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Ice cream seller suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries in north London knife attack, court told

Shazad Khan, 41, was allegedly set upon by Zaher Zaarour while selling ice cream in Wembley

Evening Standard

Five Met Police detectives arrested over ‘plot to bury Christmas party sex assault’

Suspects’ homes and the stations where they worked were raided last week Tuesday, watchdog confirms

Evening Standard

UK's Mass Facial-recognition Roll-out Alarms Rights Groups

Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time facial-recognition systems in the UK -- the only European country to deploy the technology on a large scale.

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Rapist nurse allowed to work with vulnerable hospital patients for a year – despite police warning he was a suspect

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: Two hospital trusts have now launched their own investigations into John Chukwunonso Iwuh after The Independent told them of his conviction

The Independent UK

Met Police’s live facial recognition policy is ‘unlawful’, watchdog warns

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue

The Independent UK

Met Police facial recognition 'unlawful', says watchdog ahead of Notting Hill Carnival

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

Evening Standard

Moment prolific shoplifter arrested in Met Police blitz on London’s 20 most blighted town centres

Among nearly 1,400 suspects held, Steven Barrs targeted same Notting Hill branch of Co-op 15 times

Evening Standard

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Federal prosecutors launch inquiry into Washington DC police over allegedly fudged crime statistics

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’

The Guardian - US

Notting Hill face-recognition technology will be used without bias – Met boss

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the technology will help locate dangerous individuals attending the street carnival.

Evening Standard

Charge dropped against aristocrat Constance Marten’s partner after baby manslaughter conviction

In July, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of killing baby Victoria after they went off grid to avoid her being taken into care.

Evening Standard

Anger at 155 London police officers suspended from duty costing £7million a year

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, called for urgent reform of ‘broken system’

Evening Standard

Broadcaster Selina Scott says she blames Sadiq Khan for her mugging

The 74-year-old received an apology from the head of the Metropolitan Police and says she blames the mayor of London.

Evening Standard

Washington DC and White House agree to scale back Trump ‘takeover’ of city police

US capital city’s law enforcement will remain under control of its chief, Pamela Smith

The Guardian - US

Gang bundled pregnant woman into van and threatened to cut her fingers off

Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi and Nicholas Mitchell were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap after a trial at Kingston Crown Court, police said.

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The Independent UK

Gang kidnapped pregnant woman and threatened to cut her fingers off

Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap after a trial at Kingston Crown Court, police said.

The Independent UK

Voices: I watched the police arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters – I fear Britain is on a slippery slope towards authoritarianism

COMMENT: What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation

Evening Standard

Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency worker and security guard in Canary Wharf

Police said they were working to investigate the ‘complex’ set of events

The Independent UK

Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency worker and security guard

Police said they were working to investigate the ‘complex’ set of events.

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Evening Standard

Police ordered to reveal ethnicity of suspects charged in high-profile cases after cover-up claims

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is right to release further details even if that might ‘embolden racists’

Evening Standard

Police seize supercars worth £6m in anti-social driving crackdown

Luxury vehicles including Ferraris and Lamborghinis were taken off the streets of London’s West End in three-day operation.

Evening Standard

Volunteer officer’s alleged rape victim so young she liked teddies, court told

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards his alleged victim during sex, the court heard.

The Independent UK

Volunteer Met officer’s alleged rape victim told police she was kept ‘hidden’ in public

All charges are alleged to have taken place between 1 January 2018 and 2 April 2024

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police make record 532 arrests at London demonstration defying Palestine Action ban

Up to 700 people, including Left-wing activists and Muslim community leaders, gathered in Westminster

Evening Standard

Police hunt burglars who swiped gold and jewellery worth £500,000 from south London home

Detective Constable Jamie White said valuables had been passed down through generations of one family

Evening Standard

Terror charges brought against three over 'Palestine Action support'

Met Police officers have made dozens of arrests for suspected Palestine action support

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