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Manchester City Police officers on duty outside the gates of the city’s Strangeways Prison, c. 1900.
It was the custom of the prison governor to put up a notice in the prison gates once an execution had taken place. Officers would be posted to ensure there were no disturbances by members of the public, the family of the executed person, or the family of the victim.
Since we first uploaded this image there has been much speculation as to whether the image depicts a black police officer serving in the Manchester area many years before we had previously thought.
Could it be that the officer gazing proudly at the camera on the right of this image was a history maker?
The official police personnel records of the time state an officer’s place of birth – and they show entries from many countries – but make no reference to ethnicity. However, given the fact that a serving black officer would have been very rare at the time, we think it surprising that no reference we are aware of appears in any documentation in our archives. These file include joining and service records, reports and the minutes of the Manchester City Police Watch Committee – the body responsible for overseeing the force at that time.
Nor does the story of black officers serving in the Manchester City Police appear in memoirs of the time or any other sources.
We can also find no trace of any coverage of his appointment or service in newspaper reports of the period.
Due to the poor quality of the image, we are unable to read the officer’s collar (identification) number, so we are unable to trace his particular file and sadly, unlike some other force's, Manchester City Police did not routinely photograph their recruits.
According to official records, the first non-white officer to join the police service in the area was PC Mohammed Shafiq, who joined Lancashire Constabulary in 1973 serving in Bolton. He transferred to Greater Manchester Police when Bolton became part of the newly formed force in 1974. He retired at the rank of detective inspector after serving the people of Greater Manchester for thirty years.
However, could it be that this image depicts a black officer of Manchester City Police proudly serving the public over sixty years earlier?
If you have any information regarding this officer, please let us know.
For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
On 8 March 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its judgments on the appeals against verdict and sentence in the case The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido. Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Presiding Judge, read a summary of the judgments in open court highlighting the key findings of the Appeals Chamber.
On 27 November 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), delivered its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII’s ‘Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo’ of 17 September 2018. The Appeals Chamber rejected all three grounds of appeal of Mr Bemba and confirmed the re-sentencing decision.
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Key sentence: Imagining something is better than remembering something. (John Irwing, The World According To Garp)
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The Wind is ghosting around the house tonight
and as I lean against the door of sleep
I begin to think about the first person to dream,
how quiet he must have seemed the next morning
as the others stood around the fire
draped in the skins of animals
talking to each other only in vowels,
for this was long before the invention of consonants.
He might have gone off by himself to sit
on a rock and look into the mist of a lake
as he tried to tell himself what had happened,
how he had gone somewhere without going,
how he had put his arms around the neck
of a beast that the others could touch
only after they had killed it with stones,
how he felt its breath on his bare neck.
Then again, the first dream could have come
to a woman, though she would behave,
I suppose, much the same way,
moving off by herself to be alone near water,
except that the curve of her young shoulders
and the tilt of her downcast head
would make her appear to be terribly alone,
and if you were there to notice this,
you might have gone down as the first person
to ever fall in love with the sadness of another.
~ Billy Collins ~
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for Sonia
On 27 November 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), delivered its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII’s ‘Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo’ of 17 September 2018. The Appeals Chamber rejected all three grounds of appeal of Mr Bemba and confirmed the re-sentencing decision.
Radio-Collared Whitetail Buck - Shenandoah National Park, VA
Meet Victim V7, not quite a mature Buck yet, but a victim just the same of the so-called 'CWD study' that the Shenandoah National Park administration has inflicted onto its very own Big Meadows Whitetail Deer herd.
The average Buck here lives to be 7-8 years of age, so being this collar will remain on his neck for 5-7 years, means that he will live his remaining days with it on and die with it on. As will all the other Bucks they have captured and collared, which is not only contained to the Big Meadows area, but in other areas of the Central District as well as areas in the North District. It's sort of like a life sentence with no chance of parole, wouldn't you agree?
This project is by far one of the biggest screw-ups that modern day SNP has generated to date. Why can't they just come clean and reveal the whole truth behind this instead of trying to 'paint a pretty picture' about CWD assessment? We all know it goes far beyond this.
LATEST UPDATES
Good news: Ol' Rutter has been seen and photographed, so he is alive and well. 1 of the 3 missing big Bucks has also been spotted and photographed in the past week (The Wide 8) and fortunately he does not have a collar on (yet).
Not so good news: 2 of those 3 big Bucks have yet to be seen since this all started - one of those being the big guy known as KING. I sure hope both of those Bucks are also okay and uncollared, but only time will tell. The next few weeks is peak rut activity here - so we will see what unfolds.
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Willard Hill, a successful wildlife photographer who is retired from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, has created several blogs recently regarding this disturbing Whitetail assessment being conducted at SNP. For a more educated perspective and insight please visit his blogs below.
Shenandoah Whitetails Under Assault Part 1
Shenandoah Whitetails Under Assault Part 2
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Another Pennsylvania photographer, Todd Mann, just also recently blogged his thoughts and findings about this so-called assessment.
Deer contraception, politics, and the future of deer in the US
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UPDATE-- JULY 2013 After years of research the real facts about CWD tell a whole different story than what we are accustomed to hearing.
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On 21 August 2015, three judges of the Appeals Chamber held a hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of sentence of Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, pursuant to article 110 of the Rome Statute.
Pictured here: Thomas Lubanga Dyilo at the hearing in Courtroom 1 of the International Criminal Court in the Heague on 21 August 2015 © ICC-CPI
(further information and pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Schottenstift
Schottenstift Exterior - © Schottenstift
In the heart of Vienna lies the abbey of Our Lady to the Scots, the habitat of Benedictine monks who know themselves addressed by this sentence from the book of Psalms in person.
By the aim of the search for God and by the concrete form of life the monks are associated with the many Benedictine monks and Benedictine nuns all over the world. In addition, they know themselves in solidarity with all people of good will, like them, seeking true life.
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Following the Benedictine rules, the monastery but provides also very specific services. In the spirit of Benedictine hospitality the Schottenstift offers »monastery for a limited time", in the as a bed and breakfast run Benediktushaus guests from all over the world are welcome. The pastoral and spiritual care are just as much part of everyday life of the members of the Convention as the teaching in the traditional Scots high school and youth work in the basement. In the spirited Scots parish a lively cultural activity can unfold.
History of the Schottenstift
Duke Henry II Jasomirgott made Vienna the residence of Babenbergerreiches (Kingdom of the Babenberg). To emphasize the importance of the new capital, he convened in 1155 iroschottische (Irish-Scottish) monks from the St. Jakob monastery in Regensburg to Vienna. The new foundation in the first place should be a place of prayer, but then also a place where pilgrims and guests could find admission, a refuge for asylum seekers (the name "Freyung" still today reminds of that) and a center of cultural life.
Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype
In the years from 1160 to 1200 outside the former city limits arose a mighty Romanesque church, which was a lot bigger than today's church, and the eastern part of the Roman church reached about 25 meters beyond the east wall of the present house of worship. In 1200, the church and convent were consecrated by the Bishop of Passau Wolfger von Ellenbrechtskirchen. Already in 1276 much of this troublesome erected complex fell victim to a fire. Earthquakes in the years 1348 and 1443 again left traces of destruction. In the mid-15th Century thus arose a new monastery.
Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype
In 1418 the era of Irish-Scottish monks ended, since in the course of the Melker Reform they were encouraged also to integrate locals into their ranks because junior staff more and more became sparse. The Iroschotten but prefered to return to their mother abbey in Regensburg. The name "Scots" but remained to this day.
Schottenstift Deed - © Schottenstift
Deed of Foundation
The fundamental redesign of Scots Abbey falls in the 17th and 18th Century. 1648, the present church was completed, in the following decades the monastery complex was changed from its very foundations.
Decisive role in these buildings had Abbot Carl Fetzer (1705-1750). Today's "Schottenhof (Court)" under abbot Andreas Wenzel (1807-1831) by the architect Josef Kornhäusel was classicist redesigned. The intensive study of science and close ties to the in 1365 founded University of Vienna resulted yet in the times of irish-scottish monks in the emergence of a first library. Although from those roots today almost nothing remains, the number of medieval manuscripts and incunabula in the following centuries grew. In this regard, wrote Albert P. Huebl (1867-1931) all currently valid printed catalogs. During the reorganization of the monastery, a new library hall was built under Abbot Andreas Wenzel for printed books, whose current division Vincent P. Knauer (1828-1894) had created. Under his leadership, a handwritten nominal catalog of books was created in 1883.
In 1807 on the request of the emperor it came to the foundation of the "Schottengymnasium" which took up the old school tradition of the house on the Freyung and should it continue. The prestigious school has become a main area of work of the monks. Concerning the building structure, the two world wars the Schottenstift on the whole has survived intact, for the Convention itself they entailed great damage, be it the economic troubles after the first world war or the great human bloodletting in the years 1939 to 1945. Numerous brothers fell in the war or did not return, the gates of the school remained closed from 1938 to 1945. The Second Vatican Council for the Scots Abbey, too, entailed the profound reflection upon the peculiarities of the monastic life and the tasks, which a Benedictine community in the world of today should and can shoulder.
The museum in Schottenstift
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Important art dating back several centuries
The Vienna Schottenstift on Freyung is among the most important Benedictine monasteries in Austria. Yet in the 15th Century, the Abbey of the Scots developed into a center of the Vienna spiritual and city life. Not coincidentally shows the Scots masters altar the first topographically correct view of the city of Vienna. The reign of Barockabtes (Baroque abbot) Carl Fetzer (1705-1750) was an economic and cultural heyday. The 1826-1832 by Josef Kornhäusel designed Prelature now houses the "Museum in the Abbey of the Scots". In addition to an extensive collection of paintings, furniture, tapestries, vestments and liturgical utensils and vestments, it shows an impressive documentation of the monastery history.
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Scots Master - © Schottenstift Scots Masters - © Schottenstift
The high altar of the original Gothic collegiate church was removed about 1640. Today, the altar of the "Wiener Scots Master (Schottenmeister)", originating from 1469 to 1480, is a masterpiece of late Gothic painting in Austria and the center of the museum in Schottenstift. History, development process, workshop operations, among others, illustrates an informative documentary, which complement the successor works to Flemish painting of the 17th Century by Josse de Momper the Younger and David Vinckboons.
In Schottenstift the Interested visitor finds in addition to major religious paintings (among others by Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Cossiers and Giovanni Battista Pittoni), portrait and landscape painting of the 17th and 18th Century (eg by Johann Christian Brand, Christian Seybold, Christoph Paudiss and Simon de Vos) and Vienna Biedermeier painting by Johann Baptist Drechsler, Johann Knapp, Thomas Ender and Johann Peter Krafft. Works of the Dutch and Austrian still life painting of the 17th and 18th Century complement the valuable private collection. The large-sized former Baroque high altar painting by Joachim von Sandrart »The heavenly glory" (1671) in Prälatensaal is, like the lecture hall with works of Austrian baroque painters, as Peter Paul Strudel and Tobias Pock, integrated into the museum complex.
Ryan Widmer takes notes during the second day of his murder trial in Judge Neal Bronson's Warren County courtroom.
This is the third time Widmer has been to trial in the death of his wife Sarah Widmer. The first two were mistrials. He is accused of drowning her in their bathtub in 2008. If convicted of murder, he will be sentenced to mandatory term of 15 years to life in prison.
Photo shot Thursday January 27, 2011. The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Here's the sentence I created with the photos I took.
The sentence says...
"The world is smaller than you think, and the people on it are more beautiful than you think."
-Bertram van Muenster
Check it out full-sized.
Asa Davison Wiki
Asa Davison Biography
Who is Asa Davison?
A jealous boyfriend who killed his pregnant partner's unborn baby because it bothered him that it was fathered by another man was jailed for life today.
Asa Davison, from Gillingham, Dorset, attacked victim Isabelle Irish when she was 29 weeks pregnant to destroy the child.
The 35-year-old woman, who has a history of domestic violence, deliberately kicked and hit Miss Irish in the stomach and dragged her down the road.
She was found crouched in the backyard of a home by the owner who called the police.
Miss Irish was taken to the hospital and a scan did not detect a fetal heartbeat. She had to give birth to her stillborn baby, who had been perfectly healthy in her 20-week scan.
Davison was found guilty of the lesser known crime of destroying children under the Child Life Preservation Act (1929) following a trial in Bournemouth Crown Court.
Today, a judge called Davison "very dangerous" for women, as he imprisoned him for life, with a minimum sentence of 12 years before he can be considered for parole.
Davison was also found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice for crimes committed in late 2020.
Representing himself via video link at the sentencing hearing, he said that he had not had a fair trial and "never intended to kill anyone."
He left the link to the video during the course of the hearing.
The
On 6 October 2015, three judges appointed by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) held a hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of sentence of Mr Germain Katanga, in the presence of Mr Katanga.
Pictured here: Germain Katanga at the hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of his sentence, in ICC Courtroom I on 6 October 2015 ©ICC-CPI
On 27 November 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), delivered its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII’s ‘Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo’ of 17 September 2018. The Appeals Chamber rejected all three grounds of appeal of Mr Bemba and confirmed the re-sentencing decision.
Lewis Jr Charles Lewis Jr., 15, and his mother Trisha Lindsey listen in court in Lansing Tuesday 4/10/2012 to testimony about Lewis' chances for rehabilitation. Testimony is ongoing for Lewis' sentencing in his first-degree murder conviction in the homicide of Shayla Johnson when Lewis was 13. Lewis was convicted in February in the homicide which involved seven other adults including his father. (Rod Sanford | Lansing State Journal)
On 6 October 2015, three judges appointed by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) held a hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of sentence of Mr Germain Katanga, in the presence of Mr Katanga.©ICC-CPI
Haha, Classic! Eh.. I'm really tired and have to work in 3 hours doesn't help..
Different edit style, mainly done by Ej himself..
50mm f1.8
Strobist:
AB800 Through reflector camera left
(further information and pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Schottenstift
Schottenstift Exterior - © Schottenstift
In the heart of Vienna lies the abbey of Our Lady to the Scots, the habitat of Benedictine monks who know themselves addressed by this sentence from the book of Psalms in person.
By the aim of the search for God and by the concrete form of life the monks are associated with the many Benedictine monks and Benedictine nuns all over the world. In addition, they know themselves in solidarity with all people of good will, like them, seeking true life.
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Following the Benedictine rules, the monastery but provides also very specific services. In the spirit of Benedictine hospitality the Schottenstift offers »monastery for a limited time", in the as a bed and breakfast run Benediktushaus guests from all over the world are welcome. The pastoral and spiritual care are just as much part of everyday life of the members of the Convention as the teaching in the traditional Scots high school and youth work in the basement. In the spirited Scots parish a lively cultural activity can unfold.
History of the Schottenstift
Duke Henry II Jasomirgott made Vienna the residence of Babenbergerreiches (Kingdom of the Babenberg). To emphasize the importance of the new capital, he convened in 1155 iroschottische (Irish-Scottish) monks from the St. Jakob monastery in Regensburg to Vienna. The new foundation in the first place should be a place of prayer, but then also a place where pilgrims and guests could find admission, a refuge for asylum seekers (the name "Freyung" still today reminds of that) and a center of cultural life.
Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype
In the years from 1160 to 1200 outside the former city limits arose a mighty Romanesque church, which was a lot bigger than today's church, and the eastern part of the Roman church reached about 25 meters beyond the east wall of the present house of worship. In 1200, the church and convent were consecrated by the Bishop of Passau Wolfger von Ellenbrechtskirchen. Already in 1276 much of this troublesome erected complex fell victim to a fire. Earthquakes in the years 1348 and 1443 again left traces of destruction. In the mid-15th Century thus arose a new monastery.
Scots Church - © S. Gaube, Citype
In 1418 the era of Irish-Scottish monks ended, since in the course of the Melker Reform they were encouraged also to integrate locals into their ranks because junior staff more and more became sparse. The Iroschotten but prefered to return to their mother abbey in Regensburg. The name "Scots" but remained to this day.
Schottenstift Deed - © Schottenstift
Deed of Foundation
The fundamental redesign of Scots Abbey falls in the 17th and 18th Century. 1648, the present church was completed, in the following decades the monastery complex was changed from its very foundations.
Decisive role in these buildings had Abbot Carl Fetzer (1705-1750). Today's "Schottenhof (Court)" under abbot Andreas Wenzel (1807-1831) by the architect Josef Kornhäusel was classicist redesigned. The intensive study of science and close ties to the in 1365 founded University of Vienna resulted yet in the times of irish-scottish monks in the emergence of a first library. Although from those roots today almost nothing remains, the number of medieval manuscripts and incunabula in the following centuries grew. In this regard, wrote Albert P. Huebl (1867-1931) all currently valid printed catalogs. During the reorganization of the monastery, a new library hall was built under Abbot Andreas Wenzel for printed books, whose current division Vincent P. Knauer (1828-1894) had created. Under his leadership, a handwritten nominal catalog of books was created in 1883.
In 1807 on the request of the emperor it came to the foundation of the "Schottengymnasium" which took up the old school tradition of the house on the Freyung and should it continue. The prestigious school has become a main area of work of the monks. Concerning the building structure, the two world wars the Schottenstift on the whole has survived intact, for the Convention itself they entailed great damage, be it the economic troubles after the first world war or the great human bloodletting in the years 1939 to 1945. Numerous brothers fell in the war or did not return, the gates of the school remained closed from 1938 to 1945. The Second Vatican Council for the Scots Abbey, too, entailed the profound reflection upon the peculiarities of the monastic life and the tasks, which a Benedictine community in the world of today should and can shoulder.
The museum in Schottenstift
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Important art dating back several centuries
The Vienna Schottenstift on Freyung is among the most important Benedictine monasteries in Austria. Yet in the 15th Century, the Abbey of the Scots developed into a center of the Vienna spiritual and city life. Not coincidentally shows the Scots masters altar the first topographically correct view of the city of Vienna. The reign of Barockabtes (Baroque abbot) Carl Fetzer (1705-1750) was an economic and cultural heyday. The 1826-1832 by Josef Kornhäusel designed Prelature now houses the "Museum in the Abbey of the Scots". In addition to an extensive collection of paintings, furniture, tapestries, vestments and liturgical utensils and vestments, it shows an impressive documentation of the monastery history.
Schottenstift - © Schottenstift
Scots Champion - © Schottenstift Scots Masters - © Schottenstift
The high altar of the original Gothic collegiate church was removed about 1640. Today, the altar of the "Wiener Scots Master (Schottenmeister)", originating from 1469 to 1480, is a masterpiece of late Gothic painting in Austria and the center of the museum in Schottenstift. History, development process, workshop operations, among others, illustrates an informative documentary, which complement the successor works to Flemish painting of the 17th Century by Josse de Momper the Younger and David Vinckboons.
In Schottenstift the Interested visitor finds in addition to major religious paintings (among others by Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Cossiers and Giovanni Battista Pittoni), portrait and landscape painting of the 17th and 18th Century (eg by Johann Christian Brand, Christian Seybold, Christoph Paudiss and Simon de Vos) and Vienna Biedermeier painting by Johann Baptist Drechsler, Johann Knapp, Thomas Ender and Johann Peter Krafft. Works of the Dutch and Austrian still life painting of the 17th and 18th Century complement the valuable private collection. The large-sized former Baroque high altar painting by Joachim von Sandrart »The heavenly glory" (1671) in Prälatensaal is, like the lecture hall with works of Austrian baroque painters, as Peter Paul Strudel and Tobias Pock, integrated into the museum complex.
On 21 August 2015, three judges of the Appeals Chamber held a hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of sentence of Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, pursuant to article 110 of the Rome Statute.
Our innocent Schapelle today in tears after sentencing in Bali for 20
years.
A Bali court has sentenced our girl, Australian Schapelle Corby to 20
years in prison for trying to smuggle 4.1kgs of marijuana into
Indonesia.
Judges also fined Corby 100 million rupiah ($A13,875). Her lawyers
immediately said they would appeal. Prosecutors had sought a life
sentence.
"Longer sentence than the bali bombers? What did they get for their
hundreds of murders and lifelong injuries... two to three years.
That's your priorities for you.
The Indonesian police did not take fingerprints, nor take into account
vital evidence proving Corby's innocence. Many feel this is payback for
Australia's role as part of the Coalition of the Willing, bombing us
wasn't enough.
"I am devestated with the verdict of the Indonesian Courts for
Schapelle Corby. When the verdict was given, I fell into a bit of a
heap, but Schapelles strength made me gain my composure pretty quickly.
"I will continue to work with others to try and bring the girl home.
The Sentence Schapelle has recieved (sic) is absolutely bloody
disgusting - Australians need not travel to Bali or help Indonesia
anymore. They have done nothing for us or Schapelle. NO MORE HELPING
BALI - NO MORE MONEY FOR THEM
Where does our Government get off offering her the support of a QC
today after the vicious verdict was handed down.Too little too late for
our Indo bum sniffer PM.
MORNING JOURNAL/SAM GREENE
Robert Shaw gives his statement to the court with his attorney Michael Duff in the courtroom of Judge Christopher Rothgery at the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas in Elyria, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Shaw pleaded guilty to aggravated arson after Shaw making explosive gun targets at the Diamond Products plant in Elyria where he injured himself and set the plant on fire.
On 21 August 2015, three judges of the Appeals Chamber held a hearing for the purpose of the review concerning the reduction of sentence of Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, pursuant to article 110 of the Rome Statute.
Pictured here: Court officer announcing the case at the hearing in Courtroom 1 of the International Criminal Court in the Heague on 21 August 2015 © ICC-CPI
24 year-old Charly Pitman, of Brislington, Bristol, was found guilty of riot following a trial at Bristol Crown Court in April. On 7th July 2022 she was sentenced to three years in prison.
During her trial jurors heard how she positioned herself at the front of the crowd challenging police officers as they attempted to separate them from the neighbourhood police station.
They were shown footage of her acting aggressively towards the officers, striking their shields and helmets, and were told her actions caused them and others to fear for their safety.
Judge Julian Lambert said Pitman made a conscious decision not to leave the riot and encouraged others to attack police officers. He added jurors decided quickly there was ‘no basis for self-defence’, as Pitman had claimed during the trial.
Including Pitman, those jailed for offences committed during the riot have been imprisoned for a combined total of 74 years and nine months.
In Boston, about 45 demonstrators, including a dozen speakers, out for Pvt. Manning on the day of her sentencing. A number of speakers took up the PVT Manning Support Network's call to urge people to sign the petition at pardon.privatemanning.org that calls on President Obama to issue a pardon. Other speakers expressed the view that this approach will be ineffective and that other approaches need to be considered. Everyone who spoke agreed that the 35 year sentence for acts of whistle-blowing is excessive. A number of folks discussed the issues with onlookers and passers-by.
VIsit www.privatemanning.org to learn more about the heroic whistleblower.