We fight on, vows the 83-yr-old mother again denied justice

originally by: Islington Tribune
published: 21st October 2011

An 83-year-old mother was turned away from the Home Office on Tuesday after travelling from Wales to seek justice for the son who was murdered 25 years ago. 

Isobel Hulsmann vowed that she would “not go away” as she seeks answers from the government as to why no one has been brought to justice over the death of her son, Daniel Morgan, in March 1987.

Her vigil came after Home Secretary Theresa May refused to hold a judicial inquiry into the police corruption that led to the failure to solve Britain’s longest-running murder case.

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Armed police stop and search girls aged nine and 15

Police armed & dangerousoriginally by: Birmingham Mail
published: 26th August 2011

Two young sisters aged nine and 15 were stopped by armed police hunting robbery suspects as the girls walked to a nearby school to collect exam results. 

The girls’ outraged mother today demanded an apology and accused the officers of ignoring tensions in the area following the recent disturbances.

The sisters were stopped and searched by police in Church Road, Aston, yesterday as they travelled to the elder girl’s school to collect her A* GCSE qualifications.

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Mark Duggan did not shoot at police, says the IPCC

originally by: The Guardian
9th August 2011

Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked London’s riots, did not fire a shot at police officers before they killed him, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said on Tuesday.

Releasing the initial findings of ballistics tests, the police watchdog said a CO19 firearms officer fired two bullets, and that a bullet that lodged in a police radio was “consistent with being fired from a police gun”.

One theory, not confirmed by the IPCC, is that the bullet became lodged in the radio from a ricochet or after passing through Duggan.

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