A teenage volunteer has seen off stiff competition from police, lawyers and staff at criminal agencies across England and Wales to win the 2008 Justice Shield, the leading award for outstanding contributions to criminal justice in England and Wales. Eighteen year old Matthew Entwisle from Lancaster is a volunteer police cadet. He led a project on police interaction with youths which saw police chiefs in Lancashire taking on his ideas. He also helped to raise funds for ten cadets to be trained as mentors for young victims of crime. In total, Matthew has devoted well over 1,000 hours of voluntary work. Matthew today received the Justice Shield was from the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, at the 2008 Justice Awards presented by broadcaster Kirsty Young. The Justice Awards is supported by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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22 October 2008
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