In today’s newsletter: What do prosecutions reveal about who was involved in the rioting – and can overstretched courts and prisons handle the additional pressure?.
In today’s newsletter: What do prosecutions reveal about who was involved in the rioting – and can overstretched courts and prisons handle the additional pressure?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Three weeks after the start of the riots that convulsed much of the UK, a clearer picture of the criminal justice system’s response is emerging – and it has a lot to tell us about the rioters themselves, and the ability of the police, the courts and the prisons to deal with unexpected crises.The cases keep coming. Yesterday, among others, a man pleaded guilty to arson with intent to endanger life for his part in trying to set light to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham. Another – a former soldier who had carried out peacekeeping duties in Kosovo and Northern Ireland – was sentenced to two-and-a-half years for attacking police officers at the same location. And a third was sentenced to three years for his part in the Southport riot after he attacked a police van’s window with a piece of concrete as an officer sat inside.Sextortion | International cybercriminals could face extradition in response to an alarming rise in the numbers of young people being targeted for sextortion, the National Crime Agency has said. The offence, which sees teenagers blackmailed after sharing intimate pictures, has been linked to gangs based in west Africa.Italy | Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers. The Italian coastguard was working to confirm the identities, with one person still unaccounted for.Israel-Gaza war | Thousands of people facing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have been forced to abandon plans to comply with orders telling them to move to a designated “safe humanitarian zone” because there is no space. 86% of Gaza has been put under evacuation orders by the Israeli military, according to the UN.US elections | Tim Walz accepted the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nomination at the party’s convention, telling delegates: “There’ll be time to sleep when you’re dead. We’re going to leave it on the field”. Earlier, Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance and attacked JD Vance over his “childless cat lady” comments.UK news | Lauren Laverne, the presenter of Desert Island Discs, has revealed she is in hospital after being diagnosed with cancer. In a post on Instagram, the 46-year-old broadcaster said the disease had been diagnosed early and she was expected to fully recover. Continue reading...
In today’s newsletter: What do prosecutions reveal about who was involved in the rioting – and can overstretched courts and prisons handle the additional pressure?.