Overview

• Metropolitan Police are examining delays after a 26-year-old asylum seeker accused of a March strangulation remains free under investigation
• Warwickshire Police have charged Sudanese national Ahmed Muhammad Almahi with sexual assault in Rugby and remanded him in custody ahead of his September Crown Court hearing
• Protests in Rugby outside the Ibis hotel have continued, with hundreds of residents demanding routine disclosure of suspects’ immigration status
• Local councillors criticized police for learning suspect immigration details only through social media, while forces insist they shared that information at court and with community partners
• Ministers, including a Downing Street spokesman, have called for greater transparency as the upcoming review prepares guidelines on permissible disclosures