The presiding justice of superior court and as us attorney who led undercover public investigations that involve wiretaps i have done this a lot and i viewed my role in those approvals as making sure the wiretap application was consistent with the criminal statute that we were trying to prosecute, that it was relevant to that. You werent an investigator, just making sure the material is in the statute. Correct. I think that probably very often took as an established fact that the fbi agent or Police Officer was telling us the truth, not customary prosecutorial practice to do an inquisition or a review of every statement made by an fbi agent or state Police Officer in preparing a warrant. If you have the slightest hint that something is wrong you definitely pursue that but the focus is more does this warrant a criminal case that we are making and that is the nature of the review at that level and you would hope the factual stuff would be sorted out before it got to the Deputy Attorney g
Designer based at Nucleus Arts, Chatham, wins Young Innovator Award
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For most of us, 2020 proved a challenging year during Covid-19 lockdown.
But for young entrepreneur Valentina Dipietro it was the the busiest and most successful 12 months of her life.
Valentina Dipietro has been named an Innovator of the Year
The 26-year-old completed her Masters degree in textiles at the Royal College of Art and by October 1 had launched her own business, Mykor, making hand-crafted interior products.
She creates environmentally-friendly items, such as bowls, vases and coasters using waste she gets from Medway Council and the root of mushrooms, known as mycelium.