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Police appealed for any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to contact the force.Sgt David Cotterill thanked members of the public for their "patience and understanding" while the road was closed following the crash.
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The Independent
9 minutes ago
- The Independent
In its handling of the Epping asylum hotel protest, what exactly has Essex Police done wrong?
When I see the images coming out of the protests in Epping, I see home-made cardboard placards with slogans such as 'Save Our Kids', 'Protect Our Kids', 'I'm not far-right – I'm worried about my kids'. Fair enough. These seem to be local folk, and they're concerned about what's been going on around the Bell Hotel, which has been requisitioned by the Home Office to house some asylum seekers. Much of the activity there seems genuine. The fact is that an irregular migrant has been charged with certain offences – three counts of sexual assault; one count of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity; and one count of harassment without violence. Essex Police now face an impossible job, and are perfectly open about this. Superintendent Tim Tubbs has said that the 'impact on the community is not lost on me'. The police have stepped up patrols, and have belatedly issued a dispersal order that gives officers the power to tell anyone suspected of committing or planning antisocial behaviour to leave the area, or else face arrest. Some local residents have demanded the hotel be closed, and have been making their feelings known on the street for the best part of two weeks now. That is their right. They can, if they want, shout 'Paedo protectors!' at police officers, despite the man in question having pleaded not guilty. What they don't have a right to do is to attack the police and cause affray and disorder. Yet that seems to be the attraction for many who have descended on this normally quiet corner of Essex, as well as at sites in London and Norfolk, to cause trouble and give the impression that there's some sort of political revolution – a fascist revolution – afoot. It is also the right of those who don't live in the area to make their views known there, and the duty of the police to protect all concerned under the law. The Essex police can manage that. But they can't deal with a mass civil unrest. The work of the police and the safety of all involved, and that includes asylum seekers who've committed no offence whatsoever, is being jeopardised because of the intervention of organised far-right groups, certain politicians issuing self-fulfilling prophecies about 'societal collapse' and a mass of misinformation being amplified in social media. It is similar to what went wrong last year when certain politicians went around 'asking questions' about the ethnicity of the Southport murderer. Rumours – incorrect, as it turned out – that he was an 'illegal migrant', and a Muslim straight off a small boat, took hold across the country. And so the rumour mill has fuelled the Epping protests. First, a claim that police 'bussed in' a left-wing mob of counter protesters. Untrue, according to Essex Police. The counter-protesters with placards saying 'Refugees Welcome', as is their wont, were neither violent nor 'bussed in': they were escorted on foot by police to protect them from being beaten up on their way, and shoved in a van at the end of proceedings for the same reason. That seems like a legitimate role for any police force. People who were peaceful were given protection. People who used violence were arrested. Again, perfectly legitimate. The 'bussed-in' story – which featured on the front page of one major newspaper – was given further credence by Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK. The man who played an unhelpful role in last July's riots said: 'Essex Police were literally escorting and bussing masked thugs to and from the protest in Epping. They were caught red-handed helping to light the fuse that led to violence. This is simply unacceptable.' No, Nigel – what is unacceptable is for you to undermine the forces of law and order in such an irresponsible and untruthful way. Reform UK claims to want to be toughest party on crime, and yet its leader is putting this sort of nonsense about the police around. Escorting people on their lawful business to protect them is part of normal police work, and they do it all the time – every time there's a football match, they need to make sure the away supporters don't clash with the home supporters. The police can be criticised, but they also have a right to operational independence, free of political interference so they can do their job impartially. Farage can call for the chief constable of Essex to quit, but he shouldn't be exerting that kind of pressure. The same goes for judges doing their job and implementing sentencing rules set down by parliament. Why? Because, otherwise, politicians could order coppers to arrest people they don't like, and then tell judges to lock them up – and that is hardly an ideal situation in a free society. Nor is implying that the police, with their response, lit the fuse for violent action – they were acting under the law and their oath to keep the King's peace. If an MP such as Farage doesn't like that, then he can campaign to change the law. Farage calls the troublemakers at these events 'a few bad eggs'. Maybe – but when a neo-Nazi organisation such as Homeland is getting involved on the Facebook pages, when Tommy Robinson is taking an interest, and, yes, when a politician who thrives on grievance such as Farage is making irresponsible statements, then the riots start, and they solve nothing. The people of Epping do want to protect their kids, they want the politicians to do something more, they want to have confidence in the police. Their pleas have not been responded to adequately. They are right to go out and demonstrate. But it appears these worried parents are also being cynically exploited by people who want to use their anguish for their own political projects, and understand no more about Epping than they did about Southport last year. We really don't need any more summer riots.
The Guardian
9 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Canterbury student jailed for selling phishing kits to fraudsters
A 21-year-old student who designed and distributed online kits linked to £100m worth of fraud has been jailed for seven years. Ollie Holman created phishing kits that mimicked government, bank and charity websites so that criminals could harvest victims' personal information to defraud them. In one case a kit was used to mimic a charity's donation webpage so when someone tried to give money, their card details were taken and used by criminals. Holman, of Eastcote in north-west London, created and supplied 1,052 phishing kits that targeted 69 organisations across 24 countries. He also offered tutorials in how to use the kits and built up a network of almost 700 connections. The fake websites supplied in the kits had features that allowed information such as login and bank details to be stored. It is estimated Holman received £300,000 from selling the kits between 2021 and 2023. The kits were distributed through the encrypted messaging service Telegram. Holman, who was studying electronic and computer engineering at the University of Kent in Canterbury, laundered the money he received through cryptocurrency wallets. The dedicated card and payment crime unit of the City of London police launched an investigation after receiving information from the intelligence firm WMC Global about the fraudulent kits being sold online. Holman was arrested in October 2023 and his university accommodation was searched and devices were seized. After the arrest he continued to use his Telegram channel to provide support to buyers of his kits. He was rearrested in May 2024. Detectives found the kits on Holman's computer and his digital fingerprints linked to their creation. He distributed the kits across Europe and one was connected to a fraud of approximately €1m (£870,000). Holman pleaded guilty to seven charges, including making or supplying articles for use in fraud, encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence, and transferring, acquiring and possessing criminal property. He was sentenced to seven years at Southwark crown court. Sign up to Headlines UK Get the day's headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion After the sentencing, DS Ben Hurley said Holman had enabled mass fraud on a global scale. 'The fraud losses linked to Holman's actions are in the millions. Furthermore, Holman himself profited massively from the sale of this software, with no thought for how it may cause harm to victims,' he said. Sarah Jennings, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said she hoped the sentence sent a message to other fraudsters. 'No matter how sophisticated your methods, you cannot hide behind online anonymity or encrypted platforms,' she said. The CPS said it would take Holman back to court to recover the money he had made from his crimes.
Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Furious grandmother, 67, is banned from Asda after supermarket accuses her of switching yellow stickers
A grandmother has been banned from Asda after she was allegedly caught switching yellow stickers on a 'pack of bacon'. Jan Rhodes, 67, can no longer enter the store on Hall Road in Norwich, Norfolk, over the next three years despite having shopped there since it first opened in 2015. Bosses say they caught Ms Rhodes red-handed swapping the stickers in order to save cash. But the 67-year-old has denied all wrongdoing. She explained: 'I went in to buy three things and while I was there, the security came up to me and said I wasn't allowed in anymore. 'I've never done that [switch stickers]. 'I'm angry and I'm upset. I used to go in there all the time. I know loads of them in there. I just want to prove them wrong.' Ms Rhodes' partner, Rob Gillies, said one of the misappropriated items mentioned to Ms Rhodes by Asda staff was a pack of bacon. He said this had been purchased the day before his partner was told she was banned. Mr Gillies said: 'She bought it the same day it was expiring. I went back with the bacon to show them.' Ms Rhodes's stepdaughter, Leanne Hutchings, said she had also been to the store to plead her stepmother's case. She added: 'They say she's been doing it for a prolonged period of time. 'I explained saying that this is a case of mistaken identity. They also said she's been abusive. She would never be nasty to someone.' A spokesman for Asda said: 'We ask all customers to treat our colleagues and stores with respect and do not tolerate any form of abuse. 'While banning a customer is always a last resort, this decision was taken due to repeated disruptive and abusive behaviour.' It is not the first time a pensioner has got into trouble with Asda - in 2024, 68-year-old Andrew Oliver demanded an apology after he was barred from a store in Sittingbourne Kent. The full-time carer was attempting to rush out of the supermarket having received a call from his wife that she was struggling to breathe. But workers tried to stop him from using the travelator as there was a chair in front of it that prevented people going down. After escaping to tend his wife he later returned to the store, and was informed he had been banned for four weeks. The pensioner admitted he had been verbally abusive. In October 2024 it emerged a disabled woman had been banned from every Asda in the UK. Elanor Maxey, 32, was told she couldn't bring her dog Genie into any branch of the supermarket after an argument with one of the shop's security guards in Bexleyheath. The woman claimed she was branded 'rude' by the female member of staff and told she was breaching the Data Protection Act by recording the incident. Asda later apologised to Ms Maxey and reversed the decision to have her barred.
