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Sarah Payne's killer has sentence cut

Atkinson to speak at ACPO conference

Prisons, power stations and social housing – just not in my backyard

The career criminals police think we should be keeping an eye on

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Sarah Payne's killer has sentence cut | Independent

A decade after he murdered the schoolgirl Sarah Payne, Roy Whiting has had his sentenced reduced.

A High Court judge cut the minimum jail term imposed on the 51-year-old paedophile from 50 to 40 years yesterday, but he stressed that Whiting would remain behind bars until he no longer posed a public risk.

Atkinson to speak at ACPO conference | Children and Young People Now

Children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson and Youth Justice Board (YJB) chief executive John Drew will be among the speakers at today's Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Children & Young People Conference.

The event, which is focusing on early intervention and joined-up working practices, will also see the launch of the ACPO Children & Young People National Strategy.

Prisons, power stations and social housing – just not in my backyard | The Guardian

Michael White writes in comment is free, that the restoration of powers for local authorities to prevent so-called "garden grabbing" will result in the empowerment of “sharp-elbowed locals to prevent developments they don't like – from prisons and power stations to social housing and speed bumps”.

The career criminals police think we should be keeping an eye on | The Times

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) are to identify more than 20 convicted criminals on the internet to try to prevent them from reoffending.

Soca hopes that the public will help to keep an eye on them and report any signs of suddenly acquired wealth. The tactic will raise concerns among civil liberties campaigners but the agency intends to publish the names of more than 100 criminals this year.