The Latest Breaking News from Westminster Magistrates Court

Met police officer acquitted of assaulting teenager he sprayed with incapacitant

In body-worn footage played in court, the claimant appears to shout “don’t touch me” as he is being restrained, while his girlfriend can be heard saying “this is pure racism”.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2023

Retired Scots firearms cop in court over plot to share indecent images of children with ex-officers

Jack Addis, from Perthshire, is alleged to have exchanged more than 2500 Category A images with fellow cops Jeremy Laxton and the late Chief Inspector Richard Watkinson on a computer hard drive between January 2018 and July 2021.

Daily Record · Feb 10, 2023

North London man charged with ‘Islamist terrorism’ offences in Met Police operation

He is accused of ‘possessing documents likely to be useful for committing or preparing an act of terrorism’

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Just Stop Oil climate protesters guilty of criminal damage to John Constable masterpiece at National Gallery

The pair taped posters to The Hay Wain and glued themselves to its frame

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

Just Stop Oil activists found guilty of criminal damage of Van Gogh painting

Emily Brocklebank, 23, and Louis McKechnie, 22, are found guilty of damaging the painting’s valuable picture frame during a protest in a London gallery

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2022

Just Stop Oil protesters caused nearly £2,000 of damage to Vincent Van Gogh painting

Emily Brocklebank, 23, and Louis McKechnie, 22, caused just under £2,000 of criminal damage to the 1889 work Peach Trees In Blossom at the Courtauld Gallery in London on June 30

Manchester Evening News · Nov 22, 2022

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat banned from driving after being caught using mobile phone

The attending officer confirmed that Mr Tugendhat was not using the phone to call the emergency services and rather had been using maps

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Police officers get jail terms over WhatsApp group featuring Wayne Couzens

The pair have been granted bail ahead of an appeal for ‘grossly offensive’ messages sent before Couzens killed Sarah Everard.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Jail terms for police officers in WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens

Both officers, who exchanged offensive messages with Couzens before he killed Sarah Everard, were bailed ahead of an appeal.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Climate activist who poured human faeces over memorial to Captain Tom spared jail

Maddie Budd pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage following protest earlier this month

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022