Barrymore Fined For Cocaine

Michael Barrymore has admitted to the possession cocaine in court on Wednesday, after an early-morning car collision in west London. The 59-year-old was held at 4.30am on November 22 after a Citroen DS3 hit a kerb in Acton, west London. The TV personality was held after officers on routine patrol discovered the scene at the junction of The Vale and Dordrecht Road. He admitted possessing cocaine during an appearance at Ealing Magistrates' Court. A second charge, of being drunk and disorderly, was withdrawn. He was fined a total of £780 for the offence.

Appeal For Man Who Attacked Police Dog

Police in London have issued an appeal for information on a man convicted of attacking a police dog. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man who was found guilty at Hendon Magistrates' Court of causing unnecessary suffering to a police dog. Lukasz Sklepkowski, age 29, of no fixed abode, failed to attend Hendon Magistrates' Court to answer the charge on 5 December and was found guilty in his absence. The court heard how a police dog Zinzan had to be rushed to the vet after Sklepkowski trapped the dog's neck in a door and repeatedly slammed the door on the animal, while the dog was "screamed in pain", according to police. During the incident, several police officers, including dog handler PC Revill and his dog Zinzan, were in the area of Symphony Close on an unrelated matter and were alerted by a member of the public that a man was hiding in a nearby bush. When police approached the bush Sklepkowski ran and made for the entrance to an address at Viola Court, Symphony Close, Edgware. This address at Viola Court was being used by drug users and has since been closed by police and the local council with the tenant removed. Zinzan has fully recovered from the incident.

Glenn Mulcaire Arrested Over Phone-Hacking

The BBC is reporting that a man arrested as part of Scotland Yard's inquiry into phone hacking is Glenn Mulcaire. Mr Mulcaire, a private investigator, is being held on suspicion of conspiracy to hack voicemail messages and perverting the course of justice. He was arrested at 7am and is being held at a south London police station. The Met Police's Operation Weeting is investigating hacking of mobile phone voicemails of public figures by the now-defunct News of the World paper. The phone-hacking investigation is working its way through about 300 million emails from News International. Operation Weeting is looking into phone hacking, computer misuse is being investigated by Operation Tuleta and corruption falls under the remit of Operation Elvedon.

(DW)