Despite increased security measures, London's Notting Hill Carnival saw significant criminal activity, including assaults and knife incidents.
Despite increased security measures, London’s Notting Hill Carnival is once again seeing significant criminal activity, including assaults and stabbings . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: London’s Notting Hill Carnival recorded 169 arrests during the first full day of this year’s two-day celebration, despite a major security operation aimed at reducing crime. The Metropolitan Police deployed around 7,000 officers, barred 330 people from attending, and confiscated dozens of so-called zombie knives . DETAIL: Authorities said the arrests involved drug and weapons possession, assaults, including attacks on emergency personnel, and sexual offenses. Two separate knife attacks left victims with injuries to their hand and leg, respectively.…Open
An Afghan man who posed as a 14-year-old boy on Snapchat to groom and rape a 13-year-old girl in Nottingham, England, has been jailed.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Abdul Khan, an Afghan asylum seeker believed to be 28, was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court after being convicted of grooming and twice raping a 13-year-old girl. He will theoretically be subject to automatic deportation to Afghanistan after serving two-thirds of his term, but the British government does not currently return Afghans to their homeland, even if they are subject to deportation orders. DETAIL: Khan arrived in Britain hidden in the back of a truck in 2015 and claimed a false date of birth in his asylum application. Using the name “Abs” on Snapchat, he pretended to be a 14-year-old boy and exchanged sexual messages with the victim. He arranged to meet her…Open
The sentencing of Jordan Linden, a former Scottish National Party (SNP) council leader convicted of multiple sexual offenses, comes a day before critical elections for the Scottish government
. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A former Scottish National Party (SNP) council leader was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of multiple sex offenses, including sexual assault and inappropriate communication with young men and boys. This comes just ahead of crunch elections to the Scottish Parliament—roughly equivalent to a U.S. state legislature—on May 7. WHEN & WHERE: The sentencing took place on Wednesday at Falkirk Sheriff Court in Scotland. DETAIL: Jordan Linden, a former leader of North Lanarkshire Council, has been convicted of 10 sexual offenses . Linden’s offenses span a 10-year period between 2011 and 2021. Over the course of several years, multiple investigations were conducted into…Open