The Government has at long last announced a public inquiry into the human rights abuses at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. The Home Secretary made the announcement to Parliament yesterday that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigation of Brook House is converted to a statutory...
The jury in the inquest into the killing of Cherylee Shennan has unanimously concluded that the authorities’ failure to recall her killer after her family reported domestic violence contributed to her death. Cherylee, aged 40, was subjected to a brutal attack by Paul O’Hara at her...
The inquest opens today at Preston Coroner’s Court into the circumstances surrounding the killing of Cherylee Shennan on 17 March 2014. Cherylee died as a result of multiple stab wounds inflicted upon her by her partner Paul O’Hara. O’Hara was on life licence at the time...
DSD and NBV brought claims against the Metropolitan police for a litany of failings after they reported being sexually assaulted by the serial taxi rapist, John Worboys. Their claim succeeded in the High Court but the police appealed. In the Supreme Court, the Home Secretary...
An IPCC report confirms that a Surrey police firearms licencing officer has been sacked for failings in relation to the return of shotguns to John Lowe, one of which was subsequently used to kill Christine and Lucy Lee in February 2014. Another member of staff...
The High Court is to hear a Judicial Review challenge of HMP Woodhill and Secretary of State for Justice (SSJ) on 7 April 2017. The hearing follows the High Court granting permission to the Claimants to challenge and force the Defendants (Governor of HMP Woodhill and...
The Supreme Court has heard an appeal over a case allowing survivors of crimes such as sexual assault, to sue the police if they do not carry out an effective investigation. Read more about the case here....
The IPCC has published a review of its investigation into the police handling of events leading to the domestic homicide of Rachael Slack and her two year old son Auden. It found a number of inadequacies in relation to the original IPCC investigation, which concluded...