A Hungarian midwife known for promoting home births has lost an appeal against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice.
It can hardly be argued that this case is unexceptional, unless it is to be taken that there is a lot of this kind of malpractice about.
But there is abundant prima facie evidence of systemic malpractice that hardly requires more than a moment's reflection, and the IPCC has now acknowledged that the PCA did not investigate the complaints about the fabricated evidence against the miners.
Two killers would still be walking the streets, and the exposure of large-scale malpractice in the police force may never have happened.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said on Friday: "Sixteen allegations of electoral malpractice are being assessed by the Met".
His favourite example of malpractice was Enon Chapel, situated in slums north of the Strand.
In the second and third Tests of the recently-concluded Tests between South Africa and Australia, reverse played a key role in the outcome of the matches, with each side insinuating malpractice by the other.
Yes, we should hunt down malpractice and lobbying, but it seems to me that the BMJ have found no evidence that my research or that of SACN members has led to any undue influence in SACN decision-making or in my work within the Responsibility Deal.
The systemic and politically motivated nature of the malpractice is reinforced by the cabinet papers revealed under the 30-year rule in January, which disclose a secret plan to close 75 coal mines.
After being defeated by Naz Shah last month, the former Respect MP vowed to challenge the result in court, saying: "It has come to my notice that there has been widespread malpractice in this election, particularly over postal voting.
The Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, denied the allegations, and argued that early release of applications for postal votes to Unionist offices in the two constituencies before the election was called was malpractice.
