You’ve got to admit, it’s not often you see that sort of headline, is it? What prompted this? Cocaine amongst the campanulas? Heroin concealed amongst the hollyhocks? Well, no. Amazing as it may seem, it you sell legal equipment and aren’t asking any questions about the use to which your customers might be putting it, the fuzz will come calling: The operation came after five months of work where officers visited…
My post on Henry Porter’s article about privacy concerns emanating from the development of technology garnered a lot more comment than most. And I was reminded of that post when reading Anna Minton’s article on the SBD award: Not long ago, I was shown around an award-winning housing estate in east London, which was the proud recipient of a Secured by Design (SBD) award. The housing on the gated estate…
…but Henry Porter seems to be too afraid of the downside to ever consider their might be an upside: At what point will the British public realise that its privacy and freedom is in mortal danger? His concern is due to the rise in ‘high-definition and facial-recognition technologies in CCTV systems’ and the potential privacy concerns they will raise. Wherever you go, someone will be logging your movements – whether…
… the issue has been a talking point at the area’s neighbourhood watch meetings at the Starting Gate pub, in Candle Meadow, Colwick. Tony McCarthy, general manager at the pub, said: “There is a lot of joking about what goes off in the woods (Ed: Oo-er!), but there are a lot of people who want it stamped out. “My biggest concern is that you have young families walking around the…
“If the boy responsible doesn’t own up then the whole class, and I do mean the whole class, will stay behind after school.” I have no idea if teachers can still do this but if not I’m guessing that those of us past out mid 30s can probably remember hearing it at least once, and unless we happened to be the boy – or for the sake of equality, the…
A more diverse judiciary is needed in England and Wales, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has said. Peers said targets may be needed to recruit more ethnic minority and female judges if the judiciary did not better reflect society within five years, but said such a move was not needed yet. /facepalm The report by peers suggested greater diversity also meant a need to boost the numbers of gay…
This is Tony Mokbel, and for the benefit of everyone not living in Australia and who’ve never heard of him (unless they caught the excellent TV series Underbelly) a brief précis of his Wikipedia entry is that he’s been linked to Melbourne’s gangland wars, people like convicted murderer and more recent murderee Carl Williams, and the meth trade, and was a few years ago successfully extradited from Greece to face…
Lee Bristow did what many people would no longer do when they see a mugging in progress: “I was waiting for the 417 bus on Central Hill when the 432 came along and stopped and there was a struggle on the bus. “A woman was screaming for help because a man was trying to pull her bag off her as he was getting off. “I stepped onto the bus and…
In the aftermath of last week’s headline-dominating court case, Vikram Dodd braves the mean streets of Eltham to see if racism still exists (not realising he could find plenty without ever leaving the ‘Guardian’ head office): Barber Kwabena Boateng, 35, came to Britain in 2000 from Ghana, a year after the Macpherson report. Boateng said he had not experienced any direct racism, but said: “You can’t see it, but sometimes…
I’ve noticed that in the UK someone has finally been convicted for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, some 18 years after the fact and after having already once been found not guilty. I don’t wish to defend the two men who’ve just been convicted – for all I know they did do it, and the very conspicuously did not sue The Daily Mail when that paper came right out and…
Lord Judge’s comments at the Royal Courts of Justice today follow a call by the independent Homicide Advisory Review Group for the mandatory life sentence for murder to be scrapped. The group, whose members include former judges, lawyers and prison governors, claimed the compulsory life term was “outdated” and “unjust” and that judges should be given the power to determine punishment on a case-by-case basis. Or, in other words, ‘My…
In her police interview Miss Elliott, who has been vocal in trying to save Greenwich University’s threatened Philosophy course, said: ‘I am sorry, I don’t have those morals. ‘If it was mugged off somebody then that is wrong, but I don’t care about Samsung they are a billion dollar company. ‘Phones 4 U are also a massive company, as long as it didn’t come out of some old pensioners pocket…
A man caught with 83 wraps of cannabis just days after appearing in court for possessing the same drug has been spared prison. Even he wasn’t expecting that! Peter Carter attended Bristol Crown Court with a suitcase fully expecting a spell behind bars. Imagine his surprise… Carter, of Hammersmith Road, St George, had been caught with 30 £10 deals of cannabis in his car.A search of his house revealed another…
Ooooh, the gatekeepers of the law aren’t happy! Stephen Cobb QC, chairman of the Family Law Bar Association, said: “We will see an increasing number of people going to court on their own without representation.”That is DIY justice, not access to justice. We face the very real prospect that many children and women who have been victims of domestic abuse will have to endure the further trauma of being cross-examined…
Registered disabled Christopher Williams, 49, from Rishton, says he has a heart condition, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis and has been told by medics to exercise and lose weight. But, a court heard, he has been prevented from entering parks, play areas and country parks and from joining or attending any sports, educational or leisure clubs under a sexual offences prevention order. Those, of course, being the only places anyone can…
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