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Police apologise for wrongful conviction of man executed 70 years ago

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Admin

Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali, was hanged in 1952 after he was found guilty of a murder in Cardiff

The family of a man wrongly convicted of murder has been given a police apology for the “terrible suffering” the miscarriage of justice caused, 70 years after he was executed in a British prison.

Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali father of three, was hanged aged 28 in September 1952 after he was convicted of killing Lily Volpert in her Cardiff clothes store. He protested his innocence to the end.

Yorkshire police poster warns against trick or treating this Halloween

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Admin

Force says it is discouraging the activity this year along with organised events because of Covid

A police force in the north of England is trying to discourage children from trick or treating this Halloween because of Covid-19.

South Yorkshire police (SYP) have produced a poster residents can print out and put in their windows saying “No trick or treaters”, with a picture of a silhouetted pumpkin crossed out like a no-entry sign.