Law and Rights
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report into complaints against Police Sergeant Smellie at the G20 protests has been published - see here. Earlier this year, Sergeant Smellie was acquitted by a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) - see Easter Miscellany. The lady who was struck by Smellie did not give evidence at his trial. Has justice been achieved here? According to law it has. Further report on BBC.
- Home Affairs Committee Threatens Use Of Contempt Powers
Some matters seem to go for an interminable time. Some might say, for far too long. Such a case is now referred to as Plebgate - The Guardian 3rd November. On 23rd October, the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee heard evidence from...
- Police Sergeant Mark Andrews Acquitted On Appeal
On 7th September, Police Sergeant Mark Andrews was convicted at Oxford Magistrates' Court - (a Deputy Distrtict Judge (Magistrates' Courts) heard the case) - of assault occasioning actual bodily harm - see the earlier post. He has...
- Police Sergeant Jailed For 6 Months
Police Sergeant Mark Andrews of the Wiltshire Police has been jailed for 6 months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pamela Somerville. See The Guardian 7th September. It appears that an appeal is likely. Following the conviction...
- What Happened In Wigan To A War Hero
The estimable Jack of Kent legal blog carries a post about What Happened to Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall in Wigan on a night out in July 2008. Jack of Kent has raised this because two of the officers have been acquitted by a jury at Manchester Crown...
- Ian Tomlinson Death: Disciplinary Hearing - Will It Be In Public?
The Police Officer who struck and pushed Mr Ian Tomlinson is to face misconduct proceedings - The Guardian 27th July. Police Misconduct and Complaints is a complicated area of the law and a number of lawyers specialise in it. Perhaps the principal...
Law and Rights
Police Sergeant Smellie: the IPCC reports
- Home Affairs Committee Threatens Use Of Contempt Powers
Some matters seem to go for an interminable time. Some might say, for far too long. Such a case is now referred to as Plebgate - The Guardian 3rd November. On 23rd October, the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee heard evidence from...
- Police Sergeant Mark Andrews Acquitted On Appeal
On 7th September, Police Sergeant Mark Andrews was convicted at Oxford Magistrates' Court - (a Deputy Distrtict Judge (Magistrates' Courts) heard the case) - of assault occasioning actual bodily harm - see the earlier post. He has...
- Police Sergeant Jailed For 6 Months
Police Sergeant Mark Andrews of the Wiltshire Police has been jailed for 6 months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pamela Somerville. See The Guardian 7th September. It appears that an appeal is likely. Following the conviction...
- What Happened In Wigan To A War Hero
The estimable Jack of Kent legal blog carries a post about What Happened to Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall in Wigan on a night out in July 2008. Jack of Kent has raised this because two of the officers have been acquitted by a jury at Manchester Crown...
- Ian Tomlinson Death: Disciplinary Hearing - Will It Be In Public?
The Police Officer who struck and pushed Mr Ian Tomlinson is to face misconduct proceedings - The Guardian 27th July. Police Misconduct and Complaints is a complicated area of the law and a number of lawyers specialise in it. Perhaps the principal...