Police are cunts

[Gnasher]

46 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

From this angle at least it doesn't look like a 'chase', at least not at this stage. 

 

 

 

Apparently the two lads drove onto a road blocked off to cars/vans to escape police before meeting their deaths. I don't know why the police didn't just report the truth from the start but that force has an uneasy relationship with the truth.

 

A schoolgirl got killed a few weeks ago by there when hit by a car walking across a zebra crossing. 

 

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23499836.girl-15-beautiful-smile-killed-cardiff-car-crash/

 

 

They've arranged some vigil for them lads at 6pm Friday night. Unfortunately it could be the perfect excuse for every idiot from that part of Cardiff to cause trouble. Just hope it goes off peacefully.

 

[Section_31]

Vigil van Dijk.

[Gnasher]

1 hour ago, Section_31 said:

Vigil van Dijk.

With a bit of luck it'll piss down.

[Kevin D]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/30/police-bridgend-south-wales-100-child-sex-offences-guilty/
 

A police officer has pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges of inciting children to engage in sexual activity online.

 

Lewis Edwards, 23, of Bridgend, posed as a teenager on Snapchat to groom girls as young as 12 into sending him images and videos he covertly recorded.

 

He then used the recordings to blackmail his victims, forcing them to send him increasingly graphic and explicit images. He told victims that because he was a police officer he wouldn’t be investigated.

 

Edwards, who appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday, was a serving police officer when his “extreme” and “predatory” crimes were uncovered.

 

During his arrest, Edwards’ home was searched and a number of heavily encrypted electronic devices and a blackmail manual were recovered.

 

The South Wales Police (SWP) Online Investigation Team said it has already identified a dozen victims but is working to identify others as a priority.

 

During the hearing, Edwards admitted a total of 106 offences including blackmail, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, making a child watch a sex act, sexual communication, making indecent images of children, possessing indecent images of children and a single charge of distribution.

 

He will be sentenced on Aug 23. Edwards was immediately suspended from duty after being arrested and later resigned, the force said.

 

It added: “An accelerated misconduct hearing was held which delivered the sanction of dismissal. He has been added to the barred list, preventing him from returning to policing.”

 

Edwards is said to have used his job to tell his victims he would not be investigated.

 

Det Sup Tracey Rankine, head of the online investigation team, said Edwards’ victims “lived in fear of him”.

 

Assistant Chief Constable Danny Richards defended the force’s vetting process and said it was “recently only one of two in the country to be assessed as good by His Majesty’s Inspectorate for the way we carry out vetting of officers and staff, how effectively we protect information and data we hold and how well corruption is dealt with”.

 

He added: “The public will be as shocked and sickened as I am that such appalling offences have been committed by a serving police officer.

 

“The behaviour of Lewis Edwards only serves to damage the public’s trust and confidence in policing and undermines the work of the vast majority of responsible, hard-working police officers who serve the communities of South Wales with courage and pride.”

[halewood pete]

Despicable bastard

[Lurtz]

Kinell.

 

BBC News - Ex-police watchdog chief Lockwood charged with rape

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65928045

[skend04]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65989993

 

A major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder is publicly named today for the first time, after a BBC investigation.

He is Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50. The BBC has found the Met Police seriously mishandled key inquiries related to him.

In response, the Met has taken the almost unprecedented step of naming White as a suspect.

"Unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation," says Scotland Yard.

"The impact of them continues to be seen," reads the statement from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward.

 

It's crazy how there seems to be more evidence of more ways that the police fucked this investigation up.

[VladimirIlyich]

42 minutes ago, skend04 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65989993

 

A major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder is publicly named today for the first time, after a BBC investigation.

He is Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50. The BBC has found the Met Police seriously mishandled key inquiries related to him.

In response, the Met has taken the almost unprecedented step of naming White as a suspect.

"Unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation," says Scotland Yard.

"The impact of them continues to be seen," reads the statement from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward.

 

It's crazy how there seems to be more evidence of more ways that the police fucked this investigation up.

A safe revelation when the suspect is dead. At least the cunt had several decades on the planet more than Stephen Lawrence did.

[Kepler-186]

https://pokmagazine.cargo.site/A-couple-of-cans-with-Wolfie

 

Article is an interview with a graffiti artist.

 

“One time I was painting a permission wall and about 9 undercover bizzies, dressed like they were typical Scouse scallies with their north faces and trackies on, came over to hassle me and I was just proper laughing to them about them trying to look like they’re da boys haha. From what I gathered they were the new graffiti team, lurking about gathering bits of evidence and intel on who’s painting around the city. If you’re out there doing illegal paintings with mates they deem it as a conspiracy or performing ‘organised crime’ which is nuts to me. I’ve been stopped by these before, even the same one who arrested me over 10 years ago, they just try to provoke you just to get a reaction so they have a reason to arrest you and take your details, I’m here living the cleanest lifestyle, don’t drink, don’t smoke, so yeah I just know not to rise to it on that level you know… It proper gets under their skin ahaha”

 

 

[Kevin D]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/12/former-met-officer-jailed-for-taking-bribes-while-policing-west-end-nightlife
 

A former Metropolitan police sergeant is facing jail for taking bribes, including a £7,000 luxury family holiday to Morocco and tickets to exclusive events, while policing London’s West End bars and nightclubs.

 

Frank Partridge, 50, was found guilty of four counts of bribery by a jury on Wednesday. Jurors found that while working in the Westminster licensing unit between 2013 and 2015, he accepted inducements including renovation of his home, a bespoke monogrammed £1,350 suit and concert tickets for his mother-in-law to see Metallica in Milan for her birthday.

 

The former sergeant was responsible for consulting with the local authority over applications for licensed premises and supervising venues to ensure they were complying with conditions, his trial at Southwark crown court in south London was told.

 

Jurors heard Partridge, who left the Met in 2016, formed an “unprofessional and inappropriately close” relationship with people linked to West End nightclubs and security firms, including the Cirque le Soir nightclub owner, Ryan Bishti.

 

Philip Evans KC, prosecuting, told jurors at the start of the trial: “Those relationships directly benefited Frank Partridge financially and the individuals because they had someone with Frank Partridge’s powers in their pocket.”

 

Evans added the former Met officer “developed and nurtured” relationships with those he was charged with policing “for his own benefit and, in turn, for their benefit” and there was “no sensible” explanation for what was happening. Partridge told the court he believed his work was “always impartial”.

 

He was cleared of a further count of bribery, including allegations he accepted Manchester United tickets and shirts signed by Wayne Rooney, and admitted three others at an earlier stage in the case.

 

Bishti, 43, Anna Ginandes, 46, Terry Neil, 56, and a man who cannot be named for legal reasons were found guilty of one count each of bribery. Neil and Ginandes were also found not guilty of one count of bribery each. Soraya Henderson and Eamonn Mulholland were cleared of all wrongdoing.

 

Cmdr James Harman, of the Metropolitan police’s anti corruption and abuse command, said: “This is the case of an officer abusing his position of trust and responsibility for personal gain.

 

“Frank Partridge was a licensing sergeant in central London. Licensing officers across London are responsible for working with the local authority to ensure the safe and secure operation of around 30,000 pubs and clubs and to ensure the public can enjoy the night-time economy safely.

 

“What has happened here is that Frank Partridge has been motivated by greed and by self-interest. He has accepted bribes that he has allowed to influence how he does his duty – that is corruption and that is why we are pleased to see the verdict today.”
 

Partridge will be sentenced on Tuesday while his co-defendants who were convicted will be sentenced on 21 September.

 

Debbie Jeffrey, senior specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime division, said: “It was clearly wrong and unlawful for someone in his position to receive financial and other advantages from those who owned, operated or were linked to such premises, and against whom he had a duty to take direct enforcement action if required.”

[tokyojoe]

3 hours ago, Kevin D said:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/12/former-met-officer-jailed-for-taking-bribes-while-policing-west-end-nightlife
 

A former Metropolitan police sergeant is facing jail for taking bribes, including a £7,000 luxury family holiday to Morocco and tickets to exclusive events, while policing London’s West End bars and nightclubs.

 

Frank Partridge, 50, was found guilty of four counts of bribery by a jury on Wednesday. Jurors found that while working in the Westminster licensing unit between 2013 and 2015, he accepted inducements including renovation of his home, a bespoke monogrammed £1,350 suit and concert tickets for his mother-in-law to see Metallica in Milan for her birthday.

 

The former sergeant was responsible for consulting with the local authority over applications for licensed premises and supervising venues to ensure they were complying with conditions, his trial at Southwark crown court in south London was told.

 

Jurors heard Partridge, who left the Met in 2016, formed an “unprofessional and inappropriately close” relationship with people linked to West End nightclubs and security firms, including the Cirque le Soir nightclub owner, Ryan Bishti.

 

Philip Evans KC, prosecuting, told jurors at the start of the trial: “Those relationships directly benefited Frank Partridge financially and the individuals because they had someone with Frank Partridge’s powers in their pocket.”

 

Evans added the former Met officer “developed and nurtured” relationships with those he was charged with policing “for his own benefit and, in turn, for their benefit” and there was “no sensible” explanation for what was happening. Partridge told the court he believed his work was “always impartial”.

 

He was cleared of a further count of bribery, including allegations he accepted Manchester United tickets and shirts signed by Wayne Rooney, and admitted three others at an earlier stage in the case.

 

Bishti, 43, Anna Ginandes, 46, Terry Neil, 56, and a man who cannot be named for legal reasons were found guilty of one count each of bribery. Neil and Ginandes were also found not guilty of one count of bribery each. Soraya Henderson and Eamonn Mulholland were cleared of all wrongdoing.

 

Cmdr James Harman, of the Metropolitan police’s anti corruption and abuse command, said: “This is the case of an officer abusing his position of trust and responsibility for personal gain.

 

“Frank Partridge was a licensing sergeant in central London. Licensing officers across London are responsible for working with the local authority to ensure the safe and secure operation of around 30,000 pubs and clubs and to ensure the public can enjoy the night-time economy safely.

 

“What has happened here is that Frank Partridge has been motivated by greed and by self-interest. He has accepted bribes that he has allowed to influence how he does his duty – that is corruption and that is why we are pleased to see the verdict today.”
 

Partridge will be sentenced on Tuesday while his co-defendants who were convicted will be sentenced on 21 September.

 

Debbie Jeffrey, senior specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime division, said: “It was clearly wrong and unlawful for someone in his position to receive financial and other advantages from those who owned, operated or were linked to such premises, and against whom he had a duty to take direct enforcement action if required.”

Fucking Salford supporting twat. Serves him right.

[Anubis]

A Partridge, you say?

 

[Anubis]

 

 

[Kevin D]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/17/police-officers-guilty-sexual-relationships-domestic-abuse-victims
 

Two West Midlands police officers who had inappropriate sexual relationships with domestic abuse survivors have been found guilty of misconduct in public office.

PC Anthony Ritchie, 46, and former officer Steven Walters, 55, were each found guilty of two counts of misconduct in public office at Birmingham crown court, with one count involving the same victim of domestic abuse.

 

Ritchie began an inappropriate sexual relationship with the woman in 2014 after he responded to a reported domestic violence incident. During this relationship, the woman told Ritchie that she had been pressured into oral sex by Walters the previous year after he had gone to her home on his own to deal with another alleged domestic abuse incident.

 

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that the woman expected Ritchie to act on her allegations but this did not happen.

 

The IOPC’s investigation into the officers began after the woman reported Ritchie and Walters to different police officers attending her home for an unrelated incident in April 2018.

 

In May 2021, another woman came forward to say she had been in a sexual relationship with Ritchie in 2014 after he asked for a date, having gone to her home in an attempt to arrest her son.

 

She said they had sex while he was on duty and that Ritchie persuaded her to lie to a superior officer about how they had met, after her son made a complaint to the police about the nature of the officer’s relationship with his mother.

 

In November 2021, a third woman came forward to allege that Walters had initiated oral sex with her while attending a domestic abuse incident at her partner’s home in 2013.

 

Walters has previously served a jail term for sexually assaulting two different women in 2015 while on duty. He was dismissed by West Midlands police in 2016. The earlier offences that he has now been found guilty of did not come to light at the time.

 

The IOPC regional director for the Midlands, Derrick Campbell, said: “Abuse of power for sexual gain is a breach of the public’s trust, which seriously undermines confidence in the police service and discredits the profession. The actions of PC Ritchie and ex-PC Walters were quite rightly described as predatory during the trial and an aggravating feature is that they consistently targeted women who were in vulnerable situations and looking to the police for help.”

The judge adjourned the case for sentencing on 21 September. Both men were told they should expect custodial sentences.

[Kevin D]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/man-who-stole-200000-cadbury-creme-eggs-jailed-for-18-months
 

A man referred to as the “Easter bunny” by police has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs.

 

Joby Pool, 32, stole more than £31,000 worth of the chocolate eggs when he broke into an industrial unit in Telford on 11 February and made off with the haul in a stolen lorry cab.

 

Judge Anthony Lowe jailed Pool for 18 months at Shrewsbury crown court on Thursday, half to be spent in prison and the other half on licence. The six months he has already spent in custody will be counted towards his nine months in jail.

 

During a previous court hearing, prosecutor Owen Beale said Pool had used a metal grinder to break into an industrial unit belonging to SW Group Logistics in Stafford Park, Telford, and tow away the trailer containing the creme eggs.

 

Beale said Pool was stopped by police as he was travelling northbound on the M42 in a vehicle that had been stolen from the Yorkshire area in October. He walked towards police “with his hands up” near junction 11.

 

“This clearly wasn’t spur-of-the-moment offending, if I can put it like that, because he had taken with him a tractor unit and he had to know that the load was there in the first place,” said Beale. “This is clearly an organised criminal matter. You don’t just happen to learn about a trailer with that kind of value being available.”

 

Defending Pool, Debra White said he had shown genuine remorse for what he had done, and was sorry for the effect it had had on his family and the business involved.

 

Judge Lowe said he was not convinced Pool was the only person involved in the planning of the theft. “If one looks at what must have happened here, we are looking at a significant degree of planning. There must have been inside information or a recce to identify the trailer and if it was worth taking,” he said.

 

“I am pretty sure others would have been involved in this enterprise. I don’t know what you intended to do with the trailer.”

Shortly after his arrest, West Mercia police described the incident in a series of tweets as an “eggs-travagant theft” of a “chocolate collection box”.

 

“West Mercia police has helped save Easter for Creme Egg fans after almost 200,000 of the chocolate treats were stolen from a unit in Stafford Park in Telford,” they said.

 

“Shortly after the theft a vehicle, presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny, was stopped northbound on the M42 and a man was arrested on suspicion of theft.”

 

Pool, from Tingley, near Leeds, had previously admitted theft, criminal damage to a lock at the trailer park and driving without insurance.

[Gnasher]

If four Met police officers apprehend a young woman and her child over a £1.80 bus fare dodge fraud Michelle Mone and crew must be terrified.

 

Edit; transpires she paid. Oh dear.

 

 

 

[skend04]

53 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

If four Met police officers apprehend a young woman and her child over a £1.80 bus fare dodge fraud Michelle Mone and crew must be terrified.

 

Edit; transpires she paid. Oh dear.

 

 

 

 

Institutionally Racist Police Force Arrest Black Woman For Paying Her Bus Fare.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Yeah, but there's two sides to everything: one the one hand you've got a gang of racists and rapists acting like cunts; on the other hand, they're all too woke (according to the fucking Home Secretary).

[Gnasher]

Oh dear, I don't think this police statement will do much to reassure ethnic groups and the women of greater London. Especially their liberal use of the handcuffs once again. 

 

 

 

 

[Arniepie]

apparently she was at fault for walking away 

[Jairzinho]

Arrested for fare evasion.

 

Fantastic stuff, very difficult to see why so many people distrust, disrespect, and generally despise the police.

[Anubis]

All they had to do here was take her to one side, take her contact details, and tell her they’d be in touch to set up a voluntary interview under caution. No stress for the kid. Time to look into it to see if a mistake had been made. Sensible policing. 

[the chimp]

@Anubis Limited power tripping opportunity in that though, mate.

[VladimirIlyich]

These are the guys you need.

[Strontium]

A perfect storm of heavy-handed policing and a citizen acting like a gobshite.