The Chief Constable of West Midlands police has issued a rare public apology for failures in relation to domestic abuse, following an eight year struggle for justice by Suzanne’s family. Suzanne was found dead at home by her nine-year-old daughter on 8 February 2013. Prior to...
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The Home Office has confirmed that it will not be pursuing its attempts to deport Osime Brown to Jamaica. Osime came to Britain with his family aged 4. He has not been to Jamaica since and has no family there. Osime is autistic and has...
HM Coroner Mary Hassell has found that ‘no person or organisation had any role, responsibility or power to investigate’ whether two-times killer Theodore Johnson was in a relationship with a woman. Johnson, who had killed two previous partners, was considered to pose a high risk...
In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has found that Napier Barracks provided inadequate accommodation for asylum seekers, that the Defendant’s process for selecting people to be accommodated at the Barracks was flawed and unlawful, and that residents of Napier Barracks were unlawfully...
On 5 March 2016 Robert Fenlon took his own life whilst detained at Woodhill prison. On 5 April 2019 the Crown Prosecution service decided not to bring charges against a number of suspects, including the Ministry of Justice & National Offender Management Service. This decision...
The UK government’s programmes of mass surveillance of electronic communications have been found to have been unlawful in a landmark ruling today by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Over eight years since Edward Snowden first disclosed details of UK and...
Jury decides that the unlawful detention of Mark Culverhouse in Segregation contributed to his death at HMP Woodhill. Before HM Senior Coroner for Milton Keynes Tom Osborne 4 to 21 May 2021 The inquest into the death of 29 year old Mark Culverhouse concluded on Friday 21 May...