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The Post Office Scandal: Why Do Miscarriages of Justice Take So Long to Expose?
Veteran Crime Reporter Duncan Campbell examines the sad history of wrongful prosecutions and the decline of deeply researched investigations
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The Post Office Scandal: A Prosecuting Barrister’s Regret
Gareth Roberts reflects ruefully on his own part in the wrongful conviction of an innocent sub-postmaster and looks at what should be done to exonerate each of them
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Sexual Assault in the Metaverse
As the first police investigation into the gang-rape of a girl’s VR avatar is launched, Patsy Stevenson asks what is being done to protect women and girls in the virtual world.
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Prince William is Radiation Prison Landlord – Parts of UK’s Oldest Jail Evacuated
Inmates at HMP Dartmoor are being moved to other prisons due to potentially dangerous levels of cancer-causing radon detected in some cells. The Duke of Cornwall is their landlord
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Latest Conservative Misinformation Warning as Anti-Sadiq Khan Camp Accused of ‘Gutter Politics’ Over Murder Stats
Tottenham Tories have falsely claimed the murder rate in London is higher than New York.
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‘Stopping Male Violence Must Focus on Men: Why the Government’s New Spiking Measures Continue to Fail Women’
Despite more than 6,700 reports of spiking in England and Wales, the Government’s new initiatives fall short of meaningful action, writes Reclaim These Streets co-founder Jamie Klingler
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Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder Slams Legal System After Suspended Sentence for HS2 Protest
Dr Gail Bradbrook is among the most high-profile climate activists to be sentenced over protests
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Rape & Serious Sexual Offences Cases Now Represent Record One in Seven of All Trials in Courts Backlog
As the overall crown court backlog hits a record 67,000, Byline Times can reveal the number of ‘RASSO’ cases waiting to be heard has more than tripled in five years
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Revealed: Police Officer Misconduct Hits Record High with Quarter of Offences Being Sexual
There has been a surge in serious offences committed by police officers, reports Andrew Kersley
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It’s Hard to See How ‘Prison Works’
Overcrowding, rising prison deaths, financial cutbacks, and no deliverable plan – the prison system in England and Wales is close to chaos
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Revealed: Police Regulator Investigating Fewer Than 1% of All Complaints
Shockingly few complaints are being properly investigated by either police forces or the independent regulator
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‘When Misconduct Means Nothing: Kristina O’Connor and the Met Police’
Gross misconduct still leads to minimal consequences – leaving officers who abuse with their rank and pension intact, writes Jamie Klingler
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‘Nadine Dorries Using Rape Allegations She Sat On as a Way to Sell Books? Unforgivable’
How long did the former Culture Secretary know about allegations about a Tory MP? Jamie Klingler shares the views of the man’s alleged victims.
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Why the Sentencing Proposals in the King’s Speech May Put More People in Danger of Becoming the Victim of a Crime
Lawyer Gareth Roberts examines new proposals that may be robust, but are they good policy?
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Probation Officers Speak Out About the Crisis in Managing Offenders
The Probation Service, still reeling from Chris Graylings catastrophic reforms, is another crumbling pillar of the criminal justice system
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From Prisoner to Publisher: Reformed Robber Unmasks Britain’s Broken Prison System
Stephen Jackley, a former prisoner turned author and campaigner, pulls back the curtain on the UK prison system in an exclusive interview with Byline Times, as he launches his new book ‘Just Time’.
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‘Rapists Could Be Let Free As Prisons are Full. The Conservatives Cannot Get Away With This’
The Government has talked tough on crime while creating the scandal of violent criminals now being let free, writes Josiah Mortimer
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‘GB News, Grooming Gangs and Suella Braverman’s Racialised Tropes’
Why were sufficient numbers not outraged when the troubled broadcaster was giving a platform to dangerous views claiming Pakistani men are the main perpetrators of this form of child sexual abuse?
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Police Investigating Dan Wootton Over Allegations of 10-Year Catfishing Campaign Following Byline Times’ Special Investigation
Scotland Yard has announced that a man in his 40s is under a formal investigation. It comes three months after Byline Times handed a dossier of evidence about 40-year-old GB News star Dan Wootton to detectives
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Companies House Failings Enable Global Fraud and Identity Theft
The lax management of the UK companies register allows fake businesses to proliferate
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‘Daniel Khalife Escaped Because Successive Governments have Starved Prisons of Staff and Money’
Poor conditions and a lack of resources won’t stop the Government blaming staff, writes one former prison officer
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Over 180 Rights Groups and Tech Experts Call for UK and Worldwide Halt to Facial Recognition Surveillance
The EU is implementing a blanket ban on facial recognition surveillance by police – but the UK is ploughing ahead despite privacy fears
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This Harrowing Study Reveals Why Victims of Sexual Violence Don’t go to the Police
The reaction to the Russell Brand allegations shows why so many women don’t feel safe reporting the crimes against them, reports Jamie Klingler
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London Mayoral Candidate Pledges to Sue Home Office to Win Citizenship for Precarious Londoners
The Lib Dem politician says he’ll take on Suella Braverman’s Home Office
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The Trials and Tribulations of Court Reporting in the Social Media Age
Reflecting on a decade of court reporting, James Doleman explains how the apparent formality helps take the emotion out of awful events and focus on the evidence
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‘Noisy Reporting’ by Media of COVID Financial Scandals led to UK’s Slump in Corruption Index, Cabinet Office Claims
A new parliamentary report reveals that, apart from the £16.4 billion estimated tax and benefit fraud found by the National Audit Office last year, ministers have no idea about the level of fraud in the rest of government
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Only 2% of Fraudulently Claimed COVID Cash from Rishi Sunak’s £22 Billion Pandemic Scheme Recovered by Government
A new parliamentary report details a complete lack of planning in handing out the money to small businesses, pubs, restaurants and some retail premises and clubs
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‘Quitting the ECHR Would Create a ‘Fertile Environment’ for Modern Slavery’
Suella Braverman’s wish to leave the European Court of Human Rights would empower those seeking to enslave some of the world’s most vulnerable people
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Rishi Sunak Says ‘All Crimes’ Must Be Investigated – So Why is he Blocking Plans to Go After Fraudsters, Cronies and Kleptocrats?
Sunak’s Government is throwing out plans to get dirty money out of the UK
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‘The Andrew Malkinson Scandal Exposes a Justice System that Fails the Wrongly Accused’
The UK’s miscarriages of justice watchdog failed to protect Malkinson, who remained in jail for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit
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Back to School Knives: The Dark Underbelly of Influencers’ Favourite New Shopping App
How is a shopping site operating in the UK able to market knives seemingly at school kids without sanction? Katherine Denkinson investigates.
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Police Failings Allow Anti-Vax Stalkers to Target Vulnerable Victims for Over a Year
Stalking is often misidentified as a lower level offence. Byline Times speaks to victims who have yet to receive a proper police response
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Bungled Home Office Plans Added Billions to Cost of Emergency Communication Network
The long-delayed project has already cost taxpayers £2 billion and delivered nothing, according to a new parliamentary investigation
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Child Abuse Inquiry Participants Say Suella Braverman has ‘Used Them’ and Dashed Their Hopes
Eight years since the landmark independent inquiry began and six months after it delivered its report, there has been no practical response from the Home Secretary
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Government Fraud Quadruples on Rishi Sunak’s Watch, New Report Reveals
HMRC contributed enormously to the rise in fraud after the then Chancellor approved tens of billions to be spent on pandemic support schemes
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Harry Makes Court History: Prince Says ‘Piers Conspired to Hack Diana’ and he ‘Feared Stabbing Over Morgan Mirror Stories’
The Duke of Sussex’s testimony is the first to be given by a senior royal to a civil court in more than 130 years
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‘The Irony of the Hate Crime Funding Application that Includes Engaging with Prevent’
Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants’ Rights Network, explains why her charity did not want to apply for funding from the Mayor of London to tackle hate crime and extremism
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Prince Harry’s Trilogy Battle with the Press: Seconds Out for Round One
The phoney war is over – Prince Harry’s phone-hacking wars have begun, reports Dan Evans
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REVEALED: Nearly Half of Police Misconduct Trials Related to Extreme Misogyny, Sex Offences and Domestic Violence by Police Officers
The Metropolitan Police – which has already been found to be institutionally corrupt, racist, misogynist and homophobic – was responsible for the highest number of recent misconduct trials
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REVEALED: UK Police Forces Pay Out Millions in Compensation Claims in Past Five Years
Exclusive analysis by Byline Times uncovers the staggering amounts being paid by forces for public and employer liability claims
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‘Braverman Wants to Wage a ‘Culture War’ than a War Against Serious Criminality – It is Highly Dangerous for Potential Victims of Sexual Abuse’
The former Chief Prosecutor who brought the Rochdale ‘grooming gang’ to justice believes the Home Secretary’s rhetoric will have real life consequences
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Suella Braverman’s Race-Based Approach to Evidence Making
The Home Secretary’s comments about British Pakistanis and grooming gangs are contradicted by evidence uncovered by her own Department, reports Adam Bienkov
