The officer told him not to persecute himself. As the third week of the trial opened, the jury of seven women and five men heard how the 29-year-old caretaker had three scratches along his jaw on 5 August last year, the day after the girls vanished. Two days later, Ian Huntley tearfully told a detective, "You think I have done it". will hold firm in support of the defeats already inflicted on the Government The biggest battle will be on jury trials. Parliament has prevented previous attempts by this Labour Government to do away with jury trials, and today will see another united front against the latest proposals.". Within hours of the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the caretaker charged with their murders was asking police whether he was a suspect, the Old Bailey was told yesterday. A spokeswoman said: "There might be some drafting changes and changes in details, but the thrust of it and the principles of the Bill such as jury trial and bad character will be back in the Bill."A Conservative source said the party would look at any government concessions, but warned that they would not back down on the principle of allowing jury trials in long and complex cases.Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London, who is co-ordinating the party's response to the Bill, said: "Liberal Democrats ... They will also try to reverse defeats over proposals to allow juries to be given details of defendants' previous convictions.Ministers have spent the past few days in negotiations towards a compromise over the most contentious part of the Bill.

But Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said they were prepared to allow the bill to "ping pong" between the Commons and the Lords before it is automatically killed at the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.Ministers are sure to win today's Commons vote but face a possible rebellion after more than 30 Labour MPs voted against limiting the right to trial by jury in May. Lawyers and civil liberties groups yesterday urged the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, to back down over proposals to limit the right to trial by jury as he prepared for a bitter parliamentary battle to force the proposals into law. Two weeks ago detectives said that they were speaking to members of Leeds University skydiving club who regularly used Hibaldstow airfield. They had already spoken to some club members, but said they needed to speak to them again and to trace others they had not yet spoken to. At the time, Detective Superintendent Colin Andrews, who is leading the inquiry, said: "Because Hibaldstow is the most local drop zone for the Leeds club, we are anxious to speak to all of the club members."A police spokeswoman said that she could not confirm whether the arrested man was a member of the club.. Humberside police made their third arrest yesterday in connection with the death of the skydiver Stephen Hilder.

Mr Hilder, 20, plunged 13,000ft to his death over Hibaldstow airfield, North Lincolnshire, on 4 July, after his main and reserve parachutes were tampered with. Last month, two 19-year-old men were arrested by detectives investigating Mr Hilder's death They were later released on bail pending further inquiries. Daniel Brown of North Kensington, west London, got seven and a half years. Colin Mortley, 24, Bedfont, west London, and Paul Murray, 25, of North Kensington, west London, were given eight and seven years respectively.Passing sentence, Judge Edward Bailey said: "To do it once is bad enough, but to go trawling for victims on a regular basis and between you to strike several times is quite beyond the pale.". A gang of robbers nicknamed the Prada Boys were jailed yesterday after stealing up to £2m in cash and jewellery. He is well known to American authorities as the psychologist who helped debrief US soldiers captured by the communist Vietnamese and made to confess to trumped-up spying charges. In Britain we know him better as the expert who provided evidence to show that the confessions of the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four were unreliable.The troubling accounts of two of the nine British men detained without trial may not move President Bush to tears But they add to the moral pressure.

Last week the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the case for letting the courts have jurisdiction over the detention of Guantanamo detainees. Two days later, Tony Blair acknowledged that this was an issue that would not go away and was one that he was determined to tackle.Peter Carter QC, chairman of the Bar Council's human rights committee, believes a series of negotiations between the Attorney General and the Pentagon has failed to reach agreement."Clearly the Attorney General believes anyone in Guantanamo Bay cannot have a fair trial - that's why he's been making such strenuous efforts on behalf of British citizens. His 6ft 4ins "enforcer", Leon Peters, 27, of Hackney, east London, was jailed for eight years. The men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob between May and December last year as well as admitting four charges of robbery.Three other men were convicted of being part of the conspiracy.

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