Last week a young boy of 5 was kidnapped while he was holidaying in Jhelum in Punjab. He was snatched by a group of kidnappers while he was at his grandmothers just as preparations were being made to take a taxi to the airport to return to the UK. Sahil Saeed is from Oldham in Greater Manchester and his father has suspicions that is that the kidnapper is someone close to the family. Mr Mailk has now returned back to the UK. Four policeman who didn’t respond to the emergency call have been suspended. Several men and the taxi driver have been arrested and are being interrogated.

Dulmatin’s body, the last remaining suspect of the Bali bombings carried out in Bali, Indonesia back in 2002 has been confirmed and identified by the police.

Dulmartin was suspected of planning the attacks and the news of his death was announced by the Indonesia’s president. Out of 202 victims which were killed by this bombing, half were Australian.
DNA tests on the body of a man killed in Jakarta prove beyond doubt he is Dulmartin, the last main suspect of the Bali bombings, Indonesian police say. Dulmatin was shot at a internet café and his body can be confirmed by DNA. He was named as being a leading member of a militant group with links to al-Qaeda and with a long history of launching attacks in Indonesia.

In England and Wales a recent survey has shown that in the last 20 years the number of murders and manslaughter has dropped by 17% to a low of 648.
In 2008/9 there has been 136 fewer killings compared with a year earlier. However – theft related crime has risen which includes domestic burglary up by 1% and shoplifting by 10%. Other offences such as women raped has increased by 5% to 12,165. The statistics have been taken also taken a sample of adults and asked them on their experiences of crime – individually there has been a rise of 25% in theft such as pick pocketing and handbag snatches.

Labour has recently launched a new campaign which puts forward recommendations to scale back CCTV cameras and make it harder for the police to use DNA to catch criminals. This has revoked anger in the Tory party as they are claiming Labour is being weak on crime. The Tories have maintained for a long time now that violent crime has risen which is backed up by a analysis in the House of Commons library produced in response to a request by a Member of Parliament.

This is yet to be published in full but suggests that offences against individuals rose from 618,417 in 1998 to 887,942 last year.

The Tories are claiming that under the Labour Government violent crime has risen and this is visible by the latest official figures.  From the House of Commons library data obtained by the party shows a 44% rise in crime between 1998 and 2009.  However Labour are defending there position by saying that under there government violent crime is on a downward trend with half a million fewer victims.  The watchdog overseeing this area have also commented that Conservatives should not rely on a single set of statistics.  The UK statistics Authority, has been set up by the government to ensure that the correct use of figures has sent a warning about using data from other surveys which can produce a distorted view.