Watchdog upholds complaint against police after officer stopped and searched black cyclist

Watchdog upholds complaint against police after officer stopped and searched black cyclist because he said he could smell 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  … Read more

Arizona supreme court upholds death sentence of man who locked up girl, 10, in plastic box

Murder conviction and death sentence of man who locked a 10-year-old girl in a plastic box as punishment for stealing an ice pop is upheld by Arizona Supreme Court Ame Deal was killed in 2011 after John Michael Allen forced her into a plastic box  The 10-year-old suffocated after being left in the storage box … Read more

IPSO upholds Labour report authors’ accuracy complaint against MoS 

IPSO upholds Labour report authors’ accuracy complaint against MoS By Mail on Sunday Published: 00:15 GMT, 22 December 2019 | Updated: 08:10 GMT, 22 December 2019 Following an article published on June 23, 2019 in The Mail on Sunday, headlined ‘Corbyn “war on homeowners” ’, Anna Powell-Smith complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that … Read more