International Law

12 months pub ban for man who killed wife...

Posted on August 04, 2008
12 months pub ban for man who killed wife...A judge has told a Glasgow pensioner that stopping him going to the pub was a "more meaningful" sentence than a prison term for killing his wife.Given that pub prices are more expensive, I tend to buy my drink from an off licence or supermarket...

Donald Duck and a Lame Duck

Posted on August 04, 2008
Donald Duck and a Lame DuckNo duck on menu at Bradman bashAn unusual lunch has been held in Sydney as part of the celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman.Gordon Brown gets his ducks in lineGordon Brown is planning a special Cabinet meeting outside London as he seeks to mount a fightback against questions over his leadership

Iain Dale 3rd most shaggable blogger in Britain

Posted on August 03, 2008
Iain Dale 3rd most shaggable blogger in BritainThe photo on the left is police killer David Bieber and his look alike on the right, is also a look a like for Peter Mandelson, is Iain Dale 25 years ago. Apparently, he has been voted as the third most shaggable blogger in Britain...

A paedophile is not a sex tourist

Posted on August 03, 2008
A paedophile is not a sex touristThe Sunday Telegraph reports: "Sex tourist Gary Glitter to have early release". I have a problem with the term Child Sex Tourism. It is as though this is just an activity one engages in on a holiday, a bit like sightseeing...

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Pentonville Prison: Bog standard

Posted on August 02, 2008
Pentonville Prison: Bog standardThe conditions in a north London prison have been described as a "disgrace to an affluent society" in a new report.The Independent Monitoring Board's (IMB) annual report into Pentonville Prison, Islington, said the overcrowded prison was putting a "burden" on staff...

Give climate change protesters a get out of jail free card

Posted on August 02, 2008
Give climate change protesters a get out of jail free cardOne of the claims of living in a democracy is the right to protest. In Britain, it is disquieting to be informed that you have the right to protest, but if you exercise that right you may end up in jail...

Chink appears in the Great Firewall of China

Posted on August 02, 2008
Chink appears in the Great Firewall of China"A small hole was knocked yesterday through China's fearsome system of internet censorship and surveillance, known as the Great Firewall. After substantial international pressure, China unblocked access to the websites of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Radio Free Asia and the BBC Chinese language service, for foreign journalists covering the games in Beijing...

Gordon Brown stars as Duff Shiteyear

Posted on August 02, 2008
Gordon Brown stars as Duff ShiteyearHat-Tip to RonAnd...Just one question, Boris, show us how big is your willy?

Prisons Minister right to reply is wrong

Posted on August 01, 2008
Prisons Minister right to reply is wrongWhy am I not surprised that a government minister has made a statement claiming that the government is right? Especially, given that David Hanson MP has responsibility for prisons as minister of state for justice, and that it is his department he is defending in his response to the Guardian piece by David Wilson...

Police may abandon murder inquiry in Jersey

Posted on August 01, 2008
Police may abandon murder inquiry in JerseyIsn't it a bit premature to think of abandoning a murder inquiry at the Jersey children's home?I would have thought there must be records of children arriving at the home? If this is the case, then surely they can investigate to discover what became of the children from that point on? Then, may be, those that simply vanished from the records or recorded explanations which don't stand up to further investigation might produce the names of potential victims?

Drug dealer shot dead in Hull

Posted on August 01, 2008
Drug dealer shot dead in HullA CONVICTED drug dealer has been found killed in his east Hull flat.Neighbours, who did not want to be named, told the Mail John Rouse had been shot.Yorkshire Ambulance Service, which attended Mr Rouse's flat in Westerdale Grove, east Hull, at 5...

Barry George was fitted up

Posted on August 01, 2008
Barry George was fitted upIt is clear that Barry George was fitted up to appease Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, leading the inquiry into Jill Dando's killing, and the Forensic Science Service assisted in this process.It has to be said, that Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell should be charged with gross professional misconduct...

Barry George not guilty of Jill Dando murder

Posted on August 01, 2008
Barry George not guilty of Jill Dando murderBarry George has been found not guilty of murdering BBC television presenter Jill Dando outside her London home.Jill Dando murder: Only a matter of time until Barry George was clearedFrom the moment the Appeal Court quashed Barry George?s murder conviction last November and ordered a retrial, detectives privately conceded it was only a matter of time before he walked free...

Diversity in prison on the increase

Posted on August 01, 2008
Diversity in prison on the increaseRecord numbers of foreign prisoners are being held in jails in England and Wales, according to government figures published yesterday.Or, to put it another way, the government's policy to deport foreigners convicted of criminal offences in this country has gone on holiday indefinitely...

Chinese man held over earthquake photos

Posted on July 31, 2008
Chinese man held over earthquake photosA teacher in China has been detained for posting images on the internet of schools that collapsed in the devastating Sichuan earthquake, a rights group said yesterday."The "re-education through labour" system allows police to incarcerate a crime suspect for up to four years without the need for a criminal trial or a formal charge".

Hacker loses extradition appeal

Posted on July 30, 2008
Hacker loses extradition appealA Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers has lost a Law Lords appeal against being extradited to stand trial in the US.I think there is something rather disturbing about a country which allows for the illegal Guantanamo Bay regime to operate to set itself up as a global police force demanding other countries surrender its subjects for a dose of US justice.

BAE: Justice is blind

Posted on July 30, 2008
BAE: Justice is blindFraud office wins appeal over BAE Saudi arms dealPAWednesday, 30 July 2008The Serious Fraud Office won its Law Lords appeal today against a court ruling that it acted unlawfully in halting a corruption inquiry into a lucrative arms deal between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems...

Why doesn't the IOC pull out of the Beijing games?

Posted on July 30, 2008
Why doesn't the IOC pull out of the Beijing games?Given that..."CHINA has reversed a key pledge made ahead of the Olympic Games with an announcement that it will censor the internet used by foreign media".George Clooney states he is against a boycott "It's always more important to keep a line of communication open"...

The Dark Knight Miliband is on his charger

Posted on July 30, 2008
The Dark Knight Miliband is on his charger"If Labour gets itself together under a Miliband leadership, the Conservatives are going to have to leave the shallow end of the pool and make a brave case for a different version of a radical new vision: the fight is well and truly on, not just for the leadership of Labour, but for which party has the right to call itself genuinely progressive"...

Life row tougher than death row

Posted on July 30, 2008
Life row tougher than death rowI think it is erroneous for Mark Hughes to claim that this headline is accurate "The man who can't escape death row". Quite clearly, Kenny Richey did escape death row. The problem he has is that he cannot escape life row...

The real cost of prison: It's the economy stupid

Posted on July 29, 2008
The real cost of prison: It's the economy stupidMoral, social and political arguments for and against prison are all very well. But what about value for money?"It might be true that incarceration reduces re-offending, but the cost of the prison system still has to justify that reduction...

The Tories are rotten to the core

Posted on July 29, 2008
The Tories are rotten to the coreThis is what a blogger has found...Bob Piper has the story here.

Yorkshire flag unveiled

Posted on July 29, 2008
Yorkshire flag unveiledAbout bloody time too!Yorkshire flag unveiled

UFO spotted in Cornwall

Posted on July 29, 2008
UFO spotted in CornwallAn unidentified frolicking oaf, wearing shorts made from a pair of curtains, has been spotted on a beach in Cornwall by a passing Sun photographer...Perhaps, this chap needs to put on some sun block cream as there is a danger of him getting over exposed in the Sun...

Nick is a Right old Herbert

Posted on July 28, 2008
Nick is a Right old HerbertJust because Nick Herbert has the same first name as the slang term for prison, it does not mean that the shadow justice secretary for the Conservative Party and MP for Arundel and South Downs knows what he is talking about...

Father of murdered Billie-Jo has 'discovered new suspect'

Posted on July 28, 2008
Father of murdered Billie-Jo has 'discovered new suspect'Sion Jenkins, the former teacher whose teenage foster daughter, Billie-Jo, was found bludgeoned to death, has claimed to have found a new suspect in the case.What did he do, look in the mirror?The photofit of the suspected killer looks remarkably like Sion Jenkins...

Knife crime on increase in Westminister Village

Posted on July 28, 2008
Knife crime on increase in Westminister VillageThe knives are out for Gordon Brown. Gordon Brown faces plot by Labour MPs amid double blow in pollsAnd more of the same...Labour needs a new leader - even if that means a coupMinisters must now act ruthlessly...

CPS lawyer loses his briefs

Posted on July 28, 2008
CPS lawyer loses his briefsA lawyer who is on long-term sick leave for stress is advertising his services as an 'erotic' actor on the internet.

Tory MP Derek Conway given a 12 month sentence

Posted on July 28, 2008
Tory MP Derek Conway given a 12 month sentenceWe know that disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway stole money from the public purse for his family. It is a further disgrace that he is only required to repay a fraction of what he stole. And it is disgraceful that he has been given a year to repay £13,160...

Fire destroys pier...

Posted on July 28, 2008
Fire destroys pier...The Grand Pier at Weston Super Mare has been gutted by a huge fire.You would have thought after other piers have been destroyed by fire that something would have been done to protect against this happening again...And a burnt out Peer of another kind, Lord Archer of Weston Super Mare...

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