27/05/2014 BBC Oxford News


27/05/2014

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Good evening. A man from channel. Now it's time to

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Good evening. A man from Oxfordshire, who was one of the

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senior bosses at Oxfam, has been jailed for nearly two and half years

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after pleading guilty to defrauding the charity. Edward McKenzie`Green,

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from Chipping Norton, took nearly ?65,000 in 2011. He used a fake

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name, false invoices and invented companies. Charlotte Stacey reports.

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It's a global charity with a reputation for fighting poverty and

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campaigning for justice. But here at the headquarters in the Cowley area

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of Oxford, Oxfam's own anti`fraud chief was scamming them out of tens

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of thousands of pounds from the inside. All money donated for

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charitable work. Edward McKenzie`Green, from Chipping

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Norton, took almost ?65,000 between February and December 2011. Earlier

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this month, the Old Bailey heard the 34`year`old had used the name Keith

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Prowse, he made up companies and handed in fictitious invoices. He'd

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also paid money into the accounts of his father and friend before

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transferring the cash into his own account and spending it. A charge

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against his father, accusing him of helping to launder more than

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?35,000, was dropped. Oxfam says it's now introduced strict measures

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to try to stop this happening again. We've taken a very hard look at our

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controls. In particular, we've focussed on segregation of duties.

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As you can imagine, it's an important element of our control

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that the person requesting a payment of an invoice shouldn't be the same

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person approving it. In this case, Eddie was abusing that. We issued

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fresh guidance and are really taking a very close interest in that part

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of our controls. Today, Edward McKenzie`Green was sentenced to two

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years and five months for defrauding the charity. Oxfam say they have now

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reinforced strict background checks for future employees and will look

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to recover the money. Charlotte Stacey, BBC South Today.

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A man's been released on bail after a body was found at a flat in

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Oxford. Michael Broadway, who was 33, was discovered at his home in

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South Bridge Row on Sunday. Post`mortem results have come back

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inconclusive. A 55`year`old man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has

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been bailed until July. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, says he'll be

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targeting Aylesbury in the run up to next year's general election. It's

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one of several areas in England where there's strong support for the

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party. UKIP, which wants the UK to leave the EU, topped the European

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polls after a campaign calling for lower levels of immigration from

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Europe. Police are still looking for a prisoner who walked out of an open

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jail in Buckinghamshire over the weekend. Wayne McLeod, who's 36,

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escaped from Springhill Prison in Grendon Underwood on Sunday evening.

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Officers believe he may be in Reading, but haven't said why he's

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serving a jail sentence. A child is arrested every four minutes in

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England and Wales, yet the number arrested in the Thames Valley is

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falling. In 2008, more than 12,000 children, under the age of 17, were

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arrested in our region. But last year, fewer than 4,000 were

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questioned by officers. National trends suggest the majority of these

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young people held in custody are boys. The most common offence is

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theft. Earlier, I spoke to Frances Crook from the Howard League for

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Penal Reform, the group behind these figures. I asked her how authorities

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tackle this issue of crimes committed by children. This is a

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great success story by Thames Valley, who have reduced the child

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arrests. It's not a question of arresting children who have

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committed crimes. Actually, what they were doing was hitting targets.

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It's much easier to arrest a child who is kicking a football about,

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than a professional burglar. What the police are doing now is much

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more intelligent policing. They are using professional discretion. They

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are resolving issues locally. That is better for children, better for

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victims. Bet are fot taxpayer and better for community relations.

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Children in England and Wales can be arrested from the age of 15. That is

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the lowest age of criminal responsibility in Europe. Do you

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think that age is about right? It's absolutely be screen who police have

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to deal with children who are in primary school. More than 1,000

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primary school`aged children were arrested in England and Wales last

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year. We should raise the age of criminal responsibility so it is not

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the police who deal with 10, 11 or 12`year`olds. It should be social

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services or children services who deal with them, not the police, or

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parents. Police are taking responsibility away from parents. I

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think that is wrong too. Thank you very much. Police are looking for a

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man from Oxfordshire who's gone missing with his three`year`old

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daughter. Ewan Powell, who's 42 and from Benson, hasn't been seen since

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Saturday. His daughter, Tanith Powell from Worcestershire, is

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thought to be with him. A new anti`smoking campaign has started in

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Buckinghamshire asking people to avoid smoking in parks or children's

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play areas. Signs will be put up and the county council will be working

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with schools to increase awareness of the ban. Peter Cooke reports.

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Will these signs stop this common problem? Bucking hamshire County

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Council and Aylesbury District Council certainly hope so. Children

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see people smoking they think it's socially acceptable. We don't agree

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with that. We think we must do everything we can to prevent them

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from starting up habits early on which could develop into more

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serious smoking later in their lives. A six`month pilot across five

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parks in the town will be assessed before being expanded. If it's not

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enforceable, will it make any difference? A good idea, even though

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my son smokes. You will never stop people smoking in public areas like

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this, unfortunately. It would help if there are ashtrays provided and

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stuff like that. A UK`wide ban has been law since 2007. Lighting up in

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cars with children is likely to be made illegal next year. Research

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shows more than 300,000 children visit the GP every year suffering

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the affects of second hand smoke. Councils here hope this small poster

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will have some impact on this very big health issue. Peter Cooke, BBC

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South Today. That's it from us for now. We're back in BBC Breakfast

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tomorrow morning, but for now I'll hand you over to Alexis Green for

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the weather. Have a very good evening.

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tomorrow morning, but for now Unsettled start to the week. High

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pressure will build just in time for the weekend. Over night tonight we

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will see outbreaks of rain. There could be heavy bursts in a few

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places lasting through much of the day. There will be a respite for

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some by dawn tomorrow. Temperatures down to nine or ten Celsius. Rain or

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showers to start the day tomorrow. It will become dryer as we head

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through the day. A risk of one or two showers and rain to northern

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parts of the region. Elsewhere brightness to be had, but a lot of

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cloud. Unsettled right up to the start of Friday when we will see

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high pressure building. More settled less in the way in

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Thursday and then it becomes drier with sunshine by the weekend.

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If you've been sat at home with miserable Mayweather today wondering

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why on earth we didn't go abroad for half term week, we are just going to

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add insult to injury because people have been basking in some sunshine

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across southern Spain. Fairly overcast skies in Paris but

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nevertheless, still 17 degrees. Across eastern England it was cold,

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13 degrees with persistent rain. Better across the north-west

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Highlands. The reason for the cloud and rain was this frontal system,

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rather breezy as well. The rain continues through the night, some a

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bit heavy to the east of the Pennines. Another miserable day in

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prospect particularly for eastern England. Cloudy, grey and breezy.

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Pretty wet to

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