40 h. ago The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism

From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts sayEntering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice, Donald Trump stopped for a moment to admire his portrait then took to a specially constructed stage where two art deco statues, depicting the “Spirit of Justice” and “Majesty of Justice”, had been carefully concealed behind a blue velvet curtain.The president, who since last year is also a convicted criminal, proceeded to air grievances, utter a profanity and accuse the news media of doing “totally illegal” things, without offering evidence. “I just hope you can all watch for it,” he told justice department employees, “but it’s totally illegal.” Continue reading...

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42 h. ago West London doctor suspended for a year after failing to disclose criminal convictions

The General Medical Council said Dr Sachin Manoraj had undermined public confidence in the profession

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3 d. ago Premier League stars 'to be deported' under 'ludicrous' Tory immigration plan

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch wants to change the law so all foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction, regardless of sentence length, would be deported

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1 week ago The criminal with 36 convictions who now has become a killer

"Attempts to rehabilitate you have failed"

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1 week ago Tories announce policy to deport all foreign nationals with criminal convictions

Policy would apply to those seeking asylum as well as anyone who had been charged with or convicted of immigration offencesAll foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction would be deported under a new Conservative party policy. The Tory plan would introduce an amendment to the government’s borders bill that would remove the current threshold, in which foreign criminals are only removed after being handed a prison sentence of one year.The party hopes this amendment, which would need support from Labour MPs, would also make it easier for the government to deport foreign offenders by ending exceptions that had been granted by the European court of human rights. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Three men 'plotted to murder career criminal convicted of Britain's largest cash robbery' after 'snatching Ming dynasty antiques from Swiss museum'

Convicted armed robber Paul Allen was paralysed for life after two bullets were fired through the kitchen window of his rented home in Woodford Green, East London, on July 11 2019.

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2 w. ago Iraqi drug dealer jailed for five years cannot be deported because he is too 'Westernised' and would be viewed with 'suspicion' back home, judge declares

The convicted criminal served five years and four months behind bars for dealing cocaine and was sentenced at a UK crown court in 2015.

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3 w. ago Outrage as convicted paedophile, 44, who moved to the UK is allowed to STAY as judge rules blocking him would violate his human rights

The 44-year-old criminal, named only as OS, was convicted for a sex attack on a girl aged under 16 in the US in 2009 but has now been allowed to stay in the United Kingdom by a judge.

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3 w. ago Volcano owner has conviction quashed over eruption that killed 22 people

The ruling absolves the owner of paying millions in restitution

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3 w. ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Criminal conviction thrown out for owners of New Zealand island volcano where 22 died in an eruption

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe overturned by a judge on Friday

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