23 February 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Admitted to hospital for depression – two weeks later Jonathan Malia was dead

originally by: The Independent
published: 19 February 2013

The family of a 24-year-old man who died days after being sectioned have demanded information about his final hours – amid growing concern about the number of black men dying in custody.

Jonathan Andel Malia, an otherwise-healthy father-of-one from Bartley Green, Birmingham, voluntarily attended hospital on 4 January after struggling with depression. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and transferred to two further hospitals before suddenly collapsing two weeks later at the Cygnet Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

12 December 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

More than 100 cops and civilian staff quit while under investigation by West Midlands Police

originally by: Birmingham Mail
published: 8 December 2012

More than 100 cops and civilian staff have resigned or retired while under investigation by West Midlands Police, shock new figures have revealed. And a total of 26 employees admitted or were convicted of criminal offences – while a further eight received cautions.

The Mail has also discovered two cops under investigation have remained suspended on FULL PAY since 2010, eight since 2011 and two this year.

A Freedom of Information request to West Midlands Police revealed 111 officers, PCSOs and civilian staff resigned or retired while under investigation between 2009 and 2012.

21 October 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Gary McKinnon wins extradition battle

originally by: Computerworld
published: 16 October 2012

Gary McKinnon, indicted in 2002 on charges of hacking into U.S. government computers, will not be extradited to the U.S., the U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May said on Tuesday. The risk to McKinnon’s health posed by extradition to the U.S. was simply too great, according to May.

McKinnon has fought a decade-long battle in the U.K. courts to avoid extradition to the U.S., seeking instead to face trial in the U.K. He has Asperger’s syndrome and is at high risk for suicide, according to a statement issued Monday by his attorney Karen Todner.