4 h. ago New 'gamechanging' spike detector technology that can tell if your vape has drugs in it to be trialed by police over Christmas

Officers have deployed a one-of-a-kind portable 'vape testing kit' designed by academics at the University of Bath to detect dangerous psychoactive substances in vapes.

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58 h. ago Woman, 71, accused of stabbing husband, 84, to death kept asking police if she was under suspicion because she had a 'guilty conscience', court hears

Daryl Berman, 71, allegedly attacked her 84-year-old husband David at their home in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, on March 13.

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9 d. ago Court shown video of police approaching Luigi Mangione in McDonalds after tip

Luigi Mangione’s defense team is trying to have evidence collected by the Altoona police — including the alleged murder weapon — barred from his upcoming trial

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3 w. ago How many women are in prison and on death row around the world? – in charts

While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offencesExperts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one millionMore than 733,000 women and girls are held in penal institutions globally, according to the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, either as pre-trial detainees or remand prisoners, or having been convicted and sentenced. The actual total is thought to be much higher, as figures for five countries are not available and those for China are incomplete. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Thought police arrest Christian preacher for saying 'God bless you' at Muslim Palestine protesters

Shaun O'Sullivan says he plans to sue Wiltshire Police after being cleared of racial harassment following a six-day trial in Crown Court.

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4 w. ago Former Met officer David Carrick sentenced for rape and molesting child

Convicted serial offender given further life sentence for crimes against 12-year-old girl in 1980s and former partnerFormer police officer and convicted sex offender David Carrick has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to life with a minimum of 30 years for molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s, his trial heard. More than 20 years later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and humiliating” abuse during the course of a toxic relationship.Mrs Justice McGowan sentenced Carrick for the fresh convictions on Thursday after he was found guilty of two charges of rape, one of sexual assault and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman between 2014 and 2019, and five counts of indecent assault relating to the girl in the late 1980s. Carrick’s offences came to light after he pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to 71 sexual offe...

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4 w. ago Police officer tells trial of ‘terror’ at being chased by a man with chainsaw

Pc Gary Cowan told Paisley Sheriff Court he was worried his pursuer was going to chop off his arms and head.

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4 w. ago Prosecutors reveal the difficulties they faced bringing serial rapist David Carrick to justice

Carrick declined to give evidence during the trial and no evidence was called on his behalf

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