British reggae band UB40 have praised Jeremy Corbyn as an "incorruptible politician" who will put working people first as they backed his campaign to remain as Labour leader.

The group, who have sold 70 million records, said Mr Corbyn had inspired young people and offered a "believable" alternative to business as usual.
Mr Corbyn has been backed by several stars, such as actor Daniel Radcliffe.
But best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling has called him a lousy leader.
Mr Corbyn is being challenged for the leadership by Owen Smith. The result of the election will be announced on 24 September.
The Labour leader, who has said he wants the arts to be a priority for the next Labour government, has received a number of celebrity endorsements in recent weeks.
Birmingham-based UB40, named after the then government's unemployment benefit form, were one of the most successful British groups of the 1980s and 1990s, notching up 50 hit singles - among them the chart toppers Red Red Wine, Can't Help Falling in Love and I Got You Babe.
Although three members of the original line-up have left in recent years, sparking a legal dispute over the use of the band's name, the remaining members led by guitarist and vocalist Robin Campbell have endorsed Mr Corbyn.
"Jeremy has re-ignited an interest in politics for people who no longer felt included, and engaged and inspired a new generation of young voters who, for the first time, believe that they have an incorruptible politician who truly represents them," Mr Campbell said.
Drummer Jimmy Brown said Mr Corbyn was the only frontline politician "willing to speak up for working people who have been badly treated by successive governments, including New Labour, in recent decades".
Mr Corbyn, who is opposed by the majority of his MPs and lost a vote of no confidence after the EU referendum, welcomed the band's backing ahead of a planned joint appearance on Tuesday.
"UB40's story was and remains inspiring; people from across cultures and backgrounds coming together and combining their talents - in a time when prejudice was more prevalent - and creativity to produce music that has endured across decades," he said.
As part of his arts manifesto released last month, Mr Corbyn pledged that all primary schools in England would get extra cash to fund arts activities and a single national scheme for arts scholarships would be set up.
The Labour leader told the Guardian on Monday he would be happy to meet JK Rowling to discuss their differences after she said he was taking the party in the wrong decision.
Her suggestion that Mr Corbyn risked destroying Labour and that the poorest in society need an "electable" alternative to the Conservatives not "mouthy, impotent socialism" provoked an angry response from Corbyn backers on social media.


Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara has signed a two-year contract with League One side Gillingham.

The 29-year-old spent last season with Championship side Fulham, for whom he played 39 times, before being released.
"To get back into the Championship is what we're looking to do," O'Hara told the club website. "I want to win trophies and with this squad I feel we can mount a challenge."
Gillingham, who beat Southend in their opening game, host Bury on Saturday.
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The Mental Welfare Commission (MWC) has called for a review of services for adults on the autistic spectrum after the suicide of a woman in a care home.

The 44-year-old woman, named only as 'Ms MN', took her own life after being sent to a home which did not have the specialist skills to care for her.
MWC said the "tragic case" contained lessons for all of Scotland.
The Scottish government said it was "absolutely committed" to improving the lives of people with autism.
Minister for mental health Jamie Hepbrun said: "Since this incident happened in 2012, new standards from Healthcare Improvement Scotland on investigating adverse events were put in place in 2013.
"We strongly support this and the MWC processes in place. However, we will look closely at the recommendations made and how we will take them forward."
MWC pointed out that people diagnosed with autism or Asperger Syndrome are often categorised as being the responsibility of mental health or learning disability services, when their needs are distinct.
"This is a desperately sad case of a vulnerable individual, who was struggling to deal with day-to-day life," said chief executive Colin McKay.
"This report is about one tragic case, but it contains lessons for all of Scotland.
"I hope it is read by all those involved in providing care and treatment for people with autistic spectrum disorder, and I hope all of our recommendations are acted upon".
Ms MN had severe Asperger Syndrome and struggled with obsessional thoughts and ritualistic behaviour.
In 2012, after a period in a psychiatric hospital, she was admitted to a care home which claimed to specialise in people with challenging behaviour.
The Mental Welfare Commission said that in reality, it only had experience in learning disabilities and was struggling to recruit specialist staff.
No checks were made to see if the care home could provide the specialist service it advertised.  The Mental Welfare Commission said Ms MN's psychiatrist suspected it wasn't good enough, but thought it was the best available option.
After Ms MN's admission to the care home, no local psychiatrist took responsibility for her.
The care home was left reliant on a local GP practice who had never met her and had not been given her full history, which stretched back to childhood. Ms MN took her own life in her room six weeks later.
Care home staff had not been told she had attempted suicide four times using the method which finally proved successful.
"While there was certainly goodwill and a genuine caring attitude, there were also serious errors of judgement, and a lack of communication at key points," said Mr MacKay.
"That resulted in her being in a home which was not able to meet her needs, and which did not have the appropriate support from specialist services when a crisis arose."
The report points out that, following her death, there was no investigation until the Mental Welfare Commission intervened.  Following this, an internal review was positive about her hospital care and did not identify any learning.
The MWC said the Care Inspectorate should review how it can be satisfied that specialist services are adequate.
A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said:  "We expect to see that people's needs have been assessed correctly before they start using a care service and that services have sufficient, well-trained staff to be able to provide the right level of care and support, tailored to individual people's needs.
"We will consider this report very carefully to ensure that any learning from this case can be taken forward."
It added that it was currently reviewing its inspection methodology.
In 2011 the Scottish government announced a new 10-year strategy for autism, supported by Â£13.4m over the first four years.
However, the MWC said the implementation of the strategy appears to have been "piecemeal", with some areas of excellence and others where it has had less impact.
None of the funding was used in the health board where Ms MN was treated.
The MWC has recommended a review of specialist services for people with autistic spectrum disorders.


Nearly three quarters of the public believe the political parties are designing health policy to win votes, and not what is best for the NHS, a poll has suggested.

The survey of almost 2,000 people in the UK found 73% were sceptical about the motivation of politicians.
One in four also said they were dissatisfied with the way the NHS was being run.
The survey was commissioned by the British Medical Association (BMA).
The poll carried out by Ipsos Mori also found two-thirds wanted the NHS to manage itself without the involvement of politicians.
Another 46% also said politicians should have low or no involvement in how the NHS is run.
That was one of the aims of the reforms introduced by Andrew Lansley when he was health secretary.
But commentators have noted that since Jeremy Hunt has replaced him there has been a push to retain a much more hands-on approach.
The poll was released at the start of the BMA's annual conference, which is being held in Harrogate.
BMA leader Dr Mark Porter said: "The government promised to remove micromanagement from the NHS and yet the opposite has happened.
"There are even claims that NHS England, set up to be independent of Whitehall, is being manipulated for political purposes."
He also mentioned a key policy put forward by Labour - the pledge to offer GP appointments within 48 hours - adding: "Patient care is taking a back seat to scoring points over the dispatch box."
Dr Porter said "doctors want to see politics taken out of the NHS once and for all", saying it was "clear that the public feel the same way".
He went on to accuse the government of wasting money on "untested policies" and promised doctors would continue to "fight" for what was right for the NHS in the lead up to the election.
Both the government and Labour party defended their approaches.
Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter said: "Our reforms cut unnecessary red tape and gave doctors and nurses, who know their patients best, the power and freedom to make decisions in the best interests of their local community."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Labour said access to GPs was a real problem and its plans, which include additional funding, were a "serious" attempt to improve services.
Doctors at the conference also raised concerns about the push to create seven-day hospital services in England.
The move - set out by NHS England last year - involves improving access to a whole range of urgent and emergency services on a Saturday and Sunday over the next three years with the idea that more routine services, such as non-emergency operations, could follow afterwards.
A motion passed at the conference said extra resources and payments for anti-social hours would be needed.
Anaesthetist Dr Robert Harwood, of the BMA's consultants committee, said: "We have real reservations what whether it can be afforded within the current budget."
Bruce Hughes, a member of the BMA's GP committee, attacked the idea of a "24 hours a day seven day a week utopia which is just for the sake of a political gimmick". He accused politicians of policy by soundbite, saying the plan was "a pathetic attempt to get re-elected in 12 months".
He said: "You don't expect routine appointments with your lawyer or accountant on Sunday evening."


Precious metals miners sent the FTSE 100 index of leading shares to a fresh high on Thursday, powered by a rise in gold prices.

In a continuation of December's Santa rally, blue chip stocks rose by 14.18 points to close at a record 7,120.26.
Randgold Resources and Fresnillo led the FTSE 100 climbers for a second day, each rising by more than 4%.
Stocks were lifted by gold prices which grew 1.5% to $1,158.1  an ounce.
Investors boosted gold as the yield on 10-year US bonds fell while the dollar fell to a 15-day low against the yen. Sterling rose against the dollar at $1.2250.
Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at London Capital Group, said: "The dollar fall was mostly due to renewed doubts about the US recovery after pending home sales dropped in November."
Recent data revealed that US pending home sales fell by 2.5% in November, compared to economists' expectations of a 0.5% rise.
Ashtead Group was the day's biggest faller in London, down 2.3%.
Industrial equipment hire company Ashtead is traditionally a strong performer in December, according to the Harriman Stock Market Almanac, and over the month its share price is still up by 4%.
Smiths Group, another industrial stock, was also one of the biggest fallers, losing 1.67%.


The ringleaders of a gang that conned elderly victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds have been jailed.

The Nottinghamshire-based group persuaded people to put their homes into a "worthless trust" to protect them from future care costs.
Joseph Croft, 53 of Lincolnshire, got a four-and-a-half year term while father and son Alan and Matthew Appleyard, of Halifax, were jailed for four years.
Five other men were handed lesser sentences earlier this week.
The gang, based in Newark, used scare stories to pressure pensioners into paying £2,000 for a "Family Prosperity Trust" or "Estate Preservation Trust".
Victims were told their assets would be protected if they later went into local authority care, but this was not the case, Nottinghamshire  County Council's Trading Standards told the city's crown court.
In two years, the gang netted more than £500,000.
Great-grandmother Marie Price was one of the gang's dozens of victims and described the men as "relentless and convincing".
Speaking after the sentencing, she said the stress contributed to her husband's death last year.
"The money [we lost] is bad, but it's nothing to what it does to you," she said. "You're violated and don't trust anybody."
In sentencing the trio, Judge Andrew Hamilton said: "It was a despicable act, preying on the most vulnerable members of the community.
"People like you... who prey on people like that... are people of the worst kind."
Croft, of Sleaford, and the Appleyards, admitted fraud and carrying out legal activity without the right.
Earlier in the week, five others were handed suspended jail terms. All admitted fraud.
Adam Nichols, of Newark, and Adrian Large, from Lincoln, received three months jail suspended for 18 months with 200 hours unpaid work.
Paul Fox, of Widnes, Cheshire, and Paul Gorman, from Lancashire, were jailed for four months, suspended for 18 months, with 200 hours unpaid work.
Joy Bell, from Goole, who also admitted carrying out legal activity when not entitled, was handed an 18-month jail term suspended for 18 months with 200 hours unpaid work.


Militant Islamist rebels have seized the strategic central Malian town of Douentza, extending the area they control in the north of the country.

Witnesses said fighters of the Movement for Unity and Jihad group took the town after a brief stand-off with the local self-defence militia.
The move brings the militants closer to the government-held south-west.
The militants overran all of northern Mali after a military coup threw the country into turmoil in March.
Residents of Douentza, about 800km (500 miles) north-east of the capital Bamako, said a convoy of pick-up vehicles carrying bearded men entered the town early on Saturday.
Islamist leader Oumar Ould Hamaha told the Associated Press news agency that the attackers had encircled the town and asked the local militiamen to surrender.
"They tried to make phone calls to ask for reinforcements, but when they saw that no-one was coming to help them they laid down their arms," he said.
Residents said some of the militia's members had fled, while others were now were being held by the Islamists.
Together with secularist Tuareg rebels, the Islamists rapidly overran the northern half of Mali after the March coup, but have since ended the alliance and are now largely in sole control of the area.
They have been accused of war crimes and attempting to impose a literal interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, prompting fears the region could become a regional hub for al-Qaeda-linked militancy.
Islamist fighters in the historic city of Timbuktu have demolished several Sufi shrines and mosques - regarded as idolatrous by the hard-liners - prompting international fears for the future of the Unesco world heritage site.
Under regional pressure, the coup leaders in Bamako have since handed over power to a series of shaky civilian governments, but stability remains elusive.
A new unity government formed late in August promised to spearhead initiatives to end the instability in the north.
The regional body Ecowas wants to send 3,000 troops to Mali to help restore order.
In August, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned that a military intervention in northern Mali was inevitable if talks with the Islamists fail.


Tight-head prop Dan Cole will make his first England appearance in almost a year in Friday's Six Nations opener against Wales.

Luther Burrell and Jonathan Joseph form a new-look centre partnership, with James Haskell coming in on the blind-side flank for the Cardiff match.
Danny Cipriani and Nick Easter are both on the bench.
Only nine members of the England team which beat Australia in the autumn are in the starting XV.
England's injury crisis means Burrell and Joseph are just the latest pairing to play in the centres, while five players - Anthony Watson, Joseph, George Ford, Dave Attwood and George Kruis - will be starting their first Six Nations match.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster revealed that the England squad trained in front of loud speakers on Wednesday, a move designed to mimic the raucous atmosphere at the Millennium Stadium.
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Lancaster said it was a tactic to replicate the "intensity" and "reverberation" for those players yet to experience a Six Nations game in Cardiff, adding that it helped underline "how clear your communication has to be".
Wales coach Warren Gatland has challenged England to agree to play with the stadium roof closed.
But Lancaster said he would make a decision after consulting the weather forecast on Wednesday night, adding: "It looks like it's set fair and - if it is - we'll probably want it open."
Cole, who is finally free of long-term injury problems, is one of four British and Irish Lions who have returned to the 23-man squad, along with Tom Youngs, Mako Vunipola and Tom Croft.
Lancaster said Cole has "trained fully all week" and that his experience "tipped the balance" in his favour for selection.
On the combination of Burrell and Joseph, Lancaster said: "Jonathan has been one of the form centres in the country.
"He and Luther have trained well together and this is a big opportunity for both of them."
England will be without a number of regular players for Friday's match at the Millennium Stadium, with Manu Tuilagi, Owen Farrell, David Wilson, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Wood and Ben Morgan all unavailable because of injury.
Morgan's broken leg has given Billy Vunipola a chance at number eight, while in the second row, where England have been hit hardest by injury, Bath's Attwood will partner Saracens lock Kruis, who has not played for three weeks after being banned for a dangerous tackle.
"We've had to make some tight calls but we are excited about the side selected for what will be big challenge," added Lancaster, whose team finished second in last year's championship.
"Billy Vunipola has been playing well for Saracens and it's good to be able to give George Kruis his first international start after his impressive run off the bench in November.
And Lancaster added that a calf problem for fly-half Stephen Myler made the decision to opt for Cipriani on the bench "an easy one".
"He's ready to take his chance," said Lancaster. "This isn't a new guy coming back into camp."
England team to face Wales:
Mike Brown (Harlequins); Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby); George Ford (Bath Rugby), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers); Joe Marler (Harlequins), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), George Kruis (Saracens), James Haskell (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, capt), Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Replacements: Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)


Academics have called for a ban on smacking after finding "compelling" evidence that it creates a "vicious circle" of conflict and violence that carries on into adulthood.

The researchers, commissioned by Scots charities, examined 74 studies done across the world in the past decade.
They concluded that smacking was associated with increased childhood aggression and antisocial behaviour.
There was also a "worrying risk" of escalation into physical abuse.
The report was commissioned by leading children's charities in Scotland, as well as the country's Children's Commissioner, and compiled by academics at University College London.
It found that in many countries, including the UK, the use of physical punishment was declining - although the decline had been quicker in many of the 47 countries that have already outlawed smacking.
It also found that public attitudes had shifted, with the use of physical punishment becoming less and less acceptable and a high proportion of parents doubting its usefulness.
But it said physical punishment was still common in Scotland and the UK, despite its negative effects being known and the fact that it "constitutes a clear violation of children's human rights".
Among the key findings of the report were:
The report concluded: "The evidence for harmful effects of physical punishment is strong and consistent, and the declines in the use of physical punishment in countries where it is prohibited make a compelling case for the introduction of such legislation.
"The current laws across the UK allowing physical punishment of children in the home and in private foster care should be challenged from both a human rights and a child wellbeing perspective.
"The international human rights consensus on physical punishment is clear: repeated examinations of UK laws have stated in unequivocal terms the imperative of legal reform to protect all children against all forms of physical punishment in all settings."
Earlier this year, a United Nations report called on the UK to "put an end to corporal punishment in all settings" and encourage non-violent forms of discipline instead.
Parents in England and Wales are currently allowed to use "reasonable chastisement", although criminal charges can result from any punishment that leaves a mark such as bruising, swelling, cuts or scratches.
In Scotland, it is illegal to hit children on the head, shake them or punish them with a belt, cane of other implement.
Both the Scottish and UK governments have said they do not wish to criminalise parents who "lightly" smack their children. A bid to outlaw smacking in Wales was rejected by the Welsh Assembly last month.
The researchers said that this position "contradicts the evidence base that physical punishment carries a serious risk of escalation into injurious abuse".


Two Iranian men have been sentenced after admitting walking the length of the Channel Tunnel from Calais to the UK.

Payam Moradi Mirahessari, 25, and Farein Vahdani, 20, completed the 31-mile (50.5km) journey in October 2015.
The pair were arrested in Folkestone, Kent, a day after 120 migrants broke into the train terminal in Calais.
Mirahessari was jailed for 14 months and Vahdani was sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution.
They were sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to obstructing an engine or carriage using the railway .
A spokesman for Eurotunnel said the firm would not be commenting on the sentencing.
The operator previously expressed the hope that a conviction would help deter other people from trying to cross through the tunnel illegally.


Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert thinks his daughter could have thrown a harder punch than the push which resulted in Christian Benteke being sent off against Tottenham.

Belgium striker Benteke received a red card 25 minutes from the end of Villa's 2-1 Premier League defeat on Sunday for pushing a hand into Ryan Mason's face.
"You cannot condone what he did, but it is not like he threw a Mike Tyson punch," Lambert told BBC Sport.
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"My daughter can punch harder."
Villa were leading 1-0 through an Andreas Weimann goal when Benteke was dismissed.
Television replays appeared to show Mason pushing his head into the face of Benteke, who was making only his third start for Villa after six months out with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Lambert said: "He was provoked. If you go back a frame in the video, you can see the lad puts his head into Christian's face. I can understand what Christian's done, even though I can't condone it."
Weimann's 16th-minute opener ended a Villa goal drought stretching back to 13 September, when Gabriel Agbonlahor scored in a 1-0 victory at Liverpool.
Nacer Chadli and Harry Kane struck in the final six minutes to consign Villa to a sixth straight defeat, which marks their worst league run since 1967.
But Lambert felt Villa's performance was much improved on the one that resulted in a 2-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers last Monday.
"I thought we were excellent throughout the game," he said. "OK, we lost but the red card changed the game. There were so many positives today but one disappointment.
"We were up against a good side but I thought we looked like the team likely to score. The way things are going, sometimes things go against you. Performance wise I could not have asked for more.
"Christian Benteke was showing great form, Tottenham could not handle him and it is disappointing with the red card."


Wales' biggest performing arts centre has launched an appeal for up to 200 unpaid workers to help run the venue.

The Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay has said the volunteers will not replace any of its 400 workers.
The arts centre said volunteers would be given travel expenses.
Its volunteer programme was inspired by last year's Roald Dahl's City of the Unexpected, when 5,000 people pitched in to help with events around Cardiff celebrating the author's centenary.
Managing director Mathew Milsom said many arts organisations ran successful volunteer schemes which helped "to increase access to art, culture and creativity in an innovative and rewarding way".
They will receive training, a uniform and will be able to watch shows.


Chesterfield director of football Chris Turner has left the struggling League One club.

The 58-year-old moved from his position as chief executive to director of football earlier this year.
Spireites director Ashley Carson said the role was now "redundant".
Turner, who joined Chesterfield in 2011, told the club website: "I am very disappointed to be leaving Chesterfield, but I can understand the situation and I leave on good terms."


An American woman accused of travelling thousands of miles to commit a child sex offence in north Wales has been cleared after her case was dropped.

Christine Lacson Abad, 27, of Cary, North Carolina, was charged with arranging a child sex offence, attempting to groom a 15-year-old in Wrexham and two more sex offences.
But the Crown Prosecution Service said it was no longer pursuing the case.
It said the decision followed further information from North Wales Police.
A spokesman for the CPS added: "Having undertaken this review, it is not now considered that there is a realistic prospect of obtaining a conviction and accordingly, a decision has been made to stop the proceedings."


Police in Essex have had to resort to pen and paper to process suspects because of problems with a new £32m computer system.

Called Athena, the new system was launched last week by Essex Police as part of a three-month roll-out.
Part of the system relating to processing people into custody was not working properly on Tuesday.
Ch Supt Andy Prophet said this meant custody officers reverting to paper while the system was down.
He denied media reports that some officers had been told not to make arrests but did say: "We did have issues in our custody suites with the system going offline.
"Essex Police remains open for business."
Essex Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston praised officers and denied Athena - which brings together various police functions such as processing, investigations and intelligence - was broken.
"There have been one or two problems. Officers have had to fall back to how they were doing things before," he said.
"Some things were being done on paper and completed into the system when it was running and I think some went back to older systems.
"No work had been lost. It is not untypical with new systems when problems arise and they are worked through.
"It is disappointing? Yes. Is it surprising? No."


Up to 200 jobs have been secured at Liberty Insurance following an agreement with a customer service firm.

Teleperformance is to manage Liberty's Enniskillen contact centre for the Republic of Ireland.
In June, Liberty said they were cutting 270 jobs across Ireland, 20 of them in Fermanagh.
The agreement with Teleperformance should be in place by the end of August.
Liberty Insurance took over Quinn Insurance in April 2011.
The company provides car and home insurance to the Irish market and has offices in Cavan and Dublin.
Liberty chief executive Tom McIlduff said: "Teleperformance's focus on providing an excellent customer experience means that the company is a great fit with Liberty Insurance's values."
"I am confident that today's announcement will be to the benefit of our existing over 200 employees in Enniskillen, the wider Fermanagh community and our customers across Ireland."
In April 2011, Liberty Insurance took over Quinn Insurance, which was founded by ex-billionaire Sean Quinn.
The County Fermanagh-born businessman was once the richest man in Ireland but his empire was badly hit by the global downturn in 2008 and he lost control of his family businesses.


A man may have cooked and eaten parts of a police officer after strangling him in his flat, a court has heard.

Stefano Brizzi is accused of murdering PC Gordon Semple, 59, whom he met on the dating app Grindr, before trying to dispose of the body in an acid bath.
The Old Bailey heard Mr Semple's DNA was found on the blade of a blender, cooking pot and other items in the defendant's kitchen.
Mr Brizzi, 50, from Southwark, south London, denies murder.
Investigators also found there were bite marks on a piece of bone recovered from the kitchen bin at Mr Brizzi's home and evidence that one of Mr Semple's legs had been burnt, the jury was told.
Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said: "So, the defendant cannot have confined himself to dismembering Gordon Semple and disposing of his body either by acid in the bath or else in the dustbins.
"Instead, the prosecution suggest it would be open to the jury to find that the defendant cooked part of his body and ate it."
PC Semple, originally from Inverness, had been on duty when he arranged to meet Mr Brizzi at his flat for sex, on 1 April.
When officers arrived at the flat on 7 April, after neighbours complained of a "revolting smell", they found bottles of chemicals scattered in the hall and "blue-green liquid" in the bath with "flesh-coloured globules floating in the water", Mr Aylett said.
One of the officers looked inside a bin liner on the floor and saw a human hand and part of a spine, the court heard.
The defendant said he was HIV positive and had been told by Satan to "kill, kill, kill", jurors heard.
Talking to the officers at his flat, Mr Brizzi allegedly said: "I was talking online about Satan as a fetish - and crystal meth takes me to Satan."
He explained he did not like Mr Semple, who had been fat and ugly, the court heard.
Mr Brizzi later allegedly claimed he disposed of some body parts he had been unable to break up, by cycling with them to the River Thames.
A human foot was later discovered next to the Thames riverbank at Bermondsey Wall and body matter recovered from drainpipes in Mr Brizzi's block, the court heard.
The court heard that while in custody Mr Brizzi told officers: "I thought I was getting away with it. I had nearly finished but I took a shot (of crystal meth). I was going to finish the job today.
"As you can see, this man was a very big man and all I have left is two buckets."
Mr Brizzi denies murder, claiming Mr Semple died in a "sex game gone wrong".
But he has admitted a second charge of obstructing a coroner in the execution of their duty, between 31 March and 8 April 2016.


The first minister faces a renewed call to resign after it was revealed she wrote to banks encouraging support for the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.

Arlene Foster was enterprise minister when she set up the botched RHI scheme in 2012.
A lack of cost controls left taxpayers facing an unexpected £490m bill.
Sinn Féin, the UUP and SDLP have called on Mrs Foster to step down after her Democratic Unionist Party released RHI letters she wrote to banks in 2013.
Mrs Foster has been criticised over the scheme's over-generous subsidies, which were greater than the cost of the fuel and meant the more claimants burned, the more public money they could earn.
In her letter to the Ulster Bank, dated 7 January 2013, Mrs Foster said she was "writing to encourage you to look favourably on approaches from businesses that are seeking finance to install renewable technologies".
"The government support, on offer through the incentive schemes, is reliable, long term and offers a good return on investment."
Her letter also added: "Tariffs are 'grandfathered' providing certainty for investors by setting a guaranteed support level for projects for their lifetime in a scheme, regardless of future reviews."
The existence of Mrs Foster's RHI letters to banks was reported by the Sunday World, but their contents were not public knowledge until her correspondence was released to the News Letter by the DUP on Thursday.
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Mike Nesbitt said his party had asked that the letters be released under a Freedom of Information request and he claimed the correspondence "now appears to have been leaked by the DUP".
Mr Nesbitt said Mrs Foster had played a "central role" in setting up the RHI scheme and accused her of "incompetence".
"Aside from the important question of the propriety of the DUP releasing government papers, the letter makes clear that Mrs Foster was across every important detail, or 'jot and tittle' of RHI, and wrote to the banks to inform them that in terms of the 20 years of the RHI subsidy, the only way was up, in that the levels were guaranteed to be adjusted only to account for inflation."
The health minister, Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin, called on the first minister to "stand aside to facilitate an independent investigation" into the RHI scheme.
"Revelations that Arlene Foster had written to banks asking them to support the RHI scheme is further evidence of the need for an independent, time-framed, robust and transparent investigation into the whole RHI debacle," she added.
"That investigation should be undertaken by an independent judicial figure from outside this jurisdiction and be appointed by the Attorney General.
"Arlene Foster should stand aside to facilitate that judicial led investigation until it brings forward a preliminary report.
"This is what is required to restore public confidence in the assembly and the political institutions."
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood also urged Mrs Foster to "stand aside" as first minister, pending a public inquiry into the RHI scheme.
"I am again urging the first minister - abide by the will of the assembly," he said.
"Listen to the will of the public. Stand aside and begin to restore faith in our institutions."
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said: "With the release of the 7th January 2013 letters to banks from Arlene Foster, it turns out Mrs Foster was actively promoting the scheme with banks so that they would lend to those installing RHI boilers.
"This points to a far greater ministerial attachment to this scheme than hitherto has been admitted.
"Moreover, as these letters stressed the long term security of the tariffs - guaranteeing the tariffs would be exempt from downward movement - it further underscores ministerial knowledge and satisfaction with that situation - to the detriment of the taxpayer."
Mr Allister added that the need for a "full judicial inquiry is more imperative than ever".
In a statement on Friday, a spokesman for the Department for Economy said that when Mrs Foster wrote to the banks in January 2013, the statement about the non-domestic RHI "was entirely consistent with the department's [DETI] then understanding, ie. that the rate of return would be at a level of 12%.
"At that time, the department [DETI] had not recognised the much higher rate of return due to a misunderstanding that the tariff was lower than the market price.
"Indeed, action to encourage uptake was being considered as there was an underspend.  Such action, including the letters to the banks, would have been entirely reasonable and appropriate, but for the design flaws in the scheme which had not been recognised by DETI at the time when these letters issued."


Members of the Farc in Colombia have begun discussing the group's future in its first congress since the conclusion of a historic disarmament process.

Some 1,200 delegates from the recently demobilised group have attended the first day of the congress in BogotÃ¡.
By the end of the congress on Friday the delegates will have chosen a new name for the Farc.
The rebel group will become a political party and it will take part in next year's general elections.
"At this event we are transforming the Farc into a new, exclusively political organisation," said its leader, Rodrigo LondoÃ±o, known as Timochenko.
The delegates will also select the names of the main candidates who will run for office at the 2018 poll.
Under the terms of the agreement, the new party will have a number of guaranteed seats in Congress after the first election they contest.
"We are going to define the character of the political party that we aspire to build," former commander Carlos Antonio Lozada told the AFP news agency.
The Farc, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was formed in 1964 as a Marxist group to defend the rights of landless peasants.
It became Colombia's largest rebel group and one of the main parties in a bloody conflict involving other left-wing guerrillas, paramilitaries and the armed forces.
The rebels signed a peace accord with the government in November last year, after four years of comprehensive negotiations that were held in Cuba,
They agreed to give up their weapons and join the legal political process, after more than five decades of conflict.
In June the disarmament process was completed.
The rebels handed all its 7,000 registered weapons to the United Nations mission in Colombia.
More than 7,000 rebels in total have been granted amnesty or released from prison as part of their reintegration into Colombian society.
President Juan Manuel Santos won last year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reach a peace deal with the Farc.
The Colombian government is now engaged in negotiations with the ELN, or National Liberation Army.
Talks with the smaller left-wing rebel group are being held in neighbouring Ecuador.


Companies running leisure and education sites and services in the Highlands are to be asked to begin discussions on a merger.

High Life Highland and Inverness Leisure run services and sites on behalf of Highland Council.
An amalgamation would save the council money in funding support.
Highland Council's education, children and adult services committee has agreed that the organisations' management be asked to start talks on merging.
Inverness Leisure runs the largest swimming complex in the Highlands.


Neil Robertson says he is focused on his snooker again after getting "hooked" on computer games.

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Australian Robertson, world champion in 2010, has revealed he would sit up all night playing games, which affected his ability to practise the next day.
"They can be the most fun thing in the world but they can really set you off on the wrong track in your career," Robertson told BBC Radio 5 live.
Robertson beat Noppon Saengkham 10-4 in the first round at the Crucible.
The 35-year-old, who has not reached a ranking final since his win at the Riga Masters in June 2016, said he was "heavily addicted" to a game called Diablo 2.
"It got to the point, back home in Australia, that my mum would have to create an account and log on to see if I was actually on it instead of playing snooker," he said.
"I've got quite an addictive personality and I've decided to just make a clean break from them. I can't play them."
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Robertson, who has won 12 career ranking titles and is a former world number one, says at one stage computer games threatened to become "more important than the snooker".
"I've had really good application in my practice after dragging myself away from playing too many video games," Robertson told Eurosport.
"I'm two months sober, if you like, from playing them. And the multi-play online ones I can't touch because I just get too hooked on them."
Robertson described an incident during a tournament in China when he was left "furious for four or five days" after being unable to get an internet connection to play online.
I wouldn't say I would have won a lot more tournaments if it wasn't for video games but I would have given myself more opportunities
"All I was thinking about was getting back home for a connection," he said. "All of a sudden that became more important than the snooker, which is absolutely crazy."
"Those kind of games are designed to take over your life really. You find yourself sitting in front of the computer screen for six, seven or eight hours straight, which is obviously not healthy.
"I've been playing some video games through the night. All of a sudden, it is 6am, the birds are tweeting and I'm thinking: 'Oh my God, I've got to get up in a couple of hours to take my son Alexander to school'. Then I've got to practise.
"If you are a single guy, and work in a normal job, you can get around it. But you can't win professional snooker matches when you are tired."
Robertson also revealed that his obsession with gaming was a problem during the 2013-14 season, when he famously scored 100 centuries.
"The years I had the 100 centuries, I should probably have had around 120 because I got addicted like hell to Fifa 14," he said.
"I was obsessed with winning the title against other players. That really affected the second half of my season.
"I wouldn't say I would have won a lot more tournaments if it wasn't for video games, but I think I would have given myself more opportunities to go further in other events."
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Judd Trump is facing a fine from snooker bosses after the pre-tournament favourite did not fulfil his post-match media duties following his loss to Rory McLeod.
"Judd is a great guy but it doesn't matter how much you are hurting, it's important to give feedback to the media," Robertson said.
"It's disappointing he hasn't given some feedback, whether it be on social media or whatever, but he must have been hurting like you wouldn't believe."
Robertson added that snooker players were in need of a representative association, following Ronnie O'Sullivan's recent criticism of World Snooker.
"At the end of the season, the top 32 players have to get together, get a lawyer to represent us and have certain things taken out of players' contracts," Robertson added.
"Basically we just get it in front of us, it's so many pages long, and we just sort of sign it. If we don't sign it, we don't get to play.
"Every other sport has player's representation. We don't really have that officially - I know there's like a little players' committee but there's not a players' association, which is what we really need."


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Leicestershire became crucially important to Richard III after Henry Tudor landed in Wales in August 1485.
The king stayed in Leicester on the night of 20 August before marching out to cut off Henry's progress through the midlands.
Richard's death at Bosworth, along with the recent discovery of his bones, have left a rich legacy in the area.
On 22 March the reburial cortege will pass some of these places - starting at Fenn Lane in Leicestershire before heading into the city.
Below is a map of the planned procession through the county. Click here for the route through Leicester city centre.
Fenn Lanes
Bosworth Heritage Centre
Bow Bridge
Fenn Lane Farm
Dadlington Church
Sutton Cheney Church
University of Leicester
City Map
To see an interactive map of the city route, click on the link above this map


The prime minister has reiterated the government's determination to avoid any return to "the borders of the past" in Northern Ireland.

Theresa May was answering a question from the SDLP's South Belfast MP, Alasdair McDonnell.
Dr McDonnell said, on the one hand, the government was talking about a soft border, then about tightly controlling the movement of people and labour.
He asked Mrs May if she could see why this was creating confusion.
"I have been clear, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has been clear, the taoiseach has also said that on both sides of the border we don't want to see a return to the borders of the past," Mrs May replied.
"I think it's worth reminding the house that actually the Common Travel Area has been in place since the 1920s, so it was there well before we were both members of the European Union.
"We are working together with the government of the Republic and obviously I've had discussions on this with the first minister and the deputy first minister in Northern Ireland.
"We want to ensure, as I say, that we don't see a return to the borders of the past."
Sinn FÃ©in's John O'Dowd said that if England and Wales wanted to leave the EU they should go ahead "and leave the rest of us with some semblance of stability".
However, the DUP's Gregory Campbell said: "The role of parliament is to implement the will of the people. The people spoke on the 23rd of June - our role now is to implement that.
"Let's see as the process of beginning Article 50 is triggered and beyond that, let's see what the government comes back with and I have no doubt whatsoever there will be intense scrutiny and there will be a number of votes on a range of issues between now and two and a half years from now."
Meanwhile, the UUP has said politically motivated attempts to inject a border poll into the heart of Brexit negotiations must be dropped.
"I have tested, yet again, the attitude of Her Majesty's Government to this idea, and they have clearly set out their position that it continues to be the case that the requirements for such a poll, set out in the Belfast Agreement, are not met," the party's Lord Empey said.


People in Dumfries and Galloway will have a chance to discuss their own mortality at a series of "death cafes".

Organisers believe the events will give people a chance to talk about death, dying and bereavement.
Professor David Clark, who is behind the plans, said it is an opportunity for people who feel unable to talk about these issues with family and friends.
He will lead a new team focussing on end of life studies in Dumfries.
It will be part of the University of Glasgow's School of Interdisciplinary Studies, at the Crichton.
Professor Clark said: "We'll be organising a number of what are called 'death cafes' which is where we take over a nice cafe for a couple of hours in the evening when it wouldn't normally be open.
"People come along and have a coffee and a piece of cake and sit down with others to talk about issues to do with death and dying and bereavement.
"Now this sounds very odd but the whole death cafe movement has started to grow in this country and elsewhere.
"There's evidence that people would like an opportunity to come and talk about some of these issues. Perhaps issues that it is rather difficult to talk to their nearest and dearest about."
He added: "The project also hopes to contribute to work on the development of palliative and end of life care services in Dumfries and Galloway, so there will also be benefits brought to the area through the work we are doing."
The project is being supported by a Wellcome Trust award worth up to Â£200,000.


A "controlling bully" has been jailed for life for murdering his partner.

Ronald Cooke, of Granville Road, Cradley Heath, in the West Midlands, attacked his partner Tina Billingham at their home on February 6, before driving her to a doctor's surgery claiming she had "stabbed herself".
Ms Billingham, a mother of two, died in hospital later that day.
Cooke, 55, was convicted of murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years.
West Midlands Police described Cooke's 20-year relationship with 54-year-old Ms Billingham as "abusive and controlling".
He had previous convictions for assault and actual bodily harm against two former partners, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
The court heard neighbours had witnessed Cooke shouting at his partner before ordering her to get into his van. The argument continued in his vehicle where he stabbed Ms Billingham twice, piercing her heart.
He then drove to the surgery. Staff there found her bleeding heavily from her injuries.
Cooke told them Ms Billingham had stabbed herself in his van with an ornamental sword stick - a weapon with a blade screwed into the scabbard - following an argument, police said.
A post-mortem examination confirmed Ms Billingham had died as a result of stab wounds to the chest and stomach area.
Det Insp Harry Harrison said: "Cooke was clearly a bully and was the root cause of an awful lot of misery in Tina's life.
"Arrogant to the end, he has shown no remorse.
"Men with his character traits have no place in a civilised society. He has now rightly been brought to justice."


A charity that had dozens of Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who toys taken in a burglary has been "overwhelmed" by donations from the public.

The items were intended to be used to help raise money at an event for people with disabilities.
Charity The 1st Sensory Legion has since received more than 500 replacement toys in what it described as an "epic" response.
Police are investigating the theft that happened in Peterborough last week.
The items - worth an estimated Â£1,000 - were stolen from temporary storage in a garage.
They were to be used as tombola prizes to raise funds for the charity's Feel the Force Day event - an annual sensory sci-fi convention for people with disabilities.
"People love the event so much that total strangers are getting in touch," the event's co-founder JJ Lucia-Wright said.
Children have been sending their Star Wars dolls, and one woman who said she had "some Star Wars books" turned out to have 300 albums, he added.
The major supermarkets have also pledged to donate items for the tombola.
"It's been epic, and really restores your faith in human nature," he said.
The Feel the Force Day event started in Peterborough in 2013 with 20 deaf/blind adults who wanted to learn about Star Wars.
The charity now holds three events each year, attracting 32,000 people from across the UK.
Feel the Force Day uses toys and props, tactile costumes and smell jars to help include those with disabilities, additional needs and sensory impairments in film and TV culture.


Team GB triathlete Vicky Holland says she was "always obsessed with sport" but that she originally thought running would be the avenue she would go down.

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"I started dabbling in triathlon and it meant I wouldn't have to choose between my two loves of swimming and running," she says.
And enjoying her sport is what she believes helps her perform better on race day.
"It's easier to get out the door if you're in a happier environment every day. I think that's translated in the racing," she added.
If you would like to find out how to get into triathlon read our guide.


Five child sex abuse victims have launched a High Court bid for compensation over abuse at a Catholic school in East Yorkshire.

More than 200 men claim they were abused at St William's residential school in Market Weighton between 1970 and 1991, run by the De La Salle order.
The order has apologised "unreservedly" to those affected by the abuse and for the actions of its former principal.
James Carragher is in jail for sex offences against children at the home.
If the compensation claim succeeds, the eventual payout could run into millions of pounds.
The school, which closed in 1992, provided residential care and education for boys aged 10 to 16 with emotional and behavioural problems.
It was run by the De La Salle brothers on behalf of Middlesbrough Diocese.
The order said it "deeply regrets what happened at St William's".
Nigel Feeley was sent to St William's in 1972, when he was 13 years old. In 2004, James Carragher was found guilty of sexually abusing him at the home.
Mr Feeley said Carragher "had a gold card to sexually abuse children".
"It was like giving candy to a baby."
A former worker at the home told Inside Out in an anonymous interview that "brothers came and visited [the home] quite regularly and they would take children out".
He said: "it was a perfect opportunity for abuse".
Solicitor David Greenwood, acting for those claiming compensation, said St William's was "the biggest single home where boys were abused" that he had seen.
BBC Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire discovered that the Catholic Church had several opportunities to investigate the abuse but failure to act meant boys continued to be abused for decades.
There have been three criminal investigations into abuse at the home.
James Carragher, of Cearns Road, Merseyside, who was principal from 1976-1990, is serving his third prison sentence for physically and sexually abusing boys there.
He was jailed for nine years in January after being found guilty of 21 indecent assaults and three serious sex offences. He was cleared of a further 30 charges.
Former chaplain Anthony McCallen, formerly of Whernside Crescent, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, was jailed for 15 years after being convicted of 11 charges including a serious sexual offence. He was acquitted of eight other charges at the same trial.
Court documents seen by the BBC state that on 6 April 1970 an incident was investigated by a "sub-committee of managers" at the home.
The investigation concluded: "Brother James [Carragher] is a conscientious and useful member of the staff and having expressed his regret, no further action should be taken."
Allegations of abuse continued into the 1980s. The BBC has seen written testimony from a boy at the home describing how Carragher hit him on the head "with his fist", "dragged" him onto the landing and "kicked" and "pulled" him down the stairs.
Documents show Carragher was subjected to an internal disciplinary hearing following the assault and was given a warning.
According to a letter sent to Humberside County Council in 1992, complaints at the home were deal with by the principal, meaning that for 14 years allegations were dealt with by the man - Carragher - who was carrying out the abuse.
A spokesman for the De La Salle Order said: "We repeat our total condemnation of the serious criminal behaviour of James Carragher, a former member of the De La Salle Brothers, during his time on the staff at St William's.
"We condemn, without reservation, any action or behaviour which harms young people.
"We deeply regret what happened at St William's and the harm that was done there through the behaviour of James Carragher. We unreservedly apologise to all who have been affected by his behaviour. Our hearts go out to all victims of abuse and their families."
A spokesman for the Diocese said: "Abusive behaviour has absolutely no place in the Catholic Church, or anywhere in society, and is against everything we stand for."
The compensation case is expected to last three weeks at the High Court in Leeds.
Watch a full report on BBC Inside Out  - BBC One on Monday 31 October at 19:30 GMT in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.


The founder of encrypted messaging app Telegram has agreed to register the company in Russia, following pressure from local authorities.

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor had warned that Telegram would be blocked if it did not comply with new data laws.
Founder Pavel Durov said the company would be registered on the government's list of information distributors.
However, he insisted Telegram would not share confidential user data.
Telegram lets people send encrypted messages, which cannot be read by criminals or law enforcement if intercepted.
It has about 100 million users, but is also thought to be popular with the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and its supporters.
Russia is introducing new data laws that require "information distribution organisers" to register with the regulator and store users' data for six months.
Companies must also hand over their encryption keys when asked, but critics say the requirements, which come into force in 2018, are unfeasible.
Telegram had previously refused to register, because it did not want to compromise the privacy of its users, six million of whom are in Russia.
However, on Wednesday the company confirmed it had submitted its registration information to the authorities.
"We've no issue with formalities," wrote Mr Durov on Twitter.
"But not a single byte of private data will ever be shared with any government."
Expanding on his comments, Mr Durov told the Financial Times newspaper: "We didn't want to give the authorities a chance to block Telegram under a pretext of not providing nonsense data like the name of our company.
"If they're going to block us, they'll have to do it for a serious reason."


The substantive issue could scarcely be more serious; potential UK involvement in air strikes against Syria in an effort to countermand a global terrorist threat.

At the same time, the first minister's tone was intriguing as she confirmed, in a news conference at Bute House, that the SNP will vote against a proposed incursion by the RAF into Syria when the Commons debates the issue tomorrow.
I questioned Nicola Sturgeon as to whether there was ever any serious doubt that the SNP would be in the No lobby of the Commons when the vote was taken.
In response, she went out of her way to emphasise that this was a carefully weighed decision, preceded by detailed thought and discussion.
Her tone eschewed political rhetoric. Indeed, she praised the prime minister's efforts to attempt to convince sceptics, indicating that he had made progress in that direction. She summed up the position as "an honest difference of opinion."
So what is driving this approach? Firstly, this "nuanced" view - Nicola Sturgeon used that very adjective - is driven by conviction. Within the SNP leadership, Ms Sturgeon has taken particular pains to stress that it was important to think carefully, particularly in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.
She deliberately left the impression that this was not primarily a decision from pre-existing first principles but rather a careful, pragmatic calculation based on an assessment of all the elements, in Syria and globally.
So Ms Sturgeon accorded weight to the Prime Minister's persuasion but argued that it fell short on two points; the lack of a credible ground force to support air strikes and the lack of planning for post-conflict reconstruction in Syria.
Without those, she argued, air strikes might well make matters worse.
There are of course wider political calculations. There are some who have been adamant against air strikes from the outset. Ms Sturgeon is not in that camp, matching perhaps the troubled thoughts of many in Scotland and the wider UK as they reflect upon Paris.
Thirdly, the standpoint adopted by the SNP has the effect - intentional or otherwise - of contrasting with the uncertainty and disquiet in Labour ranks, reflected in the lack of a common position among Her Majesty's principal Opposition at Westminster.


Police in the US state of Missouri are searching for arsonist who set fire to seven churches in the St Louis area in the past two weeks.

Most of the churches affected had predominantly African-American congregations.
"We believe that this fire-setting activity is meant to send a message," said John Ham of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The most recent fire broke out early on Thursday morning.
"It was really disheartening to see what you worked so hard for brought down in a matter of minutes," said Pastor David Triggs of the United Believers in Christ Church, which was heavily damaged on 17 October.
The fires have all been set at the front or side doors of buildings, usually without causing serious structural damage.
This was not the case for Pastor Triggs, who said his church's building is likely unsalvageable.
That leaves his roughly 70 active congregants without a house of worship.
He is holding services on the lawn this coming Sunday while trying to determine next steps.
"We're kind of at a cross road," he said. "I have no doubt that God is going to provide for us."


Jo Stevens has quit as Jeremy Corbyn's shadow Welsh secretary after he forced Labour MPs to back the Article 50 bill.

The Cardiff Central MP said she believed Brexit was "a terrible mistake" and said she "cannot reconcile my overwhelming view" that to endorse the bill would make it inevitable.
She is the first member of the shadow cabinet to quit over the issue.
Party leader Mr Corbyn said MPs in pro-EU constituencies were "understandably torn" over the vote.
Her resignation follows that of Tulip Siddiq, who quit as shadow early years minister on Thursday after the Labour leadership imposed a "three-line whip".
Frontbench members of parties are generally expected to resign from their posts if they choose to defy a three-line whip, which is the strongest form of discipline political party leaders can impose.
Ms Stevens set out her opposition to triggering Article 50 in a resignation letter.
She wrote that the government had offered "no guarantees" that "single market access, employment, environmental and consumer rights, security and judicial safeguards" would be protected after Brexit.
Labour's Brexit bind is not hard to grasp.
The vast majority of Labour MPs campaigned to keep Britain in the EU. But most now represent constituencies that voted to leave.
And as Parliament prepares to vote on triggering divorce talks with Brussels, Labour MPs are being ordered to approve the start of Brexit by a party leader who spent his backbench career ignoring similar demands for discipline.
Read more: Labour's Brexit dilemma
The Cardiff Central MP also said a lack of "guarantees for the people of Wales" contributed to her decision to defy her party leadership.
Cardiff voted to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum, and remains a target of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats.
Jeremy Corbyn responded to Ms Stevens's resignation saying: "I understand the difficulties that Jo, and other MPs, have when facing the Article 50 Bill. Those MPs with strong Remain constituencies are understandably torn."
He continued: "We have said all along that Labour will not frustrate the triggering of Article 50 and to that end we are asking all MPs to vote for the Bill at its second reading next week."
Two Labour whips - MPs in charge of parliamentary party discipline - have said they will vote against the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, despite the order to support it.
Jeff Smith and Thangam Debbonaire have said they will vote against it although neither have resigned their posts as party whips.
Another shadow minister Daniel Zeichner has also said he will vote against the bill, as will other MPs including former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was introduced after the Supreme Court ruled that parliament - not just the government alone - must vote to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which starts the formal process of the UK leaving the EU.
Mr Corbyn has said he understands the pressures faced - many Labour MPs represent constituencies which voted to remain in the European Union - but called on them to "unite" around "important issues".
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott said voting against the bill would "be very undermining of democracy".
"MPs voted for a referendum, there was an extraordinary high turn out - 72% - 17m people voted to leave. Many of them in some of our poorest areas," she told the BBC.
She added: "How would it look if a bunch of politicians and commentators in London turned round and said: 'We know you voted to leave but we're just going to ignore you?'"
But senior Labour backbencher Meg Hillier told the BBC some of her east London constituents were "horrified" at Mr Corbyn's stance.
"Certainly in Hackney the rage in the room was palpable - and people are really concerned. My constituency voted 78% to remain [in the EU] and while a lot of those people recognise the outcome of the referendum, we just don't want a blank cheque."
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to begin the formal process of quitting the European Union by the end of March.
The bill is due to be initially debated by MPs on Tuesday - in a sitting that may last until midnight - and clear the Commons on 8 February, after which it will move to the House of Lords.
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to oppose Article 50 unless there is a guarantee of another referendum on the final Brexit deal that is agreed with Brussels, while the SNP has vowed to table 50 amendments to the legislation.


A wildlife charity is calling for fishing to be banned at an East Sussex venue after abandoned angling equipment caused injuries to 25 swans.

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue said it had rescued 25 birds in the last 12 months at Ditchling Common Country Park.
In the latest incident a fishing hook had to be removed from a swan's tongue in the charity's operating theatre.
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) said it inspected the lakes and removed any discarded fishing equipment.
The injured swan, along with its three cygnets was rescued on Thursday after the charity received six calls from walkers who reported seeing the bird with blood on its body and a fishing hook in its mouth.
Wildlife rescue founder Trevor Weeks said a large carp hook was embedded in the swan's tongue.
"The removal of the hook was a very dangerous procedure and could have resulted in the death of the swan," he said.
"We've had a whole variety of calls to that lake.
"We are getting everything from abscesses in their necks where hooks have become embedded, to breathing difficulties where they have got lines tightly wrapped round their necks.
"There are a lot of very responsible anglers and they are just as concerned about the problem as we are but if this doesn't improve they should be banning it completely."
Anglers need to apply for a permit to fish at the country park.
ESCC said the danger discarded fishing equipment poses to wildlife is made clear to anglers when they are granted a permit to fish.
"We litter-pick at the site once a week but, in light of the recent injury to the swan, we will carry out a further inspection at the pond and surrounding area and remove any discarded fishing lines, hooks and litter that we find," it said.


A woman who slit the throats of two children has been given a two-year supervision order.

Sadie Jenkins, 28, of Newport, attacked them while in a drug-induced trance after prolonged amphetamine abuse.
She was cleared of two counts of attempted murder on the grounds of insanity.
At Cardiff Crown Court on Friday, Miss Jenkins was handed the order, which requires drug testing at least once a week.
Her trial heard Miss Jenkins was psychotic and out of touch with reality when she attacked the children with a 6in (15cm) kitchen knife on 7 May 2014.
After wounding the children, she used the knife on herself and later told doctors: "The voices told me to do it".
In the hours before the attack, she was convinced she been sent a "secret message" via US TV show CSI.
The court heard the children were attacked with a steak knife while Miss Jenkins was "in the grip of a psychosis, induced by your past illegal drug taking".
Mrs Justice Carr described the case as a "tragedy" and said Miss Jenkins would take amphetamines on a daily basis and there was "no excuse" for her drug abuse.
She added: "They [the children] will be physically and emotionally scarred forever.
"Because of your psychosis, you did not know what you were doing was wrong."
The court was told that medical experts said she did not require treatment in hospital and that Miss Jenkins has fully recovered from her psychosis.
"Providing you remain drug-free and mentally stable, you present a low risk of re-offending," said Mrs Justice Carr.
Miss Jenkins has taken several drug tests since her arrest and has tested negative every time.


A one-time adviser to former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has written an online blog saying the current case for an independent Scotland "is dead".

Alex Bell, who was Mr Salmond's head of policy for three years, believed the SNP's model was "broken beyond repair".
The party hit back by pointing to opinion polls suggesting growing support for independence.
However, Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said the Rattle.Scot article was a "powerful condemnation".
Mr Bell claimed the economic case presented during the referendum - which took place on 18 September last year - was based on wishful thinking.
He suggested the current SNP leadership knew this but continued to lead a "morally dubious" government which opposed Tory cuts without any credible alternative.
In response, the SNP said its continuing case for "self-government for Scotland" was being backed by a growing number of Scots who were angry that the UK government "has not delivered on their vow of more powers".
The people of Scotland voted against Scottish independence by 55% to 45%.
Writing on current affairs blog Rattle.Scot, Mr Bell said: "The SNP's model of independence is broken beyond repair. The party should either build a new one or stop offering it as an alternative to Tory cuts.
"The campaign towards the 2014 vote, and the economic information since, has kicked the old model to death.
"The idea that you could have a Scotland with high public spending, low taxes, a stable economy and reasonable government debt was wishful a year ago - now it is deluded."
It is "debatable" whether a separate Scotland could maintain British levels of spending, he added.
Mr Bell suggested Scotland's long-serving Finance Secretary John Swinney would be "unfit for the job" if he does not understand these obstacles "so we must assume these bright people know that the old model, once optimistic, is now dead".
Mr Bell went on: "The fact is a gap exists - Scotland does not earn enough to pay for its current level of spending. Once you accept that, you acknowledge that the SNP's model is broken."
He added:
Mr Bell said that it was "reasonable to assume that all these obstacles can be overcome, but it is stupid to deny they exist".
The SNP spokesman said: "In the year since the referendum, every opinion poll conducted on the matter has shown an increase in support for independence, with some putting Yes ahead.
"This is due to the widespread anger that the UK government has not delivered on their vow of more powers for Scotland - but also because the SNP continues to make the case for self-government for Scotland, and demonstrate a strong track record in office."
Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie said the "extraordinary intervention" came from a man who was "at the heart of the SNP's campaign for separation".
Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw said the online piece was confirmation that the "SNP is merely a propaganda machine which hopes it can trick people into thinking it is a competent government".
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: "Immoral fools with no credible alternative is a powerful condemnation from someone who knows the SNP leadership well."


Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has urged referees to do more to protect his players from dangerous challenges.

He believes Kieran Tierney could have been seriously injured by a tackle against Motherwell last week and wants officials to punish recklessness.
"The concern for me is the ones that are late, the one like last week that was a straight-leg challenge that could have really damaged him," Rodgers said.
"That's the duty of the referee, to protect the players, and the game."
Rodgers was concerned by Ryan Bowman's challenge on Tierney, for which the player was booked, and one on Scott Sinclair against Inverness the previous weekend.
The Celtic boss has not yet spoken to the Scottish Football Association's head of refereeing, John Fleming, but says he will if the issue is not addressed.
"My only worry at this moment is protection for my players," Rodgers said. "I've seen two tackles in the last two games that weren't good tackles at all.
"The tackle on Kieran Tierney was horrendous.
"This is a kid who's coming through, he's 19, one of the great prospects of Scottish football. I've a boy who's a brilliant coach on my staff, John Kennedy, who was also a brilliant prospect who in one challenge lost his career.
"I don't want that to happen to any of my players, or any player, whether he's from Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, wherever.
"I understand there's maybe a dimension of wanting to get tight to Scotty Sinclair, to put a challenge in, but it's the responsibility of referees to protect the game and the players.
"If we're trying to have the best players in Scotland, they need a little bit of protection.
"We're a team of men and we're playing a man's game, so we've no problems with aggression and we've coped with that. You want the competitive games, you want the aggression, with passion, but it needs to be within the law."
Rodgers said that contract talks with goalkeeper Craig Gordon are continuing and remains confident that the 34-year-old, who was the subject of interest from Chelsea during the January transfer window, will reach an agreement.
"Between his agent and the club, it's ongoing," Rodgers said. "These things take a little bit of time and we all want it resolved as soon as we can.
"Craig is very happy and it's nearly there. There are always details that need to be closed out by both parties.
"It's certainly not stalled. This is a very important contract for Craig, and it's important for the club. You have to respect the club's position as well.
"You don't just snap your fingers on these thing and they happen overnight. I'd be very hopeful that it's resolved soon."


A major reform of the legal aid system in England and Wales has been scrapped, the justice secretary has announced.

Plans to slash the number of law firms allowed to do criminal legal aid work at police stations and magistrates' courts have been dropped, while an 8.75% cut to legal aid fees lawyers earn has been suspended for a year.
Michael Gove said the MoJ had faced too many legal challenges over the plans.
Lawyers had claimed the reforms could damage quality and access to justice.
Labour shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer said the government's plans had "descended into utter chaos".
The proposed cuts - drawn up by former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling - would have reduced the number of solicitor's firms awarded "duty contracts" by about two-thirds from 1,600 to 527.
Firms awarded the contract are placed on a rota, and called on to represent people who qualify for legal aid at police stations and magistrates' courts.
However, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) faced 99 separate legal challenges over the proposals, and there were "real problems" in pressing ahead, Mr Gove said in a written ministerial statement.
By BBC legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman
"Duty" work at police stations and magistrates courts is prized because it provides solicitors with clients.
The reform was designed to consolidate the profession and achieve economies of scale by reducing the number of contracts from 1,600 to around 500. Firms took part in a detailed procurement process to win one.
Amidst controversy and allegations of ineptitude from a whistleblower, some succeeded, many failed, leading to 99 separate legal challenges.
Citing those, and a settlement from the Treasury that gives him more flexibility, Mr Gove says he doesn't want the legal aid market to face years of uncertainty and expensive litigation, so he's ditching the policy.
It's yet another U-turn on a policy of his predecessor Chris Grayling, following those on restricting books for prisoners, building a secure college for young offenders and scrapping of the contentious criminal courts charge.
Lawyers groups are delighted. Relations between Mr Gove and Mr Grayling? Probably icy.
Mr Gove said: "My decision is driven in part by the recognition that the litigation will be time-consuming and costly for all parties, whatever the outcome.
"I do not want my department and the legal aid market to face months if not years of continuing uncertainty, and expensive litigation, while it is heard."
Under the proposed new system, a total of 527 legal aid "duty contracts" would have been split between 85 geographical areas, with between four and 17 contracts awarded in each area.
The Law Society had argued that "large areas of the country could be left without legal representation", and "the most vulnerable in our society will have inadequate access to legal representation".
Other law bodies warned some firms would be "considering their future" if they lost their legal aid contract, and that lawyers risked losing their jobs.
Although solicitors lost a legal challenge to the government's reforms in the High Court last year, Mr Gove acknowledged lawyers' fears, saying they "weighed heavily" on him.
Anyone who is arrested or interviewed under caution by the police is entitled to have free legal advice and representation.
Solicitors firms who win a "duty contract" from the Ministry of Justice are placed on a rota to provide that representation, for which they are paid legal aid fees.
If a case goes to the magistrates' court, a defendant must apply to the court for legal aid, known as "a representation order".
The application is tested to determine whether the case is serious enough to require full legal representation, and the defendant is means tested.
Among those eligible are people under 18, on income-support, or with a gross annual income of under Â£22,325 a year.
However, Lord Falconer said the MoJ had been told the policy "would be a disaster".
"This is a staggering admission from the Tory government and represents a final confirmation that their plans to reform criminal legal aid have descended into utter chaos," he said.
"The government must now come clean about how much public money has been wasted on this doomed endeavour, so that ministers can be held fully accountable for this fiasco."
Mark Fenhalls QC, of the Criminal Bar Association, said it had been the right decision to abandon the "flawed plans".
An MoJ spokesman said the UK's legal aid system was "still one of the most generous in the world", and spent Â£1.6bn on legal aid last year - almost a quarter of its departmental budget.
"The spending review settlement we have reached with the Treasury for the next five years leaves legal aid almost untouched," he said.


The Turkish military has released an audio recording of what it says were warnings to a Russian warplane before it was shot down on the Syrian border.

"Change your heading south immediately," a voice is heard saying in English. Turkey said it had tried to rescue the SU-24 bomber's two pilots.
One of them was killed by gunfire as he parachuted from the burning plane.
The other pilot was rescued. He denied claims the jet had violated Turkish airspace and warnings had been given.
The plane crashed into a mountainside on Syrian soil after being hit by a missile from a Turkish F-16 fighter jet on Tuesday.
Tensions have escalated between the two countries over the incident, with Russian President Vladimir Putin describing it as a "stab in the back" and warning of "serious consequences".
Moscow later broke off military contacts with Ankara and said it would deploy its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system in Syria to destroy any target that may threaten its warplanes.
It also said fighter jets would now escort its bombers during air strikes over Syria.
The US, the EU and the UN have all appealed for calm.
The Turkish military said it had given 10 warnings to the Russian plane before it was shot down in Turkish airspace.
On Wednesday, it also put out a statement saying it had been in touch with Russian military attaches to explain the rules of engagement that led to the incident and that it had tried to rescue the pilots.
Turkey said it was ready for "all kinds of co-operation" with Moscow over the incident.
Meanwhile, the surviving Russian pilot said on Wednesday no warning had been given by Turkey.
Capt Konstantin Murakhtin also stressed there was "no way" the jet could have violated Turkish airspace, as Ankara said it did.
He knew the region "very well", he said, and the jet had not been in Turkish airspace "even for a second".
Russia said the pilot was rescued from rebel-held territory in north-eastern Syria in a 12-hour operation involving Russian and Syrian special forces.
A Russian marine was killed and a helicopter destroyed by rebels during the operation.
Capt Murakhtin was speaking from the Hmeymim airbase, where Russia's aircraft are based.
Russia has been carrying out air strikes against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad since late September.
Meanwhile, Syrian rebels released a video apparently showing the dead body of the second pilot, who was identified by Russia as Lt Col Oleg Peshkov.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended the action by the country's military, saying "everyone must respect the right of Turkey to protect its borders".
He said he did not want to escalate tensions further.
Turkey is a member of Nato. The alliance has backed Turkey's version of events, although it, too, is calling for "diplomacy and de-escalation" to resolve the situation.
Russia and Turkey have found themselves on opposing sides in Syria's conflict, with Russia supporting President Assad, while Turkey is a staunch critic.
Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.


Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked an English culture that accepts poverty limits the achievements of poor children.

He told a conference of independent school heads that parentage dictates progress in England more than in any other country.
But there need be no difference in educational performance between pupils from poor and wealthier homes, he said.
Other countries were already closing the achievement gap, he added.
Research suggests children from poor homes are already behind by the the time they start school, and that the achievement gap widens as they progress through their education.
At GCSE there remains a "stubborn and unchanging gap in achievement" between the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve five good GCSEs - including English and maths - and the rest of the population.
Speaking at a conference at independent Brighton College, in East Sussex, Mr Gove said it did not need to be this way.
He cited evidence of other countries closing and even eradicating the attainment gap.
He said: "Deprived pupils in Hong Kong and Shanghai, who struggle with challenges far greater and more debilitating than any we know here, achieve as highly as their English peers from the most comfortable homes.
"Only 24% of disadvantaged students in the UK perform better than expected compared with 76% in Shanghai, 72% in Hong Kong and 46% in Finland.
"The OECD average is 31% - putting the UK well behind countries like Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Mexico and Chile when it comes to making opportunity more equal."
Mr Gove added: "Despite the evidence that other nations are closing the gap between rich and poor through great state schooling, some in this country still argue that pupil achievement is overwhelmingly dictated by socio-economic factors.
"They say that deprivation means destiny - that schools are essentially impotent in the face of overwhelming force of circumstance - and that we can't expect children to succeed if they have been born into poverty, disability or disadvantage."
Mr Gove said he did not accept this, adding that there were a growing number of schools "proving that deprivation need not be destiny - that with the right teaching and the right values they can outperform everyone's expectations".
Research has suggested there are more than 440 secondary schools where the average GCSE point score for children on free school meals - a key measure of poverty - is higher than the national average for all children.
Mr Gove said: "What they share is an unwavering, unapologetic focus on standards.
"Led by inspirational heads and teachers, every day these schools are proving the pessimists and fatalists wrong."
He continued: "They show us all that there need be no difference in performance - none whatsoever - between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those from wealthier homes.
"They show us that a difficult start in life can be overcome, with hard work and good teaching."
Mr Gove said the government must stand for "aspiration, ambition, hard work and excellence - for success based on merit and a celebration of those who do succeed".
He said he knew the government was making progress when he heard opposition from what he described as vested interests in the trade unions and local government.
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said: "Launching another attack on the teaching profession is not the way to close the gap between poorer and richer pupils.
"The truth is that the government's key measure - the pupil premium - is not being targeted at the poorest children because many schools are using it to plug holes in their budgets."
But general secretary of the NASUWT union Chris Keates said: "Coalition ministers are becoming more and more frantic as their flawed ideological policies, which are creating a lost generation of children and young people and plunging millions into poverty, are exposed."
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: "Michael Gove is right to highlight the fact that the UK  has a 'profoundly unequal society'.
"It is a great shame that the Coalition government's policies will do nothing to alter this fact, and in many cases will make matters even worse.
"Cutting the Education Maintenance Allowance and raising the cost of university tuition fees has meant that for many poorer pupils further or higher education is not an option.
"This is a decision based not on their educational achievements but on their family's economic abilities to keep them in education."


"It's mind boggling," says the OECD's Andreas Schleicher, describing the ambitions of Shanghai's education system.

The Chinese city has not only remained as the highest performer in this year's international Pisa tests in maths, reading and science, it has accelerated even further ahead.
So what makes it so successful?
Mr Schleicher, who runs the Pisa tests taken every three years, says Shanghai is engaged in a systematic, long-term project to improve education, as a way of transforming its economy.
"You can see from the minister down to the teacher in the classroom that this is their future and they believe education is the great equaliser," says Mr Schleicher, the OECD's education expert.
"That's why they make it prestigious to teach in a tough school," he says.
A recent survey showed that teachers have a higher status in China than anywhere else in the world - and Mr Schleicher says they are not afraid of using this influence.
"Teachers call up parents at least fortnightly, they ring them on their mobile to check on how their children are working. They also tell them how to improve their parenting," he says.
A characteristic of the Shanghai system is to require continuous professional training for teachers, with time away from the classroom.
"They want every educator on the front line to be a researcher, it's like wanting every doctor to be a research scientist," he says.
Another key to the high numbers passing exams is the expectation that they will.
The Shanghai system is not a "sorting mechanism" in which a diminishing number of people are allowed to progress through a narrowing funnel of education.
Instead it assumes that a large majority of pupils will be willing and able to succeed and that teachers are expected to make this possible.
This doesn't necessarily mean it's a "fair" system, he says. It's an intensely competitive meritocracy.
"If you are better than others, you're going to get better chances. That's the underlying belief," he says.
It isn't a place of safety nets.
And the intense competition means that an estimated 80% of students have private tutors.
There is also competition between teachers, says the OECD, with four grades of professional status.
Teachers are seen as "generals", able to make their own decisions, the OECD reports, and local government education officials are often drawn from the ranks of head teachers and teachers.
The success of Shanghai and Hong Kong has often been put down to a Chinese historic cultural predisposition to education.
But this legacy is a mixed picture.
There is a longstanding belief in education as the route for social mobility, through institutions such as the highly competitive civil examinations system, which operated in China for centuries.
But in the 1950s the Chinese system had adopted a Soviet Russian model, and in the 1980s the country was still trying to get places for all children in primary and secondary school.
The current high-performing system has only been developed in the past couple of decades.
Within China, Shanghai has been seen as a pioneer in improving education.
It was at the forefront of raising teaching standards, such as the drive for an all-graduate teaching staff.
About 80% of young people in Shanghai enter higher education, far above the Chinese national average, and another reform was to create a local entrance system for the city's universities.
There is no Pisa test result figure for all China, instead the rankings show a handful of urban hothouses such as Shanghai and Hong Kong.
It might not be representative of all China, but Shanghai is a relatively big place in its own right. It's bigger in population terms than countries such as Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands.
And in the next Pisa tests, to be taken in 2015, it is expected there will be enough data to show the performance of China as a whole country.
Mr Schleicher puts the success of Shanghai into the bigger picture of China and Asia.
There is a drive to re-invent the economy, switching from cheap manufacturing to hi-tech innovation.
"They're not afraid of losing jobs in the production sector, they want to move up the value chain, they want to upgrade their talent pool," says Mr Schleicher.
Even in the poorest areas of China they are pushing this educational upgrading, he says.
"So why are they doing it? It's an intriguing question. I guess it comes to how society is balanced, the present against the future. What you have in Asian societies is the willingness to sacrifice the present for a better future."
"You make long-term investments in yourself and in society. You scrape together the last money of the grandparents to pay for the education of your children. As a society you invest in education rather than consumption.
"All of those things are very strong in Asia. There is the belief that to have a better future you have to make compromises today."


Three French gay rights groups have accused the Russian republic of Chechnya of a policy of genocide towards gay people in a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court.

They have blamed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and state officials for a "wave of persecution".
They cited the case of a teenaged male thrown out of a ninth-storey window, allegedly because of his sexuality.
Chechen officials have denied that gay people even exist in the republic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month backed an inquiry into the reported crackdown on gay people in Chechnya.
But the three French groups have rejected Russia's internal investigation, and want the International Criminal Court in The Hague to start work before Russia withdraws from its jurisdiction in November.
Reports of arbitrary arrests of gay men first surfaced last month in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
The three groups highlighted the case of a 17-year-old gay youth allegedly thrown to his death from a ninth-floor window by an uncle supposedly anxious to salvage the family's honour.
They have accused President Kadyrov of setting up torture camps to exterminate homosexuals, Le Monde (in French) reported. It quoted the leader of Idaho France - one of the three groups instigating the ICC case - as saying the court was the only way they could pursue their grievances.
Last week five gay rights activists were detained in Moscow as they tried to deliver a petition to the office of Russia's prosecutor general.
Police said they were held because their action was unauthorised.
The activists said more than two million people had signed the petition to investigate alleged torture and detentions of gay people in Chechnya.
President Kadyrov has insisted that there are no "people of non-traditional orientation" (a term sometimes used to describe LGBT people in Russia) in the predominantly Muslim republic.
Chechen officials also say the local police have not received any official complaints from alleged victims.


(Close): A rise in commodities stocks helped nudge the FTSE 100 into positive territory by the end of trading.

Mining shares were again among the market's best gainers, with Anglo American and Antofagasta rising 5% and 1.5% respectively.
The FTSE 100 closed 0.08%, or 4.9 points higher, at 6410.26.
Unemployment data showing a small rise in the jobless totals, sparked a small fall for the pound but overall had little effect.
Oil prices rose 2% leaving Brent crude at $44.93 a barrel and US crude oil at $43.31 a barrel.
Arm shares fell 1%, despite it reporting a 14% rise in profits. It provides chip designs for Apple, Samsung and Huawei.
In smaller stocks, shares in N Brown, the plus-size clothing chain, closed down 12.9% after its results.
Punch Taverns shares closed 11.9% higher after it reported a 3% rise in profit margins.
The firm also said it had sold off a number of pubs to help cut its debt from Â£1.4bn.
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.08% against the dollar to $1.4387, and was 0.14% higher against the euro at â‚¬1.2696.


Two men have been given football banning orders after crowd trouble at West Ham's win over Chelsea in October.

Riot police were deployed when plastic bottles, seats and coins were thrown at the EFL Cup tie at the London Stadium.
Chelsea fan Michael Parker, 51, and West Ham fan Nicholas Greenway, 27, got five and three-year bans respectively.
Parker, of Eversleigh Road, Battersea, was charged with throwing a missile and Greenway, of Alexandra Road, Mitcham, was accused of threatening behaviour.
Metropolitan Police commander BJ Harrington said: "The orders will prevent them from causing more trouble.
"There were a minority who were clearly intent on being involved in confrontation and violence.
"Despite extensive work with both clubs and a robust policing operation, there were unacceptable incidents inside and outside the stadium, before, during and after the game."
Police made seven arrests after the match, with both clubs, the Football Association and the English Football League investigating the incident.
Of those arrested on the night, one further supporter has been charged and is awaiting trial. Three others have been released on bail without charge.
West Ham have also banned an unspecified number of fans, who are no longer able to buy tickets, while any season ticket holders involved have had them revoked.
The east London club have struggled with crowd disturbances since their move to the London Stadium and prior to the Chelsea game had already banned 23 fans - some until the end of the season and others indefinitely.
"We will continue to work with our partners to tackle crime and disorder at the London Stadium and the banning orders are a part of this work," Harrington said.
"We are working tirelessly to identify people involved and bring them to justice. Anyone with information or witnesses to the disorder is asked to call the police non-emergency line on 101."


A male motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a lorry on the A55 in Conwy county.

North Wales Police is investigating the crash on the eastbound expressway near junction 23, Llanddulas, which happened at about 18:45 BST.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed one casualty had been taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.