Tag: Metropolitan Police

3 Arrested for Orchestrating Climate Protests on UK Motorway

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating a climate protest on the UK’s busiest motorway on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met said that it also made 14 arrests for obstructing the M25. So far at least 88 people are known to have been arrested by UK police for Wednesday’s protests, during…


Top British Police Chief Condemns Public Figures Who Rush to Judge Social Media Clips

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has hit out at those who “rush to judgment” after viewing controversial clips of officers posted on social media. Speaking at the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) annual conference on Tuesday, she singled out public figures who should understand “the dangers of jumping to erroneous conclusions”. Dame Cressida said the…


14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder After Man Stabbed to Death in London

A teenage boy was charged with murder following a fatal knife attack in East London on Monday. He was also charged with possession of a knife in a public place and breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order. The Metropolitan police said the unnamed 14-year-old was charged on Friday morning and is due to appear at Stratford…


Met Police Fails to Acknowledge ‘Systemic Failings’ in Unsolved Murder of Daniel Morgan: Report

The Metropolitan Police has concealed its “serious failings” in the investigations into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987, and its first objective has been to “protect itself,” an independent panel has found. Morgan, a private investigator at Southern Investigations in Thornton Heath, was 37 years old when he was axed to death in a dark…


UK Police Officer Accepts Responsibility for Killing Sarah Everard

An officer with the London Metropolitan Police has accepted responsibility for the killing of Sarah Everard, a court heard on Tuesday. Appearing at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh Prison, Wayne Couzens, 48, pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive. Couzens accepted responsibility for the killing of…


UK Police Officer Jailed for Membership of Neo-Nazi Group

A British police officer was convicted on Friday of belonging to a neo-Nazi group and was jailed for more than four years. Ben Hannam, 22, was found guilty of being a member of the National Action (NA), a banned right-wing extremist group, from 2016 to 2017. Hannam, who pleaded guilty to possessing an indecent image…


9 London Police Officers Fined for Dining in Local Cafe

Nine Metropolitan Police officers have been fined after they were caught dining in a local café, the Met said on Wednesday. The officers from the South East Basic Command Unit (BCU) have been issued with a £200 ($274) fixed penalty notice (FPN) each for “breaching COVID-19 legislation while on duty,” the Met said in a statement….


London Police Arrest 17 at Hyde Park Anti-Lockdown Rally

UK police arrested 17 anti-lockdown protesters on Saturday in London’s Hyde Park on suspicion of breaching CCP virus restrictions. Officers arrested four people who had gathered in Hyde Park near Marble Arch at around 1 p.m. local time under Health Protection Regulations, the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. At 2.35 p.m., the police reported that…