Falkirk bonnet speeder sees sentence cut appeal fail

Suzanne Gilchrist sped through
Falkirk while Stuart Morris clung on to
the car's bonnet

A woman who was caught on camera driving at speed through Falkirk with a pedestrian clinging onto her car's bonnet has been refused a reduction in her jail sentence.

Suzanne Gilchrist, 38, was sentenced to four years and three months imprisonment for the incident.

Gilchrist challenged her sentence, claiming it was too harsh because she had admitted her guilt.

At the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, her appeal was rejected.

The high speed chase happened after the 38-year-old was followed to her car by a security guard after she was suspected of shoplifting.

At Gilchrist's original trial, the court heard she shunted pedestrian Stuart Morris, who had been crossing the street, along the road, forcing him to jump onto the bonnet to avoid getting run over.'A gonner'

Mr Morris, 22, pleaded with her to stop but she accelerated along Manor Street in Falkirk with him hanging on top of the car as she swerved over the road trying to throw him off the bonnet.

When police arrived, Mr Morris told them he thought that he was "a gonner".

Sheriff Wyllie Robertson was shown CCTV footage of the incident at Stirling Sheriff Court, where Gilchrist pled guilty to assaulting Mr Morris to his injury and danger of his life on 2 June last year.

She admitted driving the car at him, hitting him, causing him to jump on the bonnet and driving at speed and from side to side through streets in Falkirk with him on the car.

The sheriff said it was a grave offence and decided to jail her earlier this year, telling her she would have received a four-and-a-half-year prison term, but for her guilty plea.

Harsh sentence

Gilchrist challenged her sentence following the sheriff's decision.

Her solicitor advocate Simon Collins argued at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh that the sentence should be quashed and a lesser term imposed following her guilty plea.

He said that in the circumstances of the case the amount of discount she received was "harsh and unfair" on her.

Lord Eassie, who heard the appeal with Lord Wheatley, said it might be thought that the percentage of reduction in Gilchrist's sentence was "somewhat niggardly" but it was within the sheriff's discretion and they would refuse the appeal.

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Denbighshire hires Xfor over litter and dog mess



Denbighshire council said offenders

could be issued with a £75 fixed

penalty notice

A private security firm has been hired by a third Welsh council to enforce fines against dog owners who fail to pick up their pets and people who litter.

Denbighshire council said Xfor enforcement staff would be kitted out with video cameras, to patrol hotspot areas.

It said offenders could be issued with a £75 fixed penalty notice.

Blaenau Gwent and Vale of Glamorgan council already use Xfor.

Between October last year and July the firm handed out more than 1,000 fines in Blaenau Gwent.

It was the first authority in Wales to use a private contractor to back up its policy of fining people who drop litter, or dog walkers who fail to pick up their pet's mess.

Denbighshire council's cabinet member for environment, David Smith, said dog fouling and littering were two of the most common complaints in the county.

"It was highlighted in our latest residents survey as one of the most pressing issues in communities," he said.

"Not only is dog fouling a health hazard, it blights the environment in communities across the authority and now is the time to tackle the issue robustly.

"We will be looking to engage with communities, educate people on the need to clear up after their dogs and make it much easier for people to report through a free phone number and social media as well as the more traditional methods of making a complaint."

'Anti-social behaviour'
The council said using Xfor would cost the authority nothing, but the firm would take a percentage of what it received from issuing fixed penalty notices.

In the coming weeks, Denbighshire will be distributing flyers, guides, posters and postcards to inform people about the new scheme.

Councillor Smith added: "We hope residents will get fully behind this campaign and help reduce this anti-social behaviour once and for all, ensuring Denbighshire is one of the cleanest greenest counties in Wales."

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Bouncers on the bus

Security guards have been posted on Jersey night buses.

Connex, the islands bus operator has confirmed that it posts security guards on two if its late night buses.

The security guards have been hired to ride the last two buses on routes 1 and 15.

The last buses leave Liberation Station after 11pm.

This comes after a driver was attacked by a group of young people.

The attack happened after an argument started with one of the passengers.

It happened on the last Route 1 bus on a weekend, which travels east towards Gorey.

Over to you

Do you travel by bus in Jersey? What are your thoughts on the posting of security guards on the later buses?

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Axe-wielding robbers target Black Country shops

Post office manager Sandra Suckling said staff were
"shocked" but not hurt in Thursday's robbery

Two shops in the Black Country have been targeted by axe-wielding robbers.

Staff and a delivery driver at the Spar store in Lawnswood Road, Wordsley, were tied up by two offenders who stole a "large amount of cash", police said.

The incident happened shortly before 06:50 BST and followed the theft of a cashbox on Thursday morning at a post office in Lake Street, Lower Gornal.

Two men threatened a security guard. On both occasions the assailants fled the scene on a motorbike.

The manager of the post office that was attacked at 09:00 BST, Sandra Suckling, said: "As the cash man went out of the shop a person came in with a crash helmet on... wielding what we later found out to be an axe.

'Faces covered'

"We couldn't tell at the time - it all happened that sudden.

"We're a bit resilient in this place. Nobody was hurt. It's just the shock of it."

Det Sgt Michael Greenland, from West Midlands Police, said: "During both offences the offenders had their faces covered.

"We are examining CCTV in the local area of each offence as well as carrying out local enquiries.

"We are aware of a current spate of robberies across the Black Country area.

"We are at an early stage of our investigations and trying to establish if there are any links between the offences."

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Michaela McAreavey case: Security guard due in court



Dassen Naraynen is due in court

 A former security guard at the Mauritian hotel where Michaela McAreavey was murdered is due in court charged in connection with the case.

Mrs McAreavey, 27, from County Tyrone, was killed in her honeymoon suite at the Legends hotel in Mauritius in January 2011.

Dassen Naraynen, also 27, is accused of conspiracy to commit larceny. He denies this.

He was originally charged with murder but this was later dropped.

He has denied any involvement in Mrs McAreavey's death.

Last month, two hotel workers were acquitted of her murder.

Detectives started a new investigation the day after the trial ended.

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G4S donates £2.5m to armed forces after Olympics

Thousands of troops were drafted in to help provide
security at the Olympic Games after G4S failed to
supply enough staff

Private security firm G4S has donated £2.5m to the armed forces after troops had to stand in for its absent staff at the Olympic Games.

The firm had a £284m contract to provide 10,400 staff for Olympic events but could not supply enough personnel.

Some 18,000 troops provided support at London 2012, including Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force staff, some of whom had their leave postponed.

G4S's donation will go to armed forces sports and welfare organisations.

The firm had previously described its failures as a "humiliating shambles" and was forced to apologise. Some 3,500 members of the armed forces had to stand in as a result of the company's shortfall.

The BBC's Ross Hawkins says that this payment does not replace the recompense pledged by the security firm to the police and the military.

G4S still intends to claim a management fee for its Olympic work, but expects to make a loss of between £35m and £50m.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the donation would "go some way" to recognising the extra work placed on the military because of G4S's shortcomings.

He added: "The armed forces provided more to the security and protection of the Games than had originally been planned, but as always they have carried out their tasks with professionalism and good humour.

"This contribution... is welcome news for the service welfare funds and will go some way to recognising the inconvenience and extra burden that this commitment has placed upon our forces and their families."

Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards said: "The armed forces are pleased to accept this donation.... It recognises all the hard work and commitment service personnel have displayed during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"Together with G4S, the men and women of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have delivered a safe and secure Olympics.

"I am glad that they are receiving the gratitude and recognition for the excellent work, not just from the public, but from those they are working alongside."

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Martin Stafford jailed over Michelle Gunshon murder

A man has been jailed for at least 33 years for murdering a female security guard who disappeared eight years ago.

The body of Michelle Gunshon has
never been found

Martin Stafford, 44, was working as a glass collector in the Birmingham pub where Michelle Gunshon, 38, was staying when she went missing in December 2004.

Stafford, from Dublin, was also found guilty of false imprisonment, rape and preventing the burial of a body after a Birmingham Crown Court trial.

He had served time for rape and false imprisonment in Ireland.

He fled to Ireland after murdering Ms Gunshon and was extradited to stand trial in the UK.

Ms Gunshon, from Mill Hill, north London, went missing while she was staying at the Dubliner pub in High Street, Digbeth.

The mother-of-three had been working at the Clothes Show Live event at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

Her body has never been found and her disappearance left her family with a "chilling silence", the court heard.

Stafford was caught on film by speed cameras at the wheel of Ms Gunshon's Ford Escort following her disappearance. Her car was found abandoned a few days later.

'Selective amnesia'

Prosecutor James Curtis QC had told the jury it was entitled to know Stafford's previous convictions for overpowering woman and forcing them to undergo sexual violations.

Martin Stafford fled to Ireland after
murdering Ms Gunshon

Stafford was jailed for life, with a minimum tariff of 33 years.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the guilty verdict and minimum sentence reflected "how dangerous an individual Martin Stafford is".

Harinderpal Dhami, crown advocate of the West Midlands CPS, said: "The jury saw through his selective amnesia answers and reached the only right and proper conclusion from all of the evidence which had been painstakingly collected by the police over the last seven years."

Det Insp Simon Astle, who led the case, said: "This has been a long and complex inquiry and we welcome the verdict of the court today.

"We will not give up in our efforts to trace Michelle's body.

"Clearly Martin Stafford can assist us with that and we will make every effort to provide him with that opportunity."

Issuing a statement through police, Ms Gunshon's family said: "Martin Stafford is a danger to people and should not be allowed out.

"We may have justice but our mum is still out there somewhere and only Martin Stafford knows where.

"Our only wish for the future is that mum is found and this can finally be over and we can grieve properly."

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