The child’s grandmother, 54-year-old Careworker Agatha Owsuah of London’s southern suburb of Peckham, should now be looking after the child after the mother was detained in a police station in Walworth. She has lashed out at how a police station could not ask for any form of identification before handing over a child, given that as immigrants they are repeatedly asked to show ID at every point from the bank to a new job.

Last Thursday the child was taken to the police station along with her mother after police took 36-year-old Cynthia Boakye into custody over alleged immigration offences. While at the station a number of people were contacted to request that they come and care for the child which seems to have resulted in conversations being overheard.

A relative was eventually organised to come to the station to collect baby Audrey after the step father said he could not due to work commitments. Mrs Owsuah believes that someone had heard the police make the call and then pretend to be the carer at the appointed time. On arrival at the station the bay was promptly handed over with no ID check asked for. It has since become obvious that the woman called for and the woman who collected the child was not the same.

Police have said they are making every effort to locate the woman, believed to be from Ghana, and added that there is no indication at this point that any harm has come to the toddler.

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Luke Atkinson and Michael Binnington, both from Whitlam, were transported to Heathrow Airport before being flown to Cyprus. There they will serve jail terms for manslaughter. The pair had last week lost their High Court appeal to avoid extradition, with the two men facing a minimum prison sentence of 6 months in Nicosia before any chance of a return to the UK is possible. Their lawyer, Karen Todner, hopes their safety is guaranteed on the island as there had been a great deal of media hype and anger surrounding the decision. Todner also expressed surprise at the decision of the High Court not to become involved in the case.

Binnington and Atkinson were inside a car driven by Julian Harrington when it hit the moped of 17-year-old Christos Papiris in 2006. Harrington is currently serving a 15 year prison sentence after admitting to the charges of manslaughter.

The pair was initially acquitted in February 2007 by a Cypriot Court but this verdict was overturned by a higher court in 2008, after the pair had returned to Britain. The two men were sentenced in their absence to 3 years prison, which the Supreme Court recently refused their appeal.

The pair bade a tearful farewell to friends and family as they left Belgravia police station en route to Heathrow Airport where they were placed into the custody of Cypriot officials.

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The unnamed couple, one a government employee and the other a businessman, had decided on the Thai holiday island as the end of their one year sabbatical holiday. They have fled Thailand after being subjected to the attack by what is believed to be a gang that preys on foreign tourists.

The 42-year-old man remembers little of the evening other than watching his 31-year-old wife being sexually assaulted by two men. The pair lay inside their bungalow motionless for nearly two days after the attack. They finally managed to call police but when no officers showed they went to the local hospital.

Doctors at the hospital showed no signs of surprise as they diagnosed the pair as having been drugged with the date-rape drug Dormicum. Both showed signs of having been raped and also sexually abused.

The pair claim that police and a UK representative on the island showed scant interest in their plight. They are due back in Britain shortly and have gone public with their story to warn other travellers of the dangers of meeting strangers abroad.

The wife stated that the evening had begun with drinks on the beach with some French men and believes that they were the ones who spiked the couple’s drinks. The woman remembers feeling drowsy and being carried to her bungalow by one of the Frenchmen. From there, everything remains a blur.

The husband said he can remember watching his wife being assaulted by two men through the window of the bungalow, along with being in a foetal position as the men stood over him laughing at what they had done to his wife.

Both the British consulate and Thai police say they are treating the matter seriously.

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The drones or Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS) have been employed by British armed forces in order to monitor enemy action in Afghanistan. The new proposal would see maritime surveillance boosted by the drones as early as 2012 where they would be under the control of the Kent and Essex police forces in conjunction with BAE systems.

BAE systems have confirmed that it was currently working together with the two forces to investigate the options. The partnership would also extend to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the UK Border Agency and the Marine and Fisheries Agency.

The drones have the capability to operate at a height of 20,000 feet and would use high resolution imagery of ships and vessels to police control rooms. The UAS can also remain airborne for up to 15 hours at a time.

Kent police have advised that they are investigating new approaches in terms of aviation options available to police forces, saying that UAS could perform a major role in working alongside the likes of the Civil Aviation Authority.

The drones can be programmed to take-off, search and record all with a single mouse click and may even be used to monitor large scale public events like music festivals. For immigration control, the UAS would have a twofold role – identifying and monitoring the English Channel shipping lanes and also acting as a police extension for watching out for illegal immigration.

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Ichihashi is the wanted for the murder of expat Lindsay Ann Hawker, the teacher who was found in his Chiba apartment tied and naked in a bathtub filled with sand in 2007.

Police sources have informed them that they believe Ichihashi underwent plastic surgery in Osaka. The sighting was the first confirmed identification of the 30-year-old who has been at large since the killing. After consulting hospital photographs police have claimed the murder suspect now looks like, which include a longer jaw, a fuller face, changed eyebrows and surgery to remove moles from his face.

Investigations found that they man who was apparently Ichihashi paid for the plastic surgery with cash, gave a false name and address and failed to return for the removal of the stitches one week after the operation. Police believe he may have also had previous surgery while on the run. The operations mean that earlier photos of Ichihashi used for identification were now redundant.

An English language teacher, Lindsay Hawker was from the town of Brandon near Coventry. She was only 22-years-old at the time of her death. Forensic investigation revealed that she had been repeatedly beaten over a period of 36 hours, bound in gardening tape with her hair cut off she was buried naked in the sand-filled bathtub.

Ichihashi is believed to have lured her to his apartment under the pretence of a private English lesson.

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The scheme has allowed local people to have their say into how the assets are best put to use and has been rolled out by the government at a cost of £4 million. The scheme has to date received 45,000 contributions from the public via its dedicated website in conjunction with local police and citizen panels.

Some 270 new projects will be launched with the first set to begin in a matter of days. Included among the beneficiaries are a renovated BMX track in Rochdale, a new young person’s cricket club in Newcastle, restoration plans for a church and community area near Sheffield, renovating a burned down skate park in Brighton and funding for a new youth anti-crime project on Merseyside.

All of the projects are designed to promote anti-criminal behaviour and neighbourhood awareness.

Alan John, the Home Secretary, said the move was only fair as the community was the one to suffer under criminal activity. Johnson also said the benefits were twofold as criminals would be made to suffer under greater crackdowns and the community would be able to build up a greater safety system from their ill-gotten gains.

Previously money that has been recovered has gone to criminal justice departments and the police. According to the Home Office the total value of recovered assets in the past year was a record £148 million.

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The investigation was a collaborative effort by nationwide police, specialist agencies and various government departments and was carried out over a period of six months. The findings have caused media outlets to suggest the government has overstated the nature and scale of sex trafficking in Britain, something which has been seized on by media and politicians alike after several former and current MP’s have complained in the press that thousands of women were imported for the practice.

So strong have been the arguments against sex trafficking that the government is currently debating the final phase of a bill which criminalises any man who engages a controlled woman for the purposes of sex. The contentious wording has led to many in the industry claiming they would be exposed to security fears when operating without a guardian and the move to push customers away may lead to unsafe sex practices in a bid to retain business.

Last year the government heralded the success of Operation Pentameter Two which was credited with the arrest of over 500 criminals involved in sex trafficking. However, the true figures show that despite the combined efforts of all 55 English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish police forces only 15 people were ever convicted in what was called the largest ever crackdown on human trafficking. The police struggled even to find any traffickers to arrest.

Of the 528 actual arrests, 122 never happened and over 200 were of women with no ties to trafficking. A further 150+ had been released by the time the police trumpeted the success of the mission while the majority of the remainder were charged with immigration or non-trafficking offences.

A total of 67 people were eventually charged, with 47 never making it to court. Of the five men that were jailed for trafficking, all were initially arrested prior to the launch of Pentameter. Police have said that the issue was a very real one and one which remains a priority.

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Both individuals were believed to have concealed drugs internally and the man resisted arrest, attempting to assault an immigration official before trying to escape the airport while being detained.

Carmen Rodrigues-Angeles, 34, and her husband Mark Thornton, 48, were initially stopped by authorities after they were found to be carrying around 4000 cigarettes. The pair had been on a flight to Manchester from the Dominican Republic. Routine checks by customs officials revealed the massive tobacco haul inside Thornton’s luggage.

When the discovery was made Thornton ran from the customs desk closely followed by a throng of chasing airport officials. When he was caught Thornton assaulted one of the officers by punching him in the stomach.

The pair was then arrested by customs who then proceeded to run a series of tests on their belongings for illegal substances. In both cases the couples’ passports showed traces of cocaine leading to interviews with customs investigators and officers from HM Revenue. The questioning led to x-rays being performed where authorities discovered three packages of cocaine, two hidden inside of Angeles and one inside Thornton.

The total haul was estimated to be at around 300 grams at a street sale value of approximately £12,000. Officials called the act both illegal and foolish and sentenced the pair to prison; Angeles for 2 years and Thornton for 4 years, with another 3 months thrown in for his assaulting an officer.

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