PC Facing Bird

649 rare bird’s eggs were stolen from their nests by a police constable, apparently often when on duty for Suffolk police. At first PC Michael Upson blamed his father for collecting the hundreds of eggs before the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 came into effect. He showed officers index cards suggesting that the eggs belonged to E G Upson and that they had been collected in the 1940s. However, the police and the RSPB were not convinced and hidden in a water tank in the loft they found a sealed box containing the real cards and notebooks. The maximum sentence for collecting wild bird eggs is six months imprisonment. The officer is due to be sentenced on Thursday.

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Court of Appeal Increase Rioters Sentence.

One of the ringleaders of last Summer's riots has had his four year sentence upped by the Court of Appeal to seven years.
The process is that the Crown Prosecution Service, aka the CPS, refers what they consider an unduly lenient sentence to the Attorney General who then reviews the case. If the Attorney feels that it is unduly lenient than he can refer the matter to the Court of Appeal for their decision.
This is an increasing aspect of the HS&Co Criminal Law sentencing advice remit.
We should point out that we did not represent Adam Ahmadzai however. He had been caught throwing missiles at the police in London Road, Croydon on August 8, 2011 and robbing a bus driver. Also, targeting a man and his wife at a bus stop together with other offences. He later burgled bookmakers in Thornton Heath, Surrey. In total, he pleaded guilty to:
Violent disorder, four counts of robbery, three counts of burglary and two counts of criminal damage.
Ahmadzai came from Feltham, Middlesex.
HS&Co feel that the Court of Appeal is sending out a strong message to those who might contemplate public disorder on the scale of last year's riots. We have also dealt with cases resulting from the scenes of mass disturbance.
Any defendant now up before a crown court judge on similar serious matters can expect to face a lengthy time in Jail. However, HS&Co are available to assist defendants and attempt to mitigate the sentence. We have vast experience in these type of cases. 'In Your Defence' - it's what we do.