Merry Kweenuz!

I just wanted to wish you a “Merry Kweenuz!“, as Baldrick said in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. That’s it really – just an expressed hope you find time and space to enjoy the week ahead – switch off from whatever you normally have to do and enjoy doing whatever it is you’d prefer to do instead, […]

Merry Christmas, Hollie

PC Hollie Matthews of Essex was horrifically attacked whilst on duty two years ago. Today, Declan Diedrick, 25 from Essex has been jailed for five years after stabbing her in the head and assaulting her colleague, Acting Sergeant Gemma Sandy. Originally charged with two counts of attempted murder, he was found guilty of lesser but still […]

Unlawful Killing

Andrew McLeary died in May 2021 in Bedfordshire after he rang 999 because of heart palpitations, following use of cocaine. The ambulance service requested police support at the incident and they recommend he be conveyed to hospital for assessment of his heart issues and he declined. Following professional discussion, it was suggested he should be […]