This is an extract from an article that appeared in The Independent on the 16th May 2013. Criminal suspects who have been arrested should not normally be named until they are charged, the Home Secretary has said. In a letter to the recently formed professional standards body, the College of Policing, Theresa May said she [...]
Home Secretary say criminal suspects who have been arrested should not normally be named until they are charged
May 17, 2013 from Leave a Comment
Three in four believe those accused of sexual assaults should be granted anonymity
May 8, 2013 from Leave a Comment
This article by Andrew Grice has been extracted from the Independent website here A poll by The Independent finds strong public support for the controversial view that suspects in sex cases should enjoy the same right to anonymity as defendants Three out of four people believe that people accused of rape and other sexual assaults should [...]
Three in four believe those accused of sexual assaults should be granted anonymity.
May 2, 2013 from Leave a Comment
In an exclusive a poll in the The Independent (2nd May 2013) finds strong public support for the controversial view that suspects in sex cases should enjoy the same right to anonymity as defendants. Three out of four people believe that people accused of rape and other sexual assaults should have their identities protected until they [...]
A breach of human rights: Court of Appeal rules CRB check law must go
February 5, 2013 from Leave a Comment
This item by Paul Peachey appeared in the Independent on 29th January A major overhaul of the criminal records regime could be required after three judges ruled that the current system breached human rights. [See judgement here] The Court of Appeal today said that a blanket requirement for some job seekers to supply details of [...]
A judge forced into an embarrassing retreat after he sentenced a teenager for the wrong crime
January 9, 2013 from Leave a Comment
A judge was forced into an embarrassing retreat after he sentenced a teenager for the wrong crime, it emerged today. In what one onlooker described as a “strikingly bizarre state of affairs”, Recorder David Lane QC appeared to have sat through the entire hearing without realising the charge faced by 18-year-old Daniel Donohoe. Friends and relatives of [...]
Twitter users who wrongly accused Lord McAlpine of abuse face lawsuits.
November 27, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Users of the social networking site Twitter who wrongly linked Tory peer, Lord McAlpine, with the North Wales care home child abuse scandal, are bracing themselves for a barrage of lawsuits.” Full story
Lord McAlpine pursues claims over sex abuse slur
November 20, 2012 from Leave a Comment
This article first appeated in the Independent on 16th November 2012 Former Conservative politician Lord McAlpine has commenced legal action against a long list of organisations and individuals who wrongly linked him to a paedophile ring after coming to a £185,000 settlement with the BBC. Lawyers representing the peer said action is being prepared against [...]
IPCC highlights police sex cases – The Independent
September 25, 2012 from Leave a Comment
This is an extract from a report in the Independent on 20th September Too many police officers and staff have taken sexual advantage of members of the public they were supposed to be helping, a watchdog said today. More than 50 cases over the last two years showed corrupt behaviour by officers which was considered [...]
Detective Constable held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice – suspicion he may cut corners about charging decisions
June 12, 2012 from 1 Comment
According to a story in The Independent the Metropolitan police is reviewing 63 sex-crime investigations dating back more than two years after a detective on its specialist rape-inquiry team was arrested over allegations of falsifying crime records. ‘A Detective Constable from the Sapphire sex-crime unit was held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. [...]
Mother jailed for falsely reporting her daughter had been abducted from her backyard
April 14, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Excerpt from the Guardian 12 April 2012. A mother of four has been jailed for six months for falsely reporting her daughter had been abducted from her backyard. The bogus account of how her two-year-old child was snatched from her home in Blackpool, Lancashire, led to a 13-day police manhunt and the arrest of two [...]
Blunkett offers help to teachers falsely accused of abuse
April 28, 2000 from Leave a Comment
The Government has launched a review of child protection legislation to offer new help to teachers falsely accused of abuse by their pupils. David Blunkett, the Secretary of State for Education, said he was considering offering anonymity to those accused of physical or sexual abuse to stop careers being ruined by the feeling that there [...]