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Calm settles in leafy Chiswick after drama of terror suspect Daniel Khalife manhunt

09-09-2023 20:44

After sightings in the area, teams descended to search gardens with dogs and check vehicles, while helicopters whirred overhead. Now picnics and sunbathing can resumeThe Saturday morning news that Daniel Khalife, the terror suspect who escaped from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday morning, had been spotted in Chiswick caused predictable intrigue in the leafy west London district. Police swiftly mustered in the area. Some drivers were being stopped and others reportedly asked for identification.A poli

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UK mother accused of alienating children from father wins appeal over psychological assessment

09-09-2023 17:46

Senior judge overturns previous ruling, saying matter is for the court to decide amid concern over use of unregulated psychologistsA mother accused of alienating her children from their father has won an appeal to overturn a decision by a district judge to instruct a psychological expert in her case.The lower court had been wrong to make an order inviting the expert to undertake psychological assessments of the parents and two children and for doing so without giving proper reasons, according to

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Five key questions about Daniel Khalife’s escape, after terror suspect recaptured

09-09-2023 14:46

Why was a terrorist suspect in a category B jail; did he get help to break out; and were overcrowding or staff shortages to blame?The recapture of Daniel Khalife will come as a huge relief to Alex Chalk, the justice secretary. However, Khalife’s escape will focus attention on the crisis-ridden prison system. These are the biggest questions that remain about the case: Continue reading...

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Indefinite sentences should be suicide risk factor, says prisons watchdog

09-09-2023 07:00

Nine self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving IPP sentences in 2022 was highest number since controversial introductionIndefinite prison sentences should be considered as a potential risk factor for suicide, the prisons and probation ombudsman has said.It follows the highest number of self-inflicted deaths by prisoners on indefinite sentences since they were introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2005. In 2022, there were nine self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving indeterminate sentence

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