LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Scotland Yard: Series
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George Gideon, the senior Superintendent of Scotland Yard, has a long and stressful day as he directs his team on a variety of cases and deals with trouble among his staff. First in a series.
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World-renowned musician Brian Parnell, 66, became the first person to be convicted of "sex tourism" in a British court after an elaborate sting involving Scotland Yard's paedophile squad. Just before setting off from the UK he placed an advert on the "Gay Teens of Sri Lanka" website asking for a "young, active" boy to contact him. The paedophile squad at Scotland Yard then established that, as a British citizen, Parnell could be prosecuted in the UK under the Sex Offences (incitement and conspiracy) Act 1996, even though his actions took place in Sri Lanka. Following a two-day trial in April this year he was found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court of "attempting to incite a male under the age of 16 to commit a serious sexual act" and "attempting to incite a male under the age of 16 to an act of gross indecency".
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Agatha Christie's numerous mystery novels often referenced Scotland Yard, most notably in her Poirot series. The Belgian detective of the same name was often accompanied (and sometimes thwarted) by a hard-working yet not-as-effective Chief Inspector Japp (played in the TV series by Philip Jackson).
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