Tag Archives: Courts

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A former footballer turned postman has won more than £17,000 after he was sacked for sticking used chewing gum on a customer’s garden lamppost. Ex-Hibs and Dundee player Graham Harvey was spotted by the homeowner who complained to his bosses, showing CCTV evidence of his “disgusting” behaviour. He was sacked …

A drug dealer was caught after Royal Mail staff smelt a package at their depot and tipped off police. The parcel was addressed to Daniel Lloyd Taylor and passed through the Llangefni sorting office on its way to his home. But when postal workers raised the alarm officers raided his …

A drug dealer was caught after Royal Mail employees smelt a parcel at their depot and informed police. The package was addressed to Daniel Lloyd Taylor, 25, and passed through a sorting office on its way to his home. However, when postal workers raised the alarm, officers raided his house …

A bike repair man has swapped handlebars for prison bars after he was caught peddling stolen cycles. Simon Taylor was caught with bikes worth thousands, which had been stolen from members of the public at great inconvenience and expense. A court heard one electric bike had been bought by a …

One of Scotland’s top golf courses is refusing to change its name over the sex scandal engulfing Prince Andrew. The Duke’s Course at St Andrews is sticking with the “well established” name – despite pressure from Fife politicians to cut ties with the royal. The course – owned by the …

A man who slapped his girlfriend after she stripped the sheets off their bed to stop him going back to sleep in the afternoon has been jailed. Declan Gillies, 21, objected when his partner, Emma Louise Petrie, told him to get up and go to the local shop – even …