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| Knife crime could continue to rise until 2018, one of Britain’s leading trauma surgeons warned. Professor Karim Brohi, consultant trauma and vascular surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, said that urgent action and school education was needed if stabbing injuries were to be reduced. He said: “Without long-term intervention I think we’ll continue to see an increase in knife crime up to 2018.” | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 14th January 2009 |
| A Nationwide police blitz on knife crime has contributed to an explosion in the number of young people held on a Government database. The details of hundreds of children and young adults are added to records every day. Many come to the attention of police when they are stopped during stop and search operations aimed at flushing those carrying weapons. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| High visibility vests for criminals on community service will be introduced today. The Government has ordered 10,000 orange vests with “Community Payback” written on the back in purple to increase public confidence in community punishments. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel December 1st, 2008 |
| The number of teenagers caught carrying Knives has fallen sharply during a targeted police blitz, Government figures reportedly show today. Officers from 10 forces in England have searched 105,000 youngsters since the launch of the £2 million Home Office campaign in June. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel December 11th, 2008 |
| Ministers were urged to limit the use of Taser guns today after new figures emerged showing Taser-linked deaths. Amnesty International said 334 people have died in the U.S. since 2001 after being shot by the weapons. A spokesman for the campaign group said the weapons were “open to abuse”. The Government announced last month it would issue 10,000 weapons and give them to non-firearms officers. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel December 16th 2008 |
| Michael Guglielmucci, the Australian youth pastor who lied about having cancer to hide his long standing addiction to pornography is not likely to face legal charges for seeking donations under false pretences. According to the Adelaide Advertiser, South Australian police are finalising investigations without making any charges against Guglielmucci, who admitted his deception on an Australian news channel in August. | |
| Crime | Youthwork – December |
| Allowing bars and pubs to serve alcohol around the clock has largely failed to tackle late night violence, say police, councils and the NHS. According to a survey published today by the Local Government Association (LGA), nearly one in three NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) report an increase in alcohol-related incidents since the 2003 Licensing Act. Half of police authorities say that far from creating the promised continental- style café culture in the UK, the new laws have simply pushed alcohol-related violence later into the evening. Seven in ten police authorities, PCTs and councils say that 24 hour drinking has either increased or failed to change levels of alcohol-related incidents. And councils say that £100 million in taxpayers’ money has been paid out to implement the changes. | |
| Crime | Prayer Magazine - July |
| A top police officer has launched a scathing attack on the early release of criminals. Chief Constable of Kent Mike Fuller said dangerous offenders are being released because of a lack of prison places. He said: “Sentencing policy would appear to be determined more by the number of prison places rather than the seriousness of the crimes people have committed. “People committing serious and violent crimes are not receiving as long sentences as they should be, making the job of the police more difficult.” He said lack of available prison places could have easily been foreseen following a Government directive five years ago to increase the number of offenders brought to justice. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – September 4th |
| An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute. After the institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the donkey was found in possession of the corn and sentenced to 24 hours in prison. His owner got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - 17th October 2008 |
| Swrewsbury Prison was today named as the most overcrowded in the country. Director of the Prison Reform Trust (PRT), Juliet Lyon, said the jail has 178 places in use but holds 326 inmates-which means it is running at an overcrowding rate of 183 per cent. The prison houses many offenders jailed by courts in North Staffordshire. The PRT said almost two-thirds of prisons are officially overcrowded, with the system holding 10,000 more offenders than it was designed to handle. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - August 7 2008 |
| One of Scotland Yard’s most experiences anti-terrorist officers will be sentenced for an American Express expenses scam involving tens of thousands of pounds. Detective Sergeant Richard de Cadenet, aged 38, who has worked on a number of high-profile investigations including the 7/7 attacks, spent more than a year billing his bosses for personal spending. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – September 22nd 2008 |
| The cost of tackling recorded crime is £15 billion a year or £275 per person, according to a report published today. The Taxpayers’ Alliance said the cost of crimes reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was highest in Nottinghamshire at £390 a head, £2 higher than in London. However, today’s total was far lower than a previous estimate. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - July 4th 2008 |
| Too many people are being sent to jail because of botched Government reforms which were not properly funded, MPs said today in a scathing report. The Commons Justice Committee said hasty legislation had been a “significant contributor” to prison overcrowding, with record numbers now behind bars. It blamed a failure to pump enough cash into community punishments for a rise in short jail terms. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - July 22nd 2008 |
| Olympic silver medal winning boxer Amir Khan launched a campaign today warning children about the dangers of railway lines. The fighter was in Leeds to promote Network Rail’s summer campaign to keep children off the track as the city was named the UK’s hotspot for railway offending. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - July 17th 2008 |
| A Detailed picture of the true extent of knife crime was revealed for the first time in official figures today. Annual crime figures contained a new set of data on knife attacks in every force in England and Wales. Serious violent crimes involving a blade were previously bundled with other attacks, but since April last year officers have recorded them separately in light of growing public concern. Police recorded around 20,000 serious offences involving knives last year, including grievous bodily harm, attempted murder, woundings and robbery. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - July 17th 2008 |
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