British police failed to send alerts on 135,000 foreign criminals’ convictions to their home countries, it can be revealed today. Almost 200 killers and rapists were among the huge number of European offenders whose UK court records were missed by a catastrophic computer glitch, potentially putting lives at risk. The Home Office knew about the … Read more
‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped a flight trying to deport 60 criminals to Africa have convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal Group cut through airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together 767 jet transporting people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa Were convicted in December 2018 before all 15 avoided jail in … Read more
Protesters taken to court after preventing a deportation flight from taking off from Stansted Airport today challenged their convictions at the Court of Appeal. The ‘Stansted 15’ cut through the Essex airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet chartered by the Home Office to transport people from UK detention centres … Read more
Kyrese Cashley, from Whitley, Berkshire, swiped at Steven Amor’s neck with a Stanley knife on March 17 this year A 17-year-old boy who slashed a man’s throat during a pub argument has been jailed for four years – and had his anonymity stricken by a judge. Kyrese Cashley, from Whitley, Berkshire, swiped at Steven Amor’s … Read more
Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s have been overturned more than 40 years later after the UK’s highest court today ruled that his detention was unlawful. The Supreme Court agreed the former Sinn Fein leader’s two 1975 convictions were unsafe because his detention was not ‘personally considered’ … Read more