The crunch (02/05/2014)

A round up of the most interesting law and criminology related stories scouted daily.

• Police do not record a fifth of crime (via BBC News)
• Legal aid row leads to halting of serious fraud trial (via BBC News) 
• You can read the judgement pdf here
• Police powers of stop and search: summary of consultation responses and conclusions 
• You can see the pdf here 
• And read the proposal speech here
• First victims spared harrowing court room under pre-recorded evidence pilot (via Gov.uk)
• World Dementia Council meet for the first time (via Gov.uk)