South Wales Police

Arson killer never found after mum and young children die (1997)

December 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

A woman jailed after an arson attack that killed a mother and two daughters has been freed. Annette Hewins, 32, and her niece Donna Clarke, 29, were convicted of arson with [...]

“I’m not spending the rest of my life in jail for murder” – the case of Royston Moore (2006)

December 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Det Sgt Paul Giess comments on the Beverley Parkhouse murder case

My name is Royston Moore and I am currently in custody for a murder I did not commit and consequently I am serving a life sentence. The victim of this murder was my [...]

The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White murder case

April 30, 2016 // 1 Comment

Yusef Abdelahi, Tony Paris and Steven Miller Served four years for the murder of Lynette White before their convictions were overturned on appeal. Subsequently Jeffrey [...]

The re-affirmation of criminal joint enterprise by the UKSC in Jogee

Joint enterprise increasingly permeates policing. The Code of Practice A which governs the police use of the power to stop and search individuals in public places, requires the police to have reasonable suspicion that a person is engaging in criminal activity before that person can be searched. In the 2015 edition, section 9A extends the meaning of ‘reasonable suspicion’ that those stopped and searched might be engaged in criminal activity to suspicion that their targets might be associated with a group another member of which might commit a crime. That provision opens the possibility of a major extension of stop and search usage (which can in itself lead to major public order disturbances), and the creation of apparent criminal association at the lowest and least visible level of police activity. [...]
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