Twelve hours later a Spanish fisherman spotted his naked body floating in the Atlantic Ocean – 15 miles from his boat
Twelve hours later, a Spanish fisherman spotted his naked body floating in the Atlantic Ocean – 15 miles from his boat.. Robert Maxwell was being investigated for war crimes and was to be interviewed by police just before he mysteriously drowned 15 years ago. So far they have recovered about £20m, and charged five people.Securitas is reviewing its security measures as a result of the recent attacks There were 836 raids on cash transit vans last year Securitas and Securicor are the two largest operators.. The last words of Robert Maxwell were communicated at 4.45am on 5 November 1991 when he contacted the bridge of his luxury yacht to complain about the temperature of his cabin, demanding, in his customary gruff tone, that the crew turn up the air conditioning. That is partly why we try and avoid publicity – we do not want people knowing about how money is transported around the country.”Kent police are continuing to investigate the Tonbridge robbery. There is no direct link between the robberies, but Securitas is concerned that criminals could be copying the Kent gang A source said: “Clearly we are worried about copycat crime.
A security van belonging to the company targeted in Britain’s biggest robbery has been raided, provoking fears that the firm is falling victim to copycat attacks. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were stolen when robbers rammed the van with a tractor in Warrington, Cheshire, on Wednesday evening. Men wearing balaclavas used a lorry to trap the van at a junction before smashing a tractor into the rear. The raiders attacked the van with crowbars and set light to it before fleeing with the cash. The Securitas drivers were unhurt and were interviewed by police yesterday.
The raid happened a fortnight after an armed gang stole £53m cash from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. This has been a protracted and difficult period for all persons involved and was initially borne out of the tragic racist murder of Stephen Lawrence and the attack on Duwayne Brooks.”The terms of this settlement include a written letter of apology and financial compensation, which was authorised by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”A force spokeswoman confirmed that the figure was £100,000..
Duwayne Brooks was present when his 18-year-old friend was stabbed in April 1993 in Eltham, south east London, and he telephoned for an ambulance.
However, he claimed that he was later treated as a criminal by the police, and went on to suffer from severe post traumatic stress disorder.In a statement today, Scotland Yard said: “The Metropolitan Police Service can confirm that it has reached a settlement regarding civil actions brought by Duwayne Brooks against the Metropolitan Police Service.”The claimant has agreed to discontinue a claim against a number of named individuals.”The claims against the Commissioner have been settled. If, as looks certain, peers refuse to give way, it will be sent back to MPs on Thursday, with the prospect of “parliamentary ping-pong” continuing between the two chambers.. Scotland Yard has agreed to pay the surviving victim of the racist attack on Stephen Lawrence compensation of £100,000 following complaints he made about his treatment by the force, it emerged today. They insisted the measure amounted to “compulsion by stealth” and broke Labour’s manifesto promise that the scheme would initially be voluntary.After the Commons vote on Monday, the Bill will return to the Lords on Wednesday.
He has told colleagues he is prepared to keep MPs and peers sitting late into next week in an effort to force the legislation on to the statute book.A Home Office source said: “We have had clear Commons majorities on the principle of the Bill. If the Lords refuse to give way, the question will become which House has precedence.”Peers voted to remove provisions in the Bill that would require all people applying for a passport to enter their details on the proposed national identity register. The Government was defeated by a margin of 61 in the Lords on Monday on a central element of the ID card scheme, an increase on the majority of 44 two months ago.Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has decided to overturn the defeat next Monday in the Commons, setting the scene for a tug-of-war between the two Houses. They warn that further parliamentary wrangling could delay plans to issue the first ID cards in 2008-09.
The issue will come to a head the day after Tony Blair’s showdown with backbench dissidents over plans to set up a new generation of independent “trust schools”.
