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Shoplifting as a Middle Class Sport…?

Can you Adam and Eve it? The middle-class shoplift for fun? What? They’ve given up the fun and frolics of Verbier and Saint Moritz? When was shoplifting ever fun? And when did it become a sport? It’s one thing if you are poor and in need and you walk out of a…

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Putting WFH on Probation

WTH! Probation officers WFH? How does that work? AFAIK*, probation officers are supposed to see their ‘clients’ face-to-face. Once convicted of an offence which is not imprisonable or the sentence is a combination of community payback and suspended custodial sentence, criminals are supposed to report to their probation officer at…

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Nothing To See Here…

Okay, everybody, calm down. Just take a breath and simmer down. A Black woman has been handcuffed and arrested by the Metropolitan Police, amid distressing scenes in front of her young son. Video taken of this incident almost brought down Twitter (although it probably doesn’t take much these days to…

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Knives in Schools: When Will Lessons be Learned?

In November 2014, 16-year-old schoolboy William Cornick was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his teacher, Ann Maguire in their Leeds Catholic school. He was sentenced to serve a minimum term of 20 years. William Cornick had a grudge against Mrs Maguire, and he had made it known that he…

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Criminals in (Police) Uniform

Can’t the police get anything right? First, they stop, search and arrest innocent people going about their innocent business. Then they say they haven’t got time to attend to house burglaries and car crimes, nor chase motorists who drive off without paying for their fuel. Neither do they have time…

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Why We Need Women-only Spaces

I spent Twixmas in the West Country. Bath, to be precise, and what a Bath-ing I had. Water, water everywhere. Someone clearly misinterpreted my meaning when I said I am going to Bath. Had to buy an (emergency) pair of Wellingtons to see me through the rainstorm. Don’t think I…

Missing Black Lives Matter Too!

A woman and her two young children go missing. That’s bad enough. It takes the police three weeks to find them. Buried in the back garden of their home. Why did it take three weeks? Why did it take so long to find the former Eastenders actress Sian Blake and…

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A Fair Cop? Not Likely!

What’s the police for? Seriously, what are they for? Give me a moment while I consult Google. Just to be sure. Google says ‘the police is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime’. Ah yes! Catch the criminals. I kinda guessed so. Didn’t need to trouble Google. But still……

Time to Grant Anonymity to Suspects, Too

I am thinking of going into politics if only to change a certain section of the law. For too long I have been concerned about a law that protects the identity of rape and sexual assault complainants yet reveals that of the suspect. Even if the accused is prosecuted and…