Moment excited police opened suspect’s portable safe

‘It’s like Ocean’s 11!’: Moment excited police opened suspect’s portable safe and £30,000 in cash spilled out after they arrested him in McDonald’s car park West Midlands Police seized safe from back seat of a car in Coventry this week  Footage captured £30,000 in cash fall to ground after it was eventually opened Man arrested on … Read more

Priti Patel demands police force release body cam footage of clashes with suspects

Priti Patel demands police force release body cam footage of clashes with suspects and controversial stop-and-searches so officers don’t face ‘trial by social media’ Priti Patel has demanded police forces to release officers’s body cam footage In a letter, she backed a campaign to protect officers from social media criticism Home Secretary said critics have … Read more

Police anger as officers are told they CAN’T stop and search suspects because they smell of cannabis

Police anger as officers are told they CAN’T stop and search suspects just because they smell of cannabis Emmanuel Arthur said he was ‘harassed and humiliated’ during stop and search  Officer admitted he could no longer smell cannabis after searching Mr Arthur  IOPC found that the officer’s grounds for the search were not reasonable  By … Read more

Ministers raise time limit for holding suspects on remand from 182 to 238 days

Ministers raise time limit for holding suspects on remand from 182 to 238 days as courts battle to clear case backlog caused by coronavirus People awaiting trial for the most serious crimes can be held in prison longer The new measures will apply to anyone who is arrested and then held in custody for an … Read more

Police’s e-fit is mocked because suspect’s beard looks like it’s done with an Etch A Sketch

Wretch-a-sketch! Police force’s e-fit of would-be abductor is ridiculed online because suspect’s beard looks like it was doodled using classic 80s art toy People mocked the e-fit saying it looked like it was drawn with an Etch A Sketch It was released in connection with an attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl  Northamptonshire Police issued … Read more

Suspects have the right to keep their nationality a secret

Top judges and prosecutors give crime suspects the right to keep their nationality a secret – in blow to ministers trying to speed up the removal of foreign offenders Only criminals convicted at the end of trial will have to provide their nationalities The rules been forced on Ministers by top judges, prosecutors and police … Read more

CCTV images of racist attack suspects BLURRED for ‘privacy’

Police force is ridiculed for releasing CCTV images of suspects wanted for racist attack on 15-year-old boy with faces blurred out to protect THEIR privacy Derbyshire Police are hunting two males and two females after attack on June 29 Force issued CCTV images of suspects but blurred their faces with white blobs Police defended decision, … Read more

Police force is ridiculed for releasing blurred CCTV images of suspects wanted for racist attack

Police force releases CCTV images of suspects wanted for racist attack on 15-year-old boy with faces blurred out to protect THEIR privacy Derbyshire Police are hunting two males and two females after attack on June 29 Force issued CCTV images of suspects but blurred their faces with white blobs Police defended decision, claiming images had … Read more

One of Britain’s most-wanted murder suspects is arrested nearly four years after he fled UK

One of Britain’s most-wanted murder suspects is arrested nearly four years after he fled UK following fatal road rage stabbing of father-of-two Abdulahi Shire, 24, was arrested in Norway earlier this month before extradition He was wanted in connection to the killing of 21-year-old Zakir Nawaz in 2016  Zakir Nawaz suffered fatal stab wounds in … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why DO our judges put terror suspects’ interests ahead of our safety? 

Once jihadi bride Shamima Begum sets foot on British soil again, what do you think the chances are of her ever being deported? Less than zero. Even if she fails in her legal bid to have her UK citizenship reinstated, she is certain to be granted ‘exceptional leave’ to remain. For a start, no country … Read more