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The Leicester centre was given a pre-charge warning for disorderly behaviour before being released back to the England team management, who were said to have been "a little bit embarrassed" by events.
Manu Tuilagi fined by England after jumping off ferry in Auckland 2011
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He is given a pre-charge warning for disorderly behaviour.
Rugby World Cup 2011: How the wheels came off England's chariot 2011
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The green campaigners' solicitor yesterday highlighted some of these: the questionable legitimacy of mass pre-emptive arrests of more than 100 people; the imposition of controversial pre-charge bail conditions on them; the allegedly arbitrary winnowing of the initial numbers arrested down to those who were finally charged, and the restrictive disclosure rules under which the defendants were not permitted to learn about PC Kennedy's role or his evidence, which might have contributed to an acquittal.
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Reduce the maximum period of pre-charge detention to 14 days.
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To combat the terrorist threat, Ms. May said the U.K. is reviewing all counter-terrorism and security powers, including control orders; pre-charge detention; police stop and search powers; beefed up powers to deport people engaged in terrorism in the U.K. and the use of surveillance powers by local authorities.
U.K. Reveals Arrest of Al Qaeda Member Alistair MacDonald 2010
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The maximum pre-charge detention of terror suspects has been halved, to 14 days.
Review of terror laws: New name for an old problem | Editorial 2011
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He was given a pre-charge warning for disorderly behaviour.
Rugby World Cup 2011: How the wheels came off England's chariot 2011
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But there can be no doubt that scrapping the ID card and the children's contact database, removing the stop and search powers granted under Section 44, controlling the use of surveillance by councils, reducing the maximum period of pre-charge detention for terrorism suspects to 14 days – especially given that it was just a few years ago that police officers and Blair were campaigning for 90 days – are welcome moves.
Why we should believe Nick Clegg when he promises to restore liberties stolen by Labour 2011
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May told MPs that the review will look at six powers: control orders, the use of section 44 stop and search powers – especially their use against photographers – local authority surveillance powers, pre-charge detention, measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred, and the deportation of international terrorist suspects.
Ministers dismantle £60m programme to prevent violent extremism 2010
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The Lib Dems pledged in their election manifesto to "reduce the maximum period of pre-charge detention to 14 days".
Theresa May averts fight over 28-day detention with call for renewal 2010
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