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Prosecutors accused of ‘criminalising innocent police’ over Couzens messages

Three police officers are being cross-examined over messages they sent on a group WhatsApp chat with Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, in 2019.

The Independent UK

Judge throws out attempt to dismiss charges against Met Police officers over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group

Trial continues after defence attempt to stop case on basis that no-one in private WhatsApp group was offended

The Independent UK

Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life prison sentence

Court of Appeal told the way Couzens hunted down and killed his victim was a ‘fundamental attack on our way of life’

The Independent UK

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Premier League player arrested on suspicion of rape has one allegation dropped

The player, who has not been named, was arrested on July 4 over rape allegations against a woman in her 20s.

The Independent UK

Police officer accused of ‘acting out rape fantasy’ in messages to Wayne Couzens

William Neville is charged alongside another serving Met constable, Jonathon Cobban, and former Pc Joel Borders.

The Independent UK

Met Police officers in WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens sent gun and rape fantasies

Metropolitan Police officers accused of sharing “grossly offensive” messages with killer PC Wayne Couzens swapped rape and gun fantasies, racist jokes, and homophobic abuse on a WhatsApp group, a court heard.

Evening Standard

Why are strip-searches not a matter of public debate in the UK?

The recent story of Child Q, the 15-year-old black schoolgirl who was accused by her teachers of smelling of cannabis and subjected to a strip-search at her school in Hackney, London, without an appropriate adult present, has rightly elicited outrage.

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Police rammed during high-speed chase of Audi carjackers in Rainham

A police car was rammed following a dramatic high-speed chase with carjackers in east London.

Evening Standard

Teen Hacked Into Women’s Snapchat Accounts And Used Nude Photos To Blackmail Their Friends

Detectives found fake PayPal accounts with fictional personal details and email accounts tied to the victims’ names.

Zenger

Robyn Williams: Met must keep top officer sacked over abuse video

The Metropolitan Police has been told to keep in post a senior officer convicted of possessing a child abuse video.

Evening Standard

Police admit they didn't send Boris Johnson questionnaires on TWO Partygate events

The revelation is thought to be the first time the Metropolitan Police has admitted this, under details released as part of a legal challenge by the Good Law Project

Daily Mirror

Oluwakemi Badare: Mother drowned son, 4, in bath as he begged ‘please don’t kill me’

Boy’s mother given hospital order after jury found she deliberately drowned four-year-old Kingswealth

The Independent UK

Moment killer who murdered woman in shipping container used wheelie bin to dump her body

Judge condemns ‘shocking acts of wickedness’ by killer of Agnes Dora Akom

The Independent UK

Police did not question Boris Johnson about two lockdown parties he avoided fines for

Metropolitan Police issued fixed penalty notices to other attendees

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The Independent UK

Family’s agony 10 years after grandmother, 76, murdered in her home

Victim’s granddaughter says family has not come to terms with her death as killer has never been found

The Independent UK

Three fatal shootings in six days in London

This number of fatal gun deaths in less than a week is unusual in London.

Daily Mirror

Wood Green shooting: Man shot dead near busy London Underground station

The London Air Ambulance and fast-response medics attended on Sunday night but a man who was shot near Wood Green London Underground station sadly died at the scene

Evening Standard

Met Police send letters to London schools warning parents about kids becoming radicalised over summer

The Metropolitan Police has warned parents to look out for signs of radicalisation as children spend more time online during the summer holidays.

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The Independent UK

Man stabbed to death in west London pub

A murder investigation has been launched

Evening Standard

Australian activist arrested in London following alleged ‘bomb threat’ to Chinese embassy

Australian activist Drew Pavlou has been arrested in the UK after the Chinese embassy in London received a false “bomb threat”.

The Guardian - AU

Australian activist Drew Pavlou arrested in London but denies sending Chinese embassy bomb threat

Pavlou says the emailed threat was intended to frame him after he staged a peaceful protest carrying a Uyghur flag outside the embassy

Evening Standard

Met PC used phone to spy on woman in Primark changing room

A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a London branch of Primark has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

The Independent UK

Search for missing woman last seen in Hackney over a week ago

‘When Sarah Everard went missing, I had as much as concern as everyone else did. I don’t look at a colour chart if a woman goes missing. When she went missing every media outlet covered it,’ campaigner says

The Guardian - UK

As the Grenfell inquiry wraps up, what are the next steps?

The final report will be crucial for the Metropolitan police as they consider whether to recommend criminal charges

Los Angeles Times

What really happened during the wait for Trump to quell the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday is billed as a look at what former President Donald Trump did in the 187 minutes between the start of the insurrection and when he urged his supporters to leave the Capitol.

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