The figure was pushed up by the arrival of 48,000 citizens from new EU member countries, including Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Ministers faced accusations last night that the increases proved immigration was out of control but the Home Office argued that the influx reflected Britain's economic strength and would boost public services.However, the rises took Government statisticians by surprise, forcing them to revise their forecasts for the size of the population. The population increased by a record 222,600 in 2004, 71,000 more than the previous year's rise. By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent The decision not to prosecute any police officer for the shooting of Harry Stanley fits an alarming pattern for such cases.. The Attorney General was accused of bowing to political pressure last night after it emerged that no police officer will be prosecuted for shooting dead a man armed with a wooden table leg. The killing of Harry Stanley, a painter and decorator from east London, raises concern about whether the criminal justice system is capable of holding police officers to account for shooting dead members of the public. The United Kingdom is home to more than 60 million people for the first time because of an immigration surge after the expansion of the European Union last year. In the past 12 years no police officer has been successfully prosecuted for any of the 30 fatalities caused by police marksmen..
No plea was entered by Mr Humble and he was remanded in custody by District Judge Christopher Darnton.. The body of 26-year-old Joan Harrison was discovered in a garage in Preston, but the killer was never brought to justice.Detective Inspector Joe Kellett, of Lancashire Constabulary, said: "We will liaise with our colleagues in West Yorkshire and we will be reviewing our case papers on the Joan Harrison murder. Then we will make a decision on whether to go and interview Mr Humble."Mr Humble, a former labourer, was accused of writing three letters and recording an audio tape sent to detectives hunting the killer between 1 March 1978 and 30 June 1979.Mr Humble was helped to his feet by the guards as the charge was read to him by a clerk at Leeds magistrates' court. Dressed in a blue sweatshirt, navy jogging bottoms and trainers, he listened as the charge was read to him. He spoke in a broad Sunderland accent as he gave his name and personal details during a five-minute hearing.He was charged by West Yorkshire Police yesterday morning after being arrested on Tuesday, following a breakthrough in the 27-year hunt for the hoaxer.Police in Lancashire revealed yesterday that Mr Humble may now also be questioned in connection with the unsolved murder of a prostitute in November 1975. John Humble, 49, appeared before Leeds magistrates, accused of sending a tape which began with the now legendary taunt: "I'm Jack ... I see you're still having no luck catching me." The tape fooled detectives into focusing their inquiry on the Sunderland area, leaving Peter Sutcliffe, the actual killer, to murder three more women in west Yorkshire. Mr Humble, of the Ford Estate in Sunderland, was charged with perverting the course of justice.
A man has been remanded in custody, charged with being the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer known as "Wearside Jack". The jury of seven women and five men took just over 11 hours to reach majority verdicts.John McLeod, corporate director for education and culture at Wakefield District Council, said officials were in discussion with the school on the next steps.. She told her: "You have throughout this trial portrayed yourself as a victim. It's fair to say that you are a victim, but not a victim, as you put it, of your friends, the boy, and the press, but a victim of your own stupidity."The judge expressed concern about how much the case had cost because White had "chosen to take it this far".The court heard how on two occasions White put the boy in detention and kissed him in the classroom.
