29 December 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

No charges over police shooting of barrister Mark Saunders

originally by: The Guardian
published: 21st December 2010

No one will be charged over the death of barrister Mark Saunders at the hands of police marksmen, prosecutors announced today. An inquest jury ruled in October that Scotland Yard firearms officers acted lawfully when they killed the 32-year-old during an armed siege at his home in Chelsea, south-west London.

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyers said they would review the proceedings to see whether any significant new evidence had emerged. Today, Sally Walsh, of the CPS, said she had examined the transcript of the two-and-a-half-week inquest and a report submitted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, but nothing had been found “which would be capable of affecting my original decision”.

24 December 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Convicted wife killer freed from prison

originally by: BBC News
published: 23rd December 2010

A man who has always maintained he was wrongly convicted of murdering his pregnant wife has been released from prison on parole. Eddie Gilfoyle, 49, was found guilty of killing his wife Paula, who was found hanged in the garage of the couple’s home in Upton, Wirral in 1992. Prosecutors claimed he had fooled the 32-year-old into writing a suicide note before tying a noose around her neck.

The Parole Board said Gilfoyle was not allowed to speak to the media. He was released from Sudbury Prison in Derbyshire on Wednesday with conditions attached to his licence.

22 December 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

‘Supervision’ is not enough; the IPCC must handle this investigation themselves

originally by: Jody McIntyre
Independent Blogs – 17th December 2010

When yesterday’s headlines announced that the police would be ‘probing’ my official complaint to the IPCC, after being dragged out of my wheelchair by an officer at Thursday’s student demonstration, some kind of medical examination was the first thought that popped into my mind. But upon closer examination, it becomes evident to me that the IPCC have no interest in getting to the truth of the matter, let alone handing out some kind of justice.

Of course, I will be fully co-operating with the investigation, and will be offering my help in any way possible, but if the IPCC were intent on ensuring this incident was independently and fairly investigated, then they would manage the thing themselves.