Justice for the military is far from uniform
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The decision by Sir Patrick Mayhew, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, to refer the conviction for murder of paratrooper Lee Clegg back to the Court of Appeal after only six months' consideration highlights the growing realisation that this case has been badly handled. Clegg was in fact one of a number of paratroopers who fired on the occupants of a stolen car in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in Sep 1990, and one former paratrooper who was present admits that they could all have been charged with murder. Some people in Belfast feel that British soldiers benefit from 'fast-track' justice.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Safe in the long arms of the law?
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Many cases of alleged sexual victimization of women police officers are now coming to court in the UK. It is believed that many incidents of this kind go unreported, as the women concerned fear losing their job, while others are the subject of out-of-court settlements. The police service places considerable emphasis on equality, but women actually only represent 14% of officers. Some harassment of women police officers is overtly sexual, while some takes more insidious forms, such as making them appear incompetent.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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