Nottingham Update No 3

A report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct in to the Leicestershire Police handling of allegations against Valdo Calocane would appear to have been leaked. The IOPC were investigating three of the force’s officers over the report Mr Calocane assaulted two of his workmates in May 2023, only weeks before the deadly and life-altering […]

The Tate Tragedy

I’m sure most people heard of the sickening attack on a young boy at the Tate Modern in 2019 – I don’t intend to cover the details as they are widely available elsewhere. Trigger warning for the hyperlink that follows: this post intends to focus on nothing other than the key decision for the judge […]

New CPS Guidance

One of the last things I did at the College of Policing was attend a meeting in London with the Crown Prosecution Service who had begun to review their guidance on the ‘prosecution of mentally disordered offenders’. The CPS issue prosecution guidance on a large number of topics, all publicly available on their website and […]