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‘Batman’ turns in criminal to British police
A man dressed as comic book hero Batman showed up in a British police station last week to hand over a burglary suspect, officers revealed Monday. The caped crusader was looking a little pudgy adorned in gear resembling Adam West’s 1960s Batman outfit, which looks decidedly more old-school than Christian…
British police arrest 3 in Libor-fixing scandal
British police and investigators arrested three men on Tuesday on suspicion of manipulating the interbank landing rate Libor, the Serious Fraud Office said. “Three men, aged 33, 41 and 47, have been arrested and taken to a London police station for interview in connection with the investigation into the manipulation…
Blind man to sue police over Taser incident
LONDON — A blind man is suing British police after he was tasered by an officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword, his lawyer said Monday. The incident happened in the market town of Chorley in Lancashire, northwest England, on Friday after police received reports of a…
Confused British police discovered ‘suspicious bright light’ was the moon
A British policeman put his colleagues on alert as he investigated a “suspicious bright light” — only to find it was the moon, an in-house magazine for the police reported Wednesday. Police magazine reported that the hapless officer only realised his blunder after warning his fellow constables in Worcestershire, central…
British helicopter hunt for ‘lion on the loose in Essex’
British police on Monday deployed firearms officers and a helicopter as they launched a lion hunt following reports of a cat-like beast roaming in a field in Essex. “The large cat, believed to be a lion, was seen in fields off Earls Hall Drive in St Oysth, near Clacton, just…
British police use smartphone App to catch ‘rioters’
British police on Tuesday loaded almost 3,000 images onto a smartphone App and invited the public to help them identify people suspected of taking part in last year’s London riots. The Metropolitan Police force loaded 2,880 CCTV images onto its App and urged people to sift through the images and…
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