Lucy Manning Special correspondent, BBC News ‘He was slashing at me’ – officer who confronted Hainault sword attacker A police officer who confronted Marcus Monzo after he murdered schoolboy Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword in Hainault, east London, last year says he does not see himself as a hero. Inspector Moloy Campbell engaged in...
Jonny Humphries & James Mountford BBC News Lancashire Police Lenny Scott had been threatened by a prisoner four years before his death, a jury heard A former prison officer was shot dead in an “act of retaliation” four years after seizing a mobile phone from a prisoner’s cell, a jury heard. Lenny Scott, 33, was...
A Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been charged with rape. Sgt James Rawlinson, 36, was postal requisitioned over one charge of raping a woman aged 16 or over, said Devon and Cornwall Police. The force said it related to an alleged incident while he was off-duty in Exeter in August 2018. It said Sgt...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service LDRS Devon and Cornwall Police urged people to report crimes so issues could be addressed Policing resources can be prioritised if there is evidence of anti-social behaviour, a council meeting has heard. Speaking at a North Devon Council’s licensing and community safety committee, Devon and Cornwall Police urged people...
Karen Read, an American woman accused of killing her boyfriend in January 2022, has been found not guilty of second-degree murder. The jury also found her not guilty of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of the collision. But she was convicted of driving while intoxicated. A July 2024 trial stemming from the...
A 57-year-old Australian police officer has been shot dead on a rural property in Tasmania while serving a warrant to repossess a home, say police. The officer had arrived at a house in North Motton, near the town of Ulverstone, on Monday morning when he was fired at by “a member of the public”, Tasmania...
A person who intervened during an assault on a police officer has been thanked for their assistance. Torquay Police said on Facebook a patrol officer was attacked by a man outside the town’s station on Saturday morning. The team said a member of the public came to help the officer and helped stop the assault...
A compilation of CCTV and body-worn camera footage of the attack as it unfolded A police officer has told jurors how the defendant in the Daniel Anjorin murder trial slashed at him with a “large sword”. Insp Moloy Campbell told the Old Bailey that he saw blood when he looked down at his hand after...
A 16-year-old girl has been charged with assaulting a police officer amid disorder in Salford that saw cars set on fire and bricks being hurled. About 50 to 60 people gathered during the disturbance in the city’s Lower Broughton Road at about 13:30 BST, Greater Manchester Police said. Two men have been arrested on suspicion...
“I don’t know what a white flag is, shoot to kill,” the officer reportedly said at the time. An Israeli officer who reportedly ordered soldiers to “shoot to kill” people in Gaza holding a white flag has been promoted to the rank of battalion commanding officer, meaning that he may be directing hundreds or thousands...
PA Media Cdr Julian Bennett was initially dismissed in October 2023 The Metropolitan Police says Londoners “will be as outraged as we are at the utter waste of public funds” after a disciplinary process for one of its senior officers took almost five years. Cdr Julian Bennett has been dismissed from the force for a...
Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images A 25-year-old prison officer was attacked, police confirmed A prison officer has undergone emergency surgery, the BBC has been told, after being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at a high security prison. Emergency teams were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton,...
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was critically injured when he was struck by a car. PC Christopher Miller, 38, has been in hospital with life-threatening injuries since the incident on the B416 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire on Thursday night. Thames Valley Police arrested two men, aged 28 and...
Former Manchester United sporting director Dan Ashworth is returning to the Football Association as their first chief football officer. The news he was re-joining the FA was revealed by BBC sports editor Dan Roan on Tuesday, and it has now been confirmed he will fill the newly created chief football officer role. The 54-year-old will...
Police are investigating an alleged attack on a prison officer by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana on Thursday, according to a report in the Sun. A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh yesterday. “Violence in prison will not be tolerated and we will always push for...