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School worker jailed for sexually abusing autistic boy aged under 16

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 18:50

Acasia Welburn pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with child by person in a position of trust

A school worker has been jailed for sexually abusing an autistic boy who was under 16 at the time, police said.

Acasia Welburn, now 26, had been working at a school in North Yorkshire in a “trusted care position” when she abused the child.

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Bournemouth man who murdered lodger and cut up body is jailed for life

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 16:27

Benjamin Atkins dumped body parts of Simon Shotton around seaside resort last year after fight over £30 debt

A man who murdered his lodger in a “ferocious attack” before cutting up his body and dropping packages of his dismembered limbs along Bournemouth seafront has been jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years.

Benjamin Atkins, 49, was convicted by a jury at Winchester crown court in May for the murder of 49-year-old Simon Shotton, whose legs were found in packages by a member of the public on the Manor Steps Zig Zag footpath in the Boscombe area of the Dorset seaside resort in August 2023.

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Met officer pleads guilty to stealing from man who collapsed and died

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 11:26

PC Craig Carter told he faces prison for stealing about £115 from wallet received as evidence in 2022

A Metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office after stealing money from a man who died after collapsing.

PC Craig Carter, 51, of Harlow, Essex, stole about £115 from Claudio Gaetani between 7 and 14 September 2022.

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The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 02:00

Mina Smallman’s world fell apart after the murder of her two daughters. Then came a shocking revelation about the police’s behaviour. She explains how she found the strength to fight back

Mina Smallman’s life has not been an easy one but she could always find hope somewhere. The first female archdeacon from an ethnic minority background she was brought up, she says, in “poverty and chaos”. But as a young single parent she went back to school and became a teacher, looking for sparks of potential in even the most unpromising children.

She met her husband Chris, and had a wonderfully happy family life with her three daughters until one day when everything changed. Two of her adult daughters had been celebrating a birthday together but never came home. The police did not go to look for them so their friends and family did – only to find they had been killed. Mina says, for the first time, she felt robbed of hope.

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Shoplifting rate in England and Wales rises to new 20-year high

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:02

Total of 443,995 offences in year to March 2024 up 30% on previous 12 months, says Office for National Statistics

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen to a new 20-year high. A total of 443,995 offences were logged by forces in the year to March 2024, up 30% on the 342,428 recorded in the previous 12 months.

The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which described the latest increases as notable.

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Kent soldier stabbing: man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 05:16

Serviceman in his 40s sustains ‘serious injuries’ during attack near Brompton barracks in Gillingham, says army, with police detaining 24-year-old suspect

A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a soldier was stabbed in Kent.

The victim, in his 40s, sustained “serious injuries” during the attack, an army spokesperson said.

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Police officer stabbed in Durham prison

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 12:25

Officer stabbed in chest at Frankland prison is ‘conscious and talking’ in hospital, police say

A police officer is “conscious and talking” in hospital after being stabbed in the chest at Frankland prison, Durham Constabulary have said.

A force spokesperson said officers were called to HMP Frankland in Durham city shortly after 11am. “A police officer, who was visiting the facility from an outside force, suffered a stab wound to the chest during the incident.

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Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of directing terrorist organisation

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 12:15

Choudary convicted of having ‘caretaker role’ in Al-Muhajiroun and drumming up support online

The Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of directing the terrorist group Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) and drumming up cross-border support for the banned organisation online.

After a trial at Woolwich crown court in south London, Choudary was convicted on Tuesday of having a “caretaker role” in directing ALM.

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Reeves to appoint Covid corruption tsar to claw back billions of waste

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 16:24

Chancellor understood to believe £2.6bn of public money lost to fraudsters during pandemic could be recouped

Rachel Reeves will appoint a commissioner within weeks tasked with recouping billions from Covid contract fraud, in an initiative that will turn the spotlight on to government waste.

The chancellor is understood to believe the Treasury can recoup £2.6bn from waste, fraud and flawed contracts signed during the pandemic.