20/04/2017 London News

A couple who pretended their baby had fallen ill on a London bus -

to hide the fact she'd died at home - have been convicted of 'causing

But Jeffrey Wiltshire and Rosalin Baker were cleared

of murdering four month-old Imani, who suffered multiple injuries.

A warning, that Richard Lister's report contains details some viewers

Rosalin Baker and Jeffrey Wiltshire, the parents of four-month-old Imani

whose violent death they tried to cover up.

On September 28 last year, Baker was spotted on CCTV in a shop

near her home in East London carrying Imani in a sling.

Imani's face is obscured by a piece of cloth.

Minutes later we see Wiltshire pushing their other child

They kiss and as the doors close Wiltshire gives her a thumbs up.

But both parents know Imani is already dead.

It's not until half an hour later that Baker calls out for

This woman immediately checks on Imani and alerts other passengers,

one of whom rushes to tell the driver what's going on.

Baker is still on the phone but she doesn't

The jury was told that when medical teams finally

examined Imani they found she'd been dead for some time and had a string

of terrible injuries, 40 rib fractures, a broken wrist, and a

fractured skull, which is what caused her death.

Baker and Wiltshire were acquitted of murder

but found guilty of causing or allowing Imani's death and Judge

Nicholas Hilliard said they were facing a substantial

Now to June's general election, and there's news that some political

parties might just be looking at encouraging tactical

Louisa Preston can tell us more about it -

and how it's already been used in London to great effect.

It's always been used to great effect in London, hasn't it? The

Greens in Richmond Park in the by-election before Christmas didn't

put a candidate forward, giving the Liberal Democrats a massive boost to

beat Zac Goldsmith. We're hearing the Greens may not put a candidate

forward in that seat in this election so it raises questions of

whether this could happen elsewhere. We know in areas like Kingston and

Twickenham if the Greens didn't put a candidate forward it would give a

big boost to the Liberal Democrats to try and defeat the Tories. Where

not hearing anything from the Liberal Democrats but we are also

hearing tonight the Greens aren't keen on that idea in Kingston. This

is the message from the top. This is absolutely about locally driven

arrangements in a handful of constituencies, we're not expecting

it to happen everywhere by any means but if there are marginal seats in

particular whereby some kind of cooperation we can keep out of

Parliament and out of government, an extreme form of Tory candidate, then

I think that is a positive thing. We understand there is news tonight of

an intervention by the businesswoman Gena Miller? That's right, many

people will probably remember Gena Miller brought forward a legal

action against the government of article 50. She's involved in a

campaign on pursuing tactical voting and starting crowdfunding, promising

to back candidates that will put the best case against Brexit. We've

heard some more MPs are standing down, including Labour MP Jim Dowd

from Lewisham and Fiona McTaggart in Slough. I've spoken to Fiona

McTaggart this evening and she is expected to make more statements

tomorrow. Police officers are being told

they may have to shoot terrorists behind the wheel of a car -

if it's being used in an attack. It goes against previous advice

NOT to shoot drivers of moving vehicles -

but comes a month after Westminster Nice in France, last year,

a 19 tonne truck ploughs into crowds Westminster last month,

four dead when hit by a car on And Stockholm, another crash

lorry, four more dead. Terrorist vehicle attacks, simple,

ruthless, and being used with As an emergent tactic

in terrorism it's becoming Last year, for example,

we recorded data that for the first time ever there were more casualties

caused by this form of terrorism than any other form of terrorist

attack in Europe for the first time Now the police themselves

are recalibrating. Previous advice was against shooting

at moving vehicles, if possible to avoid

collateral damage. Now the National Police Chiefs

Council has dropped that guidance in perceived

terror related incidents. Now it's about taking aim

at the driver and stopping the An important change,

say some experts. When you're talking about terrorism

and the use of HGVs in circumstances like this, there

had to be a developed tactic to go with it and there had to be

a broader acceptance of what might Visibly that is what

has gone on now. But it isn't just vehicle attacks,

counterterrorism specialist firearms officers are being trained

to storm tubes and train carriages in the event of a marauding

gun man attack. It's inspiring a recruitment drive

of specialist firearms But that's being jeopardised,

according to the Police Chiefs I've heard that said

but I haven't seen any evidence in terms of the numbers of

people that are applying the number The other thing that

I would say from our point of view is that no

firearms officer should feel that they have anything to fear from

independent scrutiny by the IPCC. You think we will see

more of this in Europe? Is in this light that the Met are

increasing their armed officer count For many, not just

a target, but a necessity. The number of buses on Oxford Street

will be almost halved It's to reduce congestion

and air pollution - and goes some way to meeting

the Mayor's pledge to fully pedestrianise the street

in a few years time. We sent out Sonja Jessup and Marc

Ashdown to consider its impact. We are at the start

of Oxford Street, Marble Arch Yeah, so fewer buses,

I wonder what effect that will have on how people get

from one end to another. I've got slightly better shoes on,

it's a nice day, I don't I wondered whether my fellow

passengers would be happy with fewer No, because I use them all the time

when I come to London and Do you think it's a good

idea then, fewer buses? So the traffic isn't

too bad at the moment. But the idea of changing

these 23 routes is to cut congestion, to try to make

services quicker and more reliable. Are you on one of these

buses behind me? No, we're making very

good progress actually. There has been a bit of traffic

but at least we got a We are motoring, I'm

at Oxford Circus. Get your skates on,

there's lots of traffic. Regent Street's going to see big

changes too with far fewer buses. And of course, it's

also about safety. Two years ago Tom Kearney

was left in a coma after he was hit in the head by a bus wing

mirror at this junction. So, what do you think of having

fewer buses on Oxford Street? This is something the mayor

has committed to, this campaign, and this is hugely

important, a 40% reduction in buses. To be honest, you could not design

a more dangerous And safer streets are more

attractive for shoppers too. Well, fantastic news

for our businesses and for our Less traffic, less

buses in the West End, Too much pollution,

and just too many Well, this is about

encouraging more cycling too. And I see you got

yourself a bike too. Well, it was hardly scientific

but it was good fun. All right, listen, I'd

better get this back. They had a well earned coffee when

they got back. The weather with Nick. It looked nice out there, but

chilly at times. Tomorrow you'll notice it's warmer.

Today gardeners were teased with a trickle of rain. No substantial rain

tomorrow. Into the weekend some occasional sunshine and it'll feel

warmer especially tomorrow. Overnight tonight it won't be as

chilly as it's been an recent nights. Some clear spells, cloud at

times, temperatures in single figures but not as low as they've

been. A fine start tomorrow morning and through the day tomorrow the

cloud will come and go, occasional sunshine, small chance of a light

shower. But for the vast majority looking dry. In the sunshine, that

warmth around. Maybe even 19 Celsius. This is Saturday. More

clout. Might be a light shower. The emphasis on dry weather. Not just

Saturday, part two of the weekend as well. The weekend may even be bright

on Sunday after call start. The London Marathon runners would

appreciate that. Much colder next week for much of the UK and for more

about that and the UK outlook, Helen Willetts.

The sunshine make such a difference this time of year, only 12 or so

degrees under the cloud today but 19 in eastern Scotland not far away

from St Andrews. Also in north-east England, where we had the majority

of the decent sunshine. Even under cloud it was dry for the most part.

We have this week whether forgiving showers in the south. This weather

front starting to pep up in the North, it'll change