Paul Turner is a self confessed Police Informer. This was confirmed in Chorley Magistrates court and is the reason why Lancashire police failed to charge him with a number of crimes he has committed against Paul Ponting, and, why Lancashire police have attempted, several times, to criminalise Mr Ponting. Initially, Lancashire police prosecuted Mr Ponting […] […]
An innocent man pepper-sprayed in front of his children before being stripped naked and “intimately searched” by Sgt Eckersley, was paid £35,000 in damages by police. Shocking footage shows Paul Ponting, now 52, being stripped by police and then refusing to put on a “paper suit” officers threw to him as they left his cell […] […]
A complaint was made against the former Lancashire Chief Constable regarding a civil claim he brought against a man named, Paul Ponting. Within the evidence […]
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) had received a mandatory conduct referral from GMP in October 2018 in relation to Police Constable Adnan Ali, who ran the Trafford Volunteer Police Cadets. It followed his arrest earlier that month on suspicion of police corruption, resulting from a report of abuse of position for a sexual […] […]
The criminal justice system’s response to rape allegations is plagued by a “blame culture” and “finger pointing” between police and prosecutors, the watchdog has found. There are “deep divisions” and “poor communication” between police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) around rape prosecutions and convictions, the new report said. It comes after the government’s […] […]
The Metropolitan Police has denied that its policing operation at Wembley “failed,” as it emerged England fans were openly discussing ways to force their way into the stadium in the days leading up to the Euro 2020 final. The denial comes as a senior Tory suggested the joint British-Irish 2030 World Cup bid now looked […] […]
Darren McIntyre, 47, punched Mark Bamber after being called to his home in Ainsdale, Southport, on 19 June 2019. He was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to 19 months in jail for assault and perverting the course of justice. Two other officers were jailed in May and another received a suspended sentence after lying to […] […]
A Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with misconduct in public office with two teenage girls. PC Adnan Arib, 44, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday following two separate allegations of wilful misconduct with two girls, aged 15 and 16 respectively, who cannot be named for legal reasons. The court heard Mr […] […]
A furious mother is demanding an apology after police turned up at her home in a van to check her ‘petrified’ daughter was self-isolating at home with Covid-19. Officers visited the home of Kathryn Crook in Middleton, Greater Manchester, to check that Charlotte, 12, was adhering to Covid guidance after catching the virus. Ms Crook, […] […]
A Warwickshire Police staff investigator allegedly had personal relationships with two women whose cases he was involved in investigating, a jury has been told. And the brother of one of the women said he saw Alan Butler touching her knee in way he considered to be ‘terribly inappropriate in the circumstances.’ Alan Butler, aged 64, […] […]
A Welsh police force has referred itself to the police watchdog after footage emerged online of an officer in an altercation with a man during an arrest. The footage was shared on social media by a Black Lives Matter group in south Wales, who claim “excessive force” was used. Gwent Police said it takes such […] […]
A “blame culture” around conviction rates, too much caution in pursuing rapists and a disproportionate focus on the victims behaviour – these are the damning findings of a report by the watchdogs for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service looking at why convictions for rape are so low. CPS figures for 2019 to 2020 […] […]
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