PETER HITCHENS: I still believe crime must be punished. But a week inside showed me squalor achieves nothing By Peter Hitchens for The Daily Mail 22:03 25 Jun 2023, updated 22:20 25 Jun 2023 I spent last week in prison. I know prison is where quite a lot of my...
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“This data demonstrates how the focus in policing has shifted away from core crime outcomes in recent years. Very many people are not receiving any response at all when they are reporting theft,” Mr Muir said. “This reflects the reductions in resources over the last decade, as well as a...
A man who strangled his fiancée just two weeks before their wedding pleaded with a judge: “Don’t take me away from my wife!” Michael Rivers-Simpson was “full of rage” when he attacked his partner at a Travelodge in Dover following a row about his excessive drinking. Michael Rivers-Simpson is now...
Fremont City Council President Mark Jensen is shown in this screenshot pulled from a video taken on May 18 inside Big Red Keno. This image shows Jensen moments before he appears to cash in a winning keno ticket. Courtesy Image Fremont City Council President Mark Jensen says complaints filed against...
A London-based Indian-origin psychiatrist has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by a UK court for his role in helping run a dark web child abuse site. Dr Kabir Garg, 33, was identified by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as one of the moderators of a site called “The...
A former Ripon woman was convicted of first degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime, as well as eight other felonies today (Friday) in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. Carla Endeward Carla M. Endeward, 55, was found guilty by a 12-person jury on all charges stemming from...
A gang of 10 that ferried drugs in a “Thank You NHS” van during lockdown have been jailed for almost 100 years. The gang members made £1.5 million by bringing more than 100kg of cocaine and heroin into the West Midlands at the height of the pandemic. Two of them...
WINCHESTER – The first female sergeant in the Winchester Police Department’s history, Kathryn DiPerna was recently appointed as such and is very excited to take on this new role. Sergeant DiPerna grew up in Winchester and currently lives in the area with her husband and children. She has always loved...
A motorcycling legend was killed by a driver carrying out a ‘rushed’ U-turn on the instruction of a SatNav app, a court heard. David Gladwell collided with 78-year-old Paul Smart on the A21 Lamberhurst by-pass in Kent at about 1.40pm on October 27, 2021. A court heard the 66-year-old carried...
A man found dead at a chalet park had been shot twice in the chest, an inquest has heard. Ambulance crews were called to the Cliff Cottage Chalet Park in Fourth Avenue, Eastchurch, Sheppey, at around 9.40am on the morning of Sunday, June 11, where they found the body of...