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South Wales Argus
24 minutes ago
- South Wales Argus
Regional investigator to tackle illegal vape sales in Gwent
Trading Standards Wales, the body representing trading standards teams based in local authorities across the country, already has a regional investigation team based with Newport City Council. Councillors in neighbouring Monmouthshire have been told that could now be expanded amid increased concern at the importation of illegal vapes following the UK wide ban on single use vapes. Gareth Walters, trading standards manager for Monmouthshire County Council, said funding from HM Revenue and Customs, to enforce the importation of goods, allocated to Wales has previously been used to support the regional investigation team. 'There is a regional investigation team in Newport and they are looking to appoint a regional tobacco and vape lead, the two issues go hand in hand,' Mr Walters told the council's performance and overview scrutiny committee. He said 'touch wood' Monmouthshire officers usually only need to visit 'one or two premises' related to illegal products but said: 'Colleagues in Newport and Caerphilly get them all over the place. 'They walk in and speak to the person there who will be just filling in for the day, they don't know who owns the shop and it's part of a much bigger organised crime issue that is being looked at.' Jill Bond, Labour councillor for Caldicot West End, asked if the trading standards department has 'enough resources' for the single use vapes ban that was brought in from June 1. READ MORE: Newport vape shop owners have say on disposable ban Mr Walters said the Welsh Government had produced material to advise retailers and he was comfortable they are aware of the legislation with officers having visited shops to explain the changes. He said: 'National chain retailers are very aware, the smaller ones that are part of a wider association have a fairly good grasp and some of the smaller independents need just that little bit of support and advice. From that perspective I'm not unduly concerned.' But Mr Walters said he is concerned at attempts by manufacturers to alter their devices to 'circumvent' the legislation and the importation of online goods, without being properly declared, at UK ports.
Daily Mail
31 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Karen Read's defense makes last-minute request as jury deliberates on murder charges for a second time
Attorneys representing Karen Read filed a last-minute motion to avoid a second deadlock as the jury in her murder trial begins to deliberate - but it was quickly denied by the judge. The former adjunct college professor is accused of drunkenly ramming her SUV into her boyfriend former Boston police officer John O'Keefe and leaving him to die in blizzard conditions on January 29, 2022. She is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death. Read, 45, previously faced the charges at a trial last year. But after five days of deliberations, Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial as the jurors remained split on whether she intentionally killed her boyfriend. In order to avoid that from happening again, Read's defense team filed a motion on Monday to amend the verdict slip - which they called 'unclear and otherwise confusing.' They claimed jurors can only see a 'not guilty' option on the drunk driving manslaughter charge - rather than four guilty options on lesser charges including involuntary manslaughter and drunk driving, according to CBS News. 'Respectfully, the present verdict slip is unclear and otherwise confusing,' the defense attorneys wrote in the motion. 'This lack of clarity and reluctant risk of confusion and error can easily be minimized by tailoring and clarifying the verdict slip to better aid the jury in memorializing the verdict,' they argued. 'Indeed, there is no compelling reason not to do so.' They add that the way the 'imbalanced presentation visually favors the guilty options and risks creating bias towards a guilty verdict in degradation of Ms. Read's rights, in addition to creating the risks of confusion and errors.' Their amended slip, they noted, only 'presents formatting changes, not substantive changes.' But Cannone denied the motion as jurors began their first full day of deliberations, ruling that the current verdict slip 'is consistent with Massachusetts law and is to [be] viewed in conjunction with the jury instructions. 'A copy of the jury instructions was sent to the jury with the verdict slip on Friday,' she wrote. Speaking outside of the courthouse following the ruling, Read told reporters about her concerns with the verdict slip. 'I think what happened last year with the same verdict form explains that the jurors themselves found it confusing and have said as much,' she argued. 'So we just wanted to avoid that again and apparently the court is not concerned, so we'll just move forward and wait on the jury.' When she was then asked how she is feeling about the pending verdict, Read said: 'I feel well, I feel strong and the jury will do the right thing.' Read (pictured) has long maintained her innocence and insisted that she was framed by his police officer friends Read has long maintained her innocence and insisted that she was framed by his police officer friends. Read's attorneys have portrayed her as the victim, saying O'Keefe was actually killed inside Albert's home and then dragged outside. They argued that investigators focused on Read because she was a 'convenient outsider' who saved them from having to consider law enforcement officers as suspects. But prosecutors noted that O'Keefe and Read had been drinking with a group of friends at the Waterfall Bar and Grill in Canton - about 14 miles south of Boston, when they were invited to Albert's home for an afterparty. Read has even admitted to having several alcoholic drinks beforehand, but said she decided to drop her boyfriend at the afterparty before she returned to his house. The couple had been dating for two years at the time of O'Keefe's death. He had been serving on the Boston Police Department for 16 years. According to Read's version of events, she woke up at 4am to find that O'Keefe never returned home, leading her to frantically drive out to try and find him. After finding O'Keefe's body outside Albert's home, which party attendees claimed he never entered, first responders on the scene alleged that Read repeatedly told them she hit him while in a panicked state. O'Keefe's cause of death was ultimately listed as blunt force trauma and hypothermia after police say he was left outside in a blizzard. At the center of Read's defense has been claims that the investigation was inappropriately handled by dishonorably discharged State Trooper Michael Proctor, who sent vulgar text messages about Read. He was fired over texts that included calling Read a 'whack job' and a 'c***.' In other messages, he joked about rummaging through her phone for nude photos during the investigation, and remarked that she had 'no a**.' In his closing arguments on Friday, defense attorney Alan Jackson once again hit out at Proctor, arguing that the prosecution could only feign a case because 'their investigation was flawed from the start because their investigator was corrupted from the start by bias, personal loyalties,' according to the Boston Herald. He also argued that experts agree 'there was no collision,' and concluded by saying 'reasonable doubt abounds.' Supporters signal to Read, as the jury deliberated on Monday But prosecutor Hank Brennan said the story of how O'Keefe died is 'simple.' 'Ms. Read was with Mr. O'Keefe and she got drunk. She drank. She was two to three times over the legal limit and they went to a party, an afterparty and they were fighting. '...She got drunk, she hit him, she left him to die. It's that simple.' Yet jurors still had not reached a verdict by the end of the day on Monday, when Judge Cannone told them to clear their heads before they come back on Tuesday. Meanwhile, outside, massive crowds came out to support Read and watched trial coverage on their phones. They donned pink shirts and signed 'I love you' as the suspect walked past.
Time Out
31 minutes ago
- Time Out
L.A. immigration raids—what to know about the ongoing protests and reduced curfew
Editor's note: Six days after announcing the original Downtown curfew, the mayor has reduced its hours to 10pm to 6am. We've updated this story with new details. After five straight days of protests over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (a.k.a. ICE) raids in Los Angeles, on June 10 the city's mayor, Karen Bass, issued an overnight curfew for Downtown L.A., stretching from the 110 and 10 Freeways to the point where the 5 and 110 Freeways merge. Bass made sure to point out, though, that the curfew affects less than eight square miles—a very small area of the 502 square miles that make up Los Angeles—because the city is not the 'war zone' it's being made out to be. The curfew was put in place 'to curb bad actors who do not support the immigrant community,' according to Bass. Angelenos want to exercise their right to peacefully protest, but the local government is trying to avoid tensions escalating amid federal intervention. Both Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom have slammed the deployment of the U.S. military to Los Angeles to deal with the recent protests, calling it a move designed to cause fear and panic. Six days later, due to the success of 'crime prevention and suppression efforts,' the curfew has been reduced to only eight hours: 10pm to 6am nightly. 'The adjustment to the curfew follows a marked reduction in acts of violence, vandalism and looting that happened during the immediate escalation of the situation by the Trump Administration,' said the mayor's office. Nevertheless, 'the LAPD will maintain a strong presence in the Downtown area to ensure the safety of residents, businesses and demonstrators alike,' said LAPD Chief of Police Jim McDonnell. Many of the recent (and largely peaceful) demonstrations have been centered Downtown, specifically around the Metropolitan Detention Center and the 101 Freeway, which protesters flooded multiple times last week, shutting down traffic. The area affected by the curfew includes Chinatown, the Arts District, Skid Row and the Fashion District, where the ICE raids began Friday, June 6. The curfew and recent ICE activity is greatly affecting Downtown restaurants and businesses, so the reduced curfew hours should hopefully help with that negative impact. (Last Thursday, the Music Center's venues were given an exemption for L.A. Opera and Center Theatre Group performances, and Downtown diners were allowed to visit restaurants as long as they entered before 8pm.) How long is the L.A. curfew? After first announcing the curfew on June 10, Mayor Bass has reduced the hours from 8pm to 6am to now last from 10pm to 6am. The curfew is in effect indefinitely until it's officially lifted. That means that from 10pm to 6am until we hear otherwise, much of Downtown L.A. is off-limits. What happens if you violate the curfew? According to LAPD Chief of Police Jim McDonnell, if you are within the designated curfew zone between the hours of 10pm and 6am and are not exempt, you're subject to arrest. Exceptions will be made only for law enforcement, emergency and medical personnel, DTLA residents, people commuting to and from work and credentialed media representatives. Sure enough, during the very first night of the curfew, over 200 people were arrested for charges including failure to disperse and curfew violation. The LAPD advises those who know someone who was detained overnight due to the curfew to contact the Metropolitan Detention Center for their status. Are other cities joining L.A. in protest over the immigration raids? Yes, cities across the country have been staging their own protests in solidarity with L.A., including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Boston and many cities in Texas, where the state's governor has already deployed the National Guard in anticipation of more planned demonstrations, according to CNN. And over the weekend, millions across the U.S. turned out for 'No Kings' protests on June 14.
