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Gateshead Hilton security guard stabbed
Two men are being sought by police on after a security guard at a Tyneside hotel was stabbed in the stomach.
The Gateshead Hilton member of staff was attacked when he approached two men in the hotel grounds on Friday evening.
The 56-year-old suffered a non life-threatening injury and was taken to the Queen Elizabeth hospital.
One of the men was described as black, and wearing a dark, hooded top. The other was white, about 5ft 10ins tall, and wearing jeans and a jumper.
Anyone with any information about the incident just before 2000 GMT is asked to contact Northumbria Police.
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Security guard robbed of cashbox
A security guard was robbed of a cashbox near a supermarket in Milton Keynes.
The Group 4 worker was approached as he walked towards Budgens in Tanfield Lane, Broughton, earlier.
The men, all in dark clothing, grabbed a cashbox from him and left in a dark-coloured car, police said.
The box was found empty in a car park in Annesley Road, Newport Pagnell. It is not yet known how much cash was inside, police added.
Shopper being sought
Det Sgt Mark Glover said: "There was a witness at Budgens, who spoke to the security guards and gave them information about the vehicle the offenders were using.
"Unfortunately the witnesses left without leaving any details and I am urgently seeking this person to come forward.
"I am also appealing for anyone who witnessed the robbery, saw the offenders leave the cash box in Annesley Road, or saw a dark-coloured vehicle driving between Broughton and Newport Pagnell acting suspiciously this morning to contact me."
Anyone with information on the incident, which began at 0730 GMT, should contact Thames Valley Police.
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Guard threatened during robbery
A security guard has been robbed of thousands of pounds while refilling a cash point in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex.
Two men dressed in black and wearing balaclavas entered the Nationwide bank in Kings Parade at 1915 GMT on 16 November.
One was armed with a gun and threatened the guard before taking a cash box which police say contained £10 notes totalling a five-figure sum.
The 42-year-old security guard from Chelmsford was unhurt.
Tilbury police believe the robbers were travelling in a dark-coloured car which had blacked out windows.
Detectives are trying to trace the car and have appealed for anyone who may have seen it in the days before the incident.
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Security guard stabbed in robbery
A security guard has been stabbed during an armed robbery in Leeds.
The 44-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after he and a colleague were attacked by three masked men, West Yorkshire Police said.
The incident happened as the guards delivered money to cash machines at Sainsbury's at the Moor Allerton Centre at about 0435 GMT on Tuesday.
The 43-year-old guard suffered minor injuries and shock. Police issued an appeal for information.
The guards, who were wearing helmets, were hit over the head during the incident, in which a five-figure sum of money was stolen.
They were taken to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment.
West Yorkshire Police said the three men who attacked them were wearing dark clothing and balaclavas.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is asked to contact North East Leeds CID or the Crimestoppers charity.
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Charge over guard shooting raid
 A man has been charged over two robberies in Lancashire, including one in which a security guard was shot.
The man, 37, from Accrington, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and is due before Blackburn magistrates on 18 November.
They relate to a robbery at Morrisions in Thornton Cleveleys in August 2008 and a raid on a van in Blackburn last December in which a guard was injured.
Seven people have been charged with the Blackburn robbery.
Four of those are also charged in connection with the Thornton Cleveley raid.
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'Naked' scanner in airport trial
 A trial of a scanner that produces "naked" images of passengers has begun at Manchester Airport.
The authorities say it will speed up security checks by quickly revealing any concealed weapons or explosives.
But the full body scans will also show up breast enlargements, body piercings and a clear black-and-white outline of passengers' genitals.
The airport has stressed that the images are not pornographic and will be destroyed straight away.
Sarah Barrett, head of customer experience at the airport, said most passengers did not like the traditional "pat down" search.
At Manchester Airport's Terminal 2, where the machine has been introduced, passengers will no longer have to remove their coats, shoes and belts as they go through security checks.
Ms Barrett said: "This scanner completely takes away the hassle of needing to undress."
Ms Barrett said the black-and-white image would only be seen by one officer in a remote location before it was deleted.
"The images are not erotic or pornographic and they cannot be stored or captured in any way," she said.
Passengers could refuse to be scanned, she added.
The scanners cost £80,000 each. They work by beaming electromagnetic waves on to passengers while they stand in a booth. A virtual three-dimensional image is then created from the reflected energy.
Ms Barrett said the radiation levels were "super safe".
She said: "Passengers can go through this machine 5,000 times a year each without worrying. The amount of radiation transmitted is tiny."
The Department for Transport will decide whether to install them permanently in about a year's time.
The scanners, made by RapiScan Systems, have already been tried at Heathrow Airport from 2004 to 2008.
A BAA Heathrow spokeswoman said the technology had been "very effective" and the airport operator was considering possible wider use of it in the future.
The scanners are being gradually rolled out at airports across the US, after use in Los Angeles and New York.
Cash guard robbed by crowbar gang
 A security guard refilling a cash machine in a bank has been robbed by a masked gang wielding crowbars and a sledgehammer.
Three thieves targeted the Halifax Bank on High Road in Beeston, on the outskirts of Nottingham just before 2000 BST on Tuesday.
Detectives said the gang of three then fled the building and left in a Vauxhall Corsa car.
Officers believe the gang had watched the security guards for some time.
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Jail for tasered cash van robber
 A man has been jailed for six years for robbing a cash-in-transit van in west Belfast last November.
William Francis Evans, 28, of no fixed address, was carrying a foot-long kitchen knife during the robbery at the Park Centre, Belfast Crown Court heard.
As he ran off, he was cornered by police and shot with a Taser stun gun.
Jailing Evans, the judge said he received a five-year sentence in 2005 for acting as a getaway driver in another security van robbery.
A prosecuting lawyer earlier told the court Evans had confronted a security guard who was bringing a cash box back to his van.
Drunk
Evans brandished his knife and threatened to kill the guard, who lifted the cash box to defend himself and received a cut to his thumb.
After his arrest by police who had been lying in wait, Evans was too drunk to be interviewed for a considerable time.
He claimed he had been drinking at a party and the robbery was an impulse decision.
He also claimed that he was carrying the knife up his sleeve for his own protection after previous assaults but later pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing an offensive weapon in public.
The judge said the crime was made worse by the fact that Evans "was not only willing to carry a weapon for whatever reason, but to produce and threaten to use it".
He said a "substantial period of imprisonment is fully merited".
Upon his release from prison, Evans will spend a further 18 months on probation.
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Cash guard hurt in crowbar attack
A security guard delivering cash to a building society in Kent has been injured in an attack by two raiders wielding crowbars.
The guard and a colleague were filling a cash machine at Nationwide in High Street, New Romney when the robbery took place at 2329 BST on Tuesday.
The men, who got away with cash, escaped down an alleyway at the side of the building society.
One person has been arrested in Dartford in connection with the raid.
The guard was taken to William Harvey Hospital, Ashford with minor injuries.
Police said it was believed the robbers drove off in at least one vehicle that was parked at Mountfield Industrial Estate.
Officers want anyone with information about the raid, or who saw any suspicious people or vehicles in the area, to come forward.
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Bank robbers target security van
Two robbers have stolen a cash bag after targeting two security guards carrying out a delivery to a bank in Surrey.
Police said one of the security guards remained in the van while the second went to deliver the cash to the bank.
As he was making the delivery in Station Road, Redhill, he was pushed over by two men who took the bag.
The two robbers ran off and got into a car, driven by a third man. The car drove off towards the A23 London Road.
Officers said the two robbers were believed to be unarmed in the incident at about 1045 BST.
The guard who was assaulted suffered a slight neck injury.
The amount of cash stolen has not yet been revealed.
Two robbers have stolen a cash bag after targeting two security guards carrying out a delivery to a bank in Surrey.
Police said one of the security guards remained in the van while the second went to deliver the cash to the bank.
As he was making the delivery in Station Road, Redhill, he was pushed over by two men who took the bag.
The two robbers ran off and got into a car, driven by a third man. The car drove off towards the A23 London Road.
Officers said the two robbers were believed to be unarmed in the incident at about 1045 BST.
The guard who was assaulted suffered a slight neck injury.
The amount of cash stolen has not yet been revealed.
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Calls for accused guard's return
 Efforts to bring a security guard facing the death penalty in Iraq back to Britain are intensifying, his lawyer has said.
Danny Fitzsimons, 33, is being held over the alleged shooting of two colleagues in Baghdad's Green Zone.
Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare were killed on 9 August.
John Tipple, lawyer for the ex-soldier from Middleton, Greater Manchester, said the case was too serious to be handled by an "unstable regime".
Mr Fitzsimons could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of the men, both 37, in Iraq.
He is also accused of wounding an Iraqi and is continuing to be questioned by Iraqi authorities.
He was in the army for eight years and had been unemployed before being taken on by ArmorGroup.
Mr Fitzsimons' family have been calling for him to be tried in the UK.
Mr Tipple, who has just returned from Iraq after talks with officials, told the BBC his legal team would be putting "a lot of pressure" on the UK government.
He added: "His duty of care was ignored and when he left the Army he was suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"We intend to call public meetings, the family campaign is growing and the government will feel the pressure of that campaign - rest assured of that.
"Daniel Fitzsimons faces the death sentence. This is too serious a matter just to leave as it is. We have to apply that pressure and we intend to."
Mr Tipple said his client was as well as could be expected "under the circumstances" and described his cell as "effectively a dungeon".
Michael Fitzsimons, his brother, said: "Given the circumstances with Danny's mental health he should never have been in Iraq."
A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said the investigation was a matter for the Iraqi authorities.
But he added that "should it become clear there are concerns about the ongoing legal proceedings we will intervene".
The Green Zone is a heavily protected region of Iraq's capital city, which houses Iraqi government, coalition headquarters and most embassies.
In January Iraqi forces took over responsibility for the security of the zone.
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