According to reports in the French press, Mr Dru will take over in September.

ECONOMIST: Advertising

But that could be changing, according to Dru Gladney of the University of Hawaii, an expert on China's Hui.

ECONOMIST: The angry are getting organised

Dru Sharpling, of the HMIC, said out-of-court disposals were a "useful tool" for new offenders, but not persistent offenders.

BBC: Watchdogs criticise out-of-court penalties

Sjodin's death led her mother to push for Dru's Law, which created the first national public sex offender registry.

CNN: Report: Registry does more harm than good for teen sex offenders

We grabbed a stellar meatloaf sandwich and succulent California vegetable salads at Bell Street Farm, a farm-to-table market that Dru had recommended.

BBC: A colourful journey into California��s wild interior

The chief crown prosecutor for London, Dru Sharpling and Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken Macdonald QC, also attended the meeting, as did a number of Metropolitan Police officers.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | CPS rules out Lawrence prosecution

Linda Walker is the mother of Dru Sjodin, who was killed in 2003 by a sex offender and for whom the Department of Justice's National Sex Offender Public Website is named.

CNN: SHARE THIS

Her daughter Dru Sjodin was kidnapped from a North Dakota mall parking lot in 2003 and killed by someone who had recently been released from prison after serving 23 years for attempted kidnapping and assault.

CNN: Report: Registry does more harm than good for teen sex offenders

"If you look like a man and you live your life like a man, you should be able to use a man's bathroom, " said Dru Levasseur, a transgender rights lawyer for the advocacy group Lambda Legal.

BBC: Sign for a public toilet file image