell while he was detained in Broadmoor in 1997 or 1998.”
“He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in December 2008.”
“Colin Stagg was cleared of her murder by the Old Bailey in 1994, after spending 13 months on remand.”
“But the IPCC said it had received fresh information from an ex-police officer that Napper had come to the attention of a police sergeant as a 'serious threat to women' in the mid-1980s.”
“Mr van der Sloot, 22, was allegedly seen with Peruvian Stephany Flores Ramirez, 21, in a casino before she was found dead in a hotel room in Lima.”
“Mr van der Sloot was arrested but never charged over the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba.”
“He crossed the border from Peru into Chile on 31 May, police said.”
“up to five years”
“who left the force in December 2008 citing differences with London Mayor Boris Johnson”
“Every year, police receive 12,000 calls about domestic violence in Liverpool.”
“Stephen Griffiths, 40, who described himself as 'the crossbow cannibal', has been charged with the murder of Ms Armitage and two other women.”
“An inquest jury has said failings by the Prison Service and Essex Social Services contributed to an 18-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker's suicide.”
“Of the 10 people arrested, four have been bailed while the investigation continues, Dyfed-Powys Police said.”
“Police have cordoned off Duke Street in Whitehaven following the killings”
“Isherwood, 22, a water treatment engineer, was jailed for six years in March.”
“In their coalition agreement, hammered out in the days following the general election, the Conservatives and Lib Dems said their government would "extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants", interpreted as applying at all stages before …”
“The proposal was not in either parties' manifestos but has been a Lib Dem policy since 2006.”
“Only 6% of all reports of rape to the police lead to a conviction, but more than half of the cases that make it to trial result in the suspect being found guilty, official figures show.”
“The 1976 Labour government introduced anonymity for defendants - only for the measure to be repealed 12 years later under the Tories.”
“A knife attacker with a history of violence and mental illness will be free within six weeks of being jailed for an unprovoked attack on a stranger.”
“Judge David Higgins said the attacker has spent 15 months of his two years and nine months term in prison and could not be detained for any longer.”
“McEwan, who had a criminal record dating back to the age of 10 and several convictions for serious assaults and violence, has suffered paranoid schizophrenia for almost 20 years, Southwark Crown Court heard.”
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“Thames Valley Police said a 40-year-old man was arrested in the Warfield area of the town at about 1000 BST.”
“Thames Valley Police has released two e-fit images and held public meetings in an effort to find the attacker.”
“Mark Stott, 42, sparked a full-scale police search when he disappeared from Frenchay Hospital in Bristol on 21 May. He was found 75 miles away in Swansea with no memory of how he got there on Sunday, nine days after he disappeared.”
“A man has appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with possessing a ball bearing gun and a police uniform for use in terrorism. The items were seized when officers investigating the murder of Bobby Moffett searched the home of Norman…”
“District Judge Fiona Bagnall agreed to release Mr Mawhinney, of Ainsworth Avenue, on bail to live at an address in the Shankill area. He was also ordered to report three times a week to police and put up his own surety of £500.”
“A 19-year-old man from Bournemouth was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and bailed.”
“Prosecutors say the accusation is based on a single abuse complaint and investigations are at a very early stage.”
“We did not check the accuracy of the claims," Prosecutor Wolfgang Maier said. "We only checked whether the claims are sufficient to justify an initial suspicion. We then started preliminary proceedings.”
“two possible verdicts”
“Two inmates were subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute”
“About 90 minutes later, police were called after Jessie's friends re-traced their steps and found his body”
“Kallum Morris, 18, and Paul Stoby, 18, both of Hackney, and Kieron Lawrence, 19, of Walthamstow, all deny charges of murder.”
“prosecutors thought the three men were 'in it together'.”
“He died in hospital four days later, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
“He said 4,900 people had been interviewed by police at every home in Porthmadog.”
“He said officers wanted to speak to anyone who was near the sluice gate up to 1400 BST on Saturday, 10 April.”
“Miss Wyn Roberts' 20-year-old younger brother Elgan was arrested early last month as part of the inquiry. He was released on police bail.”
“A 52-year-old man also arrested was released following questioning.”
“An inquest, which was adjourned while the police investigation continues, heard Miss Roberts had been strangled with a ligature and drowned.”
“Police previously set up road blocks in the town two weeks after the death in an attempt to trigger motorists' memories.”
“He revealed that half a mile from where her body was found, her empty brown handbag, a pair of extra large blue track suit bottoms and a right-hand trainer shoe, of size 10-and-a-half to 11, had been discovered. He said only one container …”
“Saudi religious police are investigating three young Saudis who challenged the country's strict laws in a TV programme.”
