A controlled explosion was carried out outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday, according to London police, after a man was apprehended on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. Based on the Metropolitan Police’s investigation, authorities captured the man as he approached the royal gates and flung what seemed to be shotgun ammunition onto the palace grounds. … Read more
Senior SNP members are bracing for Nicola Sturgeon’s “imminent” arrest since she is the only party official identified on their most current financial statements who has not been examined by police. Ms Sturgeon’s name appeared on the 2021-22 accounts, as did her husband Peter Murrell and Colin Beattie, who have both been arrested and questioned. … Read more
Police Scotland has arrested Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, as part of an investigation into the SNP’s finances. Until last month, the 58-year-old was the party’s chief executive. Police Scotland and the Crown Office are looking into how £600,000 in SNP donations were spent. According to a Police Scotland statement, “a 58-year-old man was arrested … Read more
A man has been found guilty of fatally shooting Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, as he chased a convicted drug dealer into her Liverpool home. Thomas Cashman, 34, admitted to being a “high-level” cannabis dealer but denied being the gunman in the August 22 incident in Dovecot that also injured Olivia’s mother Cheryl Korbel and the intended … Read more
An appalling report found that rape cases were dropped because DNA evidence was destroyed in “dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers” used by the Metropolitan Police. During her review of standards and culture in Britain’s largest police force, Baroness Louise Casey discovered that it was institutionally racist, misogynist, and homophobic, and that “fundamental change” is … Read more