The ninth CSL DualCom¹ annual insurers forum at Vodafone HQ provided updates on industry statistics and trends affecting risk assessment in the fire and security sector.

Ray Kay, Head of Vodafone M2M UK began the discussion by outlining Vodafone s Investment into their wholly owned Global M2M Platform to support their 22.9 million M2M connections. He also discussed plans to focus on 2G devices with an estimate of 15 billion connected devices by 2020.

CSL DualCom s Simon Banks discussed trends on the high street and the resulting change in risk to grade two and three alarm systems. He highlighted that CSL do not filter any alarm signals, noting that this was a practice used by some signalling providers to lessen nuisance calls to end-customers, stating that ARCs (alarm receiving centres) should decide between false and genuine alarms due to their critical nature.

David Mair of the Metropolitan Police reiterated the importance of ensuring all signals are received by the ARC and police, using the Hatton Garden heist as an example. In that specific case the human error involved would have been mitigated had the incident been electronically processed and verified.

Automation was also a theme shared by James Gribben of SMC and Jason Denton of VPS. James discussed how it helps streamline processes and remove wastage for the ARC.

Jason described how clients are beginning to move away from expensive manned guarding in favour of battery-operated CCTV or electronic locking for vacant sites.

Cyber risk was the topic for Andy Barrett, Managing Director of the US IT risk firm Coalfire², updating on the company s work with CSL to penetration test all products and platforms. He also explained that many common criminals have added cyber attack to their armoury as the technology is widely available and affordable. He emphasised that the UK needs to move towards mandatory disclosure (of cyber breaches) similar to the USA to get the licensing we need to regulate this area.

Paul Phillips of the trade body the BSIA³ clarified the state of play on the temporary Industry Agreement IA1501, issuing a warning over the ambiguous insurance position caused by the re-introduction of remote setting.

Graham Hazlewood, Business Development Director at the NSI⁴ explored the major growth area of fire prevention, and NSI s plans with BAFE.

Fire was also the topic of the day for both Neil Boustred of CFOA and Douglas Barnett of insurer AXA.

Neil updated on how the trial of a Progressive Interaction Service produced a 15pc to 20pc reduction in unwanted fire signals, while Douglas closed the forum by summarising a Scottish project which found outdated and poorly installed fire systems to be a major cause of false alarms.

References

1. ^{^} CSL DualCom (www.CSLDual.Com)
2. ^{^} Coalfire (www.coalfire.com)
3. ^{^} BSIA (www.bsia.co.uk)
4. ^{^} NSI (www.nsi.org.uk)

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Bay Area companies, back from the holidays, unveiled some substantial fundraising hauls this week.

Anaplan¹, a provider of Web-based planning software for businesses, announced a $90 million Series E financing round that pegs its valuation at more than $1 billion.

The San Francisco-based company s planning tools are designed to track numerical data from all aspects of an enterprise, from finance to production and sales. Customers can use Anaplan s models and simulations to guide business planning decisions.

The Series E round was led by Premji Invest, with participation from Baillie Gifford, Founders Circle Capital, Harmony Partners, and a roster of Anaplan s previous investors, which include Brookside Capital, Coatue Management, DFJ Growth, Granite Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Salesforce, Sands Capital Management, and Shasta Ventures.

App Annie², which tracks the performance of apps to help app developers gauge their progress, and investors to make their bets, raised $63 million in a Series E funding round. The majority of the money came from equity investments, led by new investor Greenspring Associates.

Joining in the round were previous investors e.Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Sequoia Capital. App Annie also announced it has added NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson to its board of directors.

The company³, founded in 2010, had only five employees by mid-2011. It now has a staff of about 425 people distributed across its San Francisco headquarters and 15 global branch offices.

By App Annie s count, half a million app professionals are consulting the data it compiles from app stores, such as Apple s and Google s, to guide their business decisions. Users include 94 of the top 100 app publishers, the company says.

Some of App Annie s data analysis is free to anyone, while its revenues come from companies that pay for enhanced intelligence insights. The Series E round brings App Annie s fundraising total to $157 million.

Shape Security⁴, whose Botwalls guard company data from attacks by automated hacking attacks, raised a $25 million in a Series D funding round led by Baseline Ventures, which was joined by Northern Light Venture Capital, Epic Ventures, and Shape s previous investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Venrock, Norwest Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and Eric Schmidt s Tomorrow Ventures.

Counting that capital infusion, Mountain View, CA-based Shape has raised a total of $91 million since it was founded in 2011.

Beijing-based Northern Light plans to help Shape expand its market in China. The company says it already counts large banks, airlines, and retailers, as well as government agencies, among its customers. Shape has adapted its Botwall for mobile devices, and now plans to scale up its global reach.

Bernadette Tansey is Xconomy’s San Francisco Editor.

You can reach her at btansey@xconomy.com.

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References

1. ^{^} Anaplan (www.anaplan.com)
2. ^{^} App Annie (www.appannie.com)
3. ^{^} company (www.xconomy.com)
4. ^{^} Shape Security (shapesecurity.com)

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“We have found that an incident did occur on Sunday evening, and one of Interserve’s employees in the security team has been suspended on the grounds of gross misconduct and is no longer working at Castle Mall.

Everyone in the management team at Castle Mall is very upset that members of the public have not been treated as they should be by someone working on behalf of Castle Mall.

We apologise unreservedly to the individuals affected.

We all sympathise with the plight of the homeless and the isolated behaviour of one individual should not reflect in any way on the rest of the team.”

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A security worker has been suspended after allegedly throwing a bucket of cold water over homeless people sleeping near a shopping centre.

The incident is said to have taken place on Sunday night in a doorway at the Castle Mall centre in Norwich as temperatures dropped below freezing.

Voluntary group The People’s Picnic posted on Facebook to say that several people had been seeking refuge from the cold.

The post said: “Not only did he leave them in soaking wet clothes, freezing and exposed to harsh declining temperatures, but also drenched their sleeping bags which were the only other means of keeping them warm.

Performing such an act of hostility with intent to harm is classified as an assault and the incident needs to be thoroughly investigated.

Behaviours and attitudes like this cannot become a societal norm.

“We are shocked and disgusted by the type of behaviour shown.”

Amanda Phillips, centre manager at Castle Mall, said an investigation had been carried out involving security supplier Interserve.

She added: “We have found that an incident did occur on Sunday evening, and one of Interserve’s employees in the security team has been suspended on the grounds of gross misconduct and is no longer working at Castle Mall.

“Everyone in the management team at Castle Mall is very upset that members of the public have not been treated as they should be by someone working on behalf of Castle Mall.

“We apologise unreservedly to the individuals affected.

“We all sympathise with the plight of the homeless and the isolated behaviour of one individual should not reflect in any way on the rest of the team.”

She said procedures would be reviewed to prevent future incidents.

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For most of us, the word “chair” probably brings to mind a single, universal image signifying the totality of chair-ness. Same with the idea of “table” or “bed.”

In the grandly silly tradition of “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” comes TV police show parody “Angie Tribeca,” which started as a husband and wife’s private joke.

The curtains were hung, the stage was set and the performers were ready. Birmingham’s newly restored Lyric Theatre was ready for her long-awaited close-up.

Doctors say Austrian ski jumper Lukas Mueller has been left partially paralyzed after crashing in practice for the sky flying world championship.

Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge will temporarily swap royal duties for an editor’s chair to raise awareness of children’s mental-health issues.

In a downtown L.A.

studio in late 2014, Jon Favreau was watching a computer-generated panther walk on a giant monitor while behind him crews hammered together a bear cave set.

Kengo Kuma, the architect of Japan’s new 2020 Olympics stadium, refuted allegations by British-Iraqi designer Zaha Hadid that his design borrowed from blueprints she made and which organizers dropped last year.

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

No one ever really rooted for Peyton Manning to fail, but boy, did some folks like to point out his flaws.

Japan honored former home run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its close relationship with the United States and their shared love of baseball.

The parents of an American woman found dead in her Florence apartment thanked Italian authorities for having made an arrest in the case as they prepared to bury her Friday in her adopted Tuscan homeland.

An Athens man is charged in a wreck that killed three members of two heavy metal bands when their van carrying 12 people careened off an interstate and down a northeast Georgia embankment.

Jenny Prahl was a middle-aged homemaker who doted on her family when her marriage and economic security suddenly crumbled.

Artists who might be inspired by the rugged Upper Peninsula outdoors can apply for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program.

Everything in director Michael Bay’s cinematic vocabulary – the glamorizing slo-mo, the falling bomb point-of-view shots, the low-angle framing of his heroes with blue sky, fireballs or an American flag in the background – suggests not real life, or the way things might have happened, but a Michael Bay movie.

January’s a notoriously rough month for movie releases. Most audiences are catching up on their late-December Oscar contenders, so the new release pickings are slim.

But for younger audiences, any light-hearted animated fare will do, and that’s where “Norm of the North” comes in.

It might take place in the arctic, but “Frozen” this is most decidedly not.

For the tots, the film is blandly inoffensive enough to offer some Saturday afternoon entertainment, but this isn’t one of those crossover hits that parents can enjoy just as much as their kids.

The lightweight time-waster of the week can’t be anything but “Ride Along 2,” a tiresome follow-up to 2014’s Kevin Hart/Ice Cube anti-buddy cop comedy.

The NHL has joined other professional leagues in mandating domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment training for all of its players.

Rene Angelil was a former singer-turned-manager when he received an audiotape of a 12-year-old singer from her mother.

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The security modular panel system manufacturer Securiclad¹ has appointed a new draughtsman.

John Wilkins, from Hebburn, will be working with clients of the North Tyneside-based company to produce general arrangement and manufacturing drawings, which support the design process. John holds an ONC in Civil Engineering. Before joining Securiclad, he worked in the offshore and construction industries.

Securiclad says that its modular composite panel systems are used to create secure places in such sites as data centres, water utilities infrastructure, hazardous waste storage facilities, healthcare facilities, financial institutions and retail units.

The product can be used in new buildings or retro-fitted, and is pre-finished, negating the need for wet trade requirements. It has internal and external applications and can be used to form a standalone room , kiosk or partition.

The product is described as modular, iand bespoke and can be designed to specification.

John Wilkins said: Securiclad is at the leading-edge of physical security and it s therefore highly exciting to play a part in its continued expansion. I m looking forward to working with contractors and end users in the project design process, and to be helping them create secure environments.

The company is a real innovator in the security sector and this role represents a fantastic opportunity.

Mike McColl, managing director of Securiclad, said: We re delighted to welcome John to the Securiclad team. His extensive skills and experience will be brought to bear in supporting our customers in safeguarding sensitive data, hardware, hazardous materials, infrastructure and valuable goods and equipment. We pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive service and John will be performing a key role in this.

About the firm

Securiclad, which is made in North Tyneside, is delivered across the UK and abroad.

Securiclad can be offered as a turnkey solution, via approved and certified personnel or on a supply-only basis for contractors who prefer to install themselves.

Securiclad can also be supplied fully assemble Visit www.securiclad.co.uk².

References

1. ^{^} Securiclad (www.securiclad.co.uk)
2. ^{^} www.securiclad.co.uk (www.securiclad.co.uk)

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These top five operational security trends will help deal with rising security threats, extreme weather conditions and endless operational challenges in 2016, writes Udi Segall, pictured, Director Vertical Marketing at Qognify¹.

Lean operations are in, more so than ever. Heightened security threats, extreme weather conditions and a tough macro-economy environment are all putting a significant burden on public sector organisations such as airports, public transport, the DoT and others. These organisations will be tasked with performing significantly more activities in 2016.

Budgets though, will not increase at the same rate. Making lean operations more important than ever. In order to achieve leaner operations, organisations are considering and adopting the following operational trends:

Power to the people

One of the most effective ways to empower personnel to make the right decisions is to provide situational awareness and situational management mobile applications to field employees.

These types of applications streamline the flow of information among field personnel and control room operators and facilitate a faster, more effective response to unfolding events, while ensuring that the handling of any situation is guided by the organisation best practices. In turn, this mitigates risk and potential damage.

Zero-latency organisations

Executives and managers need to be able to gauge performance in real time. The term zero latency organisation has been coined to describe real-time visibility into an organisation at any given time, and specifically an unfolding field situation via a dashboard.

With it, management can view a situation and intervene immediately so that it can be mitigated and remediated.

KPI visualisation

Together with the immediate detection of SLA (service level agreement) violations, KPI visualisation complements the zero latency organisation trend. With it, management not only understands what is happening, but is empowered to better handle the situation by knowing whether the current performance is within the normal range. The KPI visualisation trend ensures that management has a comprehensive view of operational performance across multiple domains and geographies.

Monitoring indicators

With the accelerated expansion of IoT (Internet of Things), organisations will accumulate far more data in 2016 than they did previously.

A recent Gartner report predicts that IoT devices will encompass more than 6.4 billion connected objects in use by 2016, a 30pc rise from 2015, and will reach nearly 21 billion connected devices by 2020.

Delivering AoT (Analytic of Things) will further gain momentum in 2016, bringing with it the ability to detect the deterioration of infrastructure and assets such as roads, railway tracks, runways, as well as building management machinery such as pumps, pipes, escalators, elevators and much more. The ability to proactively detect sensor anomalies, which often serve as a precursor to failure, will allow organisations to reduce maintenance costs while minimising service disruptions.

Return on Learning (ROL)

This trendy term augments the classic ROI model, by mining an organisation s performance data. This allows organisations to detect things such as process / SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) inefficiencies and identify teams or individuals that exhibit sub-optimal performance when compared to an organisation s benchmarks.

This analytical approach is based on proven continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma. This approach takes the guessing game out of resource and funding allocation, ensuring that resources are yielding maximum effectiveness.

Running lean and doing more with less are trends that never go out of fashion in 2016 these business needs will be as dominant as ever. Public sector organisations such as airports, public transport and the US DoT will continue to see strong public demand for better services; while at the same time the complexity of the events and possible threats that they need to be prepared for are significantly higher than what we ve seen in previous years.

The trends outlined here will allow organisations to establish lean operations that are more cost effective.

And as a result, every dollar saved will go straight to the bottom line.

References

1. ^{^} Qognify (www.Qognify.com)

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A tough-nut thief broke a security guard s wrist in the most gruesome fashion after stealing alcohol from Marks & Spencer in Harrogate town centre.

Arturas Zlinskas, 35, had been pursued by the security officer after stealing 160 of alcohol from Marks & Spencer.

The guard caught up with him in Oxford Street where Zlinskas dropped the basket and struggled with his pursuer, York Crown Court heard.

Both men went to ground and in a bid to escape, Zlinskas bent the guard s wrist and fingers back until they cracked.

Prosecutor Laura Addy said: The defendant grabs hold of the security guard s hand, peels it back with his own hand and breaks the (guard s) wrist . There is an audible crack.

Despite the immense pain he was in, the guard managed to keep hold of Zlinskas by wrapping his legs around him . Other security staff then arrived and apprehended the thief.

The victim was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where he was treated for a fracture of his hand s metacarpal bone .

He had to have a cast on his arm and was off work for six weeks.

The incident, on October 27, 2014, was part of an eight-month shoplifting spree in which Zlinskas, of Cheltenham Crescent, Harrogate, stole hundreds of pounds worth of food and alcohol from stores in Harrogate.

In November last year, he pleaded guilty to nine shop thefts, as well as assaulting a security officer, causing actual bodily harm.

He appeared at the Crown Court on Thursday when he admitted three new shoplifting charges.

Ms Addy said that following the horrific incident in Oxford Street, Zlinskas was bailed but proceeded to embark on a new wave of shop thefts, starting at Asda on Bower Road on December 4, 2014, when he stole three bottles of alcohol and evaded security staff.

On March 6 last year, he stole four bottles of wine from McColls convenience store on Knaresborough Road.

Two months later, he stole two ready meals, a packet of tomatoes, jars of mayonnaise, a bag of caster sugar, chocolate bars, two packs of Chunky chicken, Swiss rolls and a packet of Pilgrims Choice cheddar cheese, in four separate incidents at the One Stop Shop in Crab Lane.

On September 20 last year, he dipped back into Marks & Spencer, where he stole five bottles of whisky worth 130 .

He went back in five days later and took another five bottles .

When a security guard tried to stop him, Zlinskas dragged him outside before running off.

Ms Addy said Zlinskas had six previous convictions for thefts and breaching court orders, all of which occurred over the past 15 months.

Defence barrister Holly Betke put Zlinskas s prodigious thieving down to recent drug addiction and the loss of his job.

He turned to theft either to feed his drug habit or simply to eat, said Ms Betke.

Judge Guy Kearl QC gave Zlinskas an eight-month suspended prison sentence and a drug-rehabilitation order.

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An intruder struck the owner of a country estate on the head before tying him and his wife up and running off with jewellery worth 700k.

The burglar got into Goodwood House, near Chichester, by climbing up a ladder and getting into the building through an upstairs window.

He then was disturbed by Lady March, the joint owner of Goodwood House, who had gone to investigate the unusal noise.

The intruder pushed Lady March and then struck her husband Lord March on the head, causing an injury to his ear.

Lady March was then forced to open the safe which contained a large amount of jewellery, including historic heirlooms worth more than 700,000 before the couple were tied up.

The terrifying ordeal took place at around 4.30am on Wednesday (January 13).

Police were not alerted for another two hours at 6.30am, when a member of staff at the property arrived for work.

Detective Inspector Till Sanderson, of Sussex Police¹, said: “This was a frightening ordeal and I pay tribute to the courage of Lord and Lady March.

“They are devastated at the loss of these treasured items, many of which are irreplacable.

“We are making a nationwide appeal in a bid for information and to trace stolen jewellery.

“Forensic teams are working with detectives to investigate the circumstances and we are appealing for anyone who saw any suspicious activity during that night up until 7am or in the previous week to contact us.

“We are doing all we can try to trace the stolen treasures, liaising with auction houses, stately homes, dealers and those with specialist knowledge.”

The historic items, with huge sentimental value, include an 1820 diamond tiara, worth in the region of 400,000; an antique diamond necklace from the first half of the 19th century, worth in the region of 200,000; and an emerald intaglio and diamond ring from 1800, engraved with Duchess’s coronet and monogram CL for Louise de Keroualle, mistress of Charles II.

More than 40 items were stolen including emerald, diamond and sapphire rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces as well as antique Rolex and Girard Perregaux watches.

Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact Sussex Police via 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk, or call 101 quoting Operation Forster.

Alternatively you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org²³

• A 26-year-old man from Hampshire has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and has been bailed until February while investigations continue.

References

1. ^{^} Sussex Police (www.theargus.co.uk)
2. ^{^} 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk (www.theargus.co.uk)
3. ^{^} www.crimestoppers-uk.org (www.crimestoppers-uk.org)

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The systems which control heating, lighting and security in most buildings are particularly vulnerable to cyber attack, a defence and security product company has warned. In analysis done in late 2015, QinetiQ¹ found that these systems create a route for serious damage and disruption to be caused to most major companies and organisations; capabilities now showcased in the real-world through the spear-phishing attack on a Ukrainian power network. Those that would suffer the most disruption include airports, stadiums, hospitals and government departments.

Despite the dangers, such as no communications at an airport or lighting failure in a hospital, the systems which control these applications remains some of the least secure, QinetiQ believes.

The firm says in a whitepaper² that these systems have evolved from technologies not designed to be connected. They are therefore often designed, installed and managed by people who have not been trained to understand the security implications.

This creates vulnerabilities that could be exploited by those looking to damage an organisation or create panic, such as activists, terrorists, aggrieved nation states or disgruntled former employees. It could also help criminals physically break in.

The paper outlines the consequences of a compromise, the potential attack vectors and recommendations for mitigating these risks.

Attack vectors often exist because such systems have not been securely installed. The QinetiQ research team found Building Management Systems (BMS) were often simply switched on or plugged in, connecting them to insecure networks or leaving them accessible via Wi-Fi. Default passwords were often left unchanged.

The paper recommends that installation of these systems must involve an understanding of how these systems are connected to the online world and how to restrict this.

Installers and facilities managers setting up the systems should be trained and certified to ISO 27001 or equivalent, or consultants with these qualifications should be involved.

Andrew Kelly, Principal Consultant, Cyber Security, QinetiQ and co-author of the paper said: Devices that were never built for security are increasingly becoming connected to networks, and so becoming hackable. We are seeing this in the domestic sphere too, as the Internet of Things becomes more prevalent, but it is the but BMS-connected devices have particular potential to wreak havoc as they control systems necessary for business to function. Despite this, they have some of the laxest security, both in their design and in their installation and maintenance.

This is a pressing issue.

The challenge is that it crosses two previously unconnected areas: facilities management and IT.

But as more BMS become connected, these departments either need to work more closely together, or facilities managers need to become security experts.

About QinetiQ

QinetiQ employs 10,000 in defence, aerospace and security.

The whitepaper can be downloaded at:

http://www.qinetiq.com/services-products/cyber/Pages/bms-the-cyber-security-blind-spot.aspx#³

References

1. ^{^} QinetiQ (www.QinetiQ.com)
2. ^{^} whitepaper (www.qinetiq.com)
3. ^{^} http://www.qinetiq.com/services-products/cyber/Pages/bms-the-cyber-security-blind-spot.aspx# (www.qinetiq.com)

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A British mother on trial accused of taking her toddler to Syria and joining Islamic State (IS) described her dash for the border to escape the group’s clutches.

Tareena Shakil said she spotted the Turkish border and “just ran, ran, ran” with her child, making herself known to a friendly military patrol who took her into custody.

She also described life under IS rule, where she is alleged to have spent three months from October 2014, as “hell” and “horrible”. She was being interviewed back in the UK by British police.

The prosecution claims she made up the story, and has showed messages in which she is alleged to have told friends and family she was “happy as Larry” to be living in the IS capital, Raqqa.

Photographs also allegedly show Shakil posing with an IS balaclava and brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle, while in the city of some 200,000 people.

A senior security analyst, in evidence, said only Islamic State women from the all-female specialist police unit the Al-Khansa brigade were allowed access to weapons in the self-declared caliphate.

Jurors hearing evidence in the terror trial at Birmingham Court have already been told by Shakil’s barrister his client accepts travelling to Syria and later lying about her account to the UK authorities, but denies wrongdoing.

In tapes of her police interview played to the court, she claimed to have gone on a package holiday to Turkey, falling for a mystery man she met at the beach, before being kidnapped and driven across the border after travelling to Gaziantep.

From there she said she was taken to Jarabulus in Syria with other women, including Russians, and after about a week arrived in Raqqa – though she claimed to be unaware that was the destination – where she lived with other non-married girls.

“They took us to a really big house. There was about 60 or 70 people,” she said.

She added: “Immediately.

I thought this place is hell, this place is hell. This place is not good. It’s a horrible place.”

While there, she said the girls were watched by two others – a Moroccan and Saudi woman, and that another man would visit to arrange marriages to jihadi fighters.

Shakil said: “All the time women; married, gone, married, gone, married, gone.”

The 26-year-old, originally from Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire but recently of Beechfield Road in Birmingham, said other women wanted to escape but she decided to “play dumb” and sit tight while she learned the lie of the land.

She added: “I said (to them) I personally want to stay here a bit longer, act dumb, try to find out how do you travel around Syria.”

A group of women did run away while she was living at the house, and after three months she claimed to have made the decision herself to escape.

“I’d just had enough,” she said. “I was dying to go home.

I’d just had enough.

I’m in trouble whatever happens, I might as well take my chances.”

She paid a taxi driver 50 US dollars ( 35) to drive her towards the Turkish border.

“I heard him say ‘Turkey, 1km’,” she said.

“I said ‘stop the car’, threw him 9,000 Syrian dollars – grabbed my child and my Pampers, grabbed the blanket.

“And I just ran, ran, ran, because 1km is nothing.

“I can see these Isis fighters but they didn’t see me, nobody came after me, nobody fired after me.”

She added: “There were some Turkish soldiers and I said ‘you need to help me’.

“I ended up in a detention centre.

I was six weeks in that place, before I came here.”

She returned to the UK on a Turkish Airlines flight into Heathrow airport in February 2015, and was arrested off the plane by British police.

Dr Florence Gaub, an expert in Arab conflict zones and government adviser, said only the women of the Islamic State’s Al-Khansa brigade received weapons and the training to use them.

Giving evidence for the prosecution, she added the unit’s members would also be among the few women permitted to leave Raqqa, without the special permission of their husbands or a Sharia court.

Shakil denies joining proscribed terror group IS and a charge of encouraging acts of terror through Twitter.

She is believed to be the first British woman to have allegedly returned from Islamic State-held territory to face such terror charges.

The trial continues.

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A security guard who allegedly threw a bucket of cold water over homeless people¹ as they slept outside a shopping centre has been suspended.

The soaking wet group were trying to sleep in the back doorway of the Castle Mall, in Norwich.

Security firm Interserve² has now suspended an employee for alleged gross misconduct.

The People’s Picnic group, which serves food to the homeless and hungry in Norwich, claimed the incident had happened on its Facebook page³.

The group said in a post that it was “shocked and disgusted” and claimed the guard was “laughing” as he hurled the water.

Came home last night appalled to hear that a few of the guys seeking refuge in a doorway round the back of the Castle…

Posted by The Peoples’ Picnic on Wednesday, January 13, 2016⁴⁵

It added: “Not only did he leave them in soaking wet clothes, freezing and exposed to harsh declining temperatures, but also drenched their sleeping bags which were the only other means of keeping them warm.”

Amanda Phillips, centre manager at Castle Mall⁶, said: “We have concluded our joint investigation with Interserve, the supplier of our security service.

“We have found that an incident did occur on Sunday evening, and one of Interserve’s employees in the security team has been suspended on the grounds of gross misconduct and is no longer working at Castle Mall.

“Everyone in the management team at Castle Mall is very upset that members of the public have not been treated as they should be by someone working on behalf of Castle Mall.

“We apologise unreservedly to the individuals affected.

Getty Apology: The shopping centre has said sorry to the group

“We all sympathise with the plight of the homeless and the isolated behaviour of one individual should not reflect in any way on the rest of the team.

“We are now taking this opportunity to review our operating procedures and training practices to make sure nothing like this can happen again.”

An Interserve spokesperson said: “Following an investigation into the incident at Castle Mall, we suspended one employee for gross misconduct with immediate effect.

“We are very sorry for what has happened and are extremely disappointed with the behaviour of this individual, which is against everything we stand for as a company.

“We work closely with several charities for the homeless and take the issue very seriously.

“We will be making a donation to local homeless charities by way of an apology.”

References

1. ^{^} homeless people (www.mirror.co.uk)
2. ^{^} Security firm Interserve (www.mirror.co.uk)
3. ^{^} Facebook page (www.mirror.co.uk)
4. ^{^} The Peoples’ Picnic (www.facebook.com)
5. ^{^} Wednesday, January 13, 2016 (www.facebook.com)
6. ^{^} Castle Mall (www.mirror.co.uk)

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Tyco Security Products¹ has introduced the new Illustra² Pro 2 megapixel 30x PTZ camera, offering a 30x optical zoom to deliver better forensic detail over greater distances.

The new pan and tilt offers 30x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom, compared with the 20x zoom of the previous Illustra PTZ model. The combination of the PTZ s optical capability and HD resolution video allows users to identify critical details such as reading car number plate characters at distances of more than 300m from the camera, according to the company.

To improve operator control with better precision and control accuracy, the PTZ uses zoom adjusted programme (ZAP) to automatically control the pan and tilt speed in proportion to the amount of zoom used. The camera helps reduce the costs in network overheads and storage costs with improved low light performance and noise reduction, the makers add.

Available in indoor and outdoor models, the new PTZ delivers better wide dynamic range it is claimed for surveillance in the most challenging of lighting.

These camera s video quality is maintained during rain, fog or snow through the auto defog feature, while the whiteout highlight reduction feature ensures that car headlights or street lamps do not compromise the image during nighttime surveillance. The PTZ also supports electronic image stabilisation for lower effects of vibrations from wind and other sources when using long range optical magnification.

The product introduces an intelligent guard tour feature using embedded intelligence to autonomously track, zoom in and record events or suspicious activities, so that the operator can concentrate on other priorities without missing any vital activities. This feature unites motion detection, auto tracking and pre-set sequences to allow the PTZ to move through a pre-set tour independent of a control room operator.

Stuart Bettle, Video Product Marketing Manager, EMEA, Tyco Security Products, said: We continually strive to push the limits in video quality, reliability and performance of our Illustra Pro cameras, to answer the feedback from our customers.

The enhanced imaging features, embedded intelligence and industry leading precision control of the new Illustra Pro 30x PTZ delivers a premium quality PTZ camera well suited to meet the needs of customers in mission critical surveillance applications.

The pan and tilt is compatible with American Dynamics VideoEdge and exacqVision video management system (VMS) software and recorders.

A full line of indoor covers and outdoor mounting options are available; visit www.illustracameras.com³.

References

1. ^{^} Tyco Security Products (www.tycosecurityproducts.com)
2. ^{^} Illustra (www.illustracameras.com)
3. ^{^} www.illustracameras.com (www.illustracameras.com)

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Recently in Kegalle, President Maithripala Sirisena his willingness to totally prohibit tobacco and alcohol sale if not for the fact that his government would be overthrown by the opposition political parties. He reconfirmed his ambition a few days ago by stating growing of tobacco will be completely stopped in Sri Lanka by 2020. By the same token, The President explained how the government could lose in terms of Excise Tax Rs.60 billion on cigarettes and Rs.55 billion on Arrack and Beer annually.

This clearly indicated the vulnerable position the government is in right now.

QUANDARY

So this leads to a new predicament as per the Sinhala axiom: Unu nisa bonnath beha, kiri nisa ahakdannath Beha situation. (Can t throw away because it is milk; can t drink either as it is too hot)! The regime faces a quandary as Sri Lanka s total inward foreign remittances are mainly made up of those Sri Lankans who go to West Asian countries as well as from all the other Sri Lankans and professionals elsewhere in the world, which is estimated at a staggering figure of US$6 billion

Talking of alcohol, Scotch Whiskey comes on top as the gentleman s drink globally. It is classified into three or more forms such as (1) Distilled in Scotland, (2) Casked in Scotland (Aged 3 years and 1 day in Scotland. (4) There is no requirement for a barrel of whiskey that meets these criteria to be bottled in Scotland and 26 brands of Scotch are bottled in India.

In other words at one given time some 20 million casks, over 500 million cases, are maturing in warehouses in Scotland and approx.

10 billion bottles of Scotch after bottling are sold in more than 200 markets worldwide which acts as a major foreign exchange owner to the concerned government coffers.

From a different analysis, the Avant Garde Maritime Services issue has turned into a hullabaloo. President Maithripala Sirisena s contention about the floating armoury run by the private company to hand it over to the Sri Lanka Navy finally evoked all arrangements with Avant Garde Maritimes Services (including handing over of a vessel and the armoury they held) to the Navy explaining it was illegal. In doing so it was it was handed over to the Navy to operate under a private company owned by the Sri Lanka Navy according to a strategic plan.

SL Navy s responsibilities in this area are to receive, hold and issue of weapons, ammunition and equipment that belong to foreign and local teams on board and performing security services.

According to a Naval Spokesman s statistics, quoted recently in the media, a total of 652 moves were executed in Galle and Colombo Harbour during the past month with a recorded staggering sum of earnings ( US$1.55 million (Rs.

220 m) within one month from 13 November to 12 December 2015 for providing safety and security measures to merchant ships carrying weapons, ammunitions and associated equipment to vessels crossing between the High Risk areas.

SEA PIRACY

History of the floating armouries in the international waters became prominent in 2005 with the collapse of Somalian government and its economy. Out of desperation Somalians started to resort to illegal and criminal activities of hi-jacking ships and took vessels and the crew to Somalia where they held the crew as hostages and demanded substantial amounts of money as ransoms. Sea piracy has ever since become severe with Somalians becoming boisterous in the Indian Ocean where 2/3 of the ships proceeding towards Atlantic or Pacific Oceans sail through the Indian Ocean.

According to the Law of the Sea such protection to commercial ships could be provided only by private contractors as no naval or any other state military are allowed on ships; it is illegal for a ship to employ armed security personnel directly.

It may be the reason why President Sirisena took a rigid stance to take over the operation from Avant Guard Maritime Services and handing over to the Navy whereby in turn the Navy could delegate the responsibility to any private firm in the open market including Maritime Services too on open tender.

MORALITY

Anyone authorised to handle arms and ammunition in any emergency situation means giving an open licence to kill!

Cynics claim that President Sirisena being a Theravada Buddhist, who is so concerned with maintaining the country s old traditions and culture and permitting consumption of alcohol (even partly as a means of generating money for the State) or sanctioning the issue of guns is against the very religious principles he espouses in Sri Lanka, primarily known as a Buddhist country! Whichever way one tries to analyse this issue (whether it is against Buddhism or not) another school of thought underlines the fact that Buddhism does not accept it as a sin to take up guns in a life threatening situation .

Whatever said and done, many seem to think President Maithripala Sirisena s popularity has diminished over a period of one year to such a level where no other previous Prime Minister or a President had been subjected to before! His latest comments on Enrique Iglesias show in Colombo has gone viral in the internet as much as in the international press where he pronounced that the organisers of such a show should be whipped with toxic stingray tails because it was uncivilised.

In a retaliatory message President Sirisena made no bones about it by stating Some people criticise me but these people are attacking our proud culture and traditions when we reach out to global platforms .

He always maintains that during the yahapalanaya such criticism can take place where the media and journalists are given a free hand only in a democratic atmosphere.

However, arguments for and against the moral governance seem to continue by the day, as the human being is someone who cannot be satisfied in whatever circumstances.

tilakfernando@gmail.com¹

References

1. ^{^} tilakfernando@gmail.com (www.lankaweb.com)

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Clinical Trial Manager 12 Month Contract Buckinghamshire – 400 per day

Company: Meet
Location:
Reference: GGC40
Closing Date: 13 Feb 16
Type: Contract
Salary ( ): Competitive
Benefits:¹

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Clinical Trial Manager who has experience with Phase IV trials and Investigator Initiated Studies to work as a Clinical Trial Manager for a global Pharma. The role will be split between these two areas and will be focused on Irritable Bowel Syndrome trials. CRO management will be a large part of the role so experience in this is key.

This role is office based in Buckinghamshire and is an initial 12 month contract.

Requirements:

Get in touch to discuss this role further! grace@peoplewithchemistry.com or 07794527518. Your CV will be treated in complete confidence.

Clinical Trial Manager 12 Months Pharma 400 per day

COMPANY PROFILE

This multinational biopharma has a very strong pipeline in various therapy areas including Ophthalmology.

A well-respected, top tier pharma who treat their contractors exceptionally well, this is a company that has proved incredibly popular. Being a mid-sized business, the management structure is flat and therefore all members of the team have a good level of involvement and variety of role, including European and Global roles.

Get in touch to discuss this role further! grace@peoplewithchemistry.com or 07794527518.

Your CV will be treated in complete confidence.

Clinical Trial Manager 12 Months Pharma 400 per day

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for all study management aspects of a global clinical study from concept and planning through to close out

Managing the CRO with regards to timelines and other key areas

Managing and liaising with the investigators

Responsible for budgeting, vendor management and timeline management on a European scale

Managing 5 Phase IV studies and 5 Investigator-led trials

Get in touch to discuss this role further! grace@peoplewithchemistry.com or 07794527518. Your CV will be treated in complete confidence.

Clinical Trial Manager 12 Months Pharma 400 per day

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

The candidate:

Must have EU Study Management experience

Must have Investigator Initiated Study experience

Phase IV study experience required

Location: Buckinghamshire (fully office based)

Duration: 12 months

Rate: 400 per day

Full job description and company details are available upon application, apply below.

This position is being dealt with by Grace Goss-Custard at Meet, please call on 00 44 7794527518 or contact the office on +44 203 178 7488. You can also e-mail us directly at grace@peoplewithchemistry.com to discuss in confidence.

Meet are good people who are great at recruitment. We re proud to partner with the industry s leading Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device, Marketing Communications and Contract Research Organisations (CROs) worldwide, helping them to find and secure the best global talent available.

We pride ourselves on our open, friendly approach and are here to guide you through the recruitment process every step of the way.

Find out more about us at www.peoplewithchemistry.com

Consultant LinkedIn page link https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracemeetrecruitment

Key words: study manager, study management, trial management, trial manager, pharma, dermatology, contract, global pharma, clinical trials

Contact Information:

References

1. ^{^} Meet (www.pharmiweb.com)

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Chesapeake, Va.

At least 10 people were arrested as police and Homeland Security served search warrants at several massage parlors in Chesapeake Friday afternoon.

Police have been investigating the parlors for approximately one year, and asked for the assistance of Homeland Security approximately six months ago should the investigation grow into federal jurisdiction, according to police spokeswoman Kelly O Sullivan.

Police say complaints involved permits and employees giving inappropriate massages.

Authorities are on scene at these six locations regarding Chesapeake indecency laws, according to Carissa Cutrell of Homeland Security.

The businesses are:

• Massage Time, 316 Battlefield Blvd S.
• Asian Massage, 115 Byron Street
• Harmony Massage, 117 Coastal Way
• Asia Dream Massage, 809 Live Oak Drive, #121
• Sunny Spa Massage, 1400 Kempsville Rd
• Massage Elite, 200 Battlefield Blvd N.

36.768209 -76.287493

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Paranoia s the garlic in life s kitchen; you can never have too much. T. Pynchon

The amount of electronic information out there is overwhelming.

You might think that your data is a safe needle in this haystack, but you d be wrong. Malicious hackers would do anything to get it your infrastructure, your online identity and your company s confidential data are tasty morsels for their ilk. That s why they re so dangerous.

If you use information technology for any purpose, you need to be a little bit paranoid know how to disguise your identity, how to encrypt your communications and stored data, but also how to effectively destroy it forever, so that it won t ever be used against you. You need to know how to leave no trace!

An IT expert could find things on your hard drive that you had no idea even existed and so could a cybercriminal. Many of those things you might never wish for anyone to see.

To be honest, I would bet that even a newbie hacker could find out more about you than you were ever prepared to disclose. All that s needed is a bit of know-how and an opportunity. Does this mean that you re defenceless?

Of course not all you need is to know what to do.

Woody Allen said: Just because you re paranoid doesn t mean they re not out to get you! I completely agree, and I will try to make you just as sensitive to vulnerabilities as I am, because there is nothing worse than a false sense of security, which is really an ignorance of the real and present dangers.

In the next few lessons, I will show you the potential scale of the threat you ll see what kind of data gets written into your hard drive and how it can be accessed, what it could potentially be used for, and what errors we most often commit when trying to erase this data. I ll also show you how to destroy it safely and effectively.

Let s start with an experiment.

I want you to do this yourself, using your home or office equipment. You will need:

1. a used portable data storage device it can be a flash drive, an SD card, a smartphone or even a portable hard drive (be warned that the bigger the storage of your drive, the longer this experiment will take);
2. data recovery software. You can find a free one online or use the free demo version of Ontrack EasyRecovery, which you ll find here:

Download Ontrack EasyRecovery >>¹

If you ve chosen EasyRecovery, install it in demo mode and follow the instructions to scan your portable storage device.

What did you find?

If you ve used your portable storage device a lot saved lots of files, written and deleted and overwritten them repeatedly it s very likely that you ll find an extensive history of those actions, complete with entire files ready to be restored. If you re not the first owner of this device, you will likely find out a lot about whoever used it before you. Does that surprise you?

It really shouldn t. The things that this software is able to retrieve are a tiny fraction of what a professional could find in a lab full of specialist equipment.

Do you know who owns your old laptop, smartphone or desktop computer now? No?

Well, you might want to find out!

See you soon!

P.S.

If you want to share any questions, doubts or comments about this course you can do so in the comment box below.

References

1. ^{^} Download Ontrack EasyRecovery >> (www.krollontrack.co.uk)

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High profile cyber attacks on banks, charities, telecom companies etc have hit the headlines lately, but your plant is just as much at risk! Have you evaluated how secure your plant is?

Modern industrial control systems (ICS) have an unprecedented level of connectedness to each other and to the outside world. This brings numerous benefits now that connected sensors are cheaper and easier to develop and gives the opportunity for much greater level of plant data interrogation.

Nowadays even the most basic control system is invariably connected to a computer. However, this very connectivity that brings such great benefits also opens up a hazard – attacks from unfriendly parties.

There are potentially serious consequences should vulnerabilities to ICS be exploited.

Although there are various ways to attack an ICS environment, the most common methods to achieve practical impact on operations fall into three categories: loss, denial and manipulation. Cyber-attacks on ICS can result in numerous impediments such as: denial of service, unauthorised control of the manufacturing process, loss of integrity, loss of confidentiality and loss of an organisation s reputation.

Organisations in the process industry must approach the problem of ICS attacks pragmatically; It is not a matter of if it will happen, but when it will happen!

ICS can no longer use security through obscurity as a suitable kind of defence against cyber-attacks.

In a bid to help industrialists better prepare for this possible infringement to their ICS network security, experts at the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology¹ have devised a one-day short course² that examines this topic from design through to installation. It will inform attendees of best practice in industry such as strategies, activities, or approaches, which have been shown to be effective through research, evaluation and implementation. The Chancellor has pledged to increase spending on cyber security to 1.9 billion by 2020.

You are not being asked to spend a billion; just 490 will secure your place on this one-day course on 9 March 2016 at the Centre s premises in Chatham Maritime, Kent.

Further information and course details³ are available at www.bulksolids.com⁴ or ring the Wolfson Centre on 020 8331 8646.

The Aquaculturists
This blog is maintained by The Aquaculturists⁵ staff and is supported by the
magazine International Aquafeed⁶ which is published by Perendale Publishers Ltd⁷

For additional daily news from aquaculture around the world: aquaculture-news⁸

References

1. ^{^} Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology (www.gre.ac.uk)
2. ^{^} one-day short course (www.gre.ac.uk)
3. ^{^} course details (www.gre.ac.uk)
4. ^{^} www.bulksolids.com (www.bulksolids.com)
5. ^{^} The Aquaculturists (theaquaculturists.blogspot.co.uk)
6. ^{^} International Aquafeed (www.aquafeed.co.uk))
7. ^{^} Perendale Publishers Ltd (www.perendale.com)
8. ^{^} aquaculture-news (infoportal1.web2rss.co.uk)

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Weekend Diary

Having been dealing with the awful mess which is the island of Koh Tao and the death toll there of foreigners I have been distracted again by the antics of Thailand s most famous fake lawyer and vexatious litigant, Brian Goudie, who has been repeatedly exposed for his crimes in the western media, but whom of course the Thai justice system naturally cannot get to grips with.

Brian Goudie, sentenced in Australia for six years for stealing from his employers and 3 years in Thailand for cheating a 78-year-old American woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has now it seems been forced to withdraw another fictitious story about a judgment by the British Independent Press Standards Organisation.

This is the third time Goudie, who even has a documentary dedicated to himself in a series called Serial Swindlers , has fabricated judgments from IPSO claiming on each occasion that Andrew Drummond (myself) had been censured.

In fact IPSO has not censured me at all in any of the judgments.
On the previous occasions Goudie s concerned stories about himself.


The latest case was one made by Goudie for his colleague David Hanks, the former owner of the Masquerades Brothel in Keysborough, in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and it was not brought against myself, but a newspaper in Scotland, the Ayrshire Post .

It related to a story which I had written and published on this site but had not sent to the Ayrshire Post because I do not normally send to local newspapers.

Hanks had been charged together with a Russian with running a racket in Pattaya lending money to Russians at 60 per cent per month and holding their passports as security.


Hanks had made multiple complaints. They included complaints that Hanks falsely been accused of being held in custody and also had been involved in another fraud namely: that he and an associate are said to have targeted American billionaire TV tycoon Bill Monson , allegedly telling him that they could help him to access the frozen fortune of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and that the complainant s associate (Brian Goudie*) wanted a fee of 7 million. (*my note)

This was another story published on andrew-drummond.com and also by myself in a Scottish national newspaper. (PIC)

Although the Ayrshire Post newspaper published the story without permission I was happy to assist them. The initial details of Hanks racketeering case were provided by my Thai assistant from Thailand s Department of Special Investigation.

It was reported as Alexander Matusov .

In fact on the court list his co-defendant was named as Alexander Komondorskiy. So that WAS a mistake. I did not state that Hanks was remanded in custody.

But I of course did complete an investigation into the attempted fraud made on Bill Monson.

Hanks was subsequently acquitted after his co-defendant and several Russian witnesses did not turn up to testify which is par for the course in Pattaya if defendants have fed the courts enough cash for bail no matter what the charges – even murder.

I duly published Hanks acquittal published on andrew-drummond.com and corrected errors. The Ayrshire Post did not publish contemporaneously but offered to publish his acquittal and also correct their inaccuracies.

The offer was not taken up. In any case as their article was the subject of an IPSO complaint they waited for adjudication.

IPSO ruled that the newspaper should merely fulfill the obligation they had made.

This was to record the acquittal and correct two inaccuracies. As for the other complaints they were all thrown out.

After it was pointed out to IPSO that Goudie was changing their judgments remarkably Goudie made some corrections and announced:

FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND RE_POSTED

The original headline was: IPSO censures Ayrshire Post newspaper over Andrew Drummond article.

This was changed to: IPSO censures Ayrshire Post newspaper over article based on Andrew Drummond article.

Needless to say he faked it again. His story was completely different to the IPSO judgment which of course did not mention Andrew Drummond at all.

Goudie s states in his latest story:

Drummond was twice convicted in Thailand before absconding whilst on bail in the face of a mounting number of criminal prosecutions under Thailand’s Computer Crimes Act.

That sounds ominous.

Andrew Drummond a criminal?

He does not clarify that there are two not ten prosecutions and they are actually libel cases and SLAPP cases at that, which have been taken by himself and Drew Walter Noyes, both convicted criminals and con men, whom I have been highlighting in Thailand for quite some time.

(SLAPP: A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition)

The Thai justice system is a bit slow to grasp what is going on and slow is a rather flattering word here.

Drew Walter Noyes of course departed for the Unites states last year while on bail appealing a 2 year jail sentence for extortion. He left behind four children taking five with him.

Brian Goudie is on bail appealing a 3 year sentence for posing as a barrister and an officer in the Royal Marines to cheat Barbara Fanelli Miller out of 7.8 million Thai baht.

But both these Charlies have a string of accusations against them.

Goudie is also on bail for embezzlement and cheating two Britons and a German in the Thai resort of Pattaya, and a warrant of arrest has been issued against him for by his former Thai assistant on a number of charges. These also include libel allegations that Goudie, born Brian Goldie in Falkirk, Scotland, put up pornographic images of her on the internet and called her a US$6 dollar prostitute.

(Above – Noyes with current assistant in Pattaya – New Year – looking sheepish)

Drew Noyes has a felony history in the United States, where he was exposed by the Morning Star (now Star) in North Carolina by Pulitzer prize winner Scott Gold.

Among the allegations in Scott s report were property fraud, share fraud and even sexual harassment.

Both have multiple websites with headlines such as Andrew Drummond is exposed as a fraud and Myriad Lies of by Andrew Drummond and are actively optimising them in searches.

He has also made umptten fake posts on Liveleaks .


For the full judgment see the following link:
https://www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/rulings/IPSOrulings-detail.html?id=285


The original story about Hanks. (Ayrshire Post story not available)
http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2015/05/the-russian-mafia-and-former-melbourne.html
Story on this site reporting Hanks acquittal
http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2015/08/i-am-happy-that-i-have-finally-able-to.html
Other fabricated judgments of Brian Goudie
http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2015/01/the-fake-judgments-of-brian-goudie.html

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