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Nick Bramall gives a mirthless laugh. The murky politics and contradictions of policing have long failed to surprise the son of Field Marshal Lord Bramall MC. But they still appal him. ‘It’s too late for Dad and the other victims, of course,’ he says. ‘Steve Rodhouse has never apologised to us, but he must know what is coming now. He was the man in charge and he should take the rap. I just find it very odd that despite him being involved in so many fiascos, he kept getting promoted.’ So many fiascos? This is a story in which failure apparently breeds success. Almost five years have ...

A former judge today demands a criminal inquiry into detectives who asked him to sign search warrants in the disastrous VIP child sex abuse inquiry. In a dramatic intervention, Howard Riddle says there are 'reasonable grounds to suspect a criminal offence' has been committed. He says that if police failed to reveal evidence undermining the credibility of their witness 'Nick' then the applications for warrants would appear to amount to perverting the course of justice. Scotland Yard detectives used the warrants – revealed in the Mail – to raid the homes of Lord Brittan's widow and former A...

Rights act of 1998, a federal law. that's what julian was arguing, saying that if he's extradited to sweden he might get extradited to the u.s. and go to gitmo and die. that was his defense. the fact is the swedish authorities do have the right to make the inquiry. judge riddle is right. richard's also right that there will be an appeal, but i think he's on his way to sweden. >> interesting stuff. let's stay a little closer to home now. anaheim. we're talking about a junior high school that says we've got a problem with truants and as a result we want tracking devices on these kids to see wher...

But beyond that, i think it's too intrusive. i just don't think any court in america would ever uphold this kind of intrusiveness. there's just no way. >> let's move on to julian assan assange, getting closer to being extradited for sex crimes allegations. richard, do you see sweden getting its way in having him extradited? >> i don't know, fred. it seems ridiculous to me. sweden has not charged him with any crimes. so how can you extradite someone if they haven't been charged with any crimes? they're still doing an investigation in sweden. i don't know how the brits turned him over. there's g...

All right. more legal talkers right now, a warning for lindsay lohan that involves jail. a deputy who arrested mel gibson gets the go-ahead to sue, and a change in the restraining order involving chris brown and rihanna. our legal guys are back, richard and avery. okay, gentlemen. avery, you first. the judge says, lindsay, you are going to jail. but does he actually mean this? >> well, judge schwartz has an enormous amount of pressure on him. i mean, i served on the bench at one time, i'm a former probation officer, so i'm both looking at both the crime here as well as the obvious probation vi...