Posted on Thursday 12 September 2024
[lwptoc skipHeadingLevel="h3"] If you're reading this, you might be in a difficult situation. Perhaps you've been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), or you've been a victim of it. Either way, you're likely feeling overwhelmed and confused about what it all means. This article aims...
Posted on Thursday 12 September 2024
[lwptoc skipHeadingLevel="h3"] In the hidden corners of British society, cottaging and cruising have long been part of gay subculture. Rooted in times of criminalization and stigma, these practices have persisted despite legal and social changes. Today, they exist in a complex legal grey area, balancing...
Posted on Wednesday 11 September 2024
[lwptoc skipHeadingLevel="h3"] Restraining orders, powerful legal tools designed to protect individuals from harm or harassment, can significantly alter one's life. While these court-mandated directives serve a crucial purpose in safeguarding vulnerable parties, circumstances may arise where the affected individual seeks to dissolve such an order....
Posted on Monday 23 November 2020
It's every parent's worst nightmare that their child may, one day, fall victim to a ruthless sexual predator. Unfortunately, this nightmare became a reality for Sara Payne in the summer of 2000, when her daughter, Sarah, vanished from near her grandparents' home in Kingston Gorse....
Posted on Tuesday 29 September 2020
What is Money Laundering? To hide their illegally obtained money, criminals and criminal organisations take part in a practice known as money laundering. This process can involve many stages and vary in complexity, but the process is always essentially the same. Illegal or “dirty” money is...
Posted on Tuesday 22 September 2020
When a crime is being investigated, the process undertaken by the police demands that they interview everyone involved. While this does not mean that every person that is interviewed is a suspect, it is essential to remember that the police are looking out for any evidence they can use....
Posted on Tuesday 22 September 2020
People trafficking is not a new phenomenon. It is now a form of modern-day slavery. Those criminals perpetrating people trafficking do so for one principal reason. To force those who are trafficked to commit crimes, whether it is through the offer of sexual services, through...
Posted on Friday 18 September 2020
Money laundering is a term used to describe how criminals disguise and integrate illegal financial movements into legitimate economic systems. It can pose problems in both the short and long-term and has the potential to disrupt the integrity of entire financial institutions. National economies and...
Posted on Thursday 17 September 2020
Every year in the UK, thousands of assaults and physical attacks are reported. Often, the victims are left with injuries, both mental and physical, which can significantly affect their lives. The CICA (Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority), was set up in an attempt to help these victims benefit...
Posted on Wednesday 16 September 2020
Mortgage fraud is an ever-increasing crime in the UK. Every year, around four mortgages in every one thousand are found to be fraudulent. This costs the housing market vast amounts of money yearly. As a criminal act, mortgage fraud varies in scale and severity. It...
Posted on Friday 11 September 2020
The 2007 Money Laundering Regulations define a politically exposed person (PEP) as "an individual with a high profile political role or someone who has been entrusted with a prominent public function.' These populations have been recognised as notable because they carry a higher risk of...
Posted on Thursday 27 August 2020
ABH (actual bodily harm) and GBH (grievous bodily harm) are offences under the Offences Against the Person Act 18611. Both are preceded by the term 'Assault occasioning…' with the ABH or GBH determined by the level of injury sustained. Assault without injury would be recorded...
Posted on Tuesday 18 August 2020
There was a recent news report in the Daily Mirror1 on a potential wrongful conviction, which helps to highlight the enormous damage that can be done to the lives of innocent people when our judiciary system fails someone. The BBC2 reported that between 2007 and 2017, 84 people were...
Posted on Tuesday 21 July 2020
The short and simple answer to the above question is a resounding “yes”. It is also a more stringent a rule than many believe as you do not have to be caught watching the TV without a TV licence, merely having a TV connected to...
Posted on Sunday 31 May 2020
The news and social media are rife with heart-wrenching stories about the unnecessary and brutal killing of George Floyd. Peaceful protests are being held across the world in response to the death of Mr Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, USA. Mr...
Posted on Friday 17 January 2020
Gone are the days when you just had a television in your living room. Now we also own a smartphone, a tablet, and a laptop. It's the birth of a second screen; which is ever-present in your lives. How has online exacerbated cyberbullying? The marvel...
Posted on Tuesday 8 October 2019
With the online retail sales continuing to soar, nearly 3000 shops have closed in the first half of 2019 alone; that's about 16 shops closing every day. In 2018, Brits spent £12.3 billion on online groceries alone; making it the fastest-growing segment online. As identity...
Posted on Thursday 3 October 2019
Money laundering happens everywhere around the world. It is the process where a large amount of money generated by some form of criminal activity, like drug trafficking, appears to have come from a legitimate source. The so-called dirty money from criminal activity is then passed...