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Thursday 10 augusT 2017

British prosecutors convict 17 men, 1 women of sex crimes

By DANICA KIRKA The revelations came after the challenge of this gen- thought of the police en- officer and is subject to in-
Associated Press 17 men and one woman eration and defended the gaging with such a per- dependent review, he said.
LONDON (AP) — British au- were convicted of or ad- decision to hire the infor- son and paying them for But child rights advocates
thorities have convicted mitted to charges including mant, known only as XY. information may appear said that regardless of po-
more than a dozen sex rape, supplying drugs and Because of the evidence repugnant,” he said. “How- lice officers’ good inten-
offenders in a northern inciting prostitution follow- provided by XY, those ever, he proved he was tions, their “misguided ac-
English city, but children’s ing a series of trials at New- convicted in this case will in a position whereby he tions” violated accepted
advocates expressed out- castle Crown Court. Re- spend lengthy terms in could, and did, alert police child protection proce-
rage that police paid a porting restrictions imposed prison, Ashman said, add- to situations which allowed dures and could have
convicted rapist to infiltrate by the court prevented ing that strong punishments them to prevent offending jeopardized the investiga-
specially organized parties details of the cases from were needed to deal with and provide safeguard- tion of these abusers. The
where young women and emerging until now. “vile” individuals who tar- ing measures towards po- victims in this case ranged
girls as young as 15 were Chief Constable Steve Ash- get vulnerable people. tential victims.” The use of in age from 15 to their
plied with drugs and alco- man of Northumbria Police “He was a convicted rap- such informants is always early 20s, according to
hol before being abused. described exploitation as ist and to some of us the overseen by a senior police prosecutors.q

Man ambushes French soldiers in car attack, later arrested

By ANGELA CHARLTON hurt no civilians, but still set
RAPHAEL SATTER nerves on edge: It was the
Associated Press seventh attempted attack
LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France on security forces guard-
(AP) — A man rammed ing France this year alone.
his car into a group of sol- While others have targeted
diers near Paris, injuring prominent sites like the Eiffel
six of them, and then was Tower, Wednesday’s at-
cornered by police in a tack hit the leafy, relatively
highway manhunt — the affluent suburb of Leval-
latest in what’s become a lois-Perret that is home to
disturbingly familiar pattern France’s main intelligence
of attacks targeting French service, the DGSI, and its
security forces. counterterrorism service.
It’s unclear what motivated “We know it was a deliber-
the driver, who was hospi- ate act,” Interior Minister
talized with bullet wounds Gerard Collomb said. De-
after the calculated morn- fense Minister Florence Par-
ing ambush and an hours- ly called it a reminder that
long police chase. Authori- extra security measures
ties said he deliberately imposed in recent years
accelerated his BMW into are “more necessary than
a cluster of soldiers in what ever.”
prosecutors are investigat- French police officer carries a bag from the scene where French soldiers were hit and injured by a On a quiet summer morn-
ing as a potential terrorist vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret near Paris, France, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. ing, the suspect was seen
French police are searching for a driver who slammed his BMW into a group of soldiers, injuring
attack. six of them in an apparent ambush before speeding away, officials said. The incident in Levallois, waiting in a black BMW in a
President Emmanuel Ma- northwest of Paris, is the latest of several attacks targeting security forces in France. cul-de-sac near the Leval-
cron went to Twitter to ex- (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu) lois city hall and a building
press his “congratulations used as a staging point for
to the forces of order that lance across the country. as proof of the need to ap- put France in a permanent soldiers in France’s opera-
apprehended the perpe- Macron’s government prove a new security law state of emergency. tion to protect prominent
trator of the attack,” and painted the incident in the that critics contend infring- Wednesday’s attack sites, according to two po-
also to urge continued vigi- suburb of Levallois-Perret es on liberties and would caused no deaths and lice officialsq
Navalny launches new attack on Putin’s inner circle

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian alleged ill-gotten wealth sia’s annexation of Crimea. by a company controlled tions of official corruption.
opposition leader Alexei of top government officials Arkady Rotenberg is worth by Arkady Rotenberg’s His recent documentary
Navalny has launched and Kremlin-linked tycoons. $2.5 billion, and his broth- son. The toll, established in about alleged assets of
a new YouTube attack The Rotenberg brothers’ er’s wealth is estimated at 2015 to offset damage to Prime Minister Dmitry Med-
against President Vladimir ties to Putin date to the just over $1 billion, accord- highways caused by heavy vedev has been viewed
Putin’s close associates. 1960s when they practiced ing to Forbes magazine. trucks, has triggered pro- more than 24 million times,
By Wednesday, the video judo at the same sports Navalny’s video charged tests by truck drivers across helping fuel a series of anti-
describing assets of billion- club. Arkady Rotenberg that the Rotenbergs won Russia. The video included corruption protests across
aire brothers Arkady and and his younger brother Bo- lucrative government or- aerial footage of the Ro- Russia.
Boris Rotenberg and their ris shot to prominence after ders unfairly, including a tenbergs’ palatial man- Navalny has declared his
sons had already accumu- Putin’s election, becoming new Siberian gas pipeline sions outside Moscow and intention to run for presi-
lated over 900,000 clicks some of the country’s most contract and another deal in Italy, and featured angry dent in the March 2018
since its release a day ear- influential businessmen. to build a bridge to Crimea. truckers expressing outrage presidential election even
lier. It’s the latest in a series Both have been placed It also mentioned the Platon over the show of wealth. though a conviction he
of YouTube videos by Na- under Western sanctions electronic highway toll col- Navalny rose to promi- calls politically motivated
valny intended to expose since 2014, following Rus- lection system, operated nence with his investiga- bars him from running. q