A covert surveillance operation authorised by a Northern Ireland police chief in a bid to unmask a journalistic source was unlawful, a tribunal has ruled. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal quashed the decision made by former Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Sir George Hamilton, to approve the Directed Surveillance Authorisation (DSA) in an investigation … Read more
Those responsible for Sara Sharif’s death are “executioners” and “sadists”, the 10-year-old’s mother has said. Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were convicted of the girl’s murder last week by a jury at the Old Bailey. Her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing her death. Ahead … Read more
The Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan police unlawfully spied on two investigative journalists, a tribunal has found. The investigatory powers tribunal ruled that the PSNI must pay £4,000 each in damages to Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who were arrested in 2018 after they produced No Stone Unturned, an award-winning documentary about … Read more
Postmasters who fell foul of Post Office accounting software before the Horizon scandal have been promised redress by ministers. The Government has recognised that Capture, the system which came before Horizon, could have created accounting shortfalls for sub-postmasters who used it. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has pledged to “work quickly to provide redress and justice … Read more
New figures show the backlog of open crown court cases in the Thames Valley has more than doubled over the last five years. Baroness Newlove, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, said the figure represented a “failure of our justice system” which “cannot go on”, adding that “change must come.” The statistics from the … Read more
Arriving home from work the other day in the wind and rain, my mood was further darkened by news headlines about Trump, floods across the UK, and a US military expert proclaiming that the world is now at its most geopolitically dangerous since the second world war. Reaching for the remote, I switched channels in … Read more
Japanese police are searching for a man who fatally stabbed a 15-year-old schoolgirl and seriously injured a boy at a McDonald’s in southwestern Japan. The attack, which occurred on Saturday evening, left Saaya Nakashima dead and the boy hospitalised. The assailant reportedly struck without warning, according to police. Witnesses described the attacker as a man … Read more
Sara Sharif’s stepmother says ‘no comment’ when asked if she loved the girl she murdered For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother … Read more
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother are to be sentenced for murder after inflicting a deadly campaign of abuse which saw the schoolgirl being hooded, restrained and beaten during her short life. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder last Wednesday. Her uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was … Read more
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother are facing life in prison for the “evil” murder of the ten-year-old girl at the end of a horrific campaign of torture and abuse. Urfan Sharif, 42, and his wife Beinash Batool, 30, inflicted a catalogue of injuries on young Sara before she ultimately died at their hands, with her … Read more