Symeon Brown
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Met Police chief criticises government plan to release hundreds of prisoners early (opens the original)
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The head of the Metropolitan Police has criticised the justice system for letting victims down. Days before the government releases hundreds of prisoners early, Sir Mark Rowley said the pressure to cut the remand population had led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” getting bail. He spoke after attending the sentencing of a paedophile who was allowed to return to his flat overlooking a playground.
Winston Trew: Man framed by police in campaign to change case review law (opens the original)
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In the last three years at least 64 current or former police officers have been sent straight to prison for offences including serious dishonesty, physical and sexual violence and abuse of position of power, according to a new report. But there remains no automatic duty to review all the cases that they may have had a hand in investigating. Now Winston Trew – who was framed by a policeman in the 1970s and spent 47 years clearing his name – is fronting a campaign to have this changed. The Ministr
Stop and search: is the controversial police tactic working in London? (opens the original)
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The Metropolitan Police has carried out 20% more stop and searches in London over the last year – and said their highest find rate ever had helped them to recover thousands of weapons and illegal drugs. The force said it was also keen to tackle concerns in the community that Black people are far more likely to be searched than their white counterparts and promised greater scrutiny, transparency and accountability.
Coroner finds ‘multiple failures’ leading up to death of 14-year-old shot in London playground (opens the original)
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An inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting in east London has found that his killing was unlawful. Corey Junior Davis was shot in a playground in 2017. His killer remains at large. His family say he had been groomed by drug gangs and was failed by the authorities. A coroner’s court has said that, while there were failings from multiple agencies in the year leading up to his death, it’s impossible to say whether they directly caused it.
Is London really rife with crime – we ask Mayor Sadiq Khan (opens the original)
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London has been branded a lawless city, rife with crime and violence, at least according to Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Police commissioner have published figures on Thursday which they say show that crime, from theft to murder, is falling across the city. We asked the mayor after all this criticism of the capital from some of the world’s richest and most powerful people, should the new prime minister tell the US president he’s wrong?
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