Detectives investigating the murder of a woman who was shot while celebrating her birthday have arrested a second man, Scotland Yard said yesterday. Sabrina Moss was out with friends to mark her 24th birthday when she was caught up in a double shooting on Kilburn High Road, north west London, on Saturday. Police said the second man arrested was being held at a north London police station. The first man remains in custody. Detective Inspector John Sandlin described the shootings as a “tragic incident” and renewed an appeal for witnesses. “At this early stage, I believe the two women were innocent and were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said.
Police commissioners probed over fraud claims
Two recently elected police and crime commissioners are being questioned by the Independent Police Complaints Commission after allegedly lying about where they were living when they were elected. The police watchdog confirmed it had begun investigations into north Wales PCC Winston Roddick and Hampshire counterpart Simon Hayes following “referrals”. The pair are being investigated for electoral fraud after it was alleged that both lived outside the police force areas they were elected to represent on the day they were elected, according to the Mail on Sunday. If they are found guilty new byelections may have to be held.
Inquiry clears officer over Taser incident in Brighton
A police investigation into video footage that appeared to show an officer kicking a man moments after he was shot with a Taser gun has found no evidence of misconduct. The film, which was taken by a member of the public, was drawn to the attention of Sussex police on July 8 following the incident on Brighton seafront three days earlier. Officers were called to Sainsbury’s in Western Road, Brighton, on July 5 after a complaint that a member of staff had been pushed to the ground by a man who was attempting to steal food from the store. They confirmed that at 6.33pm it had been necessary to Taser him in order to carry out a safe arrest.
Top student pens furious letter on exam reforms
A top performing A-level student has sent education secretary Michael Gove an open letter — warning his exam reforms will leave pupils worse educated. Raphael Hogarth, who gained six A* grades sitting A-levels at University College London said the exam would become “harder and more traumatic but such that candidates learn less not more”. He is particularly critical of the plan to abandon January A-level modules, arguing: “Resitting a module is not a second chance to cheat the system into giving you a good grade. It’s a chance to work harder and learn all the stuff you failed adequately to digest the last time.”
Hated buildings are lined up for Carbuncle Cup
It is the prize no one wants to win. Six architectural firms will be sweating this week as they wait to hear on Friday whether their building has won the 2013 Carbuncle Cup, the award bestowed on Britain’s ugliest building. An early public favourite to take architecture’s wooden spoon is Castle Mill housing at Port Meadow, Oxford. The Frankham Consultancy Group-designed complex for Oxford University graduates has been nominated more times than any other building in the cup’s history after being erected on a beauty spot, much to local people’s fury. One critic observed that even the cows in nearby fields voted for it.
