June Kelly

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Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC

Former BBC Home Affairs correspondent.

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Fake police officer ordered woman to stop on M1

May 6, 2024 | msn.com | June Kelly |Naresh Puri

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Fake police officer ordered woman to stop on M1

May 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | June Kelly |Naresh Puri

A motorist who is traumatised after being ordered to stop on a motorway by a man posing as a police officer, has been told there will be no criminal investigation and police will not speak to the man face-to-face. The woman says the man waved what looked like a police warrant card, drove close to her at speed in an unmarked car and ordered her to pull over on the M1 in Leicestershire. She did not stop, fearing a repeat of the Wayne Couzens case. Two police forces have now apologised.
Fake police officer ordered woman to stop on M1

May 6, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | June Kelly |Naresh Puri

'Lisa', pictured driving with June Kelly in the passenger seat, reported the man to police [BBC]A motorist who is traumatised after being ordered to stop on a motorway by a man posing as a police officer, has been told there will be no criminal investigation and police will not speak to the man face-to-face. The woman says the man waved what looked like a police warrant card, drove close to her at speed in an unmarked car and ordered her to pull over on the M1 in Leicestershire.
Shakira Spencer: Three people sentenced to life for torture murder

Mar 1, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | June Kelly

Three people have each been jailed for at least 34 years for the murder of a woman they tortured and starved. Mother-of-two Shakira Spencer, 35, was subjected to a campaign of cruelty and humiliation, the Old Bailey heard. After inflicting fatal injuries, Ashana Studholme, Lisa Richardson and Shaun Pendlebury left her body to decompose at her home in Ealing, west London, in September 2022. The leader of the trio, Studholme, 39, had initially befriended Ms Spencer.
Police failed to investigate officer abuse complaints, say women

Feb 12, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | June Kelly |Judith Burns

Seven women are accusing Devon and Cornwall Police of failing to investigate serving and former officers for domestic abuse and sexual violence. In some cases, the men were promoted to specialist roles dealing with violence against women, the group claims. "I have been failed completely by Devon and Cornwall Police," one woman told BBC News. The force has referred the allegations to the police watchdog, as the women are preparing legal action.
Care home killer's escorted leave plan 'abhorrent' - victim's family

Jan 31, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | June Kelly |Judith Burns

The family of a 93-year-old killed in her care home by a younger resident has condemned a proposal to allow the killer to spend time outside the secure hospital where he is held. Alexander Rawson, then 62, beat Eileen Dean with a walking stick at the south-east London home in 2021. He was sentenced to indefinite detention in a secure hospital. Mrs Dean's daughter, Georgina Hampshaw, says the proposal to allow him escorted leave is "ill-conceived and abhorrent".
Care home killer's escorted leave plan 'abhorrent' - victim's family

Jan 31, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | June Kelly |Judith Burns

The family of a 93-year-old killed in her care home by a younger resident has condemned a proposal to allow the killer to spend time outside the secure hospital where he is held. Alexander Rawson, then 62, beat Eileen Dean with a walking stick at the south-east London home in 2021. He was sentenced to indefinite detention in a secure hospital. Mrs Dean's daughter, Georgina Hampshaw, says the proposal to allow him escorted leave is "ill-conceived and abhorrent".
The crime hotspot where a community helps ex-offenders go straight

Jan 25, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Judith Burns |June Kelly |Naresh Puri

The latest crime figures for England and Wales once again show the policing area of Cleveland, in the North East, has the highest overall crime rate for its population. BBC News speaks to people in one community there about how they are supporting ex-offenders to help them stay out of trouble. In the Dyke House area of Hartlepool, people fear speaking openly about crime and antisocial behaviour. "I'd have my windows put in," one man tells BBC News.
Wolverhampton's Santos Care banned from sponsoring foreign staff

Jan 16, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | June Kelly |Naresh Puri |Chris BellHome affairs |Chris Bell

A social care provider has been placed in special measures and lost its licence to sponsor foreign workers, following an investigation by BBC News. Santos Care, based in Wolverhampton, has been condemned as inadequate, in the wake of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. Santos had been recruiting staff abroad to work in people's homes as carers. The Home Office said Santos has now been suspended from sponsoring foreign workers.
Shakira Spencer: Three convicted of torture murder of mother of two

Dec 11, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | June Kelly |Alex Dackevych |Judith Burns |Naresh Puri

Three people who tortured, starved and beat to death a woman from west London have been found guilty of her murder. On the evening of Monday 12 September last year, 35-year-old Shakira Spencer was driven back to her flat in a car boot by people she had once believed to be friends. A member of the public saw her fall as she was unable to walk from the car. It was the last time she was seen alive. Shakira had suffered a campaign of cruelty and humiliation by her tormentors, who left her body to rot.