International Law

Missing terror suspect rearrested

Posted on June 30, 2008
Missing terror suspect rearrested"A terror suspect who went on the run has been recaptured by police after two days.Scotland Yard said that the 24-year-old who can not be named for legal reasons, was arrested in east London.The man, understood to have been due to stand trial accused of involvement in a major plot involving mass casualties, was reported missing from his home in the capital on Friday...

Hidden spy camera to catch fly-tippers is taken to rubbish dump

Posted on June 30, 2008
Hidden spy camera to catch fly-tippers is taken to rubbish dumpA spy camera, estimated to cost £10,000 and designed to catch fly-tippers, was cleared by council workers after it was concealed in a rubbish bag.Just a thought, but wouldn't the sight of a black bin bag containing rubbish (and a camera) attract other people to dump their rubbish there?

Queen to buy £10 million private jet

Posted on June 29, 2008
Queen to buy £10 million private jetProclaims the Telegraph article.However, as you read on you discover that the Queen is not to buy it at all but the government is from taxpayers money.Given that the Queen has a personal fortune of over £200,000,000, and given that it is a private jet, perhaps she should fork out for it instead?

Blood money: the MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe's misery

Posted on June 29, 2008
Blood money: the MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe's miseryTory frontbenchers are among those with shares in companies accused of propping up the violent ? and now illegal ? regimein Harare.Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve heads a list of Tory MPs with sizeable shareholdings in companies accused of propping up Robert Mugabe's regime, The Independent on Sunday can reveal today...

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Robert Mugabe to be sworn in before election results announced

Posted on June 29, 2008
Robert Mugabe to be sworn in before election results announcedRobert Mugabe will be inaugurated as President of Zimbabwe this afternoon, even though the results of Friday's presidential election have not yet been announced.I wonder how such a low turn out of voters will produce a record victory at the polls?

Cop a load of this...

Posted on June 29, 2008
Cop a load of this...The last we heard from Sir Ian Blair, in the media, was that he intended dealing robustly with Tarique Ghaffur and letting him know who was boss.Then, not a peep out of Sir Ian Blair.I wonder why?Cop a load of this...Britain's most senior Muslim policeman stashed away emails and letters for three years to support his discrimination claim.

Innocent or guilty you're still guilty

Posted on June 29, 2008
Innocent or guilty you're still guiltyThere is no doubt that the police cocked up big time with Ian Huntley in the Soham murder case.Nevertheless, it is no excuse to cock up big time again this time with innocent until proven guilty people. Apparently, CRB checks only contain details of convictions...

Sir and Lady Tory Sleaze in new scam to rob the public

Posted on June 29, 2008
Sir and Lady Tory Sleaze in new scam to rob the publicWhen Sir Nicholas and Lady Winterton were caught out claiming expenses for a mortgage for a property they owned outright, and prevented from claiming anymore for it, they decided to put the property into a family trust and seek another flat so that the public can go on paying for their expensive lifestyle...

Man jailed for 'worst' child porn

Posted on June 28, 2008
Man jailed for 'worst' child porn A man found with images of "the worst child abuse ever seen" has been jailed for an indefinite period. "He would serve a minimum of two years before being considered for parole, Southwark Crown Court heard". The worst child abuse ever seen and yet a minimum of 2 years?

Man murdered woman while on bail

Posted on June 28, 2008
Man murdered woman while on bail A man has been jailed for life for the sexual assault and murder of a woman, eight days after he was released on bail over separate rape allegations.

School caretaker who fell off ladder wins damages

Posted on June 28, 2008
School caretaker who fell off ladder wins damages A school caretaker who was injured falling off a six-foot stepladder has won damages after claiming he was not trained to use it properly. Anthony Gower-Smith, 73, who claimed to have used ladders for more than 30 years, said bosses did not show him how to use the stepladder safely...

Sleazy Tories?

Posted on June 28, 2008
Sleazy Tories?Iain Dale blogs this.Chris Paul responds here.Chris Paul comments:I agree with you Iain! I'll say that again: I agree with you Iain! But I can count a baker's dozen of Tories who have done far far worse both in terms of amount and potential influence and list some of them here...

The government must act on the Corston report

Posted on June 28, 2008
The government must act on the Corston reportJuliet Lyon Progress towards implementing recommendations on women in prison is too slow: this is as unforgivable as it is inexplicable"What should concern us most: that women, who make up only 6% of the prison population, account for half the incidents of serious self harm in custody or that, knowing this, the government is failing to act on a blueprint for reform that would give vulnerable women a chance to quit a vicious cycle of drugs, drink, mental illness and crime, and get their lives back on track?".

Man says he was beaten by police

Posted on June 28, 2008
Man says he was beaten by policeA man has complained to police alleging he was attacked by two officers who mistook him for a car thief outside his home in Warwickshire.David Markham, whose two brothers are police officers, suffered bruising to his head, ribs and back and currently has only 40% vision in his left eye.

Paedophile alert: child protection hysteria

Posted on June 27, 2008
Paedophile alert: child protection hysteria Dominic Lawson: This child protection hysteria deflects attention from a real, and growing, danger Sometimes mothers can be so embarrassing. How about Gail Jordan, who asked her local Asda to transfer a photographic print of her son as a five-month-old baby on to a cake for his 21st birthday party? Asda, however, did not just think this was embarrassing...

Witness intimidation: Judges won't be cowed into denying a fair trial

Posted on June 27, 2008
Witness intimidation: Judges won't be cowed into denying a fair trial It is impossible to square anonymity with defendants' rights. So we need another solution David Pannick The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday told the Commons that the Government intends to publish a Bill next week that will allow witnesses who fear intimidation to give evidence anonymously in criminal trials...

1066 and all that...

Posted on June 27, 2008
1066 and all that... Labour came a humiliating fifth place behind the BNP and the Greens last night in the Henley by-election caused by Boris Johnson?s election as London Mayor. Gordon Brown?s first anniversary as Labour leader began with the party securing only 1,066 votes, losing its £500 deposit, and having its working majority in the House of Commons cut to 65, as John Howell, the Conservative candidate, succeeded Mr Johnson in the Oxfordshire seat...

Italy to fingerprint all Roma gipsy children

Posted on June 27, 2008
Italy to fingerprint all Roma gipsy children Then they will build special camps for them and build showers...

Water is wet

Posted on June 27, 2008
Water is wet According to the National Association of Probation Officers, some released prisoners are re-offending... Now, if they came out with a report which said none were re-offending that would be news!

MP escapes 'prison bars of time'

Posted on June 27, 2008
MP escapes 'prison bars of time' New Zealand MP Nandor Tanczos smashes watch as he resigns Nandor Tanczos, a Rastafarian New Zealand MP, smashed his watch to pieces as he resigned from Parliament, declaring that he was now free from "the prison bars of time".

Prostitutes offer petrol discounts

Posted on June 26, 2008
Prostitutes offer petrol discountsAmerican prostitutes are offering free fuel after finding that high petrol prices were keeping customers away.In the Nevada desert, where it is legal to run brothels, truck drivers make up a significant proportion of the men who like to pay to stay awhile...

Ian Brady told to 'put up or shut up' over Keith Bennett Moors Murder claims

Posted on June 26, 2008
Ian Brady told to 'put up or shut up' over Keith Bennett Moors Murder claimsThe Moors murderer Ian Brady has been challenged to "put up or shut up" over his claims that he is ready to guide police to where he buried one of his victims, Keith Bennett.And to think he was once my next door neighbour at Gartree prison...

Great train robber Ronnie Biggs could be free in a year

Posted on June 26, 2008
Great train robber Ronnie Biggs could be free in a yearRonnie Biggs, the Great Train Robber, will have his case sent to the Parole Board and could be freed from prison by July next year, his lawyer has said.On the basis that he is extremely unlikely to re-offend and does not pose a risk to the public, the Parole Board should direct his release...

A quarter of adults to face 'anti-paedophile' tests

Posted on June 26, 2008
A quarter of adults to face 'anti-paedophile' testsA quarter of the adult population faces an "anti-paedophile" test in an escalation of child protection policies, according to a report."The launch of a new Government agency will see 11.3million people vetted for any criminal past before they are approved to have contact with children aged under 16...

David Cameron must withdraw Iain Dale's membership of the Tory Party for this racist remark

Posted on June 26, 2008
David Cameron must withdraw Iain Dale's membership of the Tory Party for this racist remarkStory here.Why publish a magazine and not follow your own editor's advice? Iain Dale has failed the character test.Totally unacceptable!

Bum deal at ASDA

Posted on June 26, 2008
Bum deal at ASDAWhilst ASDA are quite happy to exploit child labour by selling and making huge profits from clothing made in sweat shops abroad, all of a sudden they have got all moral about the innocent photo of a 5 month old baby's bottom. Haven't I seen this before in ASDA on baby wipes?WARNING LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED BY "KIDDIE PORN"Shock, horror, splutter...

Call this a democracy?

Posted on June 26, 2008
Call this a democracy?England and Wales have a more punitive judicial system than most of the world's dictatorships.It is only right that Nelson Mandela should speak out against Robert Mugabe's regime. It is a pity whilst he is in the UK he could not say a few words about our Bricks of Shame, the penal system, then perhaps Jack Straw might have listened.

Breaking in to prison

Posted on June 26, 2008
Breaking in to prisonBy David RamsbothamA royal commission would let some light into the closed shop of Britain's Prison ServiceIn 1777, John Howard John Howard, then high sheriff of Bedfordshire and responsible for the inspection of Bedford prison, was so appalled by the disgraceful conditions that he found there, and elsewhere, that he published a startling book entitled The state of the prisons in England and Wales...

So What?

Posted on June 26, 2008
So What?Boy, 12, had terrorist murder videos on mobile"The discovery was revealed yesterday to show how children of all religions could be attracted to al-Qaida".I have seen such videos myself here this does not mean that I am attracted to al-Qaida or a Muslim...

The Ghaffur versus the gaffer

Posted on June 26, 2008
The Ghaffur versus the gafferSir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, will hold a face-to-face meeting today with the senior officer who has accused him of racist bullying.Sir Ian said that he would deal with Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur "robustly and quickly" if he rejected his authority as the Met's commanding officer...

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