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Big Firms Forced To Reveal Gender Pay Gap

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 07 Maret 2015 | 18.54

Thousands of large companies will be forced to share details of the difference between what they pay their male and female workers.

The Government has agreed to implement the Liberal Democrat measure despite years of Tory opposition to it.

The move will mean companies employing more than 250 people will be required to publish the gap between average pay for their male and female workers.

More than 10 million people across the UK are currently working at firms covered by the legislation.

The current approach, which is voluntary, has seen only five out of around 7,000 large companies publish their gender pay gap.

The new measure, which will come into force within 12 months, could result in fines of up to £5,000 for firms that do not reveal the details.

Equalities Minister Jo Swinson said she was "delighted" her party won the "argument in Government".

She said the move "will force companies to ask themselves difficult questions about how they are valuing the contribution of women in their workforce and act to address problems".

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "These measures will shine a light on a company's policy so that women can rightly challenge their employer where they are not being properly valued and rewarded."

The legislation will be debated in the Lords on Wednesday, with the Government tabling an amendment to the Small Business Bill.

A Government spokesman said: "Under this Government the gender pay gap is the lowest ever and has virtually been eliminated for those working full time under 40.

"However the pay gap persists, so we think it's time to move forward, so we can create the conditions to ensure that there is equality in workplaces across the country."

Shadow equalities minister Gloria De Piero said: "This is fantastic news for women but why have they waited so long?

"The reality is that it's only when the Government realised they would be defeated on this issue by Labour in the House of Lords that they saw the need to act."

The move comes as the head of the UN agency promoting equality for women said not a single country has reached gender parity.

UN Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka made the comments 20 years after a groundbreaking conference in Beijing where 189 nations adopted a blueprint to achieve equality for women.

Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka said that although progress had been made since Beijing, there are still fewer than 20 female heads of state and government.

She said the number of female politicians increased from 11% to just 22% in the past 20 years.

Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka also said "the sheer scale of the use of rape that we've seen post-Beijing", especially in conflict situations, "tells us that the women's bodies are viewed not as something to respect, but as something that men have the right to control and to abuse."


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Will Protesters Have To Pay To March?

By Katie Spencer, Sky News Reporter

Protests are in danger of becoming privatised, campaigners have told Sky News.

Thousands of people will gather later to join the Campaign Against Climate Change's march through central London, but its organisers have told Sky News they were shocked to be told by the Met Police that they would have to pay thousands towards road closures and for private security.

"We were very surprised to be told that we need to hire a private traffic management firm to close the roads for us," organiser Claire James told Sky News.

"The costs to organisations like ourselves is really significant. It's an important democratic right to protest and it should be something the state facilitates.

"We're really worried it could create a situation where the right to protest ends up being limited to those that can afford to pay those costs."

The Met Police has traditionally always taken the lead when it comes to helping organisers prepare for protest marches.

But it recently said campaign groups must be prepared to contribute more towards the costs, like producing a traffic plan which can be more than £10,000 and hiring certified road stewards, which can be around £120 a day per steward.

Two marches planned for this weekend - the Campaign Against Climate Change and the Million Women Rise march - were expected to be among the first to have to pay.

However, the Met has now agreed to help with resources.

In a statement, it said: "We have been discussing this issue for some years with our partners, including Transport for London and local authorities.

"We will continue to engage with our partners and protest groups to ensure everyone is clear where responsibilities lie.

"Many protest events take place throughout the year without the need for any policing presence, leaving police officers in local communities where people want to see them."

Campaigners insist few groups could afford to pay the costs.

However, with drastic cuts to policing budgets, it is an area where many forces are keen to make savings.

Chris Armitt, the national police lead for protests, told Sky News forces they are having to "weigh up" where resources are most needed.

"We will facilitate lawful and peaceful protests as it's a fundamental right of democracy, but if that starts to be prohibitively expensive for the police service, for the local authority and for anyone else, then you've got to ask the question, is it proportional?

"I think it's quite realistic to say to organisers 'we need you to do things in different ways, we need you to consider whether you can provide some of the supervision and stewarding for the event'."


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Missing Girls' Families Slam Police Over Letter

The families of three London schoolgirls feared to have fled to Syria to become jihadi brides have accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to pass on a crucial letter.

They say a letter from the force requesting to interview the girls in relation to a classmate who ran away to Syria last year should have been handed directly to the families.

However, the letters were hidden by the girls in their school textbooks and their families never saw them.

Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase, who attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London, sparked a police hunt after they flew to Istanbul from Gatwick Airport last month. They are now believed to be in Syria.

Abase Hussein, the father of Amira, insisted that if he had seen the police letter he would have talked his daughter out of leaving and taken away her passport.

Halima Khanom, sister of Kadiza Sultana, said: "We wouldn't have been here today doing this if we'd got that letter and known what was going on."

Scotland Yard confirmed that it sent letters out to the three girls after their friend disappeared in December and that they were also spoken to by officers as part of a "routine inquiry".

A Metropolitan Police statement said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has been engaged with staff at the girls' school since December 2014 as part of the routine inquiry by officers investigating the disappearance of their friend.

"There was nothing to suggest at the time that the girls themselves were at risk and indeed their disappearance has come as a great surprise, not least to their own families.

"The girls were spoken to in December 2014 as part of the routine inquiry by officers investigating the disappearance of their friend.

"We continue to liaise with the school and local education authority in connection with this ongoing investigation."


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Missing Commonwealth Games Sprinter Arrested

A top sprinter from Sierra Leone, who disappeared after competing in last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has been arrested after he was found sleeping rough in London.

Jimmy Thoronka raced in the 4x100 metres relay but vanished at the end of the competition in August, along with several other athletes.

The Guardian newspaper said Thoronko was arrested on Friday night for overstaying his visa and is being held at police station in south London.

Before he was taken into custody, the 20-year-old claimed he was too afraid to return to Sierra Leone because of the Ebola virus.

"I was hoping to win a medal for my country. But during the games I got the terrible news that my uncle had died, probably from Ebola," he told The Guardian.

"I couldn't stop crying. It was difficult to continue with competing but I tried to carry on.

"I wanted to go to London for a while after the games but my bag with my money and passport in it was stolen at Glasgow station.

"I was scared to go to the police in case they arrested me and put me in a cell so I begged someone at the station to pay my fare to London and they agreed to do that."

While watching an African TV channel, Thoronka said he discovered that his mother had also died of Ebola and later found out that his entire immediate family had been killed by the virus.

He claimed he was sleeping in parks and on night buses while begging for money to buy food.

"We have a cold season in Sierra Leone but it is not cold like England," he said.

"Some days I don't think I'm going to make it and just feel like killing myself.

"My dream is to become one of the best sprinters in the world but I don't see how that can happen now.

"I'm very frightened of what will happen to me. Life here is very bad for me but if I return to Sierra Leone I don't think I will make it."

Ebola has killed nearly 10,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea during a year-long epidemic.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We cannot comment on individual cases, but there is assistance available for people to return home when they are not entitled to remain in the UK."

A Met Police spokesman said: "A 20-year-old man was stopped on Thurlow Street at 1900 hours. He was arrested for immigration offenses and is currently in custody."

A page set up on the Gofundme website to "Help Jimmy Thoronka" had raised £8,000 by Saturday morning.


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Half A Million Migrants To England Since 2011

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 06 Maret 2015 | 18.54

More than half a million people are believed to have come to England from abroad over the past three years, according to Oxford University research.

And two-thirds of the 565,000 migrants believed to have arrived between 2011 and 2014 are EU citizens, the study by the university's Migration Observatory said.

The estimated numbers were put together to provide an up-to-date idea of the migrant populations across England.

They come in advance of official estimates from the Office for National Statistics, due in June.

London is the city which has absorbed most of the new migrants, with almost 200,000 more living in the capital than in 2011.

And behind London is the rest of the South East, with a rise of 79,000.

The North East trails behind in popularity with only 26,000 migrants choosing to relocate there.

Madeleine Sumption, Director of the Migration Observatory, said the aim of the study was to give insight ahead of the General Election.

"These data show how different local experiences of migration have been across the UK," she said.

"There are large variations in the size of migrant populations, as well as the share that come from EU countries.

"We have undertaken this analysis to provide a resource for anyone looking to understand local demographics of migration in the run-up to the General Election."

These latest figures come a week after official figures revealed net migration - the difference between people coming to the UK and those leaving - has risen from 210,000 to 298,000 over the past year.

Prime Minister David Cameron had said at the start of his premiership that he wanted to reduce the net number to "tens of thousands".

The subject of immigration is expected to be one of the key debating issues in the run-up to the General Election on 7 May.


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Briton Held In US Cyber Attack Probe

A British man has been arrested in connection with an alleged cyber attack on the US Department of Defence (DoD).

The suspected hacker, 23, was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) in Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands, on suspicion of offences linked to data stolen from a messaging service used by DoD employees worldwide.

Contact details for around 800 people, including name, title, email addresses and phone numbers, were obtained in the attack last June, the NCA said.

The details for around 34,400 devices were also taken, the agency said.

The hacker posted screenshots taken from the dashboard used to control the database, as well as a strange message on the text storage website Pastebin.

It said: "We smite the Lizards, LizardSquad your time is near. We're in your bases, we control your satellites.

"The missiles shall rein upon thy who claim alliance, watch your heads, ** T-47:59:59 until lift off.

"We're one, we're many, we lurk in the dark, we're everywhere and anywhere.

"Live Free Die Hard! DoD, DISA EMSS : Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services is not all, Department of Defense has no Defenses."

The data was used as part of an international satellite message dissemination system called Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services.

IMEI numbers, the unique codes used to identify a mobile device, were also stolen.

The NCA said no sensitive data was obtained and none of the data that was taken could be used to personally identify anyone or threaten US national security.

The agency has made more than 40 arrests this week at more than 20 different locations across England, Wales and Scotland as part of a week of activity targeting cyber crime.

Andy Archibald, deputy director of the NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit, said: "Behind this week's activity is the message that all of us, as individuals, businesses or law enforcement agencies, have a role to play in making the UK a safe place to enjoy the huge opportunities provided by the internet.

"Awareness of the type of cyber crime dangers which are out there is vital, whoever you are, as is collaboration between organisations across different sectors, regions and countries to develop the most effective ways of combating those threats.

"We will continue to work with partners to pursue and disrupt the major crime groups targeting the UK, but also, crucially, to make the UK as difficult as possible a target for cyber criminals in the first place."

Jeffrey Thorpe, special agent in charge at the US Department of Defence criminal investigative service (DCIS), said: "This arrest underscores DCIS commitment and the joint ongoing efforts among international law enforcement to stop cyber criminals in their tracks.

"DCIS special agents will use every tool at their disposal to pursue and bring to justice those that attack the Department of Defence."


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Becky Watts Murder Suspect In Crown Court

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent

The stepbrother of teenager Becky Watts has appeared in crown court via video link charged with her murder.

Nathan Matthews appeared unshaven in a grey sweatshirt and in a hearing that lasted 15 minutes he spoke only to confirm his name.

He was remanded into custody and will next appear before a judge on the 26th March.

It was the second court appearance for Matthews in two days.

Yesterday he appeared before Bristol Magistrates with his 21-year-old girlfriend Shauna Hoare.

Hoare is charged with intending to pervert the course of justice and will appear before Bristol Crown Court on 26 March with Matthews. 

Detectives are continuing to question four men and a woman arrested on Monday on suspicion of assisting an offender.

On Thursday afternoon police were granted a further 24-hours to question the suspects.

Two of the men are aged 29 and the other two are 23 years old. The woman is also aged 23.

Becky, 16, disappeared from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February.

Police launched a huge search for the teenager and a social-media campaign that reached millions of people.

Body parts were later found at a house in the Barton Hill area of the city.

Bouquets, teddies and cards have been left at Becky's family home, as well as at Barton Court, and mourners have attended churches across the city to pay their respects.

The judge set "tentative" provisional trial dates for September or October.


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Sadistic Mother Jailed For Killing Daughter

A sadistic mother who subjected her eight-year-old daughter to "a life of cruelty that defies belief" has been jailed for her killing.

Little Ayesha Ali was found dead at her home in East London with more than 50 injuries to her head, body and limbs.

These included bite marks and carpet burns.

Her mum, 35-year-old Polly Chowdhury, was sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter. 

Chowdhury's lesbian lover, Kiki Muddar, got 18 years for the same offence after dealing the fatal blow in August 2013.

The trial heard that the women had a bizarre relationship, with Muddar using fictional Facebook characters to control Chowdhury.

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    Ayesha Ali, eight, died from a head injury on 29 August, 2013

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Police Hunt Man Over Sex Assault On Boy, 6

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 05 Maret 2015 | 18.54

Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after a six-year-old boy was sexually assaulted at a community centre in central London.

The boy was attacked as he went to the toilet at the Calthorpe Project on 1 July last year.

After he told his mother, a staff member at the centre in Grays Inn Road attempted to follow the suspect, but lost him on the street outside, police said.

Police believe the suspect was "heavily intoxicated".

Detective Inspector Neil Rawlinson said it was "a particularly upsetting sexual assault on a young boy by a complete stranger".

He said the video had been made public because inquiries held in the months since the attack had failed to identify any individuals.

The suspect is described as white, aged between 55 and 65, with a large stomach and long, dark hair with fair ends. He spoke with an Irish accent.

He was wearing beige trousers, a checked shirt and a yellow patterned baseball cap.

:: Anyone who recognises the man is urged to contact investigators on 020 8733 5999 or if they wish to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Bunglebrag: Facebook Boast Robber Caught

An armed robber bragged about his plans to steal cash from a supermarket just minutes before he was picked up by police.

Andrew Hennells posted "Doing. Tesco. Over" on Facebook at 7.25pm on 13 February, 15 minutes before Norfolk Police were called by a member of the public who witnessed a man demanding money at a branch in King's Lynn.

The 31-year-old - who was carrying a knife - was found in a nearby pub after walking away with £410 in cash. 

He pleaded guilty to robbery and carrying a knife as an offensive weapon when he appeared at Norwich Crown Court. 

Sgt Pete Jessop, from King's Lynn CID, said the Facebook post helped investigators build the case against Hennells.

"It was a bizarre and unusual case," he said. "The pictures and posts on Facebook helped us confirm what we already knew.

"None of this takes away from the seriousness of the crime or the trauma experienced by the victims of the robbery."

Hennells will be sentenced on 8 April.


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Becky Watts' Stepbrother Appears In Court

The stepbrother of Bristol teenager Becky Watts has been remanded in custody charged with her murder.

Nathan Matthews, appearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.

Becky, 16, disappeared from her home in the St George area of the city on 19 February.

Matthews - unshaven and wearing a blue T-shirt - was handcuffed to a dock officer and led away after a one-minute hearing.

The 28-year-old will appear before Bristol Crown Court via video link on Friday.

His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, appeared after him in the same packed courtroom, charged with perverting the course of justice.

She was remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Crown Court on 2 April.

Four men and a woman in their 20s, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain in police custody after officers were given more time to question them.

On Tuesday, police said they had found body parts at an address in the city after a massive search for the teenager that started on 20 February when her family reported her missing.

She left her house without telling anyone where was going, taking her phone, laptop and tablet computer, but not a change of clothes.

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    Public lay flowers near a property in Barton Court, Bristol, as a tribute to teenager Becky Watts

Family members have also been leaving tributes outside her home

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'Dangerous' Teacher Jailed For Syria IS Plot

By Becky Johnson, Sky News Correspondent

A chemistry teacher from Manchester has been jailed for six years for plotting to go to Syria to join Islamic State fighters.

Jamshed Javeed, 30, was only prevented from joining a group of radicalised young Muslim men abroad because his concerned family hid his passport.

Javeed had already paid for his brother Mohammed and a friend to travel to join jihadi fighters. Both are believed to have since been killed in the fighting.

The teacher was also sentenced to a further three years on licence.

The judge told him: "You remain adherent to a violent jihadist mindset ... You should be considered to be a dangerous offender."

Javeed was arrested by counter-terror police in December 2013 after applying for a new passport to make the trip to the warzone.

Searches he had made on his computer revealed a fascination with violent Islamist material.

He had looked on the internet for "martyrdom operations in Islam", "soldier shooting in the chest" and "royal marine murder".

On his mobile phone, police found a biography of Osama bin Laden as well as audio files of "Constants in the path of Jihad".

He had files of photographs of people dressed in battle clothing, carrying or using firearms, pictures of flags used by ISIS and images of people parading severed heads.

At the time Javeed's wife was pregnant with their second child.

His family had recorded arguments which included Javeed's parents and sister begging him not to go while he insisted: "I am going to go regardless".

At one point Javeed's father tells him he will testify against him.

To that Javeed replies "Okay" and "do it".

Javeed admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terror acts, accepting that he had transferred £1,400 to his brother's account knowing the money would pay for flights to Syria.

He also confessed planning to travel to the warzone but always maintained he did not have extreme views and intended to join rebels fighting the Syrian President and not Islamic State.

The police, however, maintained that Javeed was planning to join extremists.

Prosecutor Simon Denison QC told Woolwich Crown Court that Javeed was "preparing himself to commit multiple acts of murder".

The arrest and subsequent confessions have surprised staff and pupils at Sharples School in Bolton where Javeed taught and was well liked.

Pupil Ismai Valli told Sky News: "Everyone was shocked. They didn't want him to go because he was a good teacher."

The police say alarm bells began ringing for Javeed's family over the summer of 2013 when he changed his appearance and became more of an introvert.

Detective Chief Superintendant Tony Mole told Sky News: "What it demonstrates, this case, is whether you're a young, volatile teenager; whether you're a person that is vulnerable to some kind of radicalisation; or you're a normal family man or family woman who appears to be normal; there are certain types of people I think who are susceptible to the propaganda that is put out and susceptible to that type of radicalisation."


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Becky Watts' Stepbrother Being Questioned

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 04 Maret 2015 | 18.54

Detectives investigating the disappearance of 16-year-old Becky Watts have until this afternoon to charge or release Nathan Matthews, who is reported to be her stepbrother, and his girlfriend Shauna Phillips.

The pair, who are aged 28 and 21, are believed to have been arrested on Saturday on suspicion of kidnap and later re-arrested on suspicion of murder.

Avon and Somerset Police said on Wednesday that Ms Phillips was taken to hospital overnight after feeling unwell in custody. She was seen by a doctor and taken back into custody a short while later.

Becky disappeared from her home in Crown Hill, in the St George area of Bristol, on 19 February.

Body parts were found at a house in the Barton Hill area of the city, close to the home of Mr Matthews and Ms Phillips, which has also been examined by forensic experts.

However, police said formal identification procedures have not yet been completed.

On Tuesday, Avon and Somerset police revealed four other men, two aged 29 and two aged 23, and a 23-year-old woman, had been arrested on suspicion of helping an offender.

Becky's aunt, Sarah Broom, wrote on Facebook: "So today my brother got his baby girl back - 12 days of pure hell filled with heartache.

"He is completely and utterly broken and there is nothing in this world of comfort to him - how does a parent ever recover from this? How can a family?

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    Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol

Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder

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Embarrassment For Prince At Elephant Sanctuary

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent

Prince William's trip to China has been marred by embarrassment after he visited an animal sanctuary while elephants are forced to perform for tourists nearby.

At the same moment that the Prince was being photographed with an elephant, others were waiting in enclosures less than a mile away with their legs shackled.

The Prince is in Yunnan Province on the last leg of his tour of China. His visit to this far southwestern province was supposed to help highlight a cause close to him: the fight to conserve and save endangered species and highlight the trade in endangered wildlife.

Sky News spent an hour at the show in which we watched tourists sitting on elephants trunks and riding on them. The animals, some wearing giant spectacles, sat down and balanced on tiny stools. Others kicked around footballs.

The show lasts an hour, happens twice a day and is watched by hundreds of Chinese tourists.

Sky News asked the Prince if he was aware the elephant entertainment was taking place down the road. He turned around but did not respond.

Some 250 elephants live in Wild Elephant Valley near a town called Xishuangbanna. They represent the only 'wild' Asian elephants in China. However from what Sky News witnessed, many of them cannot be classed as living in the wild.

Prince William, who is the patron of the Tusk Trust, wanted to use his last day here to learn more about China's role in fighting the illegal trade in wildlife.

Speaking to journalists at the sanctuary about the global illegal wildlife trade, the Duke said: "It is appalling that elephants and many others may be extinct in the wild in our lifetimes, and we seem to be hurtling towards the tragic outcome.

"The extinction of animals such as elephants, rhinos and pangolins would be an immeasurable loss to the whole of humanity."

Conservation groups agree that China is the main protagonist in the trade, with tonnes of ivory smuggled into the country from Africa.

While there is no suggestion that the elephant William met or those performing are affected by the illegal trade, they are not living in the wild and are trained to entertain.

Conservationists Sky News spoke to expressed surprise that palace officials would allow William to be seen to endorse a centre at which elephants perform.

A three-year study by the World Animal Protection in 2014 into the welfare of captive elephants in Asia concluded that entertainment venues where elephants are forced into unnatural performances often causes them pain and suffering.


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Man Admits 'Sickening' £5 Robbery Of Pensioner

A man has admitted a "callous and sickening" robbery in which he knocked down a 93-year-old pensioner for just £5.

Soloman Bygraves - described as "dangerous" by his defence solicitor - entered his guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court.

Stanley Evans' case made headlines after he was followed into a communal area of a block of flats in London's Soho and attacked.

He managed to struggle to his feet after five minutes on the floor and dialled 999.

Police released CCTV of the robbery and said Mr Evans was left "living in fear of his safety" after the attack on 31 January.

The widower suffered a shoulder injury during the incident but did not require hospital treatment.

Bygraves, 29, and of no fixed address, wore a grey tracksuit as he admitted the crime via videolink from Wandsworth Prison.

John Causer, defending, said he had a lengthy criminal record, including three convictions for robbery.

He added: "The court will wish to consider the issue of dangerousness. There is a background of mental health issues and drug issues."

The judge remanded Bygraves in custody to be sentenced on 13 April.


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Mother Guilty Of Killing Daughter Amid Affair

A mother and her lesbian lover have been found guilty of killing an eight-year-old girl during their affair.

Polly Chowdhury, 35, and Kiki Muddar, 43, were convicted at the Old Bailey of the manslaughter of Chowdhury's daughter Ayesha Ali.

The cause of the girl's death was recorded as a head injury, but Ayesha had suffered more than 40 injuries, including a bite mark on her shoulder and carpet burns.

During proceedings, the court was told how the women's affair revolved around fictional Facebook characters that Muddar used to control Chowdhury.

The jury was also told how the little girl was terrorised at night by the women wearing nightmarish masks.

Examples from the 41,000 texts messages were read out in court to show how Muddar would influence her lover by telling her that Ayesha was "evil".

The child's father Afsar Ali attended the trial each day and has told how he will never forgive his ex-wife for falling under the spell of their next-door-neighbour.

"It's completely destroyed my life from now until I die," he said.

"The reason why I wanted to attend every day was I wanted to relive Ayesha's life, feel the pain. I don't think I can ever imagine what she had to go through."

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Emwazi Recording: I'm Not An Extremist

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 03 Maret 2015 | 18.54

A recording has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi denying plans to become an extremist in 2009, and condemning the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks.

In the clip, released by the CAGE advocacy group, the 26-year-old describes being interviewed by British security officials - and complains about being threatened by MI5.

According to Emwazi, he was asked for his views on the terrorist attacks in London and New York, to which he replied: "Innocent people are getting killed. What happened was wrong. If I had the opportunity to make those lives come back, I would."

The Londoner told CAGE that despite his condemnation of al Qaeda, his interrogators were still convinced that he was planning to train as a terrorist in Somalia - and had vowed to "keep a close eye" on him.

Emwazi told the officials: "After what I told you what's happening is extremism, you're still saying I'm an extremist?"

The University of Westminster graduate was identified as "Jihadi John" last week, and is believed to be the Islamic State fighter who has appeared in videos which depict the beheading of Western aid workers and journalists.

In emails to a journalist in 2010, Emwazi claimed he was a "dead man walking", and revealed he had contemplated suicide because of the treatment he had received at the hands of MI5.

Asim Qureshi, a research director for CAGE, said last week that the militant was "the most humble young person that I ever knew".

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    This email Mohammed Emwazi sent to a Mail On Sunday reporter in 2010 revealed his first encounter and his fear of MI5

He later made contact with the campaign group Cage and told them about clashes with border control officers

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Three British Plane Spotters Arrested In UAE

Three British plane spotters have been arrested in Dubai and are being held in prison.

Conrad Clitheroe, 53, and his friend Gary Cooper, 45, have been detained along with their former work colleague, expat Neil Munro, since 21 February, according to Mr Clitheroe's wife Valerie.

The trio were reportedly taking notes near Fujairah Airport, about 80 miles from Dubai.

They were stopped by an off-duty policeman and were accused of committing a "national security offence".

It is understood the men are being held at Fujairah prison.

Mr Clitheroe's wife, Valerie, says her husband is forced to share a cell with more than 20 men.

He was originally due to fly home on 22 February following a planned four-day trip.

She said: "We were just totally shocked when we heard and couldn't believe it was true.

"He's really choked up every time I've spoken to him. They're trying to help each other but it's difficult not knowing.

"They would never do anything that would risk national security. They weren't taking pictures. They didn't realise plane spotting was such an issue."

She has spoken to her husband three times on the phone since his arrest and is worried about the state of his health.

"He's got high blood pressure and a heart murmur," she said. "He goes for regular check-ups and takes quite a lot of medication which will have run out now."

One solicitor has told her it would cost her $30,000 (£20,000) for just one visit.

The charity Detained in Dubai has now intervened and is seeking the release of the three men.

Its founder Radha Stirling said: "All three friends have a shared hobby of plane spotting and were keen to see Fujairah airport, where many older and rarer aircrafts can be seen.

"The practice is legal in the UAE though not widely understood, nor appreciated by authorities."

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said: "We can confirm the arrest of three British nationals in Dubai on 22 February. We are providing consular assistance at this time."

It is not the first time British plane spotters have got into trouble abroad. In 2010, two men were arrested in India after asking for a hotel room overlooking a civilian runway. In 2001, 12 spotters were held in Greece for taking photos at an air show.


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Police: Child Abuse In 'Picturesque Towns'

By Tom Parmenter, News Correspondent

A senior detective has warned there are cases of child sexual exploitation in "picturesque towns" where people would never imagine abuse could be happening.

Detective Chief Supt Andrew Murray said there have been 20 large-scale investigations across the Thames Valley since the Oxford grooming scandal was uncovered.

He added it was not a problem confined to the big urban areas like Rochdale and Rotherham.

He told Sky News: "We have made sure that the most experienced, the most highly trained detectives are investigating the complex cases of child sexual exploitation, since the Bullfinch case we have done approximately 20 large scale investigations right across Thames Valley.

"We have uncovered exploitation going on in places that you wouldn't really imagine it to happen, not just in the large urban areas ... it does prove the adage that if you look for it you will find it.

"In my view if you want to call yourself a detective in the 21st century you have to learn how to protect children, you have to learn how to investigate child abuse.

"We have proved that if you look for this you will find it, we have found it not just in our large urban areas but in areas of Thames Valley you would consider as picturesque market towns

"The sad fact is that there will always be people out there who will abuse children, they will always be there so what we need to do is guarantee that we listen to those children and we never give up on them."

His comments come after Professor Alexis Jay, who carried out a report into the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, cautioned:  "No one knows the true extent of child sexual exploitation in any community.

"You need to look for it. Professionals need to seek it out and address it.

"I'm confident that Rotherham was not unique, where I found conservatively that 1,400 young people had been abused through sexual exploitation, and I would be sure that similar numbers would be elsewhere."

Det Chief Supt Murray, the most senior detective on Thames Valley Police, also acknowledged the victims of sexual exploitation in the city were badly let down before gang members were finally arrested in 2012.

The Serious Case Review found signs of the abuse were evident as early as 2005 but not acted upon.

He told Sky News: "We have apologised to those children but an apology is not enough, unless you learn the lessons from the past.

"It is a cultural change, we need to make sure that the reason we failed to investigate in the past is put right in the future.

"The main lesson I have taken away from this, as a detective, is that we need coordinated and sustained investigation into allegations of child sexual exploitation."

He said since the Oxford case 700 children had been referred to the force on the suspicion they might be being sexually exploited.

The difference, he said, was that now each child had a "plan put around them" by education and health care professionals  - and an proper investigation.

With echoes of cases in Rotherham and Rochdale, most of the offenders prosecuted in Oxford were British Pakistani. Det Chief Supt Murray pointed out that 90% of the cases the and his colleagues deal with involve abuse within families where ethnicity is not the issue.

However, he does see a pattern with street grooming. He said: "There does appear to be more men of a British Pakistani heritage and more men from a black African heritage.

"I think it is evolving picture. I would like there to be independent academic analysis as to why that would be ... but I don't think it should alter in any way how we investigate."


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Police 'Ashamed' After Girls Raped For Years

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent

Six vulnerable girls continued to be raped and abused for five years because authorities failed to take them seriously and bring a paedophile ring to justice.

The girls were reported missing 500 times between 2005 and 2010, according to a Serious Case Review looking at the case in Oxford.

One told how she turned up at a police station covered in blood in the early hours, but was ignored.

The review found multiple failings and said authorities could have stopped the abuse in 2005, rather than 2010 when it was finally uncovered.

However, it found no evidence of "wilful professional neglect" by police and social workers.

The victims' horrific accounts of abuse and torture are documented within the review, along with their contact with authorities.

One girl said: "I turned up at the police station at 2/3am, blood all over me, soaked through my trousers to the crotch. They dismissed it as me being naughty, a nuisance."

Another told the authorities: "The Asian men felt they ran Oxford. That was exciting. People were afraid of them. I felt protected. People respected them."

Thames Valley's police chief said she deeply regretted her force's failings.

"We are ashamed of the shortcomings identified in this report and we are determined to do all we can to ensure nothing like this ever happens again," said Chief Constable Sara Thornton. 

Between 2005-10 the vulnerable girls were reported missing 500 times - half of those when they were in council care - but it did not raise alarm bells with authorities.

Chair of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board Maggie Blythe said: "The Serious Case Review has seen no evidence of wilful professional neglect or misconduct by organisations, but there was at times a worrying lack of curiosity and follow through, and much work should have been considerably different and better."

The report reveals 373 girls have now been identified as possible victims of sexual exploitation within the last 16 years in the county.

In May 2013, seven men were convicted of 43 offences including trafficking and rape.

Their trial detailed how they "actively targeted" girls from the ages of 11 and 12, the majority of whom had been sent to live in care homes.

The girls were plied with alcohol, introduced to drugs, then sold for sex in guest houses, private houses and hotels, and abused by multiple men, some of whom had travelled to Oxford from "far afield".

The humiliation and degradation involved knives, meat cleavers and baseball bats. The girls' ordeals sometimes lasted days.

Like similar cases in Rotherham, Rochdale and Derby, the report states the victims were white girls and the perpetrators mainly men of Asian heritage and Muslim culture, but says "no one was aware of evidence of any holding back due to ethnicity".

However, it recommends more research needs to be done at a national level, saying "it cannot be parked as too potentially sensitive or inflammatory to pursue openly at that level".

The report found the abuse could have been identified as early as 2005, when police had "considerable concern" about some girls.

But it said too often the girls, who were seen as "precocious" and "difficult", were not believed, and their accounts were thought to be "exaggerated" by authorities.

They were seen as young adults and it was assumed that they had control over their actions.

The report also highlighted the ordeal of one parent who "went hunting the streets of SE England night after night" looking for her  daughter who now "suffers nightmares, flashbacks and is depressed".

It said some parents felt authorities had "no empathy" when they reported abuse and they "felt patronised".

Since the trial, Thames Valley Police said approximately 700 children in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire have been referred to them where there is a suspicion they might be being sexually exploited.

"Like the whole community we are horrified at what happened in Oxford," said Jim Leivers, Oxfordshire County Council's head of Children, Education and Families.

"We fully accept that we made many mistakes and missed opportunities to stop the abuse."


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