Event to remember murdered PC. Colleagues of murdered Luton police officer Jon Henry will unveil a commemorative stone to mark the anniversary of his death next week. PC Jon Henry, 36, was stabbed to death last year while responding to a report of an assault on a window cleaner. Bedfordshire Police will hold a private gathering at Luton Police Station for colleagues and hold a minute's silence.
Smoker wins £20,000 battle with Customs. A former landscape gardener - now window cleaner, accused of smuggling tobacco in his car from Belgium, has won a £20,000 legal battle with Customs officials to get the vehicle back. Mark Mills, 44, who claimed the tobacco was for personal use only, said the strain of the case over two and a half years had led to the collapse of his business. It had almost caused the breakdown of his marriage. Mr Mills and a friend had 40kg of Golden Virginia tobacco worth more than £2,500 in their car when they were stopped at Calais on Jan 20, 2006. Customs officials disputed Mr Mills's claim that his half share was for personal use only. They seized the tobacco and confiscated the car. Mr Mills took his case to a tribunal, which ruled that the tobacco was for his own use. Mr Mills, who is now a window cleaner, said yesterday that Customs should return his blue Volvo. As the car belonged to his wife, Harriet, her beauty therapy business had collapsed, he said. The couple had paid monthly instalments for a car they had not seen for two and a half years. A Customs spokesman said the car contained an equivalent of 80,000 hand rolled cigarettes, a supply of 11 years' worth of tobacco for a 20-a-day smoker.
A MAN charged with two counts of wounding with intent to commit murder made a further court appearance on Tuesday. Self-employed window cleaner Christopher William Scatchard, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by High Bailiff Michael Moyle. Inspector Andrew Turner said he hoped papers would be served on the defence within a fortnight and the matter could proceed to committal shortly after. Mr Scatchard will appear on June 24. Two men, Christopher Crellin and Andrew Yewdall, required hospital treatment following an alleged incident in Oak Avenue, Pulrose, in the early hours of April 18.
DRUNKEN yobs and vandals are turning a new multi-million pound Halifax shopping arcade into a "disaster zone." Shop owners say they regularly find urine, vomit, rubbish and vandalism in the £2 million Westgate Arcade. Nick Simonet, owner of Revo Records, said: "During the day it's lovely. But at night it's a disaster zone with drunken lads going from pub to pub and coming down here, pulling up the trees and using it as a toilet. "I have to get a window cleaner every Monday – if I didn't it would just be awful."
Event to remember murdered PC. Colleagues of murdered Luton police officer Jon Henry will unveil a commemorative stone to mark the anniversary of his death next week. PC Jon Henry, 36, was stabbed to death last year while responding to a report of an assault on a window cleaner. Bedfordshire Police will hold a private gathering at Luton Police Station for colleagues and hold a minute's silence.
Smoker wins £20,000 battle with Customs. A former landscape gardener - now window cleaner, accused of smuggling tobacco in his car from Belgium, has won a £20,000 legal battle with Customs officials to get the vehicle back. Mark Mills, 44, who claimed the tobacco was for personal use only, said the strain of the case over two and a half years had led to the collapse of his business. It had almost caused the breakdown of his marriage. Mr Mills and a friend had 40kg of Golden Virginia tobacco worth more than £2,500 in their car when they were stopped at Calais on Jan 20, 2006. Customs officials disputed Mr Mills's claim that his half share was for personal use only. They seized the tobacco and confiscated the car. Mr Mills took his case to a tribunal, which ruled that the tobacco was for his own use. Mr Mills, who is now a window cleaner, said yesterday that Customs should return his blue Volvo. As the car belonged to his wife, Harriet, her beauty therapy business had collapsed, he said. The couple had paid monthly instalments for a car they had not seen for two and a half years. A Customs spokesman said the car contained an equivalent of 80,000 hand rolled cigarettes, a supply of 11 years' worth of tobacco for a 20-a-day smoker. 
A MAN charged with two counts of wounding with intent to commit murder made a further court appearance on Tuesday. Self-employed window cleaner Christopher William Scatchard, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by High Bailiff Michael Moyle. Inspector Andrew Turner said he hoped papers would be served on the defence within a fortnight and the matter could proceed to committal shortly after. Mr Scatchard will appear on June 24. Two men, Christopher Crellin and Andrew Yewdall, required hospital treatment following an alleged incident in Oak Avenue, Pulrose, in the early hours of April 18.
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