UK police failed to tell EU countries about convictions of over 100k criminals

British police failed to send alerts on 135,000 foreign criminals’ convictions to their home countries, it can be revealed today. Almost 200 killers and rapists were among the huge number of European offenders whose UK court records were missed by a catastrophic computer glitch, potentially putting lives at risk. The Home Office knew about the … Read more

Britain failed to tell EU countries about convictions of more than 100,000 criminals

British police failed to send alerts on 135,000 foreign criminals’ convictions to their home countries, it can be revealed today. Almost 200 killers and rapists were among the huge number of European offenders whose UK court records were missed by a catastrophic computer glitch, potentially putting lives at risk. The Home Office knew about the … Read more

Romanian professional pickpocket is facing deportation after racking up 11 convictions in a year 

Romanian professional pickpocket, 20, who preyed on mothers caring for their children while she was pregnant is facing deportation after racking up 11 convictions in a year West Midlands Police seeking to deport 20-year-old pickpocket Pansella Radu The Romanian has racked up 11 convictions and cautions over the last 12 months An image of Radu … Read more

Thug, 17, with string of convictions for violence who slashed man’s neck is jailed for four years

Kyrese Cashley, from Whitley, Berkshire, swiped at Steven Amor’s neck with a Stanley knife on March 17 this year A 17-year-old boy who slashed a man’s throat during a pub argument has been jailed for four years – and had his anonymity stricken by a judge. Kyrese Cashley, from Whitley, Berkshire, swiped at Steven Amor’s … Read more

Gerry Adams wins Supreme Court appeal against convictions

Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s was today overturned by the UK’s highest court after it ruled that his detention was unlawful. The former Sinn Fein leader won a legal battle lasting more than 40 years after the Supreme Court agreed his two 1975 convictions were unsafe … Read more