Welsh police fine English daytrippers driving to Brecon Beacons

English day trippers caught making non-essential trips over the Welsh border during lockdown have been fined, a police chief said today, as restrictions have sparked a surge in staycation bookings at campsites. Superintendent Clark Jones-John of Dyfed Powys Police said a number of cars heading to the Brecon Beacons, a popular camping destination, had been … Read more

Ukraine hacker caught attempting to sell 773m passwords

Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix  Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data  The … Read more

Missouri inmate is executed in first since pandemic began for brutal 1991 murder of woman, 81

A Missouri inmate on Tuesday became the first person to be executed since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton, 64, died by lethal injection for killing Gladys Kuehler, 81, in 1991. A jury recently said that ‘compelling’ new evidence made them feel ‘uncomfortable’ about the conviction and he had long maintained his innocence.   His case … Read more

Thousands of prosecutions for drug offences, theft and criminal damage ‘will be dropped’

Thousands of prosecutions for drug offences, theft and criminal damage ‘will be dropped as police try and clear backlog of court cases caused by coronavirus’ Police officers are being asked to utilise out of court measures rather than court Sara Glen, of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said forces should review cases It comes amid … Read more

Woman whose brother and father ‘murdered Ahmaud Arbery’ posted photo of the black jogger’s body

The white woman whose brother and father have been charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black jogger in Georgia posted a graphic photo of Ahmaud Arbery’s body on Snapchat. Lindsay McMichael, 30, took a photo of the 25-year-old’s blood-soaked body while police set up a crime scene in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in … Read more