International Law

Offender expert jailed over porn

Posted on May 17, 2008
Offender expert jailed over porn"A man who helped set up a Government database of violent sex offenders has been jailed on child pornography charges.Vincent Barron, 50, a senior probation service manager, admitted 21 charges of distributing indecent images and one charge of possessing 3,800 images...

Girl killed by van in hit-and-run

Posted on May 17, 2008
Girl killed by van in hit-and-run"A girl of six has died in a hit-and-run involving a van on Merseyside".This is unmistakenly a tragedy. But, call me old fashioned, what on earth was a 6 and 5 year old doing out at this time of the night when they both should have been tucked up safely in bed?

Eleven shadow ministers benefited from donors' 'secret' cash

Posted on May 17, 2008
Eleven shadow ministers benefited from donors' 'secret' cash"The scale of secret cash links between senior Conservatives and wealthy backers was revealed yesterday after George Osborne was told that he should have declared how his office was being funded...

MPs lose legal fight to keep expenses secret

Posted on May 16, 2008
MPs lose legal fight to keep expenses secret"The House of Commons has lost its High Court battle over an information watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses.The Commons challenged the Information Tribunal's "unlawfully intrusive" demand that a detailed breakdown of MPs' additional costs allowances (ACA) must be provided under the Freedom of Information Act...

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Bamber told he will die in prison

Posted on May 16, 2008
Bamber told he will die in prisonA killer convicted of murdering five members of his family has been told he will die in jail.Jeremy Bamber, who killed his victims in 1985, had his "whole-life" tariff sentence reviewed at the High Court.Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled the murders were so "exceptionally serious" that Bamber should never be freed...

Dambusters remembered 65 years on

Posted on May 16, 2008
Dambusters remembered 65 years on"A service and fly-past will be held later to mark the 65th anniversary of the World War II Dambusters mission.A Lancaster bomber will fly three times over Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire, which was used by the original pilots to train ahead of their famous raid"...

Nicholas Soames banned from driving

Posted on May 15, 2008
Nicholas Soames banned from driving"Nicholas Soames, the Conservative MP, was banned from driving for two months after being caught riding a quad bike on a public road with no insurance".I am led to understand that Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes is to appear in court today to be sentenced for his drink driving and driving without insurance charges...

Corrupt Tory MEP to sue NOW for alleging he is corrupt

Posted on May 15, 2008
Corrupt Tory MEP to sue NOW for alleging he is corruptNorth West MEP, Sir Robert Atkins, who has been dipping into the public purse for more than 30 years to supplement his family income, has vowed to sue the News of the World because it printed a story about his snout being in the trough next to a story about another MEP with his snout in the trough...

Hull 4-1 Watford (agg 6-1)

Posted on May 15, 2008
Hull 4-1 Watford (agg 6-1)"Hull will face Bristol City at Wembley for a place in the Premier League after comprehensively beating Watford in the Championship play-off semi-final".I am not generally a sporting man. But, I do tend to get caught up in the excitement of the World Cup, FA cup, and the like...

Man jailed over fake fall claim

Posted on May 15, 2008
Man jailed over fake fall claim"A man who falsely claimed more than £9,000 in compensation for an accident that never happened has been jailed".

Police dog bites the 'wrong man'

Posted on May 15, 2008
Police dog bites the 'wrong man'"A man who escaped uninjured after an attempted shooting in Nottinghamshire was later bitten by a police dog who mistook him for the attacker".At least Rocky allegedly bit the right man!

I can save economy again - Brown

Posted on May 15, 2008
I can save economy again - Brown"Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is the right man to steer the country through difficult economic times".Errrr? It's the economy stupid. That's the job of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, or is he just a spare prick at a wedding?Either Gordon Brown sticks to the job of Prime Minister, or he should stand down and let someone else do the job...

Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes sentenced

Posted on May 15, 2008
Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes sentencedThe once upon a time connected to the BNP but now a Tory blogger, Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes, has been sentenced to wearing an electronic tag, and subjected to a 9pm to 6am curfew for 3 months, and an 18 month supervision order, for his second drink driving offence and driving without insurance...

McCanns: A reconstruction is pointless

Posted on May 15, 2008
McCanns: A reconstruction is pointlessI think under normal circumstances a Crime Watch style reconstruction can be beneficial to a police investigation. For example, seeing it may jog witnesses memories. The problem in the McCann case, unless Gerry and Kate McCann suddenly decide to come clean with their respective roles in this affair, is that a reconstruction is pointless...

Drunk father 'forgot about baby'

Posted on May 14, 2008
Drunk father 'forgot about baby'"A drunken father who abandoned his baby daughter in a sweet shop has been strongly criticised by magistrates".This case follows on from this case, but still the McCanns are given celebrity status for the far worse crime!

American man jailed after daughter fails exam

Posted on May 14, 2008
American man jailed after daughter fails exam"A father who was ordered by a judge to keep a close eye on his daughter's education has been jailed for six months after she failed a maths exam".I thought America was the land of the free? This is complete madness...

Thief abscond from open then asks to be taken back in

Posted on May 14, 2008
Thief abscond from open then asks to be taken back inI wish the Daily Telegraph would desist from reporting upon people escaping from open prison. For the benefit of the editor of the Daily Telegraph, it's escape from a closed prison and abscond from an open prison...

'Half of web users' support bloggers' code

Posted on May 14, 2008
'Half of web users' support bloggers' code"A voluntary code of conduct for bloggers and internet commentators is supported by almost half of all internet users, a survey has claimed"."The researchers said 46 per cent of web users believe bloggers should agree to a set of guidelines which reflected the laws on defamation, intellectual property rights and incitement".

Town swears in first Muslim mayor

Posted on May 14, 2008
Town swears in first Muslim mayor"The first Muslim mayor in the Humber region will be sworn in on Wednesday".One of my friends across the Humber Bridge, in Scunthorpe, phoned me up yesterday to tell me how excited she was about going to the swearing in ceremony today...

Madeleine McCann: reconstruction may occur

Posted on May 14, 2008
Madeleine McCann: reconstruction may occur"A reconstruction of the night Madeleine McCann went missing may still go ahead, her parents' Portuguese lawyer has said".Don't hold your breath for too long.Bad PR not to go.

Blogger in need of laces appeal

Posted on May 14, 2008
Blogger in need of laces appealI first came across this story here. And picked up by a branch, piece of string, and a safety pin, beneath a bridge, here.I seem to recall you could buy laces from sellers on street corners...Donate to the findlacesfund (it will not be used to pay off any mortgage).

No jail term for speeding officer

Posted on May 14, 2008
No jail term for speeding officer"A lying policeman who invented a bogus car chase to avoid paying a speeding fine has been spared jail".I'm sorry, but I fail to see how someone who is suffering PTSD can reasonably be expected to serve and protect the public...

McCanns: judge extends secrecy time limit

Posted on May 14, 2008
McCanns: judge extends secrecy time limit"A Portuguese judge overseeing the Madeleine McCann inquiry has extended judicial secrecy by a further three months, court officials have confirmed".Let's hope that this pair will soon be laughing on the other side of their face, and from the other side of prison bars...

Ripper in legal bid for freedom

Posted on May 14, 2008
Ripper in legal bid for freedom"Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is aiming to win his freedom by claiming his human rights have been breached, a leading law firm has confirmed".I think that the BBC headline is misleading. And I think that his lawyer is misusing the Legal Aid fund for pursuing a pointless case...

Clarence Mitchell has a bad hair day

Posted on May 13, 2008
Clarence Mitchell has a bad hair dayPhoto: 3As

Death and destruction in the Delta - aftermath of Nargis

Posted on May 13, 2008
Death and destruction in the Delta - aftermath of NargisWatch it and weep...

Why don't we let 7 year olds be the judges?

Posted on May 13, 2008
Why don't we let 7 year olds be the judges?On the one hand we have Gingersnaps 7 year old daughter asking this question: "Why do we kill people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong?".On the other hand we have Head of Legal blogging the US Supreme Court decision in Baze v Rees on lethal injection...

Duchess of Pork joins benefit family life

Posted on May 13, 2008
Duchess of Pork joins benefit family life"The Duchess of York has spent six months with a family of six who live on benefits for a new ITV1 documentary".The Duchess of Pork is reported to have said: "I could live in a council house and below the benefit line, of course...

The survivors' stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo makes us all less safe

Posted on May 13, 2008
The survivors' stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo makes us all less safeOfficial accounts reveal with chilling clarity that acts carried out in the name of the war on terror have backfired dreadfully"Without a presumption of innocence, without charges, representation, trials, or due process of any kind, there is no reliable means of determining whether or not a man is guilty...

Driver fined for putting beer's safety before child's

Posted on May 13, 2008
Driver fined for putting beer's safety before child's"An Australian motorist has been fined for putting a seatbelt around a case of beer instead of a five-year-old passenger.Police who pulled over the man's sedan on the Ross highway near the outback town of Alice Springs found the child sitting unrestrained in the back of the vehicle with the driver and other adult passengers apparently unconcerned for the child's safety"...

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