Archive for March 21st, 2009
Police arrest man for stabbing
The police reported earlier today that an on-duty police officer carrying out mobile patrols in West Bay was flagged down by a man driving a pick-up truck on Reverend Blackman Road at around 3:45 am on Saturday morning. The man was carrying the victim whom he said had arrived injured at his house.
The uniformed constable requested an ambulance and the man was taken to hospital. The driver of the pick-up truck told officers that the victim arrived injured at his house off Fountain Road shortly before.
“We need to hear from anyone with information about where this man received the stab wound,” said Detective Constable Valentine Reid. “Anyone who knows what happened is urged to come forward.” Area Commander, Chief Inspector Angelique Howell noted that violent crime will not be tolerated in the district and that the incident will be robustly investigated by CID.
Anyone who can help should contact West Bay police station on 949-3999 asking for DC Valentine Reid or Crime Stoppers on 800-8477 (TIPS). All persons calling Crime Stoppers remain anonymous, and are eligible for a reward of up to $1000, should their information lead to an arrest or recovery of property/drugs.
Water scarcity bigger threat than financial crisis
(The Independent): Humanity is facing "water bankruptcy" as a result of a crisis even greater than the financial meltdown now destabilising the global economy, two authoritative new reports show. They add that it is already beginning to take effect, and there will be no way of bailing the earth out of water scarcity. The two reports presage the opening tomorrow of the most important conference on the looming crisis for three years. The World Water Forum, which will be attended by 20,000 people in Istanbul, will hear stark warnings of how half the world’s population will be affected by water shortages in just 20 years’ time, with millions dying and increasing conflicts over dwindling resources.
Met pays out over abuse
(The Guardian): Police officers involved in a "serious, gratuitous and prolonged" attack on a British Muslim man that led the Metropolitan police to pay £60,000 in damages this week have been accused of dozens of previous assaults against black or Asian men. Babar Ahmad, 34, a terrorist suspect, was punched, kicked, stamped on and strangled during his arrest by officers from one of the Met’s territorial support groups at his London home in December 2003. After six years of denials from Scotland Yard, lawyers acting for the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, were forced to admit in the high court that Ahmad had been the victim of sustained and gratuitous violence during his arrest and agreed to pay £60,000 in damages.