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Bronson’s next parole hearing will be held in public
The next Parole Board hearing for Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners, will take place in public. The Parole Board granted an application for the case of the notorious prisoner – now known as Charles Salvador – to be heard in public. A date is yet to be set.
In a document setting out the decision to hold the hearing in public, Parole Board chair Caroline Corby said: “I have
concluded that a public hearing is in the interests of justice in the case of Mr Salvador. I therefore grant the application for the hearing to be held in public.”
Bronson became the first prisoner to formally ask for a public Parole Board hearing after rules were changed earlier this year, in a bid to remove the secrecy behind the process. Reforms came into force in July meaning parole hearings can take place in public for the first time.
Man arrested after eggs thrown at King
A man has been arrested after eggs were thrown at the King and Queen Consort during a visit to York. Charles and Camilla were being welcomed to the city by local dignitaries when a protester started booing the pair before throwing four eggs at them. North Yorkshire Police confirmed that a 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence following an incident on Micklegate.
Charles continued shaking hands with dignitaries including the Lord Mayor as the eggs flew in his direction, pausing briefly to look at the shells cracked on the ground. Police officers at Micklegate Bar, a medieval gateway and focus for grand events, were seen restraining the suspect on the ground behind temporary fencing set up for yesterday’s royal visit.
The protester was heard shouting “this country was built on the blood of slaves” as he was being detained by around four police officers. The suspect was later carried away in handcuffs, with his legs bound by two uniformed officers, who put him in the back of a police van.
Man jailed for trying to sell someone else’s house
A tenant who tried to sell his landlord’s £400,000 house without his knowledge has been jailed for two and a half years. Andrew Smith, 41, came close to swindling a potential buyer of the three-bedroom house – even renting show-home furniture for viewings. He had applied to rent the house and received the
keys to the Cambridge property in February 2020. He then listed the house for sale less than two weeks later on a fake estate agent company online.
In June 2022 one prospective buyer came close to purchasing the property but was alerted by some neighbours who told them it was rented and not for sale. After contacting the real letting agents, the victim then reported the fraud to the police. Police discovered many of Smith’s documents he had provided to the letting agent were fraudulent. Smith was caught and arrested and eventually pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and entering into money laundering. SWNS
Boy arrested on suspicion of murder after man stabbed on street
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man stabbed to death in southeast London. The teenager was held on Tuesday as detectives investigate the “senseless” killing of Gabriel Petrov Stoyanov, 21, in Bromley Road, Downham, on Friday 4 November. Up to two other suspects believed to have been involved could still be at large, the Metropolitan Police said.
Officers were called at 11.50pm on Friday to a report of a man stabbed in Bromley Road. They believe Mr Stoyanov was knifed repeatedly by three individuals who fled the scene. Detective Chief Inspector Kelly Allen, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “Today’s arrest is a positive development but we know there were up to two further suspects involved.”
Palace intruder who trespassed on grounds spared jail
A man who trespassed on Buckingham Palace grounds twice has been spared prison. Daniel Brydges scaled two fences to gain access to the palace gardens on 18 December last year and was also found “stooped” behind a Land Rover near The Royal Mews gate four days later, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
Prosecutor Sudara Weerasena said the 33-year-old had previously been stopped under the Terrorism Act while trying to
get into the palace grounds on 11 December and twice on 15 November last year. “He appears to have been fixated on the palace grounds,” she said yesterday. Brydges previously pleaded guilty to two counts of trespassing on a protected site and criminal damage.
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