BY JACK WATSON In the UK, it seems that one of the critical aspects of our justice system – the ability to imprison criminals – is becoming problematic. At the start of May, the population in prisons in England and Wales was 87,505, with the official capacity at 88,895. There are only 1,390 more spaces left, meaning there will eventually be nowhere to put offenders … Continue reading Crime and No Punishment
BY THE EDITOR Before this weekend I’d never heard of the group Hunting Leaks. They sound like a plumbing firm or a cabinet audit committee. As it turns out, a brand of incontinence pads would be more applicable. I was amused to hear that this group, replete with balaclava crusties and mad cat women, were so flustered as to concoct a ‘take-down’ of me – … Continue reading Hunting Leaks: Ministry of Lies
CSM EDITORIAL There is an individual who has been pestering high profile women for over a decade. From the comfort of his bedroom he searches each and every listing about them online. He questions those close to his victims. He follows victims on social media using aliases. He is highly organised and what the police call a ‘professional troll’, although he is yet to distinguish … Continue reading Playing the Mental Health Card
BY ANDREW MOODY The tragic knife murder of 17 year old Girl Scout Jodie Chesney by an assailant who, without saying a word, stabbed her in the back, has sparked off a series of frenzied media reports of teen knife murders. After a young man was stabbed in Tottenham the number of murders and man slaughters in December 2018 rose to 131. This has only … Continue reading Knife Crime Truth
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN In the late nineties, I rented a modest pied-à-terre in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The apartment had a balcony that overlooked a deep volcanic gorge, known as the Barranco, which wound its way through Santa Cruz town and down to the Atlantic. From this vantage point, I enjoyed a fine view of cruise ships, ferries, and hovercraft arriving in the … Continue reading The Day I Met Goldfinger
