Police Forces Lose Track Of 396 Sex Offenders

Hillsborough Chief: I Wasn't Best Man For Job

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By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent

The match commander on the day of the Hillsborough disaster has admitted he was "not the best man for the job".

Former chief superintendent David Duckenfield told the Hillsborough inquests jury he had "limited experience" of planning for football matches prior to the day of the disaster on 15 April 1989.

Watched by approximately 200 family members of the 96 fans who died, Mr Duckenfield confirmed he had been promoted just a few weeks before the FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

He was asked by barrister Christina Lambert QC: "Did you think with hindsight: I should have thought about my limited knowledge of the role of commander in a major event that was an all-ticket sell-out?"

He replied: "I am older, probably wiser. Probably I was not the best man for the job on the day."

He was also asked whether it had occurred to him before the match that it "was a job that called for deep experience".

The former South Yorkshire police officer said he had been assured by the assistant chief constable at the time, Walter Jackson, that he would have an experienced team to assist him on the day.

Ms Lambert asked: "Did you think it was a mistake for you to accept the role of match commander and not seek assistance from others?"

He told the jury there had been a culture at the time of senior officers being moved around different departments and learning "on the job".

Ms Lambert continued: "My question was whether or not it was a mistake."

Mr Duckenfield replied: "With hindsight it was a serious mistake."

He accepted under questioning that he could not remember whether he had read the relevant police guidelines before the match and that he was not aware of the codeword "catastrophe" that was to be used by emergency services in the event of a major incident.

The inquests have already heard that Mr Duckenfield gave the order to open a perimeter gate at the Hillsborough stadium before telling officials that fans had forced it open.

Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of crushing on the terraces in overcrowded pens at the ground's Leppings Lane end.

Mr Duckenfield is due to give evidence to the inquests in Warrington for four days.

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Police Forces Lose Track Of 396 Sex Offenders

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By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent

Police have lost track of almost 400 registered sex offenders they should be monitoring, include a child rapist who vanished two years ago, official figures have revealed.

Others have been off the police radar for much longer, one for 14 years.

Claude Knights, of the child protection charity Kidscape, said: "The horrifying prospect is that these offenders will have rebuilt their lives in communities who don't know them.

"Re-offending is high and particularly among those who have left the support system that was designed to help them."

Everyone on the register - currently around 60,000 - is required to say where they are living. They are monitored by police, probation officers and the prison service under the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA).

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Gallery: Police Have Lost Track Of Almost 400 Sex Offenders

Failed asylum seeker Patrick Kanda, who was convicted of child rape, is unaccounted for - one of 396 registered offenders that UK authorities have lost track of

Stefan Taylor, who was convicted of indecent assault, disappeared in Blackpool. The offenders have vanished after moving home without telling authorities

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Anishbai Patel incited a child to engage in a sex act. Lancashire Police have described him as "high risk"

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It is believed Witshire rapist Abdelouaheb Delham may have returned to Algeria

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Iraqi Osman Abdurahman, who is missing from Sheffield, committed a sex attack on a teenage girl

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But a total of 396 registered sex offenders have vanished after moving home without telling the authorities their new address.

Some of those missing are foreign nationals who may have returned to their own countries. That could include failed asylum seeker Patrick Kanda, 36, who was convicted of child rape.

He was monitored for several years after he was released from prison, but vanished two years ago from his home in Dagenham, Essex.

He is one of 167 offenders who have stopped reporting to monitors at the Metropolitan Police.

West Midlands Police has "lost" 39 registered offenders, Greater Manchester Police is missing 25, and Essex and Sussex have no contact with 11 offenders.

There are offenders missing from their homes in most of the UK's 45 forces, but only Scotland says it knows where all its 4,775 sex offenders are living.

The figures were revealed in response to a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association news agency.

Jim Gamble, who runs child protection consultancy Ineqe, said: "Offenders who have chosen to go off the radar should be pursued and punished.

"By disappearing they are removing the incentive for staying in the system for the many others who choose to comply."

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring the system is as robust as possible.

"Under this government more adult sex offenders are being imprisoned, and they are being imprisoned for longer. The latest published figures show there are more than 11,000 sentenced adult sex offenders in prison - up by more than 2,500 since 2010.

"We have also reformed civil orders by introducing new measures that give police and the courts further powers to restrict and monitor the activities of sex offenders and those who pose a risk.

"It is for the police to manage offenders in their area, but we work closely with forces to ensure legislation is effective and that officers have all the tools they need."

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Three missing schoolgirls who left Britain to join Islamic State have crossed into Syria and are believed to be staying at a house in al Raqqa, Sky sources say.

Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, boarded a flight from Gatwick Airport bound for Istanbul last month.

Authorities feared the teenagers, who attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London, were seeking to join the Islamist militants.

Sky's Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay said: "We're being told tonight that they've crossed into Syria through a crossing... which is not too far from Kilis.

"They're now apparently in a house that is owned or controlled - or at least hosted by - a British girl who had been in contact with them through the internet, and had brought them through Turkey and into Syria.

"We are told by... good sources within the city of al Raqqa that they are there, that they are safe.

"That is where they are staying - with this British girl who is hosting them.

"There's been a lot of discussion about where they are, (and) how they got there. But we are told they are now inside Syria, they are inside al Raqqa, and they are under the control of Islamic State."

Last week CCTV footage emerged which appeared to show the three teenagers at a bus station in Istanbul.

The girls were seen wrapped in heavy winter jackets, two with hoods pulled up, and carrying packed sports bags and holdalls.

The footage was recorded in the early hours of 18 February, less than 24 hours after the trio left their London homes, telling their families they would be out for the day.

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Gallery: Three Schoolgirls From East London Go Missing

These pictures were taken from Kadiza Sultana (l) and Shamima Begum's (r) Twitter accounts

Kadiza and Shamima are feared to be on their way to Syria with a third girl, 15-year-old Amira Abase

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Crufts Poison Claims: Second Dog Falls Ill

A second Irish setter has become "violently ill" after sitting close to a dog believed to have been poisoned at the world famous Crufts show.

It comes as the owners of Jagger, who died the day after appearing at the show, spoke of their devastation and rejected claims a rival could be responsible.

Jagger, who came second in his class, died a day after returning home to Belgium.

Sky's Enda Brady says an Ireland-based breeder has told him his dog, who was four benches down from Jagger, became "violently ill" on Thursday.

"He couldn't figure out what was going on," said Brady.

"The dog was very, very ill ... Now he feels it is quite obvious there may have been an attempt to tamper with his dog as well.

"He said it was 'deeply worrying' and 'very sinister'."

Jagger was owned by Belgian Aleksandra Lauwers and Leicester-based breeders Dee Milligan-Bott and her husband, Jeremy Bott.

They have said there is no doubt the dog was poisoned - but believe it is an isolated case.

West Midlands Police is liaising with Crufts officials and the NEC venue to secure potential evidence and examine CCTV.

Police in Belgium have also launched an investigation.

Ms Lauwers wrote on her Facebook page: "To person (sic) who has done it, hope you can sleep well knowing you have killed our love, family member and best friend to our son."

Ms Milligan-Bott described the dog's painful death as a "heinous crime" and claimed poisoned beef cubes were discovered after an autopsy, although a full toxicology report has yet to be released.

In a post on her Facebook page Ms Milligan-Bott said: "This (poisoning) resulted in a very painful death for our beautiful boy.

"The timings from the autopsy will make it clear the only place this could have been given to Jagger was while on his bench at Crufts."

Appealing for information to find the person responsible, she said she was hopeful a fellow competitor was not involved.

"We can't and we won't think that this was the act of another exhibitor, if we thought this we couldn't go on, and the last 30 years would be a complete waste," she said.

"So I ask all of you to unite in finding the perpetrator who did this, and let's continue to produce and breed our gorgeous dogs who we are all so proud of."

Her husband, Jeremy Bott, said it was "out of the question" that other Crufts owners could have set out to kill Jagger.

The Kennel Club, which organises Crufts, released a statement confirming the dog's death.

"The Kennel Club is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Jagger the Irish Setter died some 26 hours after leaving Crufts," it said.

"We have spoken to his owners and our heartfelt sympathies go out to them.

"We understand that the toxicology report is due next week and until that time we cannot know the cause of this tragic incident."

Crufts presenter Clare Balding said the situation is "awful for all concerned".

The four-day show finished on Sunday, with Scottish Terrier Knopa named Best In Show.

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'Colossal' Tory Cuts Will Hit NHS, Says Balls

The "unprecedented" scale of Tory spending cuts would mean the NHS would end up footing the bill, the shadow chancellor has said.

Ed Balls said the Conservatives would take the country back to the 1930s with "colossal" cuts that would amount to £70bn in the next parliament.

He said: "Our analysis shows clearly - countries which reduce public spending at the pace George Osborne intends have found they have had no alternative but to cut health spending.

He added: "This shouldn't be a surprise. When George Osborne's plan means such extreme cuts to day-to-day departmental budgets, it's common sense that the NHS, which makes up a full third of the £317 billion spent in those budgets, ends up footing the bill."

In a speech in central London the shadow chancellor warned the cuts would lead to the smallest police force since comparable records began and the smallest Army since Oliver Cromwell's time.

It came as think-tank Royal United Services Institute warned defence cuts would put 30,000 jobs at risk leaving the combined forces with just 115,000 personnel by 2020.

Attempting to show that it was the Tories, and not Labour who could not be trusted on the economy, Mr Balls said if the Conservatives kept their promises to protect spending on health, schools and overseas aid other Government departments would have no budgets for day-to-day running.

He added: "Cuts on this scale would mean closing our embassies around the world, closing down all job centres and back-to-work programmes and all but ending central government's funding for local government. This is clearly impossible to countenance."

Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Balls had "lost his marbles" by claming the Tories were planning "extreme" cuts.

He said the Institute for Fiscal Studies had put the Tory cuts at £30bn and the party had set it would meet this with £12bn welfare reductions, £13bn from Whitehall spending and £5bn by closing tax loopholes.

The Deputy Prime Minister added his criticism of Tory cuts during a separate speech in London.

He said: "They cannot embark on this right-wing lurch towards an ever-shrinking state and also somehow pretend that they can fund everything ... you can't.

"Something has to give."

Speaking alongside the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, Mr Clegg said the UK economy could overtake France and Germany by 2035 to be Europe's largest economy under Liberal Democrat plans.

The proposals would see the £4.6bn science budget ring-fenced and doubling innovation spending, increasing Government funding to more than £1bn by 2020-21.

He said: "The Liberal Democrats have rescued the economy and led the recovery. Now is the time to be ambitious about our future.

"We believe that by building a strong, modern, open economy we can become the powerhouse of Europe. We can grow faster than both France and Germany, overtaking them as the largest economy in Europe in 20 years' time."

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Teenagers Killed As Car Hits Tree Are Named

Two teenagers who were killed when the car they were in hit a tree have been named as George Wharton, 14, and 13-year-old Rhys Baker.

The boys are thought to have been picked up by a 21-year-old just before 1.50pm on Saturday without the permission of their parents.

The driver is seriously ill in hospital and two other teenagers, Kameron Walters, aged 14, and 15-year-old Joshua Van Veen, remain in a critical condition.

The accident happened on the A62 Gelderd Road in Morley, Leeds. Superintendent Sam Millar, of West Yorkshire Police, described it as "a terrible tragedy".

Both boys who died were from the local area and went to the Bruntcliffe Secondary School and Morley Academy, where staff and pupils are now being supported by police.

Dave Gurney, executive headteacher of Bruntcliffe School, said Rhys had been a "well-liked member of his year group", while Leanne Griffiths, principal of The Morley Academy, described George as "a popular boy with a bright future ahead of him".

Police say the blue Peugeot is believed to have overtaken another vehicle "at speed" before crashing.

Supt Millar said: "We are appealing for any witnesses to the specific incident but also the movements and behaviour of the car during the rest of the day.

"We are particularly keen to speak to anyone who saw the vehicle at the Tesco Express store.

"I would also like to praise a number of members of the public who stopped at the scene of the incident and helped in whatever way they could."

Friends gathered at the scene on Sunday to lay flowers and remember the victims.

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Man Clings To Moving Car's Windscreen Wipers

A man had to cling desperately to a car's windscreen wipers as he was carried along a busy dual carriageway on the bonnet.

The journey - captured in footage released by police - saw the victim hanging on for around a mile before he was finally thrown into the road.

Grzegorz Musial, 28, has been jailed for 14 months over the incident, which began when he clipped the victim's wing mirror in a car park near a Screwfix store in Camberley, Surrey.

The pair exchanged details but Musial admitted having no insurance and offered to pay for the damage in cash, before getting back into his Ford Focus estate.

But the victim was unhappy with this idea and said he would call the police, prompting Musial to drive off.

He hit the man as he attempted to contact police, leaving him on the bonnet and clinging to the wipers.

Musial did not stop, instead speeding off along the A331 dual carriageway towards the M3.

Footage shows his car braking sharply and weaving from side to side in an apparent attempt to throw off the victim, police said.

The victim finally fell off into the busy road after Musial drove through a red light.

He suffered ankle injuries, a broken nose and cuts and bruises in the incident on 14 October last year.

Musial, of New Malden, southwest London, drove off but later called police to say he feared he had hurt someone.

He pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

He was jailed and banned from driving for 18 months at Guildford Crown Court last week.

Detective Sergeant Yahya Aslam said: "This was a terrifying ordeal for the victim who was lucky to be alive after literally clinging on for his life through the streets of Camberley."

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Teenage Victims Named After Fatal Car Crash

The names of a grandmother and three teenagers killed in a two-car crash in Wales have been revealed.

The 17-year-olds and the 68-year-old woman died and two others are in hospital following the crash in Powys, Mid Wales, just before 10.15pm on Friday.

The woman was named by police as Margaret Elizabeth Challis, from the Merthyr area.

The teenagers were named locally as Corey Price, Rhodri Miller and his girlfriend Alesha O'Connor.

Rhodri, who was driving, had only recently passed his driving test and was also a talented scientist.

Corey was a promising young footballer who had trained with the Cardiff City Football Academy.

The two young men died at the scene and Alesha died later in hospital.

All three were from Barry.

The crash happened as a number of vehicles travelled in a convoy at a known accident blackspot on the A470 near Storey Arms, between Libanus and RAC bends, in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

The two cars involved in the collision were a black Volkswagen Golf estate and a green Volkswagen Golf.

The teenagers were in the green Golf and Mrs Challis was a passenger in the black Golf estate, which was not believed to be part of the convoy.

Seven teenagers arrested over the incident have been released on bail. It is understood that they were in other vehicles.

The driver and front-seat passenger in the black Golf estate have been taken to hospital. The driver's condition is described as serious.

The two boys who died were both pupils at Ysgol Bro Morgannwg School in Barry, South Wales.

Head teacher Dylan Jones told Sky News: "They were both very talented individuals. They were both full of fun, very sociable and part of a strong group of friends.

"One was a talented footballer - he spent some years with Cardiff City Academy - and the other is in year 12 and is a talented scientist so it's a very sad loss for us all.

"It's been very shocking. As I understand it there were a number of friends from across a group of schools. It's such unexpected news and we heard it while we were having an eistedfodd here. Luckily we were all together but it was a shock nevertheless."

He added that counsellors will be available over the next few weeks at the school.

Among other tributes paid were those by Cardiff and Vale Schools Football Association and a professional footballer.

The schools FA tweeted: "Hearing terrible news that we've lost a former @CVSFA player in Corey Price. Great player. Thoughts to all his family & friends. #toplad"

Bristol Rovers footballer Mitchell Palmer said: "Very sad to hear about Corey Price, great lad great footballer! Thoughts are with family and friends! RIP big man!"

:: Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact Dyfed Powys Police on 101.

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