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WHAT HAPPENED ON 17th January 1997?
16th January 1997
Britain is crippled by a political
system that encourages politicians to put votes before principles. Our so-called leaders buy votes by appeasing pressure groups to the detriment of the common good. So where are the politicians of integrity who put the common interest before their own? They don't exist because few people will vote for them. Donald R Garrett Falmouth Cornwall
17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
MAJOR PRAISES BRITAIN'S RECORD ON RACE
The Prime Minister has said Britain's record on race relations is "a good one a record of general decency". Life for Britain's ethnic communities was "a happier experience" than could have been predicted 30 years ago. However Mr Major said he did not want to paint a picture of Utopia: prospects for young blacks in the country were not as good as they should be. He was speaking in London to mark 50 years of Indian independence.
16th January 1997
TODAY'S BUSINESS IN THE COMMONS & LORDS
Business in the House of Commons opens with a series of backbench debates. In a change of plan debate on the Crime (Sentences) Bill ` adjourned on Monday after only a few amendments had been considered ` will continue. The remaining stages of the Crime & Punishment (Scotland) Bill have been postponed until tomorrow. In the Lords a debate on housing will be followed by the Sunday (Dancing & Licensing) Bill.
17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
TUTU SUFFERING FRON CANCER DOCTORS SAY
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been diagnosed of having cancer of the prostate. The cleric currently head of the body investigating the political crimes committed during the apartheid era has been undergoing tests in Cape Town. Most of his prostate was removed in an operation & the cancerous cells were detected then. Doctors said it will take some weeks to establish how serious the cancer is.
16th January 1997
CLEGG CASE GOES BACK TO APPEAL COURT
Lee Clegg the paratrooper released from jail after serving two years for the murder of a joyrider is to have his case referred to the Appeal Court. Ulster Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said he had taken the decision "in the light of new forensic evidence submitted to me by his solicitors". Corporal Clegg has not been officially cleared of killing Karen Reilly. He opened fire after a stolen car sped past an RUC-Army checkpoint in Belfast.
17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED OVER MISSING ZOE
A local man & a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing Wiltshire schoolgirl Zoe Evans. But detectives say inquiries are continuing into the disappearance of the nine-year-old from her home in Warminster a week ago. Clothes stained with blood of the same group as Zoe's were found yesterday. Meanwhile Zoe's younger brother Glen has been moved to a temporary address in the area.
16th January 1997
JOBS Two thirds of the workforce at the Prestige kitchen-ware firm in Burnley will lose their jobs. A total of 216 have been made redundant since Friday. LEGION Two British Legion members from Christchurch face disciplinary action after complaints about the way money raised after the 1995 M4 crash when 13 Legion members died was distributed. COURT Jack Whomes & Michael Steele accused of murdering three men whose bodies were found in a Range Rover in Essex have denied the charges at the Old Bailey.17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
MORE WAR CRIMES PROBES DESPITE SETBACK
Inquiries into suspected war criminals will continue despite the collapse of Britain's first war crimes trial. Yesterday a jury at the Old Bailey found an 86-year-old Byelorussian medically unfit to stand trial. It is understood five more cases are being investigated by Scotland Yard & the Crown Prosecution Service. They involve three Byelorussians a Georgian & a Czech said to have been a concentration camp guard.
16th January 1997
THREE UNION LEADERS HELD AMID STRIKES
The South Korean authorities have arrested three trade union leaders at a shipyard in the south of the country. The move is part of a growing effort to suppress a wave of industrial unrest across the country. The three are accused of obstructing the firm's business operations & of beating workers who refused to strike. Yesterday riot police blocked protests by thousands of workers in central Seoul sparking running battles.
17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
PALESTINIANS STONE ISRAELI SOLDIERS
A group of Palestinian youths have stoned Israeli soldiers in Hebron just hours after the Palestinian police took control of most of the West Bank town. Witnesses said the incident happened after a large number of Palestinians left their mosque after Friday prayers. Israeli troops moved in to keep the crowd from approaching Jewish homes & scuffles broke out. The stone-throwing prompted a charge by soldiers & riot police.
16th January 1997
BID WAR HOTS UP OVER SCOTT PICKFO
Houston-based Core Laboratories has formally launched a £6.7m cash offer for oil explorer Scott Pickford. The Scott Pickford board said it will recommend the 53p a share bid. Meanwhile rival bidder Aerodata from Australia said its shareholders had approved its own bid & would make a further announcement later. In reply Core Laboratories said: "We have already received very favourable comments from our clients regarding this proposed merger."
17th January 1997
WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WILL NOT FACE TRIAL
An Old Bailey jury has decided that Britain's first war crimes suspect is not fit to stand trial. Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer said the prosecution of Szymon Serafinowicz would now not proceed. The 86-year-old's lawyers had argued he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prosecution had alleged he murdered up to 3 000 Jews while chief of police for the Nazis in Byelorussia. He had faced three specimen murder charges.
17th January 1997
MORE WAR CRIMES PROBES DESPITE SETBACK
Inquiries into suspected war criminals will continue despite the collapse of Britain's first war crimes trial. Yesterday a jury at the Old Bailey found an 86-year-old Byelorussian medically unfit to stand trial. It is understood five more cases are being investigated by Scotland Yard & the Crown Prosecution Service. They involve three Byelorussians a Georgian & a Czech said to have been a concentration camp guard.
