Sheffield hotel room rape report prompts CCTV appeal
A police spokesperson said: "We have been conducting extensive inquiries since the incident was first reported to us, but are now appealing for the public's help to identify the man in this image as we believe he may be able to help us with our investigation."Anyone who recognises him is asked to contact South Yorkshire Police.
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Almost half of Scotland's foreign prisoners come from just three countries
Criminals from just three countries account for nearly half of foreign prisoners in Scotland's jails, according to an analysis of official figures that has prompted claims the immigration system is a 'farce'. Stephen Kerr, a Conservative MSP, obtained Scottish Prison Service (SPS) data which showed there were 653 foreign nationals in jails north of the border on May 22 this year. Almost half the total came from just three countries – Albania (94), Poland (92) and Vietnam (81). Mr Kerr also used data from the 2022 census to warn that imprisonment rates from four countries were 'absurdly' high. More than a quarter (26.3 per cent) of Eritreans living in Scotland are estimated to be in prison, he said, and more than one in five (21.9 per cent) Somalians. Around one in six Albanians (15.8 per cent) and Vietnamese (15.2 per cent) people living in Scotland are estimated to be imprisoned, based on a comparison of census and SPS data. The analysis found no other foreign national group had an imprisonment rate of more than two per cent. 'This undermines SNP narrative' SNP ministers have argued that Scotland needs higher immigration with a separate visa system to address work and skills shortages. But unveiling his analysis of the SPS figures, Mr Kerr said: 'One in four Eritreans, one in five Somalians, and one in six Albanians and Vietnamese in Scotland are currently in prison. This is obviously absurd. 'Something has clearly gone wrong when some nationalities are committing crime and going to prison at such an extremely high rate. It undermines the SNP narrative that all immigration is good for Scotland, when it clearly is not. 'The cost is twofold. First, the extra crime caused by these foreign nationals comes at a significant cost. And secondly, the taxpayer has to foot the bill for keeping every one of these 653 foreign nationals in prison for months or years. This farce is costing our country dearly.' Mr Kerr published his analysis after the SPS released more than 300 criminals early in February and March this year to ease chronic prison overcrowding. They were freed thanks to new legislation from the SNP-run Scottish Government, which changed the release point for those serving prison sentences of less than four years from 50 per cent of their sentence to 40 per cent. Almost half (152) of the 312 prisoners freed had been jailed for violent crime, while a further 69 had committed 'crimes against society' and 52 were in jail for crimes of dishonesty. Nigel Farage claimed this week that high levels of immigration into the UK were to blame for a sharp rise in rapes and sexual assaults. Data published on Monday showed that 40 per cent of people charged for sexual offences in London were foreign nationals. Tories' human rights law call The Tories have called for human rights law to be disapplied from all immigration cases and for the UK Government to have the power to deport all foreign criminals. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, has said she believes the UK will probably need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights because it has become a 'sword used to attack democratic decisions' and to halt attempts to remove illegal migrants and foreign criminals. Mr Kerr's analysis in Scotland examined records from the 2022 census showing the number of foreign passport holders in the country, and compared them with the SPS figures on the nationalities of inmates. There were 594 people with Albanian passports in Scotland recorded in the census, meaning the 94 imprisoned would represent 15.8 per cent of the total if the Albanian population had not changed. His analysis also compared the 81 Vietnamese prisoners with the 533 passport holders recorded from that country in the census. The other two countries with high imprisonment rates, both in East Africa, had much smaller populations in Scotland. There were seven Somali prisoners in Scotland in May his year, compared to 32 passport holders recorded from that country in the census. For Eritrea, the figures were five and 19 respectively. A Home Office spokesman said: 'We will always do everything in our power to ensure that foreign nationals who commit serious crimes in our country are not left free on our streets after they complete their sentence, including seeking their deportation from the UK at the earliest possible opportunity. 'In the first year this Government was in charge, 5,179 foreign criminals were removed from the UK, a 14 per cent increase on the same period twelve months prior.' A Scottish Government spokesman said: 'The Scottish Government has no powers to deport prisoners, this remains exclusively a matter for the UK Government. 'This is an issue we have consistently raised with the UK Government and we are actively engaging with the Home Office to support removals which would reduce the foreign national offender prison population. 'We would also support further measures by the UK Government to prevent foreign criminals from entering the UK. This would deter and prevent abuse, fraud and criminal activity, including terrorism, human trafficking and other serious offences.'
Daily Mail
14 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Moment man who killed his Jaguar restoration grandfather, 81, glassed patron in working men's club after he was confronted for boasting about attack
A drunk who fatally attacked his own grandfather is filmed glassing a patron in a nearby working men's club - less than an hour after mounting a fatal attack on his own grandfather. Jakob Walpole, 33, attacked the drinker after he had been confronted for boasting that he had 'lamped' grandfather John Brown, 81, a 'world-renowned' Jaguar restorer who was a regular at the club. CCTV shown in court charted Walpole's all-day drinking session leading up to the attacks, beginning when he bought a bottle of vodka at a local Spar convenience store. The footage was relased today after Walpole was convicted of Mr Brown's manslaughter, the glassing of drinker Dennis Hopson and an assault of a barman who as he frogmarched Walpole out of the working men's club following the attack. Walpole, from Bulkington, Warwickshire, will be sentenced on Monday. Jurors heard drunken Walpole attacked Mr Hopson from behind in Bulkington Working Men's Club after boasting about the attack on Mr Brown. Drunken Wallpole also 'ignored' Mr Hopson's pleas to moderate his language as he continued to badger the drinker. Matters came to a head when Walpole took the victim's seat and then smashed a pint glass over the back of his head after being told to move. The attack caused cuts to Mr Hopton's ear, neck and head and prosecutor Michael Duck KC told jurors: 'There can be no suggestion (Walpole) was acting in self-defence or anything of that sort'. A barman was then punched in the face as he frogmarched Walpole out of the club. Earlier that evening, Walpole had been seen on CCTV footage arriving at Mr Brown's bungalow, before going inside and attacking the pensioner. He had also attended a Coventry City football match that lunchtime before visiting local pubs in the run-up to the spree of violence. Jurors heard Mr Brown was well known in the village for running the local Leaping Cats workshop repairing vintage cars, but had recently been diagnosed with dementia. During the four-week trial, jurors had been shown 'haunting' footage of Mr Brown pleading for help on a security camera outside his bungalow last November – before he was then fatally attacked inside. Mr Brown was seen waving at the camera in his garden - which was 'linked to his daughter', Walpole's mother – before the pensioner went back inside the bungalow. Mr Duck said: 'What's plain is that he was gesturing to the camera. 'The prosecution say he was aware his daughter may see and it was a gesture, a desire for assistance.' Less than four minutes later, Walpole was seen emerging from the property and from there headed to a village pub. He stayed at the hostelry for a matter of minutes before moving on to the working men's club. Police summoned to the Browns' bungalow by their daughter found the pensioner 'dazed and confused' and with significant injuries to his face and arms. Relatives then arrived at the house and his daughter accompanied him to hospital, but over the following hours Mr Brown suffered a bleed on the brain as a result of the blows he had suffered and he passed away six days later. 'Belligerent' Walpole was arrested for all three attacks later the same night. He remained abusive throughout the process and 'booking in' at a police station, the court heard. The court heard Walpole's behaviour towards his family had deteriorated since the pandemic, to the extent that his mother, Lynda Brown, sought a restraining order banning him from a road leading to his grandparents' home. Mrs Brown also installed the motion-sensitive cameras at her parents' home - which would provide crucial evidence around what went on at the address on the evening of the attack. She told jurors that at around 8.42pm on the evening of the attack, she received a call from her father to say that Walpole was there, adding: 'He was very hesitant as though he was scared to say any more.' Due to previous threats being made by Walpole to his grandfather, she called 999 to report her concerns and arranged to visit the bungalow in a taxi with her partner. Mrs Brown arrived to find the police already in attendance and her father in bed with a red mark on his left cheek. He was then transferred to hospital. Mrs Brown told the court that Walpole then called her to ask for £40 before adding, 'I slapped your Papi'. The court heard that those who knew Walpole and his grandfather 'formed the view' that Mr Brown had tried his best to help his grandson, but that the defendant had taken advantage of the older man's kindness. Jurors were told Walpole was in the habit of visiting his grandparents while 'in drink'. Mrs Brown arrived to find the police already in attendance and her father in bed with a red mark on his left cheek. Mrs Brown arrived to find the police already in attendance and her father in bed with a red mark on his left cheek. He was then transferred to hospital. Mrs Brown told the court that Walpole then called her to ask for £40 before adding, 'I slapped your Papi'. The court heard that those who knew Walpole and his grandfather 'formed the view' that Mr Brown had tried his best to help his grandson, but that the defendant had taken advantage of the older man's kindness. Jurors were told Walpole was in the habit of visiting his grandparents while 'in drink'. PC Jasmine Jackson told the court she had attended the Browns' property on November 12 last year – 11 days before the fatal attack - after concerns were raised by Ms Brown about Walpole's behaviour. Reading from her notebook, she quoted what Mr Brown had told her: 'My grandson phoned me and wanted money. I told him I didn't have any money. He then said, 'You bastard, I am going to kill you'.' PC Jackson said Mr Brown had gone on to say that Walpole had turned up at his bungalow two hours later, banging on his windows. Walpole was cleared of Mr Brown's murder but convicted of an alternate count of manslaughter. He was also convicted of assault by beating, assault ocassioning acutal bodily harm and breaching a restraining order. Following his death, Mr Brown was described as a 'loving husband, father, and grandfather, but also a true gentleman, a pillar of the community, and a world-renowned figure in the Jaguar restoration industry'. His family said in a statement that he was 'a true craftsman, renowned worldwide for his expertise and passion for his work'. He was said to have built and restored 'some of the most iconic Jaguars, including the legendary XK series.' Natalie Kelly, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'Jakob Walpole carried out a senseless and brutal attack on his own grandfather who had tried to help him. 'He showed no concern or remorse following the attack. Rather than call for help, he callously left his vulnerable and elderly grandfather severely injured and went to a local pub where he assaulted two further elderly victims. 'Everyone who knew Mr Brown saw how much he did for his grandson, often going out of his way to care and support him - but Walpole simply took advantage of his kindness. 'While this conviction ensures Walpole is held accountable for his actions, the family have been left with a deep and lasting pain that no justice can erase.'
The Guardian
14 minutes ago
- The Guardian
‘At 80, to be treated like a terrorist is shocking': arrested on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action
Palestine Action's co-founder has won a bid to bring a high court challenge over the group's ban as a terror organisation, which makes membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. About 200 people have been arrested on suspicion of publicly protesting support for PA since it was banned. They include: Retired teacher Farley was picked up by police at a silent demonstration in Leeds for holding a sign that made a joke about the government's proscription of the group Palestine Action taken from an issue of the fortnightly satirical magazine Private Eye. He was then arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which he described as a 'pretty terrifying and upsetting experience'. Farley, who had never been arrested before, told the Guardian: 'I clearly wasn't any kind of physical threat.' The Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, said the arrest was 'mind boggling'. Retired teacher Sorrell from Wells, Somerset, was arrested for holding a placard at a pro-Palestine rally in Cardiff, and she was held by police for almost 27 hours, during which officers forced their way into her house and searched it. She said officers removed 19 items from her home, including iPads, a Palestinian flag, books on Palestine, material related to Extinction Rebellion and the climate crisis, as well as drumsticks for – and a belt that holds – her samba drum. 'At 80, to be treated like a dangerous terrorist is deeply shocking. I've been very traumatised by this. Every morning I wake up feeling sick, nauseous. [I have] had to take anti-sickness pills,' she told the Guardian. Retired teacher Also from Wells and a friend of Sorrell, Fine was held for the same period of time. The women have been bailed until October. Their bail conditions prohibit contact with each other and spending any nights away from their homes. She said that during her detention officers refused to let her have the antibiotics she was taking for a serious gum infection, and failed to call her husband, who is recovering from cancer treatment, to tell him about her arrest, despite having agreed to do so. Retired priest Parfitt, from Henbury in Bristol, was arrested on the same day the group was outlawed. She was attending a demonstration in Parliament Square in London. She was sitting in a camp chair surrounded by other protesters, holding a placard stating her support for Palestine Action. As she was led away by police, she called the ban 'total nonsense', adding that it symbolised a 'loss of civil liberties in this country', according to the BBC. Hinton is a retired magistrate. Baines is a former charity director Hinton and Baines were among eight people arrested by Devon and Cornwall officers at a peaceful demonstration. 'She's a pillar of the community, so it's a very brave thing for her to have done,' Baines said of Hinton. 'Part of why we were protesting is that this mission creep of laws against protests is really frightening people. This is about freedom of speech,' he told Cornwall Live. He added: 'We're not advocating for Palestine Action. We're resisting the proscription of Palestine Action. We're resisting the politicised use of terror laws to suppress a non-violent campaign of sabotage. We're resisting the criminalisation of peaceful protest because it's already being used to intimidate and threaten people just for having Palestine flags.'
