Mann: You Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry!

March 11, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE MANN: YOU DON’T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY! The Isle of Man Constabulary broke their statistical ‘purdah’ yesterday and finally gave a number for the spate of burglaries (and attempted burglaries) on the Isle of Man in

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Mann: Burglary Don’t Take Our Word Read the HMI Report!

March 10, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Last week we expressed incredulity at the decision of the Manx police to change tactics about the ongoing spate of burglaries on the Isle of Man and we were fairly outspoken in our view. The Police had decided

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Crime Spree in North Wales Matches Manx Experience

March 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CRIME SPREE IN NORTH WALES MATCHES MANX EXPERIENCE As the Isle of Man is shaken out of its relatively crime free idyll by a sustained series of what appear to be organised and coordinated burglaries a similar crime

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Man: Senior Cops Clueless as Island Crime Wave Continues

March 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Often government agencies and the police get accused of gerrymandering statistics but it is not often they can be accused of not issuing them at all! However that’s the ludicrous position the Isle of Man Constabulary have adopted

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Funny Place Mann Graffiti Artists Get Police Priority Over Burglars

January 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Isle of Man appears to be experiencing a mini crime wave with 25 burglaries (in itself an unusual crime within this usual low crime community) in the past few weeks. The crime surge comes not long after

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Mann: MACR Undermines Appropriate Adult Initiative

January 11, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Although welcoming a move to introduce a new ‘appropriate adult’ scheme aimed at supporting young and vulnerable people during police interviews the Celtic League say the initiative is tarnished by the level at which the Island has set

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Judgement of Releasing Service Personnel to Military Custody Question

January 6, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has questioned the wisdom of allowing military personnel, who are charged with alleged serious crimes before Manx courts, to be bailed to military custody. The League also questions the judgement of Manx courts which fail

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