The local paper in my home town, The Advertiser, wasn’t much more than a fish wrapper, but its court section was always an entertaining read. Some of the funnier crimes to grace the pages of the “Yaddy” include the bloke who attacked his mate in the street with a
Press Release: Sensible Sentencing Trust Methamphetamine (meth) dealers who can prove their own addiction caused their drug offending could have their sentences cut by 30 per cent, according to a landmark judgement released by the Court of Appeal. The role of an offender in a drug network will also have
Tommy Robinson is on trial again tomorrow. This time it’s in his home town of Luton. And they’re trying to ban him from all football games in the UK. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Trigger warning: Contains facts woke readers may find triggering and offensive. James Kirkup of The Spectator UK reports on a shocking transphobic crime wave that is sweeping the Thames Valley. Oxford is suffering a crime wave. Police are investigating numerous serious offences over more than six months. Thames Valley Police
As annoying children are wont to do, the gibbering nutbars of the Krazy Klimate Kult, “Extinction Rebellion”, have spent the past few weeks throwing tanties and generally getting under everyone’s feet. These loons would simply be dismissed as just another nutty religious cult if they’d just stop inconveniencing
Xbolt Para-Military Police are to patrol the streets of New Zealand communities. Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) will be patrolling in “Special Police” vehicles in a trial to make them able to respond to “Armed Incidents” more promptly. Special police vehicles carrying trained armed officers will routinely patrol Auckland, Waikato
As Aboriginal activist Jacinta Nampinjinpa Price has commented, “cultural practices” is used to paper over all manner of abuses within the Aboriginal community. “Aboriginal male perpetrators have got away with their crimes based on the argument that they were operating within their culture’s confines.” Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton agrees
In his history of 1970s leftist terrorism, Days of Rage, Bryan Burroughs writes that, “the most startling thing…is how thoroughly it has been forgotten”. There were nearly 2000 bombings in the U.S. in 1972 alone. This is not a history taught in schools or ever mentioned by a
Press Release: National Party The Government’s soft on crime approach has led to almost 1400 more people joining gangs since it took office and is deeply concerning, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “Since October 2017, the number of patched gang members has increased by 26 per cent.
Reset the clock, folks: yet another hate-crime hoax has been added to the ever-growing list of hate-that-never-happened. Hoax-not-hate seems set to become the fastest-growing industry in President Trump’s booming economy. Which shouldn’t surprise anyone with a rudimentary grasp of economics:
The place where our law is conceived is overseen by possibly the most biased speaker we can remember, making me wonder: Is anything immune from this government’s failings? “Question Time is an important opportunity for the Opposition to criticise the Government and there is pressure on the Speaker to
A Tesla Model S police car in Fremont, California, reportedly ran low on power last week during the pursuit of a suspect vehicle, forcing officers to abandon the chase in search of a place to charge the car. The last thing a police officer trying to chase down a suspect
No-one knows what to do with Mohyadin Farah, a Somali who came here as a refugee with a history of sexually assaulting women. He’s been to jail, been in psychiatric care and even been considered for removal from the country. Nothing has worked. Now that is hardly a
New Plymouth traffic offenders must be loving the fact that the Taranaki town’s boys in blue have gone a bit soft. Not only are they being let off for clear traffic infringements, they are being given a bbq’d snag in bread lovingly prepared for them by the good
If you’ve been watching the newest season of the excellent crime drama, Mindhunter, you might have noticed Holden Ford playing a record of Charles Manson’s recordings. The recordings in question were a series of demos Manson recorded in the summer of 1968, released in 1970 as The Love
