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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16812142/us-snatch-squad-nabs-paedo-london-flat/

YANKED OUT OF BRITAIN Paedo US diplomat seized in dawn raid on London flat and smuggled out of UK on cargo plane before cops can investigate

Michael Hamilton

12 Sep 2026

AMERICAN spies grabbed a paedophile working for the US Embassy in London and flew him back to the States — without informing ­British police.

The cloak-and-dagger operation was sparked by officials probing his US-based brother.

The brother is accused of sending abusive material to the diplomat, an ex-serviceman based at the US Embassy in Nine Elms, South London.

Authorities were believed to have sought a court order in the States before storming the diplomat’s flat in Putney on August 25.

Our source said they found child abuse images at the address and seized the man despite having no legal powers of arrest in the UK.

Flight data shows that on August 24, the day before the dawn raid, Kalitta Air flight K49709 — a Boeing 747-4R7F — flew from Chicago to RAF Fairford, Gloucs, where the US Air Force has a large presence.

On August 25 the same plane, now flight K4529, left Fairford at 5.33pm and arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware at 7.44pm local time after a seven-hour, 11-minute journey.

The same plane left there at 11.22pm and landed at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois, after a one-hour 38-minute journey.

Records show the Boeing — listed as a cargo plane — had not travelled to Fairford for at least two months before August 25.

The Met Police and other British authorities were informed only after the diplomat’s extraction.

Our source added: “They should have told Scotland Yard when they carried out the raid, and certainly when they found material.

“Instead we think they have taken him to a US airbase and flown him 4,000-plus miles to where his brother was being investigated. We think it was a dawn raid before they then took him to the base in a US military convoy.

“The man may well face justice in the US but he should be before the courts here.”

Marine Security Guards, who patrol the US Embassy in London, are believed to have led the raid.

Their action, a huge blow to UK-US relations, has sparked accusations of a cover-up and prompted crisis meetings between Scotland Yard and senior Cabinet ministers including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is being kept updated.

It threatens to cast a shadow over PM Andy Burnham’s planned meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York in just over a week.

A source said: “This has caused enormous ripples right through to Downing Street and the Home Office — everyone is talking about it.

“The Americans’ actions have been outrageous and left people utterly furious.

“At first, when they told Scotland Yard they wouldn’t even give the address. It’s astonishing as this man was living in a private address and potentially committing crimes here yet we weren’t told in time.

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“The case was prompted by them investigating the man’s brother, who was apparently sending him images.

“But he could also have been in touch with paedophiles here.

“And if there are child-abuse crimes, there are possibly other crimes he could have committed. There are fears the Yanks are trying to keep this in-house and it’s a cover-up. And we now don’t know if we’ll ever get him back to face British justice.”

Well-placed sources said meetings over the alleged paedo diplomat row had “gone to the very top” and taken place in Sir Mark Rowley’s office this week.

A US diplomatic source hit back yesterday, saying: “We acted decisively. If we had ceded ground and waited there could have been delays and diplomacy that could have gone on for weeks or months.”

Leading extradition lawyer Edward Grange, a partner at Corker Binning, told The Sun on Sunday: “The US Embassy is not American territory and diplomatic status does not give US law enforcement a free hand to exercise police powers on British soil.

“If someone in Britain is wanted to face criminal charges in America and will not return voluntarily, the proper route is extradition.

“If extradition was deliberately bypassed, that would raise very serious questions about the legality of the operation.”

The Met Police said: “On August 25, US authorities made us aware of an investigation they are conducting into suspected offences in London relating to indecent images of children. We continue to liaise with them regarding this matter.”

The Government said: “We expect all foreign diplomats in the UK to abide by our laws. As a US investigation is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”

A US Embassy spokesperson said: “We are aware of allegations concerning an individual assigned to the Embassy. The United States government expects all personnel to adhere to the highest standards of conduct, and we take these allegations seriously.”

Echoes of Harry

By Michael Hamilton

THE diplomatic row echoes the case of biker Harry Dunn, who was killed by US citizen Anne Sacoolas in a collision on the wrong side of the road.

Her Volvo hit the 19-year-old’s Kawasaki head-on in August 2019 near RAF Croughton, Northants, where her husband worked as a US intelligence official.

Her car had been on the right-hand side of the road when it should have been on the left.

Mum-of-two Sacoolas, now 49, fled the UK for the States 19 days after the crash, claiming diplomatic immunity.

The Government sought her return, but the US declined the extradition request in 2020.

She has never come back.

In December 2022, Sacoolas appeared at London’s Old Bailey via video link and pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.

She got an eight-month jail term, suspended for a year.

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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16808383/paedophile-raped-assaulted-children-jailed/

CAMPAIGN OF ABUSE Paedophile, 62, who raped and assaulted multiple children keeping one as ‘sexual slave’ jailed for 37 years

Jon Rogers

11 Sep 2026

A VILE paedophile who raped and assaulted multiple children, keeping one as a “sexual slave”, has begun a 37-year prison sentence.

Paul Benstock, 62, was found guilty following his trial in July at Leeds Crown Court of more than 40 sickening offences dating back over decades.

These included rape, sexual assault and physical assaults.

During his trial, the jury heard that Benstock used fear, violence, intimidation and humiliation to keep his victims silent.

Judge Neil Clark said he had committed the “most unpleasant sexual offending that can be imagined” and treated one victim as his “sexual slave”.

He said: “You ruined their lives by using and threatening extreme violence.”

Benstock, of East Ardsley, West Yorkshire, showed no emotion as he was hit with an extended 37-year jail sentence with the judge finding him to be a dangerous offender.

Prosecutor Kitty Colley read out heartbreaking statements written by his victims to the court.

One victim said he still “wakes up fighting” Benstock and hasn’t gotten over his ordeal.

He added that he had turned to drugs and alcohol in order to “numb the pain”.

A female victim said: “You not only stole my childhood, you stole my adult life too.

“I have nightmares so often it’s just better and easier to stay awake.

“I have completely lost myself.

“You are a monster who used power and control to take what you wanted.

“I carry so much shame around every day. It’s not mine, it’s yours.

“I will never forgive you for putting me through the court process.

“You have never taken any accountability.”

Benstock’s abuse dated back to the 1990s, the court was told.

It was only after his last victim came forward and spoke out that others then followed.

His youngest victim was aged just nine and he would then threaten them into staying silent.

As well as sexually abusing youngsters, he would also attack them with weapons in ways Judge Clark said were “ghastly”.

After his arrest, it was discovered he had been searching out child abuse images online just the day before.

He was given a 30-year custodial sentence, with a seven-year extended licence period.

Benstock was put on the sex offenders registry for life.

Detective Sergeant Michelle Barnes, of Leeds Safeguarding Unit, said previously: “We had one victim come forward to us to reporting that they had been the victim of offences at the hands of Benstock.

“As a result of our enquiries, we identified four other victims who then also had the courage to detail the crimes they had been subjected to.

“Much of Benstock’s offending was against victims who were children at the time.

“His victims have shown incredible bravery in giving us detailed accounts of what has taken place and then again supporting the trial process by giving evidence when Benstock refused to take accountability for his awful crimes.

“Benstock is yet to be sentenced and I know that that date will be another significant milestone in the journey that his victims have been through, but I do hope that today having got these verdicts that it brings them some comfort knowing that they were believed.

“I do not underestimate how hard it is to take that step to report physical or sexual offences to the police but if you have been a victim, please reach out for help and support when you are ready.”

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/more-one-three-sex-offenders-37651021

More than one in three sex offenders not recorded as British by Police Scotland last year

Ben Borland

11 Sep 2026

Police Scotland has revealed that 35.2% of sex offenders last year were not marked as British when their nationality was recorded.

The force recorded 16,236 sexual offences in 2025, including 3,988 crimes of rape, attempted rape or assault by penetration and 3,639 crimes of sexual assault. Of the total, 9,634 sex crimes were marked as "detected" (59.3%) by the police.

A new national crime recording system was introduced in January 2024 which records the ethnicity or nationality of the suspect/accused, although this is not mandatory and the fields can be left blank.

Figures released under Freedom of Information show the ethnicity/nationality was recorded in 5,861 cases between January 1 and December 31, 2025. That equates to just under 61% of all "detected" sex crimes, although one offender could be linked to multiple offences.

In total, the suspect/accused was recorded as having UK nationality in 3,800 cases – or 64.8% of the total recorded by Police Scotland last year. "Other" was recorded on 1,153 crime reports (19.7%) followed by "Unknown" or "Not Stated" on 227 forms (3.8%).

There were 681 cases (11.6%) where a non-British nationality was recorded for the suspect/accused. After British, the most common nationality in the police records was Polish, with a count of 95, followed by Romanian (71), Pakistani (54) and Nigerian (42).

Overall, there were 78 different nationalities recorded by Police Scotland in relation to sex crimes detected in 2025.

The nationality of sex offenders has been thrust into the spotlight by anti-migrant protests and rallies over the past 12 to 18 months. A series of protests in Falkirk last year followed the rape of a schoolgirl by an Afghan asylum seeker.

Meanwhile, a knife attack in Belfast earlier this year led to violent scenes in Glasgow city centre. Critics say the backlash is being engineered and hijacked by members of far-right groups

Although nationality is now being recorded in most cases, Police Scotland do not record the asylum status of the suspect/accused. The most common nationalities of those claiming asylum in the UK are Pakistani, Eritrean, Iranian, Sudanese, and Afghan.

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Meanwhile, some countries with large numbers of expats living in Scotland, such as Australia, Canada and South Africa, are near the bottom of the table with only one or two crimes recorded.

Full table

British: 2,731, 46.60%

Other: 1,153, 19.67%

Scottish: 997, 17.01%

Unknown: 225, 3.84%

Polish: 95, 1.62%

Romanian: 71, 1.21%

English: 62, 1.06%

Pakistani: 54, 0.92%

Nigerian: 42, 0.72%

Indian: 37, 0.53%

Irish: 31, 0.53%

Afghan: 26, 0.44%

Iranian: 22, 0.38%

Iraqi: 19, 0.32%

Sudanese: 18, 0.31%

Lithuanian: 17, 0.29%

Syrian: 15, 0.26%

Turkish: 13, 0.22%

Latvian: 12, 0.20%

Chinese: 10, 0.17%

Italian: 10, 0.17%

American: 9, 0.15%

Hungarian: 9, 0.15%

Portuguese: 8, 0.14%

Ukrainian: 8, 0.14%

Thai: 7, 0.12%

Belgian: 6, 0.10%

Bulgarian: 6, 0.10%

Congolese: 6, 0.10%

Libyan: 6, 0.10%

Sri Lankan: 6, 0.10%

Eritrean: 5, 0.09%

German: 5, 0.09%

Nepalese: 5, 0.09%

Zimbabwean: 5, 0.09%

Northern Irish: 5, 0.09%

Welsh: 5, 0.09%

Brazilian: 4, 0.07%

Egyptian: 4, 0.07%

Namibian: 4, 0.07%

Sierra Leonean: 4, 0.07%

Somali: 4, 0.07%

Spanish: 4, 0.07%

Uzbek: 4, 0.07%

Danish: 3, 0.05%

French: 3, 0.05%

Jamaican: 3, 0.05%

Lebanese: 3, 0.05%

Moroccan: 3, 0.05%

New Zealander: 3, 0.05%

Tunisian: 3, 0.05%

Bangladeshi: 2, 0.03%

Central African: 2, 0.03%

Czech: 2, 0.03%

Fijian: 2, 0.03%

Gambian: 2, 0.03%

Ghanian: 2, 0.03%

Guinean: 2, 0.03%

Jordanian: 2, 0.03%

Omani: 2, 0.03%

Palestinian: 2, 0.03%

Panamanian: 2, 0.03%

Rwandan: 2, 0.03%

South African: 2, 0.03%

Timorese: 2, 0.03%

Yemeni: 2, 0.03%

Not Stated: 2, 0.03%

Algerian: 1, 0.02%

Argentine: 1, 0.02%

Australian: 1, 0.02%

Belizean: 1, 0.02%

Bermudian: 1, 0.02%

Canadian: 1, 0.02%

Cape Verdean: 1, 0.02%

Dutch: 1, 0.02%

Emirati: 1, 0.02%

Estonian: 1, 0.02%

Gibraltarian: 1, 0.02%

Greek: 1, 0.02%

Ivorian: 1, 0.02%

Kazakh: 1, 0.02%

Kuwaiti: 1, 0.02%

Malaysian: 1, 0.02%

Moldovan: 1, 0.02%

Slovenian: 1, 0.02%

Zambian: 1, 0.02%

In the FOI response, a force official said: "Police Scotland introduced a new, national crime recording system in January 2024. The system has fields for ethnicity and nationality of the suspect/accused individual and this extends to all crime types. These fields are not mandatory however, and as such, in some cases, these fields are blank. Therefore, there may be difference in figures for the number of crimes and nationalities recorded."

They added: "The nationality was identified by matching the detected crimes in 2025 to the number of accused records. More than one offender can be linked to a crime."

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/trans-people-tougher-during-pandemic-37595027

Trans people had it tougher during the pandemic, taxpayer-funded group says in evidence to the SNP's toothless inquiry

Scottish Trans highlights 'unsupportive family members', lack of access to hormone jabs, 'misgendering' by nurses and facial ID failing to recognise someone's new gender

Ben Borland

26 Aug 2026

A taxpayer-funded body has claimed the Covid-19 pandemic was "particularly difficult for many trans people" due to "unsupportive family members" and the loss of medical treatments such as hormone injections.

Scottish Trans is one of dozens of groups to supply written evidence to the Scottish Covid Inquiry, which has come under fire for the amount of time it is taking with £60million spent over more than four years so far.

In a written statement, Florence Oulds tells the inquiry that "trans people did (and in some ways still do) experience differential impacts from the pandemic and the Scottish Government's pandemic response".

The first reason for this was because during the lockdowns some were "made to spend a lot more time with people who did not recognise, or who intentionally disregarded, their identity".

Oulds writes: "For many trans people, being referred to by a name we no longer identify with (sometimes called a 'dead name' within the community) or by pronouns that do not match our gender can be incredibly harmful. While it can still be difficult and upsetting if this happens accidentally, if it happens consistently and purposefully it can have huge mental health impacts, especially if coming from people who should love and care for us, such as family members. This is why being 'stuck' in lockdowns with unsupportive family members or other cohabitants was particularly difficult for many trans people."

The statement goes on to say that "some trans men and trans masculine people" were denied access to hormone replacement therapy when many NHS services were put on hold in 2020 in order to deal with the flood of critically ill coronavirus patients.

Oulds writes that despite guidance for GPs, "concerns persisted about the de-prioritisation of trans healthcare and medicine, as some perceive it to be 'cosmetic' or a 'lifestyle choice', rather than essential medical care. This was also the case for those who had their gender affirming surgeries and other transition related medical appointments cancelled due to lockdowns and travel restrictions."

Travel restrictions imposed by then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon – who effectively 'closed the border' with England for months at a time – also meant that transgender Scots couldn't get to hospitals down south for major gender reassignment surgery.

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Further complaints were raised about the family 'bubbles' introduced by Sturgeon to limit contact between households, which caused issues for LGBTI+ people in "non-traditional romantic relationships, including polyamory" – especially those with "unsupportive neighbours" who might report them to the authorities.

Vaccines were also a problem for the trans community, Oulds declares, due to their gender status having been changed in their NHS medical records. The statement adds: "Likewise, some people were worried about how they would be referred to when they attended their vaccinations, that they would be called by a name or pronouns that they do not identify with, or that they would be challenged as to whether they were really who they said they were."

Further, the Scottish Government's vaccine certification digital app used facial recognition software which might not recognise the trans person's altered gender in their medical records.

Oulds writes: "The app compared how a person looked in an ID photo versus how they currently looked, but for people who have changed their appearance since they last renewed their ID, they may have had difficulty getting a match.

"Updating name and gender on passports and driving licences can be a tedious administrative process where 'evidence' of living in the acquired gender is required, but can also include significant expense. Some studies also suggest that facial recognition software can have issues detecting the faces of trans people, as it typically trained on images of people who are not trans, and this is even more problematic for those who have darker skin, as facial recognition software often has profound racial biases."

As a result, some trans people were unable to get a vaccine certificate and were not "able to access spaces that required certification, unlike those who were vaccinated but were not trans. As some countries required proof of vaccine status for entry, it could have also posed issues for trans people's ability to travel."

In conclusion, Oulds writes that the lifting of the lockdowns and the reintroduction of in-person services was also a problem for trans people, because many "experience discrimination and harassment when going about public life, and when trying to use services like public toilets".

The statement ends: "Because of this, our community, among many others, have not benefitted from the 'return to normal' that has taken place since many Covid precautions were dropped in 2022, and are harmed by a lack of responsibility in taking this deadly disease seriously."

Scottish Trans receives public funding primarily from the Scottish Government via the Equality and Human Rights Fund (EHRF), which has handed out £5.2million to LGBTQI+ organisations over the past five years.

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-covid-inquiry-slammed-top-37591227

Scottish Covid Inquiry slammed by top lawyer over its failure to call vital witnesses

Aamer Anwar says the SNP's public inquiry – which has been set up for Scotland-only – is grinding along at a far slower pace than the UK-wide probe

Richard Elias

25 Aug 2026

A leading lawyer has asked for an explanation as to where the £60million so far spent on the Scottish Covid inquiry has actually gone.

Aamer Anwar also criticised the time that the investigation was taking when compared to the UK-wide probe which has already heard large swathes of evidence.

Another concern which he has raised is the fact that none of the so-called health care "implementers" – those tasked with implementing the major decisions to fight the pandemic – have been called to give evidence.

In particular, many questions remain over why so many people with Covid were discharged from hospitals and sent directly into care homes. On Tuesday, one woman whose husband died from the virus said that a failure to call such individuals would clearly be a dereliction of duty.

David Waterton from North Lanarkshire was 71-years-old when he passed away in January 2021. His widow, Maggie Waterton said: "If those who implemented decisions within the Scottish healthcare system are not called to give evidence in the October, it will be a monumental error of judgement and it makes me thinks that this inquiry is treating as worthless those who died in of hospital acquired Covid."

Another of the bereaved group lost both of her parents, William and Violet Allen, aged 90 and 93-years-old respectively, during the pandemic. Their daughter, Rhona Arthur said: "We had hoped to see this Scottish Inquiry robustly interrogate the Scottish Government guidelines for health and social care, to interrogate who decisions in public, this was an inquiry for the people of Scotland, yet, once again, we feel betrayed. How many more times will they break the promises they made to us?"

Mr Anwar is the lawyer representing the Scottish Covid Bereaved (SCB), an umbrella group made up of family and friends of those who died during the crisis. He said: "It looks likely that the SCB will not get the chance to hear evidence until next year at the earliest

"Our clients find it unbelievable that the decision-making hearings will now not commence until 2027. Our clients are entitled to ask the question why this inquiry will report some eight years after the Covid-19 pandemic began. According to the inquiry’s website, nearly £60m has been spent thus far, which begs the question: What on?"

Speaking on Tuesday, he outlined his main worries about the way the inquiry in Scotland is being handled. Mr Anwar went on: "Today, a preliminary hearing took place where Lord Brailsford, chairman of the inquiry, outlined the procedural arrangements for the Inquiry's Implementation Hearings, due to commence on 6th October 2026.

"In advance of the preliminary hearing, I wrote to express the SCB's deep concerns, frustration and distress at what many of the families believe is a betrayal of the promise to place them 'front and centre' of this inquiry. Nothing said today by Lord Brailsford has allayed those concerns."

The lawyer continued: "The official establishment of this inquiry took place on 28th February 2022. At the first preliminary hearing of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry on August 28, 2023, the chair promised a 'robust investigation without fear or favour' to establish the facts, learn lessons and make recommendations regarding the handling of the pandemic.

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"It stated that no person or institution, regardless of how powerful or whether based in Westminster or Holyrood, would be able to obstruct the search for the truth."

Mr Anwar added: "It was stated the inquiry would not hold back in identifying mistakes in strategic decision-making. The whole purpose of a Scottish Inquiry was to drill down into matters pertaining to Scotland, so that that the key devolved responsibilities including health and adult social care, would be interrogated in much more detail by the Scottish Covid Inquiry, which UK inquiry was unable to do.

"Four years later, many in the SCB believe that the promises have been betrayed and the bereaved are yet to hear from a single decision-maker, whether it be in the Scottish Government, Scottish health care or adult social care sectors.

"Meanwhile, the UK Covid Inquiry, which was established after the Scottish Inquiry, has completed all its evidential hearings, it called successive Prime Ministers, former First Ministers, senior civil servants, chief scientists, chief medical officers, health ministers and cabinet secretaries for health and key decision-makers from all sectors."

The lawyer continued: "A significant number of SCB members loved ones died from hospital-acquired Covid-19 infection. Those members, alongside those whose loved ones died in hospital, have concerns relating to both hospital care and the wider healthcare systems, including clinical decision-making, DNACPR ('Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation') and escalation of care decisions, visiting guidance and restrictions and infection, prevention and control guidance and practice and the way these issues were managed not only by the Scottish Government but by health boards, hospitals and ward-level leadership across Scotland.

"It is distressing for those who lost loved ones, that the issue of discharge of untested and/ or positive patients from hospitals to care homes, is highly unlikely to be addressed by the witnesses called."

Mr Anwar stated: "Many of our clients are left bewildered that no Scottish healthcare system 'implementers' are to be called to give evidence in October. It raises serious questions about whether the inquiry is genuinely committed to examining the issues that matter most to bereaved families in Scotland. Our clients had the experience and huge benefit of core participant status in the UK Covid Inquiry.

"It has delivered a 'gold-plated' inquiry but much of what was excluded for Scotland, was on the basis that the Scottish Inquiry was expected to take up the specific scrutiny of what took place in Scotland."

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/graeme-dott-behind-bars-after-37587437

Graeme Dott behind bars after former snooker world champion convicted of abusing children

The 49-year-old pervert subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse

Lucinda Cameron & Nick Forbes

24 Aug 2026

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children.

The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-1996 and the boy between 2006-2010.

A five-day trial the High Court in Glasgow heard Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately, and kissed them. On Monday, he was found guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them.

Dott had been on bail for the trial at the High Court in Glasgow, but was remanded in custody by Lord Harrower. He was handcuffed as he was led away to the cells and he faces a lengthy jail-term when he is sentenced next month.

In both cases the abuse happened in the Glasgow area. During the trial, jurors heard from one of Dott's victims, a woman now in her 40s, who told the court Dott had sexually abused her on multiple separate occasions while she was a child.

She said the abuse had started with Dott "caressing" her bottom over her clothing while giving her a piggy back. The woman also described an occasion when she said Dott suggested playing a "guessing game" where she had to guess what he was doing.

She told the court she lay down and he exposed himself to her and then began touching her with different parts of his body, including his penis. The woman told the court that Dott told her not to tell anyone he was sexually abusing her.

The second victim, a man who is now in his late 20s, said he was sexually abused by Dott on multiple occasions, with the snooker player touching him inappropriately, kissing him, and performing sexual acts.

He told the court a lot of the abuse took place while he was in a shower, when Dott would come in either partly or completely undressed. "He would… come into the shower and put soap on my body and wash me in the shower," the man told the court. "While he was washing me he would touch me in inappropriate places."

He said looking back at it now, Dott was "clearly getting sexual gratification from it", and he was "pleasuring himself" while this was taking place. The man said that because of his age at the time, he "did not know what was going on", and it was only later he realised the interaction "wasn't right".

The witness also described abuse which took place in a car, where he said Dott would kiss him on the face, head and lips, and "push himself up against me".

Giving evidence last week, Dott had said there was "absolutely no way" he sexually abused two children. Under cross-examination by prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel, Dott denied being attracted to the girl when she was young, calling the idea "disgusting".

When Ms Dalziel put it to Dott that he touched the first victim and told her what to do, he denied the allegation and called it "lies". Speaking about the second victim, Dott said he was "never in my company" and denied all allegations of abuse.

In her closing speech on Friday, Ms Dalziel called on the jury to find Dott guilty of both charges. She said: "The Crown's case is that Graeme Dott subjected vulnerable children to the worst kind of abuse with a course of conduct which relied on opportunity, for his own gratification."

Dott's lawyer, Euan Dow, had invited jurors to clear his client of both charges. But Dott was found guilty on Monday following the trial which began on August 18.

Dott, who turned professional in 1994, won the World Snooker Championship in 2006, defeating Peter Ebdon in the final at the Crucible in Sheffield. He reached the final in two other years but was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 and Neil Robertson in 2010.

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https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/49719949/graeme-dott-removed-world-snooker-hall-fame-guilty-verdict

Graeme Dott removed from World Snooker's Hall of Fame after guilty verdict

Aug 25, 2026

Graeme Dott has been removed from World Snooker's Hall of Fame after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children.

The 2006 world champion was found guilty on Monday of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards the children.

A five-day trial heard how the 49-year-old Scot had subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-1996 and the boy between 2006-2010.

"Following his conviction yesterday (August 24 2026) at the High Court in Glasgow, WST has taken the decision to remove Graeme Dott from the World Snooker Tour Hall of Fame with immediate effect," World Snooker said in a statement on Tuesday.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) responded to the court verdict on Monday by saying it had permanently revoked Dott's membership with immediate effect.

This followed an emergency board meeting board where it was unanimously agreed to remove him from the sport.

Doesn't appear to have been sentenced yet.

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>>24427799 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 1-4 of 16

>>24427808 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 5-8 of 16

>>24427823 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 9-12 of 16

>>24427832 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 13-16 of 16

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>>24782679

>>24427799 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 1-4 of 16

>>24427808 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 5-8 of 16

>>24427823 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 9-12 of 16

>>24427832 Operation Talla: The Snake With Several Heads pages 13-16 of 16

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2058959637957746997

Tweet from May 25th 2026

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

In December 2025, Ethical Approach UK placed into the public record a report titled:

“Operation Talla - The Snake With Several Heads”

It examined the convergence of:

• behavioural manipulation,

• policing directives,

• information control,

• regulatory suppression,

• and military influence during COVID-19.

At the time, many preferred not to look too closely.

That however, is no longer sustainable.

The British public deserve to understand precisely what took place during those years - not merely what they were told publicly, but what systems operated behind the messaging, behind the enforcement and behind the management of dissent.

The report draws together material relating to:

• SPI-B fear amplification,

• the weaponisation of the term “misinformation”,

• Operation Talla policing directives,

• domestic information monitoring,

• and the wider architecture of behavioural compliance.

Whether one agrees with every conclusion or not, these matters are now too serious, too evidenced and too historically significant to be ignored.

A society which forgets what was done to it becomes vulnerable to having the same machinery used again and again.

Read it carefully and ask yourself one simple question:

How much of what happened during COVID-19 was truly about public health and how much concerned the management of population behaviour itself?

The report “Operation Talla - The Snake With Several Heads” is available here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/snake_with_several_heads.pdf

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2058962893568139526

May 25th 2026

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

Canada have it the same, more or less, as the UK in terms of policing - In the UK, the name was Talla, in Canada, very likely something else. It is not however about what it is called, or what crimes go uninvestigated, unrecorded and swept away, but rather, the fact that police get away with preventing the public from achieving proper access to justice at all.

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Vincent Gircys

@VGircys

Without independent oversight and an effective judicial process, abuse of authority has become rampant. In 2022 police ordered the freezing of hundreds of bank accounts without a judicial process. The courts ruled it was unlawful. This is a primary driver that breaks trust in police services.

Today, nobody in law enforcement wants to acknowledge it or create an opportunity for discussion about it.

Every move that abuses Rights and Freedoms will have consequences in one form or another.

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2059027003471454539

May 25th 2026

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

Britain is missing something at State level - Integrity.

Not slogans. Not branding. Not “public confidence” campaigns. Not strategic communications language, but integrity.

The willingness of institutions to:

• tell the truth when it is difficult;

• disclose when disclosure is uncomfortable;

• correct when error is exposed;

• and submit themselves to scrutiny when scrutiny becomes unavoidable.

Instead, Britain increasingly appears governed through managerial preservation.

Questions are redirected. Concerns are filtered. Critics are labelled.

Processes become shields. Silence becomes policy and all the while, institutions continue publicly speaking the language of accountability whilst internally behaving as though reputation itself is the higher constitutional priority.

That is the true danger to a democratic society.

Not merely wrongdoing, but the gradual emergence of a State culture in which institutional self-preservation quietly supersedes institutional integrity.

Once that inversion takes hold deeply enough, trust does not collapse dramatically. It erodes slowly. Then suddenly.

Many people now sense that erosion instinctively, even if they cannot yet fully articulate it.

The public are not imagining what they are seeing.

They are recognising it.

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Was the investigation into the death of Dr David Kelly yet another example of a pre-Talla, Talla-style of policing?

May 26 2026

>>24782659

>>24782670

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15848851/Scottish-police-chiefs-slammed-watchdog-failures-standards-behaviour.html

Scottish police chiefs slammed by watchdog for failures in ‘standards of behaviour’

GRAHAM GRANT

26 May 2026

Police chiefs are failing to reach ‘expected standards of professional behaviour’, a watchdog has said.

It also revealed the force had failed to report all allegations of senior officer wrongdoing to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA).

Officials at the SPA, the civilian oversight body for policing, ‘sought advice from other senior officers within Police Scotland about how to progress concerns involving their peers’.

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) also revealed drug tests for civilian workers had been stopped after protest by staff associations – putting the force at potential risk of blackmail by organised crime networks.

Chief Constable Jo Farrell was accused of ‘undermining public confidence’ in March by blocking the publication of the HMICS report until after May’s election.

The review by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Craig Naylor said ‘feedback from officers and staff stated that there were occasions where Police Scotland senior leaders did not consistently exemplify the expected standards of professional behaviour’.

The report said the force’s ‘existing performance and appraisal process is widely regarded as ineffective’ and officers can remain under investigation for ‘relatively minor matters’ for several years.

Between 2013 and 2024, 20 per cent of Police Scotland officers and staff who died by suicide had been subject to ‘live complaints or discipline processes’.

The report recommended a review to ‘identify opportunities to fast-track any on-and-off duty criminal cases where the accused person is a police officer or member of police staff’.

The watchdog also voiced concern about how policing deals with allegations of wrongdoing involving its most senior officers.

Allegations of misconduct concerning senior officers must be referred to the SPA to carry out an initial assessment of any potential misconduct or other unsatisfactory behaviour.

But the HMICS review found Police Scotland had failed to report all allegations of senior officer wrongdoing to the SPA.

The report said the absence of an independent body to probe whistleblowing disclosures was a ‘critical gap’.

HMICS said this year that Police Scotland had requested its report on conduct and discipline be delayed to give it ‘time to consider any potential implications for proceedings that are currently ongoing’, which is understood to refer to a bullying investigation into Deputy Chief Constable Jane Connors, who has been ‘redeployed’ to a job with the London-based National Police Chiefs’ Council, despite the ongoing probe.

Scottish Tory justice spokesman Stephen Kerr said: ‘After nearly two decades of SNP control of policing and justice, serious concerns are once again being raised about standards and leadership at the top of Police Scotland.

'Frontline officers deserve leadership that sets the standard, not leadership that raises questions about conduct and accountability.’

Responding to the report, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) president Chief Superintendent Rob Hay said: 'ASPS members are held to some of the highest standards of professional accountability anywhere in public service.

'Superintendents and chief superintendents operate under significant scrutiny, with clear expectations around ethics, candour, integrity, and leadership.

'Against that backdrop, it is important that conduct arrangements at every level of policing command are seen to be fair, transparent and consistent.'

He said: 'The most powerful people within the organisation cannot be the least accountable.'

Police Scotland said it ‘acknowledges commentary in the report around issues relating to senior officers’ and it is ‘considering carefully observations of what is a small evidence base’.

The SPA said: ‘Robust and effective complaint, conduct and discipline processes are essential to maintaining public trust and confidence in policing.’

>>24782659

>>25075611

>>25085587

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/former-world-snooker-champion-graeme-37713372

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child abuse

The sentencing judge said Dott's behaviour bore the "classic hallmarks of grooming", including rewarding the children with treats and making the abuse part of a game.

Neil Pooran

29 Sep 2026

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.

The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993 and 1996 and the boy between 2006 and 2010.

Dott appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, where judge Lord Harrower told him he had "robbed the complainers of a significant part of their childhood". Imposing a backdated sentence of seven years, he said Dott's behaviour had involved a "gross violation of trust".

A five-day trial heard Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately and kissed them. In August, he was found guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them.

During the trial, jurors heard from one of Dott's victims, a woman now in her 40s. She told the court that Dott had sexually abused her on multiple separate occasions while she was a child. The second victim, a man who is now in his late 20s, said he was sexually abused by Dott on multiple occasions.

Dott had denied the charges but was found guilty by the jury. Lord Harrower remanded him in custody and his name was added to the sex offenders' register indefinitely. Sentencing Dott, Lord Harrower said his actions bore "the hallmarks of grooming".

Referring to the girl as Jane and the boy as Kevin, both pseudonyms, he said: "In both cases the abuse included penetrative sexual activity and in the case of Jane behaviour that would now be classed as rape." He said that both children were vulnerable and added: "Your behaviour bore the hallmarks of grooming."

Lord Harrower said that while the offending against Jane happened while Dott was still a child aged around 16 or 17 himself, the offences against Kevin took place while Dott was an adult. He said: "You robbed the complainers of a significant part of their childhood."

The court heard that Dott continues to maintain his innocence. Dott, who turned professional in 1994, won the World Snooker Championship in 2006, defeating Peter Ebdon in the final at the Crucible in Sheffield. He reached the final in two other years but was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 and Neil Robertson in 2010.

Following his conviction, Dott's name was removed from World Snooker's Hall of Fame. This followed an emergency board meeting of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association where it was unanimously agreed to remove him from the sport.

Speaking after his conviction, Kirsty Aitken, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) assistant director for Scotland, said: “Graeme Dott sexually abused two young children between 1993 and 2010. His victims, who were primary school aged at the time, have lived for many years with the impact of this abuse, knowing that Dott had not been held accountable and was able to continue with his snooker career.

“Child sexual abuse can have a devastating and long-lasting impact on a person’s life, and these victims have shown immense courage in coming forward and helping to bring Dott to justice.”

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2105382221259403401

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS

This is not simply a paper about one crime report, one police officer or events in January 2022.

The documentary questions examined here reach directly into policing integrity, public confidence and the rule of law.

Those principles affect every one of us, irrespective of our views about Covid, vaccines, Government or anything else. They reach into the heart of democracy itself.

Some documents deserve more than a glance and this is one of them.

Read it carefully. Understand what the evidence reveals. Then consider for yourself what its implications may be. Do it for you and for your family.

If the rule of law matters at all, the questions raised by these documents matter to us all.

Read/download here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/sexton_chibber_correspondence_analysis.pdf

8:40 PM · Sep 30, 2026

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>>25124349

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2105382221259403401

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS

This is not simply a paper about one crime report, one police officer or events in January 2022.

The documentary questions examined here reach directly into policing integrity, public confidence and the rule of law.

Those principles affect every one of us, irrespective of our views about Covid, vaccines, Government or anything else. They reach into the heart of democracy itself.

Some documents deserve more than a glance and this is one of them.

Read it carefully. Understand what the evidence reveals. Then consider for yourself what its implications may be. Do it for you and for your family.

If the rule of law matters at all, the questions raised by these documents matter to us all.

Read/download here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/sexton_chibber_correspondence_analysis.pdf

8:40 PM · Sep 30, 2026

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>>25124349

>>25124360

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2105382221259403401

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS

This is not simply a paper about one crime report, one police officer or events in January 2022.

The documentary questions examined here reach directly into policing integrity, public confidence and the rule of law.

Those principles affect every one of us, irrespective of our views about Covid, vaccines, Government or anything else. They reach into the heart of democracy itself.

Some documents deserve more than a glance and this is one of them.

Read it carefully. Understand what the evidence reveals. Then consider for yourself what its implications may be. Do it for you and for your family.

If the rule of law matters at all, the questions raised by these documents matter to us all.

Read/download here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/sexton_chibber_correspondence_analysis.pdf

8:40 PM · Sep 30, 2026

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>>25124349

>>25124360

>>25124369

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2105382221259403401

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS

This is not simply a paper about one crime report, one police officer or events in January 2022.

The documentary questions examined here reach directly into policing integrity, public confidence and the rule of law.

Those principles affect every one of us, irrespective of our views about Covid, vaccines, Government or anything else. They reach into the heart of democracy itself.

Some documents deserve more than a glance and this is one of them.

Read it carefully. Understand what the evidence reveals. Then consider for yourself what its implications may be. Do it for you and for your family.

If the rule of law matters at all, the questions raised by these documents matter to us all.

Read/download here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/sexton_chibber_correspondence_analysis.pdf

8:40 PM · Sep 30, 2026

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>>25124349

>>25124360

>>25124369

>>25124376

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2105382221259403401

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS

This is not simply a paper about one crime report, one police officer or events in January 2022.

The documentary questions examined here reach directly into policing integrity, public confidence and the rule of law.

Those principles affect every one of us, irrespective of our views about Covid, vaccines, Government or anything else. They reach into the heart of democracy itself.

Some documents deserve more than a glance and this is one of them.

Read it carefully. Understand what the evidence reveals. Then consider for yourself what its implications may be. Do it for you and for your family.

If the rule of law matters at all, the questions raised by these documents matter to us all.

Read/download here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/sexton_chibber_correspondence_analysis.pdf

8:40 PM · Sep 30, 2026

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>>25124453

>>24782679

>>25124349

>>25124360

>>25124369

>>25124376

>>25124403

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/chibber_email_12012022_redacted.pdf

Email from Mark Sexton to Akshay Chibber -Detective Inspector Staff Officer to Commissioner Cressida Dick New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, London. SW1A 2JL and Chibber's reply.

>>25124915

>>25124895

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c50m3k7mywwno

Police officer guilty of series of rapes and sex attacks over 17 years

16 September 2026

Updated 17 September 2026

A former Police Scotland officer has been convicted of a catalogue of sex crimes, including two counts of rape, over a 17-year period.

Campbell Petrie, 50, was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow of nine charges involving physical and sexual abuse towards two women between 2006 and 2023.

Petrie, who was a serving officer at the time of the offences, was initially arrested in 2009 following allegations made by one of the women but was released after five hours and remained in his police role.

The force confirmed he was arrested, charged and suspended from duty in December 2023. He retired from the force in December last year.

The charges included indecent assault, assault with intent to rape and assault to injury and danger of life.

Petrie denied the accusations and claimed he had been left "absolutely humiliated".

Judge Alistair Watson told Petrie "the gravity of the crimes committed cannot be overstated".

He was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced next month.

The court heard Petrie met the first woman in a queue in a Tesco supermarket in Glasgow's Springburn when he was on shift.

He said he "immediately found her quite attractive".

They remained in contact after she came to see him at the city's Baird Street station.

The relationship started well but Petrie soon "started calling the woman names".

She said: "He wanted me to be a skinny blonde."

The court heard he lost his temper in a bar in Glasgow's west end and dragged her out, having earlier hit a man.

The woman alleged she woke up to find Petrie having sex with her but he denied it and claimed he found the claim "absolutely sickening, devastating".

Petrie also refuted claims he was overly physical with his victim, insisting anything he did was with "affection".

He told jurors: "There was never any time she was forced to do anything. She was fully consenting."

The trial also heard evidence of Petrie being aggressive with the woman while he was drunk after a party.

He denied putting his hands around her throat.

Loitered in the dark

Petrie got to know the latter victim through both of them working in the police.

Jurors heard it was initially "all very pleasant" between the pair but the woman told the court Petrie did not like her working with men.

She said he would make comments about her weight, tried to get her to stand on scales and raked through bins to check what she had eaten.

He also attempted to stop her from going on social media and made her lose contact with her friends.

The trial heard Petrie hounded the woman at a friend's home despite being warned not to come near - which prosecutors branded as "sinister" - as he loitered at the back of the property in the dark.

The woman made sexual allegations against him, which included testimony that he raped her in the changing rooms of a leisure centre in Lanarkshire.

Petrie said: "That never took place at all in the swimming baths, there or anywhere public."

He had previously had sex with the woman at a flat in Glasgow's southside in 2011, after she had been drinking and unable to consent.

Petrie said the similarity in the two women's' accounts was "almost too convenient".

Det Supt Adam Brown, of Police Scotland's public protection unit, said: "Our thoughts are very much with the victims in this case and I commend their strength in reporting these crimes and bringing Campbell Petrie to justice."

Brown acknowledged how difficult it could be to report such offences "particularly when the perpetrator is a police officer".

He added: "I want to reassure the public we will identify and investigate these officers whether they are serving or retired, or whether their crimes are committed on duty or, as in this instance, off duty.

"Petrie will now face the consequences of his actions."

Earlier this year, BBC Disclosure revealed that another police officer was a violent rapist who carried out attacks on women over at least 14 years.

PC Alan Greer's first known victim was a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she called the police to report being the victim of a crime.

It emerged that Greer used hundreds of prostitutes throughout his police career.

Police Scotland has identified 15 of Greer's victims, but there are fears that the true number is far greater.

He had passed vetting checks to join the force despite having two reports of criminal behaviour against women on his record.

Greer took his own life in May, just days after a police raid on his home as part of an investigation into his offences.