Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson demands ‘fearless investigation’ into police
Paul Quinn, 52, was convicted of the 2003 sex attack that Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted and jailed for. Source link
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Farage Wrongly Says Simon Dudley Was Only Reform Housing Contact For Two Weeks
Nigel Farage has wrongly claimed that a senior Reform UK official sacked for offensive comments about the Grenfell tragedy was only in his post for two weeks. Simon Dudley was dumped by Farage as the party’s housing spokesman following a furious backlash to his remarks. A major overhaul of building regulations took place after 72 people were killed in Grenfell Tower in west London in 2017. But in an interview with trade publication Inside Housing, Dudley said the pendulum had “swung too far the wrong way”. He said the Grenfell fire was a “tragedy” but added: “Sadly, you know, everyone dies in the end. It’s just how you go, right?” Farage announced his sacking during a press conference on Thursday. He said: “He’s no longer a spokesman for the party. That has been dealt with.” In a bad-tempered interview afterwards with Sky News, Farage said: “He was appointed two weeks ago, he’s made these comments, he’s no longer there.” But Reform actually announced Dudley had been handed the role on March 10. In a press …
Holiday park neighbours say 60 ‘wrongly placed’ caravans have ruined their views
Residents say dozens of static caravans have ruined views and privacy at a rural hamlet near Meadow Lakes Holiday Park in Cornwall. Locals claim up to 60 units were placed on the wrong part of the site and have raised concerns over planning rules. Cornwall Council said investigations found no breach, while the park owner insists they have worked closely with authorities. Source link
Investigation launched following case of man who was wrongly jailed for 38 years | News UK Video News
An investigation has been launched into the policing of Peter Sullivan, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1986. Mr Sullivan claimed that police blackmailed him into confessing to the killing of florist Diane Sindall, 21, in Wirral, Merseyside. He was jailed for 38 years – the longest miscarriage of justice in British history. Mr Sullivan, now 68, was only freed when DNA matching somebody else was found on crime scene samples in 2023. Image: Peter Sullivan was only freed in 2025, after fresh evidence was found that quashed his conviction. Pic: Merseyside Police/PA He told a BBC interview last November that Merseyside Police threatened to charge him with “35 other rapes” if he did not confess to the killing of Ms Sindall. “They threw a blanket over the top of me and they were hitting me on top of the blanket with the truncheons to try and get me to co-operate with them,” he added. As a result of the comments, The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched a probe into the …
Politics Home | Over A Dozen Universities Wrongly Spent £190m Of Taxpayers’ Money On Student Loans
4 min read6 hr Exclusive: A student loans mistake by universities has seen up to £190m of taxpayers’ money wrongly given to unaware students, PoliticsHome can reveal, leaving thousands of them facing repayment orders. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said those students had been “let down” by their higher education providers and accused universities of “incompetence” and “abuse of public money”. According to a Department for Education (DfE) letter sent this week, obtained by PoliticsHome, officials realised that providers were misclassifying weekend-only courses as in-attendance courses. Under the student loan regulations, students on weekend-only courses are not ordinarily eligible for maintenance loan support, as they are classed as distance learners. Around 22,000 students at 15 mostly franchised higher education providers across the country are affected, the DfE estimates, with incorrect payments totalling around £190m this academic year. Ministers are now reviewing student loan regulations to “strengthen protections of public money further”. The DfE declined to confirm to PoliticsHome which providers are affected. Franchising allows universities to subcontract teaching and training to other organisations, such as colleges. …
The ‘drunk’ patriot who pushed workmen off a ladder wrongly believing they were taking down Union Jacks
A man has avoided a prison sentence after he was captured on a viral video kicking a ladder from under a workmen he wrongly thought was removing a Union Jack. Charles Gee, 62, emerged drunk from Bull’s head pub in Walkden to confront the council workmen, Krystof Kustra, who was perched on top of a ladder, a court heard. Mr Kustra was installing ‘multiple cameras’ around Manchester at the time but was accosted by Gee when he started working on High Street in Walkden on September 19 last year, prosecutor Miss Harrison told Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court. Get MEN Premium now for just £1 HERE – or get involved in our WhatsApp group by clicking HERE. And don’t miss out on our brilliant selection of newsletters HERE. He was on top of a 3.8 metre ladder when he was confronted by the defendant after emerging from the pub, the court heard. Gee approached ‘in an aggressive manner’ and shouted ‘don’t touch the flag’, according to the prosecutor. But as the worker started to descend …
‘My son was wrongly identified by police after fatal crash – when mistake was uncovered, it was too late’ | UK News
When Cameron Crawford saw the news that police had misidentified two teenagers after a fatal road accident, the memories came flooding back. The independent police watchdog is investigating how South Yorkshire Police mixed up the identities of 17-year-old Trevor Wynn and 18-year-old Joshua Johnson after a crash in Rotherham in December. For three weeks Trevor’s family believed he had died, while Joshua’s sat by the bedside of the injured victim in hospital. When he regained consciousness, the truth became clear. Image: Police mixed-up the identities of Joshua Johnson (L) and Trevor Wynn (R) after a crash “It’s hard to imagine what these families have been through in the past few weeks,” said Emily Barry, the director of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. “It is clear something has gone very wrong with awful consequences for them.” But it turns out the case is far from unusual. George Crawford had picked up the wallet his friend had left behind in a takeaway on a night out in October 2018. When 20-year-old George was hit by a …
How motorists can claim money back if wrongly caught speeding
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Thousands of motorists wrongly caught speeding could claim compensation if they prove financial losses stemming from a National Highways error. The agency has identified around 2,650 incorrect camera activations since 2021, attributing them to a technical fault. Not all flashes led to fines, as camera activations are not always enforced. However, for those erroneously caught, “points doesn’t mean prizes,” Lord Burnett of Maldon noted. The crossbench peer and former lord chief justice said: “It means increased insurance premiums, and it can be extremely difficult for any of us to understand precisely why an insurance premium from one year to another has increased. “Will the Government be sympathetic to those who are unable to produce precise figures because their insurers won’t give them to them?” Transport minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said: “I think the Government has to be a good custodian of public money, …
Wrongly released migrant sex offender back in court over burglary and knife offence | UK | News
A convicted sex offender whose accidental release from prison caused a national storm has admitted burglary and carrying a knife. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was at the centre of a manhunt in November after he was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth while he was supposed to be held in custody to await a trial. The Algerian national, who has been overstaying his visa in the UK since 2020, was convicted in 2024 for exposing himself in a London park, making him a convicted sex offender. On Tuesday, Kaddour-Cherif appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court to plead guilty to burglary after he broke into a garage in Orford Road, Walthamstow, east London, to steal bikes. On Friday, he appeared at Kingston Crown Court by videolink from HMP Pentonville to plead guilty to carrying a knife in Burntwood Road, Earlswood, south-west London. The burglary happened on January 6, 2024, and the incident with the knife was on November 13, 2023. Judge Simon Heptonstall remanded Kaddour-Cherif back into custody, saying he would be sentenced for both crimes on January …
South Yorkshire Police wrongly told family their son had died in car crash | UK News
Police wrongly told a family their son had died in a car crash when he had in fact survived. South Yorkshire Police (SYP) informed the family of Trevor Wynn, 17, that he had passed away, along with a girl of the same age, following a serious collision on Todwick Road in Rotherham, on 13 December. At the time, it had been thought that Joshua Johnson, 18, was under sedation in hospital after being injured. SYP said new “information came to light” on Sunday, which had prompted further identification processes being undertaken. The further checks were taken after the teenager – previously thought to be Mr Johnson – woke up in hospital and said he was Mr Wynn, Sky News correspondent Emma Birchley said. The tests confirmed that Mr Wynn was the badly injured young man in hospital receiving treatment, and Mr Johnson was the person who died. The “astonishing mistake” had resulted in Mr Wynn’s family spending Christmas and New Year with the belief he had died, while Mr Johnson’s family believed he was injured …