A 59-year-old upholsterer who scattered tacks outside three Kent police stations has been ordered to pay the force compensation.
Kevin Bance of Sevenoaks admitted three counts of causing damage to road users at Maidstone Crown Court.
Bance received a three year supervision order and was ordered to pay Kent Police £2000 criminal compensation for the damage he [...]

Around 200 families and business are still awaiting compensation from the Government following the London riots.
It is believed that compensation totalling in the hundreds and millions of pounds is being deliberately held back. Government officials have admitted that only £1m in compensation has been paid out so far.
This has prompted an angry response from MPs, [...]

South Lanarkshire Council has paid out £215,000 in compensation payments for potholes between the years 2006 and 2011.
The figures emerged last week and South Lanarkshire, which has paid out the second highest amount for pothole compensation when compared to other Scottish councils, saw most of the payments go to car drivers.
Scottish councils have paid £1.8m [...]

A scaffolding firm from Bury have been fined £40,000 after a crane accident left an employee severely injured.
In 2008, David Collins, 31, was working for Spectra Scaffolding in Stoke-on-Trent.
He was crushed and received severe injuries when 21-foot scaffolding tubes, weighing 1.5 tonnes, broke loose from the crane and fell on him.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard from [...]

A former police officer who wrapped a woman’s head in sticky tape after handcuffing her in the crucifix position has been ordered to pay his victim compensation.
George Stewart handcuffed Arlene Pattie, 47, at Dundee East Port House in 2011.
He was found guilty of assault following the incident, which saw two officers attend the hostel to [...]