Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

Friday, 6 August 2021

Sarah Hussein

BBC News, Sarah Hussein: Tribute to Bury woman found on fire in street

"Sarah Hussein, 31, was severely injured from burns when she was found ablaze on East Street, Bury, at about 19:30 BST on 31 July and died later in hospital."

Aya Hachem

Those responsible for the murder of Aya Hachem have now been sentenced. Some of the coverage of this tragic case is below:

ITV News, Aya Hachem: Seven men jailed for more than 200 years for murder of Blackburn law student

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Blackburn murder

Friday, 8 September 2017

Lammy Review

gov.uk, Lammy review: final report, 8 September 2017 "An independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the criminal justice system." Links to PDFs of the report, and Mr Lammy's letter to the PM.

Monday, 3 July 2017

Thursday, 5 May 2016

IS phone scam

BBC News, Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam, 4 May 2016 "Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1m.

"Police say some of the money funded travel from the UK to Syria. There are fears some of those who travelled had links to so-called Islamic State."

Monday, 8 April 2013

Muslim Council vows action to stop children being groomed for sex

BBC News - Muslim Council vows action to stop children being groomed for sex "Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra of the council said people were sometimes reluctant to speak out - but they have a "religious duty" to do so."

Friday, 23 March 2012

Panorama: "Britain's Crimes of Honour"

Panorama: Britain's Crimes of Honour, BBC One. This was broadcast on 19 March 2012 and is still available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.

 Details: Panorama, My daughter was killed for 'honour'

 Also see Telegraph & Argus, ‘Honour’ beatings are ‘inexcusable’

"Mohammed Rafiq Sehgal, President of the Council For Mosques, spoke out after findings from a new poll of young British Asians were released."

I haven't seen the full programme yet; there is a summary on the Panorama website.

Friday, 7 May 2010

Investigation

Daily Mail, 'This is your Eid present': What attacker told Muslim woman as he wrapped her in a carpet and set her alight, 6 May 2010 "A robber wrapped a Muslim woman in a carpet and set fire to her after he raided her home.

"The attacker gained entry to the woman's Westminster flat by claiming to be an inspector from her local council, but once inside he bashed her and tied her up before stealing thousands of pounds worth of valuables."