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Alleged killer arrested Graeme Jarman, 47, has been arrested in Filey, North Yorkshire after a librarian recognised him from CCtV shown on tV. he had been on the run after allegedly attacking 77-year-old pensioner, Judith richardson, and killing her with a hammer. her handbag, inside which police found her name and address, was found dumped in a bin in hexham and police constables going to her home to return it assumed that they were looking at a case of theft when theycame upon her battered body on August 19th. A hammer in a plastic bag later found nearby was confirmed as the murder weapon. the public had been told that the educated, well-spoken Jarman could convince people that he wasn’t the man in the footage and that he was likely to be found in a library or similar place. After the call from the librarian, Jarman was arrested at 3pm on saturday and charged with her murder. he is to appear in front of Newcastle Magistrates Court later today, wednesday. Cheshire
Jailed nurse released Nurse rebecca Leighton, 27, was released from styal Prison, Cheshire without charge in connection with the deaths of several patients poisoned with contaminated saline drips at stepping hill hospital. several cases had been referred to police by stockport Coroner John Pollard but it has been found that some 500 people could have had access to the saline bags. Ms Leighton, who is now staying with her parents was remanded in styal for 45 days and said: “it was so frustrating for me knowing that the person who actually carried out these terrible acts is still out there.” her barrister had described the case against her as “weak” and that there was no case to answer. CPs Prosecutor Nazur Afzal said: “On the evidence currently available there is not a case in law that could proceed.”
New candidate for Mayor The Liberal Democrats have named former Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick as their candidate in the running for next year’s mayor of London. Paddick, 49, secured the candidacy after winning a ballot of the party’s London members. He was the first high-ranking openly gay police officer before he resigned. He caused a great deal of controversy when he was still in his post by ordering police in Brixton not to arrest people being found in possession of cannabis years before the drug had been officially downgraded from class C to B. He said that cleaner air, less crime and less Londoners living in poverty were “crucial” to London adding that “for too long Londoners have been denied a serious debate on the future of their city”. He will come up against current mayor of London, Conservative Boris Johnson and Labour’s former mayor Ken Livingstone.