Police officer and PCSO stabbed while on duty | UK news | The Guardian

Police officer and PCSO stabbed while on duty UK news The Guardian: "police constable and a community support officer have been stabbed while on duty, police said today.
The officer is in a serious condition after being slashed across the neck in Ealing, west London, in daylight.
The police community support officer is believe to have suffered less serious injuries.
First reports say the attack happened after at least one man was stopped by police around Ealing Broadway.
The Metropolitan police said one man had been arrested in connection with the incident, which happened just after 3pm."

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Police find £195,000 of cocaine on M74

BBC News - Police find £195,000 ofcocaine on M74: "Drugs with an estimated street value of £195,000 have been found in a car on a motorway in North Lanarkshire.
Officers from Strathclyde Police stopped the vehicle near junction 7 of the M74 as it travelled north at about 1455 GMT on Saturday.
They searched the car and discovered what was thought to be a quantity of cocaine.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested. He is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday."

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Ex-boxer Robert Kelbie, 27, quit Scotland amid claims that jailed drugs boss Mark Richardson has put a £60,000 contract on his head

Shooting victim who is alleged to have £60k contract on his head flees Scotland - The Daily Record: "SHOOTING victim linked to a feud with Edinburgh's top cocaine baron has fled to Australia.
Ex-boxer Robert Kelbie, 27, quit Scotland amid claims that jailed drugs boss Mark Richardson has put a £60,000 contract on his head.
An underworld source said: 'There's talk of £60,000 being offered, so Kelbie seems to have decided to get out of town and go as far away as possible.
'He has a lot of friends but he has also made a lot of enemies, so he decided it was a good time to get away for a holiday until things cool off."

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Man stabbed by gang of three while in bed | Glasgow and West | STV News

Man stabbed by gang of three while in bed Glasgow and West STV News: "Three men forced their way into a house before attacking a man who was in bed inside, police have revealed.
The incident happened at around 3.15pm on Saturday in Airdrie's Hunter Street.
Strathclyde Police said the attackers left their 21-year-old victim with serious stab wounds to his head and body.
A spokesman said: 'He was taken by ambulance to Monklands District General Hospital where he is presently being treated for his injuries. Hospital staff describe his condition as stable.
'A 21-year-old woman and a two year-old girl were also within the house at the time of the attack. They were not injured.'
The attackers ran out of the house and police are appealing for anyone who saw them, or anyone else who has any information on the incident, to contact them."

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My car was vandalised and strangers yelled 'slut' - The Sun mobile

My car was vandalised and strangers yelled 'slut' - The Sun mobile: "RANGERS ace Kyle Lafferty has bagged a stunning new girlfriend - Miss Scotland Nicola Mimnagh.
The Scottish Sun exclusively revealed yesterday how the smitten pair have enjoyed a string of dates since meeting through a mutual pal.
But former WAG Lauren MacDonald - ex of Kyle's Gers teammate Maurice Edu - has some hard-hitting words of advice for Nicola.
She tells DOUGLAS WALKER how life as a soccer star's girlfriend isn't always as glamorous as it appears...
WITH a champagne lifestyle and designer handbags, being a WAG is what many girls dream of.
But for the ex-girlfriend of Rangers star Maurice Edu it turned out to be a complete NIGHTMARE.
Gorgeous Lauren McDonald, 23, fell for the US footballer before she even knew what he did for a living.
But the abuse she suffered from complete strangers ultimately played a big part in their break up.
And it has left Lauren so disillusioned with life in Scotland that she is on the verge of quitting for London.
Stunning hair stylist Lauren, from Anniesland, Glasgow, and Edu, 24, are still good friends and speak regularly on the phone.
They got together at the beginning of this year after being introduced by a mutual friend."

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Jilted husband jailed for Port Dundas murder

BBC News - Jilted husband jailed for Port Dundas murder: "A husband who murdered his younger love rival during a frenzied knife attack in Glasgow has been jailed for life.
Wing Ho, 49, stabbed Malaysian restaurant worker, Chee Gang Goh, 18 times in a common close at flats in Port Dundas, Glasgow, in April 2010.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that he snapped after his wife of 20 years left him for 28-year-old Mr Goh.
Judge Lord Pentland ordered Ho to serve a minimum of 15 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
Ho was also found guilty of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by washing and cleaning a Nissan Micra he used during the crime and instructing his daughter, Johin Ho, to give police false information.
The court heard how Ho, who studied medicine for two years and who has degrees in accountancy and law, armed himself with a knife and waited outside the block of flats in Glasgow where Mr Goh lived."

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Petrol bomb attack backfires for dumb criminal - mirror.co.uk

Petrol bomb attack backfires for dumb criminal - mirror.co.uk: "calibre of underworld gangsters has slipped somewhat since the Krays, judging by this criminal display.
The plan was to smash the glass door of a pub with bricks before hurling in a firebomb.
But bungling would-be arsonists Amir Ali and his accomplice didn’t quite manage to break the door and their petrol bomb simply bounced off and exploded in Ali’s face.
He was then caught on CCTV fleeing in a blind panic, only to run into a lamppost and fall flat on his back before staggering off again.
To make matters worse, he went to a nearby medical centre to have his head injury treated – helping police capture him almost immediately.
He still had the plaster on when the mugshot was taken
Father-of-two Ali, 28, denied involvement but was jailed for eight years on Tuesday."

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Murdered bride’s husband locked in extradition battle - UK, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Murdered bride’s husband locked in extradition battle - UK, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk: "The British newlywed accused of hiring a hitman to murder his bride was remanded in custody last night as South African authorities fought to extradite him.
Wealthy businessman Shrien Dewani (30) was released on £250,000 bail with an electronic tag and curfew by a judge at City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court.
But the decision was dramatically over-ridden before he could walk free after representatives of the South African government lodged appeal documents.
Dewani will now appear before the High Court where a more senior judge will review whether he should be granted bail.
The Bristol care home owner is wanted over the death of his wife Anni (28), who was found dead in the back of an abandoned taxi with a single bullet wound to her neck on November 13."

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Gangs Are Recruiting Emigrants and Treating Them Like Slaves | Emigrate.co.uk News

Gangs Are Recruiting Emigrants and Treating Them Like Slaves Emigrate.co.uk News: "Reports show that gangs are now recruiting emigrants and treating them just like slaves. They are forcing these people to live in dirty, cramped conditions, while making them pick leeks that would, in time, be sold to Tesco and Waitrose.
The emigrants from eastern Europe were always promised good wages, accommodations and nice working conditions. However, these emigrants would later find out that they would be beaten and/or threatened often. They would be kept in inhuman conditions and left very hungry.
So far, Gurdip Singh Somal, his wife Manjinder Kaur Somal, Jujhar Singh, Santokh Singh Nizzar, Varinder Singh, Fateh Singh Bal and Ania Jemiola have all denied conspiracy chargers to exploit emigrant workers. They deny two charges between December 2004 and November of 2008. All of the defendants have, so far, denied conspiracy to exploit by arranging travel within the UK, with the exception of Jemiola.
The Prosecutor said to the court that Gurdip Sonal ran the multi-million pound business. He provided agricultural labor to farmers by recruiting workers to harvest leeks in Lincolnshire, Nottingham and Cambridgeshire. He went on to say that this case against them is that they have cruelly mistreated emigrant workers, that they have exploited them. The workers came here on the promise of good wages, accommodations and conditions. However,he continued, in reality they were thrown out into leek fields when they arrived. They were intimidated and threatened all the time. In short, they were not treated like human beings, he added, they were treated like work animals."

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Gangs continue to cast cloud over Shannonside - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Gangs continue to cast cloud over Shannonside - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "DEATH threats following a shocking TV programme, balaclavas and a replica gun found at the scene of fatal accidents and one of the country's most dangerous criminals back in town.
While conversation across the rest of the country concerns the crippling Budget, water shortages and freezing snow, in Limerick, it is the activities of the city's criminals which dominate.
In recent years, there has been a major push to spin positive about life on Shannonside -- particularly by Laura Ryan in the city's co-ordination office -- but the dark and sinister side of Limerick refuses to disappear.
While the problems of Limerick's criminal gangs has been well-documented, on Monday night a 'Prime Time Investigates' programme brought the stark reality of life in the country's most deprived estates into sitting rooms: youths brandishing a sawn-off shotgun; criminals comparing prison to a holiday camp; and tearful families held prisoner in their own homes as gangs run riot outside."

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Crime is smashed across Essex (From Basildon Recorder)

Crime is smashed across Essex (From Basildon Recorder): "THIRTEEN organised crime gangs have been smashed by police in Essex so far this year.
The gangs, responsible for crimes such as dealing drugs and people trafficking, were tackled by police in the first six months of this year alone.
It comes as a report, written by Essex Police’s Chief Con-stable Jim Barker-McCardle, reveals crime across the county has continued to drop.
In the first six months of this year police in the county saw 478 fewer crimes reported compared with the same period last year.
So far this year, recorded incidents of antisocial behaviour have also plummeted by nearly 12 per cent, with 5,421 fewer incidents reported, compared with the previous year.
The force has also seen good results in its continued war on drug dealers."

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Mersey drug gangs: how Liverpool's influence spreads across UK and beyond - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Mersey drug gangs: how Liverpool's influence spreads across UK and beyond - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "SINCE the late 1970s and early 1980s, Liverpool crime gangs have been a dominant force on the UK drug scene. The reach of the families and gangs who control the lucrative trade stretches far beyond the city boundaries.
City crime syndicates are known to have a major say in the sale of drugs as far north as Inverness and as far south as Cornwall, with Hull to the east and North Wales to the west.
Many of the places now seen as Liverpool strongholds have good transport links for moving drugs about, are hit by deprivation or have a mass market.
Places like Blackpool and Devon were firm family holiday favourites in the 1960s and 1970s before they became favoured spots to make ill-gotten gains – police in Torquay in the 1980s even had a team nicknamed “the Scouse Squad” to deal solely with the influx of Mersey crooks.
The travelling band of football fans from the city who toured the country following the successful Liverpool and Everton sides of the early 1980s also brought new opportunities.
Supporters who made a weekend out of games in other towns and cities soon spotted possible new ventures and hook-ups with local criminals.
Now, with high-speed rail links, motorways dissecting the country and cheap domestic flights, drug barons and their couriers can be anywhere and back within a day."

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Machine gun & ammunition found in Ashbourne - RTÉ News

Machine gun & ammunition found in Ashbourne - RTÉ News: "machine gun and ammunition have been recovered during a Garda search of open ground in Co Meath.
The operation, targeting organised crime gangs, was carried out near Ashbourne yesterday evening.
No arrests were made.
Meanwhile, Gardaí are continuing to detain 10 men arrested as part of an operation targeting organised crime in the southeast.
A number of items including weapons and drugs were seized during searches in Cork, Dublin, Tipperary and Waterford yesterday morning."

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Amnesty sees 1,300 of gangs' gun of choice off the streets | News

Amnesty sees 1,300 of gangs' gun of choice off the streets News: "1,300 pistols which have become the weapon of choice among gangsters in London are now in the hands of police after a nationwide amnesty.
Olympic .38 BBM guns were declared illegal after criminals began converting them to fire live ammunition.
The guns, easily available online for as little as £30, were normally used to start track races but, by the end of March, 179 of the converted weapons had been used in crimes such as grievous bodily harm and attempted murder — all but 22 of them in London.
Police revealed today they had recovered 1,322 guns in the seven-week amnesty, launched in April, which assistant chief constable Susannah Fish called a “hugely successful operation”. The public handed in 799, with the rest seized in raids against internet importers.
In March a 17-year-old from Islington was jailed for 10 years for two attempted murders using an Olympic gun."

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Crime is smashed across Essex (From Basildon Recorder)

Crime is smashed across Essex (From Basildon Recorder): "THIRTEEN organised crime gangs have been smashed by police in Essex so far this year.
The gangs, responsible for crimes such as dealing drugs and people trafficking, were tackled by police in the first six months of this year alone.
It comes as a report, written by Essex Police’s Chief Con-stable Jim Barker-McCardle, reveals crime across the county has continued to drop.
In the first six months of this year police in the county saw 478 fewer crimes reported compared with the same period last year.
So far this year, recorded incidents of antisocial behaviour have also plummeted by nearly 12 per cent, with 5,421 fewer incidents reported, compared with the previous year.
The force has also seen good results in its continued war on drug dealers.
In the first half of this year the number of dealers charged for peddling Class A drugs – such as cocaine and heroin – also increased by 15, or nearly 29 per cent, compared with the previous year.
The force’s good results come as Essex Police prepare to make £45million of cuts over the next four years as part of the Government’s bid to slash public spending."

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London Street Gangs: Southall drug dealers jailed for five years

London Street Gangs: Southall drug dealers jailed for five years: "TWO Southall drug dealers caught red-handed in an undercover police operation were jailed for five years on Friday (December 3).

Irfan Javed, 27, of Western Road and Abdul Alam, of Dane Road were brazenly trading in class A drugs on the streets of west London.

They were part of a four-man gang arrested when police set up an operation to clamp down on street dealing.

Prosecutor James O'Connell said: 'An undercover officer was deployed in Southall Broadway in early August of this year and it was a continued operation through to early September, buying drugs covertly from people who were prepared to deal to them on the street.”

An officer introduced himself to a user on the street and was eventually given the number of someone was selling drugs."

Murderer enjoyed the trappings of gangster life (From Croydon Guardian)

Murderer enjoyed the trappings of gangster life (From Croydon Guardian): "Police are baffled as to how Saturday Lobsang Hassan came to possess a gun or why he turned murderous after being thrown out of the Deslandes pub.
The 30-year-old builder, who was convicted of murdering Darren Deslandes and attempting to murder his brother, had no prior convictions and police could uncover no criminal past in their background checks on him.
Detective Chief Inspector Gordon Allison, who led the investigation, said: “Someone who can source a firearm in that period of time, you would think they had some contacts in the criminal world. “Hassan has never been on our radar. He was a builder, he was jobbing in regular employment.”"

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