Hull and the UK are seeing an upswing in strike action amid spiralling living costs, with workers from a range of sectors walking out as inflation squeezes pay. Barristers were the latest workers to walk out today (Monday, June 27) after 81.5 per cent of the 2,055 Criminal Bar Association …
Read More »Twenty-year sex beast wrecked victims’ lives and told one he could find their family ‘in 30 minutes’
A serial rapist shattered the lives of two women with a series of violent sex attacks spanning more than 20 years. Former Royal Mail worker Michael McEvoy raped one of them three times and forced her into sex acts she said made her feel “like a prostitute”, while he bit …
Read More »Derby taxi driver loses licence and livelihood after hitting 36mph in a 30mph limit
A former Derby taxi-turned-delivery driver has failed in his appeal to get his driving ban lifted after he reached 15 penalty points on his licence. Jabber Choudhry lost his licence and his livelihood after going just 6mph above the 30mph speed limit in London Road, Derby. He told Derby Crown …
Read More »Yorkshire’s ‘fit felon’ Jonathan Cahill is back behind bars
A prolific criminal, who hit the headlines across the country earlier this year because of his looks, is now back behind bars. Jonathan Cahill, 37, has been jailed for 21 months after pleading guilty to a number of crimes, Yorkshire Live reports. Cahill, of Fairfield Drive, Ossett, Wakefield, appeared at …
Read More »Scots Royal Mail worker had sick pay illegally docked by ‘bully’ boss who forced her off
A Royal Mail worker who had almost £4,000 of sick pay illegally docked by a manager she accused of bullying has won the cash back after taking her bosses to a tribunal. Pamela Gray was signed off work with anxiety and stress after learning that her new boss at Bo’ness …
Read More »Lawyer hits out over delays in compensating staff wrongly convicted in Post Office scandal
Lawyers representing Post Office workers wrongfully convicted of crimes have hit out over delays in agreeing damages. Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a flaw in a computer system Horizon. A number of them even ended up …
Read More »Hull lawyer hits out over delays in compensating staff wrongly convicted in Post Office scandal
Hull lawyers representing Post Office workers wrongfully convicted of crimes have hit out over delays in agreeing damages. Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a flaw in a computer system Horizon. A number of them even ended …
Read More »Six callous criminals who took advantage of the most vulnerable people in our society
It is a sad and unfortunate fact that more often than not victims of crime are the more vulnerable people in our society. They are chosen because they are easy targets and attacked to get property or cash or conned out of money. Judges and magistrates will often consider it …
Read More »Anti-violence campaigner subjected escort to terrifying knife-point robbery
A ‘much-loved’ family man and anti-violence worker subjected an escort to a terrifying knife-point ordeal in a Birmingham flat. Barrington Davis, aged 26, held a blade to the woman’s face before stealing bank cards and £1,500 in cash. Royal Mail worker Davis, who the court heard visits schools in the …
Read More »Lords say police use of AI must not undermine human rights and rule of law
A House of Lords report has highlighted concerns that the police use of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence – AI – could undermine people’s human rights and the rule of law. The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has revealed that the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence tools …
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