Moves to strengthen police bail powers for terror suspects

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm13th January 2016

The Guardian Police in talks with Home Office to ensure immediate surrender of passports after case of Londoner suspected of being masked man in Isis video Rules on police bail are ‘fairly toothless’ because police are unable to prosecute breaches of any bail conditions, the Met’s counter-terror chief, Mark Rowley, has told MPs. Photograph: Dominic…

Fitness-to-plead court test out of date, says Law Commission

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm13th January 2016

BBC NEWS New tests should be introduced to assess whether a defendant facing criminal charges is mentally fit to stand trial, the Law Commission says. Currently two doctors, including a psychiatrist, advise judges on a defendant’s fitness before a trial. But the commission, an independent body that reviews laws in England and Wales, wants advice…