UK : LDN (W) : Woman poisoned ex-lovers curry goodness gracious me! there's probably a Bollywood movie in this..
An interesting legal/political point is that these Sikh Indians were able to obtain a deadly poison (restricted in this nation) via "indian herbs" yet a British Muslim would probably get busted hard for keeping any sort of stuff like that at home..
A "jealous" woman poisoned her former lover and his new fiancée with a deadly toxin mixed into their curry, an Old Bailey jury has been told.
Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, died and Gurjeet Choough, 21, nearly lost her life in January 2008 after Lakhvir Kaur Singh spiked the dish, the court heard.
Mr Cheema died within an hour of being taken to hospital - two weeks before he and Miss Choough were due to marry.
Ms Singh, 40, of Southall, west London, denies murder and attempted murder.
The couple had eaten a curry together at Mr Cheema's home in Feltham, west London, and then had become violently ill, said Edward Brown, QC, prosecuting.
Driver fined ‘for blowing nose’ An Ayrshire businessman says he has been fined by the police for blowing his nose while driving.
Michael Mancini, from Prestwick, said he was sitting in stationary traffic with the handbrake on when he used a tissue to clean his nose.
He claimed he was waved over by four police officers and given a fixed penalty for not being in proper control of his car. He has refused to pay the £60 fine and the case may now proceed to court. The 39-year-old, who runs a furniture restoration business in Ayr, said: "The traffic was nose to tail in the high street and the traffic stopped and I thought that was quite a good time (to blow his nose).
"I stopped the van and put the handbrake on. I saw four police officers nearby. The traffic moved on and I was waved across by an officer...
BBC News - Driver fined 'for blowing his nose'
UK : NW (MCR) : White powder scare at Manchester airport ooops.. wonder what the powder was? don't think it was anything sinister but might have been someone being careless with a consignment of drone (hence why the feds didn't immediately arrest on drugs offences)
Part of a terminal at Manchester Airport closed and a chemical alert was declared after security staff found white powder in a piece of luggage.
The departure area of Terminal 3 was closed after a man tried to carry the unidentified powder on to an aircraft.
The man was planning to fly from Manchester to London.
The man has not been arrested, but is helping with inquiries, said police. A police source said the incident was not believed to be terror-related.
Tests are being conducted on the powder.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "Shortly before 1255 GMT police at Manchester Airport were called by security staff from the check-in desk at Terminal 3, who had discovered a non-identified white powder in a bag which a man was attempting to carry on to a plane.
"Officers attended along with the fire service and they declared it a chemical incident. Tests are currently on-going to establish what the powder is.
"The check-in desk at Terminal 3 has been cordoned off and a man in his 20s is helping police with their inquiries at the airport."
Flights departing from Terminal 3 were facing delays but arrivals and those leaving other terminals were not affected, the airport said.
UK : Mids (E) : Arrest warrant issued after horse sex defendant fails to appear oh poor old horse...!
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Leicester man accused of having sex with a horse and a donkey, after he failed to turn up to court.
Joseph Squires, 66, of Overpark Avenue, is charged with buggery of a donkey between February and April 1999 and buggery with a horse in March 2004.
He is also accused of criminal damage to the animals during the same dates.
BBC News - Warrant out for horse sex accused
UK : East : Murder probe after body found in Framlingham! Fram is a really quiet small town were pretty much fuck all of any interest goes on..
Thats 3 murders, 1 shooting and 1 fatal overdose this year amongst my the 15-40 age group - in a county what doesn't even have that much crime (by comparison instance a months crimes happen in a week in Thames Valley)
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body on an isolated country track.
The body of a man, who was believed to have been found with a bag over his head, was discovered off the B1120 at New Road, not far from Brabling Green, near Framlingham yesterday afternoon.
This morning, Suffolk police said that a 36-year-old man from Ipswich had been arrested on suspicion of murder. He was arrested in Ipswich last night at 10.25pm.
Police are expected to name the dead man today. A post mortem examination has revealed that the man died as a result of a serious assault but the exact cause of death is unknown until further tests are carried out.
Man arrested after body found - Evening Star 24
UK : England : 31% drop in young offenders in 2 years
in 2008-09 21% less 10-17 year olds received their first reprimand or warning or conviction
in 2007-08 10% less 10-17 year olds received their first reprimand or warning or conviction
DCSF: Youth Crime: Young people aged 10-17 receiving their first reprimand, warning or conviction, England, 2008-09
Although people say govt statistics are often spun, I have also been independently monitoring crime figures in SE England (and more recently Eastern England) for about 15 years and I would agree with the above, also going by the attitudes of many of our younger users (aged 16-19) on this forum. I actually take my interest in criminology very seriously (ironically I turned down a transfer to the Home Office a few years ago!)
The reason this good news isn't widely reported is because its being overshadowed by crimes committed by slightly older people (from age 20+ to my age group) but I think as teenagers get a bad press it should be more widely mentioned..
IN : Indian drugs cops stalk ravers on social networks Mumbai: The cops at the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) are getting smarter by the day. After busting many a rave in the past with the help of information posted on internet forums, officers are now creating fake accounts on popular social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut to fish out New Year parties where drugs are likely to be consumed.
Cops will trawl Facebook, Orkut to net rave crawlers - dnaindia.com
UK : SE : Tycoon’s son stalked and beaten at own Henley on Thames flat.. THE son of a multi-millionaire was tied up, blindfolded and beaten up by a gang who threatened to kill him.
Aaron Bedack suffered severe head injuries and was left unconscious after two men forced him to tell them his pin number.
It’s thought the thugs may have known the 24-year-old and followed him back to his home in Radnor Close, off New Street, Henley, before breaking in during the early hours.
Mr Bedack, whose father Lloyd used to own Nichol Beauty Products, is now recovering at a hospital which police won’t name to protect him.
His mother Susan said: "One side of his face was like a melon because he was so badly hurt. He was very traumatised. He had a swollen jaw and face and head injuries where he had been punched and kicked. His face was right out as if he had the mumps. He had deep red weals around his hands and feet where he had been tied up."
The attack happened on Wednesday last week at the studio flat where unemployed Mr Bedack has lived alone since July.
Henley on Thames - Raiders tie up tycoon's son
BBC News - Man beaten and tied up by gang in Henley-on-Thames
Police + Photography There may well be another thread about this but sharing these links anyway....
Video: A few photographs add up to a minor terror alert | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Video: Arrested for asking a policeman for his badge number | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Get a grip want tae? :you_crazy12
UK : SE : CS Gas and gunshots for Xmas! Shoppers hurt in Milton Keynes jewellry blag Xmas Shoppers Hurt During Terrifying Raid - Yahoo! News UK
Three men are being questioned after shots were fired during an armed raid in a busy shopping centre.
An adult and child were taken to hospital after the incident which happened as Christmas shoppers filled the Centre MK in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, yesterday.
"I heard three or four shots. People were running around screaming," said shopper Rachel Keeler.
Shop worker Adam Taylor, 19, told the Daily Telegraph the centre was packed with children visiting Santa's grotto when the shots were fired.
Thames Valley Police believe the robbers fired a total of five shots and used CS gas as they targeted the Leslie Davis Jewellers just before midday.
Witnesses reported seeing two men grab watches before fleeing the scene.
RU : Putin berates nightclub owners after poor safety procedures and a fatal fire.. The man has a very good point - we might whinge about licenses and safety rules here in Britain but there haven't been fatal nightclub fires in the UK for decades...
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has hit out at local officials for failing to enforce safety rules at a nightclub where scores of people died in a fire.
Visiting the site early on Tuesday, Mr Putin added a bouquet of roses to the assortment of flowers, candles and victims' photos outside the club.
"I simply do not understand how fireworks can be used indoors, when it is written, clearly and in Russian, 'Do not use indoors,'" he said.
"Such an attitude can be qualified as negligence, at least."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8401378.stm
IT : Police FAIL – Italian cops prang Lamborghini, two injured…. I thought the Italian Job was British comedy film, not a training video!
Italian police have crashed their most valuable patrol car, a 165,000-euro (£150,000) Lamborghini.
The accident happened near the northern Italian town of Cremona where it was on display at a student jobs fair.
BBC News - Italian police crash Lamborghini supercar
Suspected rave organisers bailed Four men arrested on suspicion of being involved in the organisation of an illegal rave in Suffolk have been bailed by police.
Officers were pelted with missiles when they tried to break up the event at a disused warehouse in Homefield Road, Haverhill, on Saturday night.
More 200 people were at the warehouse, which was cleared by 0720 GMT.
Three men from Hertfordshire and one of no fixed address have been released on bail until January.
A notice to close down the event was served at 0140 GMT and officers contained the area, which was cleared by 0720 GMT.
BBC News - Suspected rave organisers bailed
Cold Calls on Mobiles? I've been getting loads of cold calls on my mobile phone recently. I haven't given my number out to any companies, rang any sex lines (that i can remember) so i can't see how they have my number.
I'm getting several a day and it's seriously pissing me off now. You get em on the house phone which happens but to me a mobile is much more private and i can't believe these cunts can get away with it.
Has anyone been getting similar calls on their mobiles and also is there anything that can be done about it? :crazy_diz
UK : N : Entire roadside café stolen.. A roadside cafe weighing two and a half tonnes has been stolen from a lay-by in West Yorkshire.
Michelle Palmers had been running the Tip Top Tasters cafe on Halifax Road in Keighley for a year, when it disappeared overnight on Tuesday.
The cafe contained catering equipment worth thousands of pounds and Ms Palmers has offered a reward for its safe return.
West Yorkshire Police said its officers were investigating the theft.
Ms Palmers discovered the portable building had gone when she arrived for work at 0630 BST on Wednesday.
She said: "For the size of it you wouldn't think it would go so easily. No one seems to have seen anything."
BBC News - Roadside cafe stolen from lay-by
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