Anonymous ID: b6d290 Oct. 11, 2021, 12:25 p.m. No.14766609   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6764 >>6801 >>6805 >>6855 >>6972 >>7009 >>7088 >>7124 >>7197 >>7251

UK eyes 'walk me home' phone-tracker to protect lone women

 

LONDON – A top British government official is backing a phone company's proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched amid ongoing outrage over the slayings of two young women who were targeted near their homes in London.

The chief executive of Britain’s biggest phone company, BT, proposed the “walk me home” service in a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel. Once a woman activated an app on her phone, the service would track her journey and send an alert to her emergency contacts if she didn’t reach her destination on time, Philip Jansen said in the letter.

 

The U.K. Home Office confirmed Patel had received the letter and would respond in “due course.” Patel was more supportive in comments to the Daily Mail.

“This new phone line is exactly the kind of innovative scheme which would be good to get going as soon as we can,’’ the newspaper quoted her as saying. “I’m now looking at it with my team and liaising with BT.”

The “walk me home’’ service could be up and running by Christmas, the Mail reported.

The service would complement Britain's existing nationwide emergency number, Jansen said. BT has run Britain’s 999 emergency number for 84 years and is currently upgrading the system.

In March, Sarah Everard, a33-year-old marketing executive, was abducted, raped and killed by a serving police officer who was convicted of murder and other charges this month and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, 28, was killed six months later as she walked through a park in south London on her way to meet a friend.

 

“Male violence is causing so many people , especially women, to live in fear,” Jansen wrote in the Daily Mail. “And their parents, partners and friends worry too, more now than ever. …

"I am not a politician, I can’t change society, but if I can use innovative technology to improve personal safety, then I am determined to do so.” he said.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-eyes-walk-home-phone-tracker-protect-lone-80492973

 

AKA a sex trafficking abduction app, Taken

Anonymous ID: b6d290 Oct. 11, 2021, 1:08 p.m. No.14766829   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6972 >>7088 >>7154 >>7197 >>7251

U.K. police say they won't take action on Prince Andrew sexual assault lawsuit

 

LONDON — British police said Monday that they would take no action after reviewing a document related to a U.S. civil sexual assault lawsuit filed against Queen Elizabeth II's son, Prince Andrew.

Virginia Giuffre, who has accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, filed the suit in August in New York’s Southern District. The suit alleges that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 after he was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, and his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, compelled her to engage in sexual acts with Andrew 20 years ago.

 

She sued Andrew under New York State’s Child Victim’s Act, alleging he committed “rape in the first degree.”

Andrew, the Duke of York, has always vehemently denied the allegations. In a 2019 interview with the BBC, he said he has “no recollection” of ever meeting Giuffre. He also suggested that a photograph of them together with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell could have been doctored.

The suit alleges that Andrew abused her at three locations — in London and New York and at Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, when she was under the age of 18. It mirrors claims that Giuffre, now 38, previously detailed to NBC’s “Dateline.”

The Metropolitan Police based in London said in the statement that it “continues to liaise with other law enforcement agencies who lead the investigation into matters related to Jeffrey Epstein.”

 

However, its investigation into the document released in August has concluded and no action will be taken. The police also confirmed it had ended its review of Maxwell and allegations reported by Britain’s Channel 4 in June that she trafficked, groomed and abused girls and women in the U.K.

Maxwell, who is British, is in jail in the U.S. awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Epstein to abuse. She pleaded not guilty in federal court this year and has long denied any wrongdoing. 

 

Police chief Cressida Dick said in August that “no one is above the law.”

The police department had previously looked into claims related to Epstein. After taking legal advice it decided not to pursue further action because the activities involved took place mainly outside its jurisdiction.

After the news of Monday's police decision in the U.K., the hashtag #abolishthemonarchy and #PrinceAndrew trended on social media, with some users suggesting that the police decision to forgo further action was reached because of Andrew's royal background.

Ninth in line to the throne, Andrew has said previously that he first met Epstein in 1999 and had stayed at a number of his residences, but saw him infrequently. The controversy over their relationship and his disastrous interview on the BBC led to his stepping away from his royal duties in 2019.

In June 2020, federal prosecutors in New York formally requested through the British government to speak with Andrew as part of their criminal investigation into Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter. His lawyers responded that they had offered his help as a witness on at least three occasions.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/british-police-drop-investigation-prince-andrew-sex-abuse-claims-rcna2835

Anonymous ID: b6d290 Oct. 11, 2021, 1:24 p.m. No.14766907   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6918 >>6972 >>7088 >>7197 >>7251

Plane crashes from c. Prev 2 weeks

 

https://www.wspa.com/news/plane-crash-near-wade-hampton-blvd-in-greenville-co/amp/

 

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/plane-crashes-in-santee-in-east-san-diego-county/2740994/

 

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/all-4-victims-plane-crash-dekalb-peachtree-airport-identified/RQLQOMM275HCNPFOPHRMQV77CE/

 

https://www.9news.com/amp/article/news/local/plane-crash-search-mesa-county/73-fd850b80-f1e6-4815-96cf-0789af56603d

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/10/10/russia-sixteen-people-killed-in-plane-crash

 

https://www.wspa.com/news/plane-crash-near-wade-hampton-blvd-in-greenville-co/amp/

 

https://www.wrdw.com/2021/10/08/remembering-pilot-killed-thomson-plane-crash-he-just-loved-life-max/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/world/europe/plane-crash-milan.html

 

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/one-dead-one-injured-after-plane-crashes-northeast-of-lacombe/wcm/f6f09f5a-efe6-4732-b14a-02503d4e8229/amp/

 

https://wlos.com/amp/news/local/two-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-andrews-sheriffs-office-confirms

 

https://woay.com/breaking-multiple-crews-on-scene-of-downed-aircraft-in-lansing-area/

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-10-09/bolivia-6-killed-in-air-force-plane-crash-in-amazon-jungle