London: A millionaire's daughter was on Thursday convicted of burglary during last August's riots in London, where she helped looters steal goods by driving them around the city.
Laura Johnson, 20, whose father runs a marketing company, will be sentenced on May 3.
Described as intelligent and well-educated, Johnson drove the balaclava-clad group around the city and allowed them to put stolen goods from an electronics store in her car.
Johnson was convicted of burglary and handling a stolen television, but cleared of a second count of burglary, involving the theft of cigarettes and alcohol from a petrol station....
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07:22 AM, Apr 06, 2012
London: Actor Jamie Waylett, who played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in six of the 'Harry Potter' films, was jailed for two years on Tuesday for being part of a mob during last summer's riots in London. Waylett, 22, was found guilty of violent disorder by a jury at London's Wood Green Crown Court, the Press Association reported. But the actor, who had already admitted swigging from a stolen bottle of...
02:12 PM, Mar 21, 2012
London: Twenty four people of India-origin are among the nearly 3,000 suspects being tried for last year's shocking riots in London and other towns of England, new analysis of data shows, contradicting the belief that Asians had stayed away from the violence. The cases of those arrested are continuing in various courts, but figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that as of February 1, 2012, the number of...
03:56 PM, Feb 26, 2012
London: British police have charged three more people with the murder of three Pakistani-origin men who were run over by a car as they tried to protect their shops and homes from looters during the riots in August. Haroon Jahan, 21, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were hit by a car in the early hours of August 10 in Birmingham. They died as they tried to...
01:17 PM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Top executives of BlackBerry, Facebook and Twitter were grilled by the British government officials on Thursday in connection with riots that took place in and around London in early August. Commentators had termed the event the 'BlackBerry riots' as the unrest was reportedly fuelled through instant messaging services and social networking sites. BlackBerry on Thursday said it would work with mobile operators to switch off its popular messenger...
10:39 AM, Sep 16, 2011
London: Three-quarters of those arrested in Britain's riots last month had criminal records, London's mayor said on Tuesday, blaming the UK's criminal justice system for failing to turn offenders away from crime. "What was going to make you more likely to riot? It was previous contact with the police, and that's the problem that we need to tackle," Mayor Boris Johnson told the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. The...
02:41 AM, Sep 07, 2011
London: Over 1,500 people, a fifth of them youths, have appeared in court in connection with the riots in London and other English cities, according to latest official figures. Most of the accused who came before magistrates have been remanded in custody, the Ministry of Justice said. The majority of charges have been brought in London, with further cases in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Merseyside and Nottingham. During the...
08:33 PM, Sep 01, 2011
London: A 11-year-old boy on Wednesday became the youngest person to be sentenced for stealing a waste bin worth 50 pounds during the recent London riots. He was given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order at Havering Magistrates' Court in Essex after admitting burglary. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stole a waste bin from Debenhams in Romford, Essex, on August 8 after the windows of the store...
11:17 AM, Sep 01, 2011
British police have launched a murder probe after a CCTV footage of Birmingham riot shows unarmed officers and a police helicopter being shot at by rioters. ...
08:56 AM, Aug 21, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron's flirtation with the idea of social media censorship controls after recent riots might only be the beginning. With Western democracies and emerging authoritarian states alike facing new threats from the rise of the Internet and social media, the temptation to try and regain control through censorship may grow. Some experts say such attempts could backfire and jeopardize the legitimacy of governments, fuel fresh unrest...
01:11 PM, Aug 19, 2011
London: Tough prison sentences such as four years for trying to organize a riot via Facebook have triggered alarm in Britain that the government's crackdown over last week's unrest may be too harsh. Britain's Conservative Party, which leads a coalition government, has promised tough action following four nights of violence in London and other cities to mend what it has described as Britain's broken society. Civil liberties groups, legal experts...
02:40 AM, Aug 18, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron, under attack over his leadership during the rioting and looting that swept English cities this week, has enlisted US street crime expert William Bratton to advise the government on handling gang violence. "I'm being hired by the British government to consult with them on the issue of gangs, gang violence and gang intervention from the American experience and to offer some advice and counsel...
08:56 AM, Aug 13, 2011
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the police to take control of the streets as soon as possible. ...
08:29 AM, Aug 13, 2011
Youngsters, who are rioting in London, speak about whats been motivating them to go on a rampage. ...
08:21 AM, Aug 13, 2011
London: Police say they have arrested 1,051 people in London over Britain's deadly riots, and 591 have been charged. More than 1,500 people have been arrested nationwide. Courts in London, Birmingham and Manchester stayed open through a second night and into Friday to deal with alleged offenders. Hundreds of stores were looted, buildings were set ablaze and several people died amid the mayhem that broke out Saturday in London and...
01:12 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: After five days of rioting and looting, a sense of calm returned to Britain. Prime Minister David Cameron said the police waited too long to begin arresting rioters - more than 1,200 arrests were made. Cameron praised Sikhs in Southall who stood vigil outside gurudwaras making sure rioters stayed away from their community. A Parliamentary inquiry has been ordered into the riots but will it be enough? Cameron ...
08:48 AM, Aug 12, 2011
London: A Malaysian student attacked during London's riots offered an account of his assault on Thursday, saying he was shocked as he watched the videotape of thugs rifling through his belongings while he bled on a sidewalk. Mohammad Asyraf Haziq Rossli gave a halting news conference, telling reporters he was stunned that some of his attackers "were children." "I was shocked because I never expected someone was going to record...
08:26 AM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week. The Conservative party leader took a hardline approach to the violence on Thursday, vowing "the lawless minority" would be hunted down and punished, and blaming the police for their initial response....
08:21 AM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities. Cameron told an emergency session of parliament that police tactics had failed at the start of the rioting. Courts worked through the night to deal with hundreds of mostly young people arrested during...
02:48 AM, Aug 12, 2011
