29 h. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

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69 h. ago Quad bikes, trailers and a generator... inside the units where police uncovered £90k worth of stolen property

The vehicles and machines had been stolen from across three different counties

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3 d. ago Police uncover 40,000 SIM cards linked to €5 million cyber scam across Europe

Watch the moment Latvian State Police uncover 40,000 SIM cards linked to a five million euro cyber scam across Europe during their "SIMcartel" operation.

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6 d. ago Boy, 2, digs up human bones on UK beach as police launch investigation

Little Lake was digging in the sand at Saunton Sands in Devon when he uncovered human bones. A police investigation is now underway

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1 week ago Methanol poisoning kills three in Brazil as secret alcohol factory uncovered

While investigating the deaths of two people who had drunk vodka purchased at the same bar, police in Brazil uncovered a clandestine alcohol factory near São Paulo

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2 w. ago Tom Lockyer links up with old club after being cleared to return following cardiac arrest

Former Luton Town star Tom Lockyer has not taken to the pitch since suffering a cardiac arrest in a game against Bournemouth in 2023 but has been cleared to resume his playing career

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2 w. ago Three arrested as police raid uncovers drugs haul and suspected stolen bikes

Two men, aged 20 and 22, and a boy, aged 16, are being questioned by police

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2 w. ago Tech firm founded by Tony Blair's son Euan pressured BBC to pull HIGNFY episode after host Victoria Coren Mitchell wrongly linked him to Labour's ID card scheme

Ms Coren Mitchell had made a Labour cronyism claim about Sir Keir handing a mega-contract to Multiverse, an AI company run by Tony Blair's eldest son.

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2 w. ago Truth of murdered woman's missing body may lay in shop linked to Kray twins

Police documents uncovered by the Daily Mirror reveal the brothers who abducted and murdered Muriel 54-years-ago visited an East End shop that her family now want to search

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3 w. ago Metropolitan Police boss apologises for ‘racist’ and ‘misogynistic’ behaviour uncovered in documentary

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has apologised for the “reprehensible and completely unacceptable” behaviour of some officers at Charing Cross Police station, exposed in a BBC Panorama documentary.

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3 w. ago Tea, coffee and water linked to longer life but too much can raise cardiovascular risk

Scientists have uncovered the exact amount of these three drinks people should be having each day to extend their life

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3 w. ago Evri issues urgent warning to iPhone users after taking down 18,000 scam sites

The delivery service says its aware of new scam threats as victims lose hundreds of pounds to cyber crooks.

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