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Missing Mum: Body Suffered 'Violent Assault'

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 01 Februari 2015 | 16.12

The body of a woman believed to be missing mother-of-four Samantha Henderson was violently attacked around the head and neck, a post-mortem examination has shown.

Detectives say they are "confident" the body, which was found in a lake at Ham Common in Poole, Dorset, on Friday, is that of Ms Henderson.

The 25-year-old, who has children aged six, four, two and one, was last seen leaving Corfe Castle Primary School on 21 January at 3pm.

She was reported missing the next morning.

Ms Henderson's boyfriend Dominic Isom, 27, of Corfe Castle, has pleaded not guilty to her murder.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to stand trial in July.

Detective Inspector Neil Devoto, of Dorset Police's major crime investigation team, said: "This afternoon a post mortem was carried out on the body recovered in Hamworthy.

"It confirmed that the victim had suffered a violent assault that appears to have been focused on her head and neck.

"Detectives are confident the body is that of Samantha Henderson, the 25-year-old mother-of-four from Corfe Castle missing since last week.

"The coroner is aware of the death and formal identification by her next of kin is expected to take place this weekend.

"Although we have recovered a body and a man is charged with murder, it is still vital that people come forward with any information that could help us build a picture of exactly what happened."

Police still want to hear from anyone who saw Ms Henderson's blue Peugeot 307 estate car with the registration HV04 ZFM in the Corfe Castle or Ham Common areas from 3pm on the day she was last seen.

Mr Devoto, who is leading the inquiry, said: "Samantha's death has understandably shocked local people, who have rallied around her family, friends and neighbours in both Corfe Castle and her original home town of Poole.

"Her close family are being supported and regularly updated by specially trained family liaison officers.

"They have asked for privacy at this sad time.

"I would like to thank the public for their ongoing support to officers carrying out this investigation and their patience while we conduct searches.

"Their continued caution on social media is also appreciated and important, as inappropriate comments could cause further hurt to her family or potentially prejudice future criminal proceedings."

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Viral Campaign Raises Â£200K For Mugging Victim

Donations for a disabled pensioner who was mugged outside his home have reached more than £200,000.

After reading about the mugging of 67-year-old Alan Barnes, beautician Katie Cutler set up an online fundraising page that went viral and has raised 400 times its original £500 target in just two days.

Mr Barnes, who has disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant, broke his collarbone when he was pushed over by his attacker.

People were moved to help after hearing that Mr Barnes was too afraid to return to his home in Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

Following reports of the attack, which police described as "disgraceful", Ms Cutler set up the Help Alan Barnes online donation page on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.

She wrote: "I was so upset that anyone could target a disabled pensioner and be so cruel.

"We can't take away what has happened but with a little donation we can make the future a prettier one and help towards the cost of his new home. Thank you all."

One online contributor, Lorraine Susan, said: "I really hope this fund helps him get settled somewhere nice & safe.

"At least he knows there are literally thousands on his side."

Mr Barnes is a well-known figure in Low Fell and is renowned for being able to quickly calculate how many days old someone is from their date of birth.

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Climber Dies In Avalanche In Highlands

A man who was reported missing in the Scottish Highlands has been killed in an avalanche.

He and a friend failed to return from a climb on Coireag Dubh Mor in the Torridon area on Friday.

Rescue teams found the second man walking out from the area to get help for the other on Saturday.

When they reached the trapped climber he was dead.

Both men - from Suffolk - were experienced climbers with the proper equipment, police said.

There has been persistent heavy snow and strong winds across the Highlands in recent weeks.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "On the Friday night police were alerted to two overdue climbers who had undertaken climbs on Coireag Dubh Mor in the Torridon area of the western Highlands.

"Torridon Mountain Rescue Team were alerted and air assistance was provided by Stornoway coastguard helicopter.

"Poor weather conditions made for difficult search conditions.

"The search continued during Saturday. One of the climbers was traced in the early afternoon, walking out to summon assistance for his companion. Both had been avalanched.

"His companion was subsequently traced, but did not survive."

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Call For Police To Be Armed With Tasers

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 31 Januari 2015 | 16.12

Call For Police To Be Armed With Tasers

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Frontline police officers should be able to carry a Taser to combat attempted attacks on them by terrorists, according to the head of the organisation that represents front-line officers.

Police Federation chair Steve White said the stun guns, which can temporarily disable the target with two dart-like electrodes that carry a maximum 50,000-volt charge, should be made more widely available to uniformed officers.

He told The Guardian newspaper the move was needed because acts of terrorism could be carried out anywhere and officers needed protection.

Mr White said: "The terrorist ideal to get attention no longer relies on an attack being in a place of note.

"It could be in Cheam high street, in any town, in any part of the UK.

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Gallery: Taser Device Explained

The most common device used by police is the X26 Taser, which has a peak voltage of 50,000 volts when discharged - this drops to 1,200 volts while travelling around the body

The Taser fires two small dart-like electrodes which stay connected to the main unit as they are propelled by small compressed nitrogen charges to the body similar to air gun or paintball marker propellants

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Tasers work primarily by creating "neuromuscular incapacitation" - in short, they interrupt the ability of the brain to control the muscles

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This creates an immediate and unavoidable incapacitation that is not based on pain and cannot be overcome. Once the electricity stops flowing, the subject regains control of their body

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The Taser has a "drive stun" capability, where the Taser is held against a person's body without firing the projectiles. This is intended to cause pain without incapacitating the target

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"We know there are more dangerous people out there, preparing to attack police officers and we need to be able to respond to that threat."

Leaders at the Police Federation will vote next month on a proposal that every officer on the frontline should be offered training in how to use the weapons.

Mr White said: "Talking to them with a cup of tea and a biscuit is not going to work."

The murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013 showed "you don't need to have a gun to create terrorism", said Mr White, who rejected the notion the move amounted to arming officers.

"It is a defensive tool and a tactical option.

"We have a largely unarmed service and the service wants that to remain.

"The alternative is to have officers out there without anything at all. We have to do something."

But one police chief, speaking anonymously, told The Guardian the idea risked damaging public confidence in the police.

"The idea of arming every police officer with a Taser is alien to 200 years of police culture," they said.

"It is a stepping stone to arming the police; something strapped to your hip that looks like a firearm is a huge shift in what we stand for."

The latest Home Office figures show the use of Tasers has increased every year, and there have been a number of controversial deaths related to the use of them.

The stun guns were fired 826 times out of the 5,107 times they were deployed between January and June 2014.

The latter figure compares to 4,999 times during the same period in 2013 and 1,297 occasions in 2009.

Concerns over their use grew after the death of Andrew Pimlott in Plymouth in April 2013.

He suffered fatal burns after being hit by a Taser after he had poured petrol over himself and was holding a lit match at the time.

Amnesty International's Oliver Sprague said: "Who on earth thinks that if there's a real instance of terrorist activity that Tasers would ever actually be sufficient for our law-enforcement officers?

"We've always said that Tasers can have a part to play in policing operations where there's a clear risk of death or serious injury to police officers or members of the public - but Tasers should be used sparingly and only by highly trained officers.

"The real worry is that we'll actually end up with trigger-happy, under-trained police officers using Tasers wholly inappropriately against ordinary members of the public."

:: Steve White will be appearing on Sky News this morning at around 8.20. You can watch the interview on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202 and Freeview 132.

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Written By Unknown on Jumat, 30 Januari 2015 | 16.12

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent

The steady rise in childhood obesity finally seems to be slowing down, but a third of young people are still too heavy, a study has found.

In younger children it appears that the rate of obesity has even begun to fall, but there is particular concern about the number of 11 to 15 -year-olds who weigh too much.

The research, based on 20 years of electronic health records relating to more than 370,000 children aged two to 15, revealed 37.8% of boys and 36.6% of girls in the older age group are either overweight or obese.

Report author and professor of public health at Kings College London, Martin Gulliford, said: "Children in their teens are very likely to become overweight or obese as adults, and from their obesity they might be at greater risk of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.

"The concern therefore is that future generations may not be as healthy as previous generations."

And that has cost implications for the NHS - but there are signs of change.

The report found that between 1994 and 2003, the prevalence of too much weight or obesity in children rose by 8% a year, but in the second decade of the study, that rate fell to an annual rise of just 0.4%.

And while one in four children in the youngest group are too heavy - up from one in five in 1994 - it is among those aged two to five that the obesity rate is slowly beginning to decline.

Prof Gulliford said: "It's an interesting finding that we see this trend level off in younger children.

"At the present time it's too early to say whether this result is down to interventions that have been rolled out to address childhood obesity - or whether this reflects some kind of saturation whereby the children who are going to become obese have become obese in the environment in this country."

In Colchester, Russell Turner runs a group called Crossfit Kids to instil a passion for being active at a young age.

"Once they are here they don't look back," he said.

"It's really important because it starts with fun and we are shaping their mindset with regards to how they see exercise, so as they grow up hopefully they will want to carry on and participate, eat well and keep that general lifestyle going."

The children taking part in Russell's class already know the importance of exercising.

James Chapman, who is seven, says it keeps him healthy and is much better than playing computer games all day.

And six-year-old Sophie Mann said she enjoys it because "you are not being lazy and you are keeping fit".

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Police Officers Abusing Their Power - Report

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent

Police officers are abusing their power to get sexual favours and drugs, a report reveals, and it's feared that new force budget cuts could breed staff anger and more corruption.

The abuse of power was first highlighted two years ago, but is happening just as much now, according to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Mike Cunningham said: "It remains a concern today and we want to see a more proactive approach by police leaders to identify officers likely to conduct themselves in this way and put preventative measures in their way.

"They have to be more vigilant. It is not decreasing and remains a significant problem.

"Like all corruption, the true scale of it is not known until you turn over the stone."

The HMIC is also concerned that more than half of corruption and misconduct investigations result in no further action.

The report's figures showed that of 4,611 investigations, 2,891 did not lead to a prosecution or internal disciplinary action.

The figures for complaints of racial discrimination were even starker.

Of 1,043 allegations, 816 resulted in no action.

Mr Cunningham said: "We are concerned about these figures.

"It could be the complaints were unfounded or malicious, but they may be inadequately investigated and the service needs to understand why so many result in no further action."

He warned, too, that dissatisfaction with more spending cuts could drive officers into corruption.

He said: "At times of uncertainty there could be a general counter-organisation attitude, people belligerent towards the service and it could encourage them, if they are prone to corruption, to let down their colleagues.

"It is incumbent on chief constables to be even more vigilant over the conduct of their staff."

The HMIC report says the 43 police forces of England and Wales have done much to tackle corruption, but need to be more proactive in rooting it out.

They need to improve internal reporting systems, which half of all officers do not believe are confidential enough and so do not use them.

Jacqui Cheer of the Association of Chief Police Officers said corruption is "neither endemic nor widespread".

"However, the actions of a few corrupt officers can corrode the reputation of the vast majority who work hard every day to protect the public," she said.

"We will continue to improve our approach so that those who are not fit to be in the police are held to account and removed."

College of Policing CEO Alex Marshall said: "Trust in police remains high and it is encouraging to see the HMIC report acknowledges all forces have begun introducing the Code of Ethics, which was created by the College to guide ethical decision making.

"Work has already begun to provide guidance to forces for best practice in managing whistleblowing.

"This should increase confidence among officers that their force will know how to deal with any disclosure appropriately."

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Boris Launches Outspoken Attack On Jihadis

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent

Boris Johnson is set to trigger a new controversy with an outspoken outburst - even by his standards - on the character and personality of jihadist bombers.

Citing an MI5 report into Muslim extremism, London's Mayor told The Sun newspaper: "If you look at all the psychological profiling about bombers, they typically will look at porn. They are literally w***ers. Severe onanists.

"They are tortured. They will be very badly adjusted in their relations with women, and that is a symptom of their feeling of being failures and that the world is against them.

"They are rejected by women, they are not making it with girls, and so they turn to other forms of spiritual comfort - which of course is no comfort."

It is not the first time Mr Johnson has launched an outspoken attack on jihadi terrorists.

Last year he said hoped the terrorist known as "Jihadi John" would be killed in a bomb attack.

In his Daily Telegraph column in August he said Britain must take on Islamic State (IS) and "try to close it down now".

Mr Johnson warned that doing nothing would mean a "tide of terror will eventually lap at our own front door".

But his inflammatory remarks in The Sun may reinforce the view of those Conservatives who believe Mr Johnson lacks the gravitas to be party leader and Prime Minister.

And Mr Johnson could also face accusations from radical Muslims and other ethnic groups of Islamophobia and racism.

The mayor, who is poised to return to the Commons in May in the safe Tory seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, told The Sun: "I fervently think we need to de-mystify this lot.

"The type of people who are likely to get involved in ISIS or get radicalised are the same sorts of people who are vulnerable to getting dragged into drug gangs or other types of criminal activity.

"They are just young men in desperate need of self-esteem who do not have a particular mission in life, who feel that they are losers and this thing makes them feel strong and feel like winners."

Mr Johnson backed the Muslim Cabinet minister Sajid Javid - seen by some Tory rivals as an opponent to the Mayor for the Conservative Party leadership - after the Culture Secretary said it was "absolutely right" to say Muslim communities carry a "special burden" to tackle terror.

The Mayor said: "I want to hear a proper angry Islamic theological denunciation of what is going wrong.

"We won't succeed if Western politicians just go around bashing and blaming Islam; that is hopeless.

"This problem can only be addressed if Muslim authorities and clerics find a powerful and compelling way of setting up an alternative narrative for young people that makes this seem irrelevant."

Pointing out his own great grandfather was a Turkish Muslim, the Mayor added: "I often hear voices from the Muslim intelligentsia who are very quick to accuse people of Islamophobia.

"But they are not explaining how it can be that this one religion seems to be leading people astray in so many cases.

"They are not being persuasive in the right way with these people. I am not yet hearing it in the way that we need to hear it."

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SNP Surge 'Is Real', Says Pollster Lord Ashcroft

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 29 Januari 2015 | 16.12

Pollster Lord Ashcroft has told Sky News in a rare interview that the surge in support for the SNP in Scotland "is real".

It comes a day after a Sky News projection said the nationalist party could increase its number of seats at the General Election from its current six to 53.

The polling also suggested there would be a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party ahead of the Conservatives, and the SNP could hold the balance of power on 8 May.

Lord Ashcroft pointed to last year's Scottish independence referendum, where the SNP picked up 45% of the votes, as evidence of the surge.

He said: "You could say if you voted yes to independence why now wouldn't you vote for the SNP in the Westminster parliament."

The former Tory party treasurer suggested the political centre of gravity in Scotland was more to the left.

He went on: "Who do you want to represent you - Labour who you are not quite sure where they stand on the Scottish issue.

"Or the SNP who you do know where they stand for on Scotland. Therefore one would expect a surge for the SNP."

Lord Ashcroft is currently polling Scottish seats for the first time and the results will be published within days.

The findings may not make happy reading for Labour in Scotland.

He believed the May election was "finely balanced", adding "the concern seems be running that we are in for a hung parliament."

He admitted the "pendulum" was slightly towards Labour leader Ed Miliband over Tory Prime Minister David Cameron but cautioned that there was "such volatility" that that could change at any time.

The rise of Nigel Farage's UKIP was down to both the "arrogance of the Conservatives and the complacency of Labour", according to the peer.

He added: "This was something waiting to happen.

"Quite clearly with the Liberal Democrats going into coalition, you cannot be a protest party in government and expect to come out at the other end of the tunnel the same shape you went into it."

He said that "fragmentation" was the price that the Lib Dems - whose support has slumped - have paid for being in the coalition.

He also argued that for UKIP, a Miliband election win could be the best result for their long-term interests.

Britain may not get a EU referendum under the Labour leader which would give UKIP another five years in which to build their party where they still have Europe as the "bogey" to go for, he claimed.

Lord Ashcroft said "disillusionment" with the two main parties meant they were polling around 60% of the vote, compared with about 90% around 20 years ago.

But he warned that with the rise of the smaller parties, it was mathematically possible for a party to have an overall majority at the election with a national share of the vote in the 20s.

He said if that happened there would be pressure to look at whether 'first-past-the-post' was the appropriate system of government in the UK.

:: Sky looks at the 150 seats that could play a deciding role in May's General Election. Click here for the In The Margins console.

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