Murder victim Carole Waugh impersonator sentenced – BBC News

Posted April 29th, 2013 in conspiracy, fraud, impersonation, murder, news, sentencing, victims by tracey

“A woman who admitted impersonating a murdered former oil company worker has been given a community order.”

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BBC News, 26th April 2013

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Doctors Prana and Nishebita Das robbery: Two jailed – BBC News

Posted April 29th, 2013 in assault, grievous bodily harm, news, robbery, sentencing by tracey

“A woman and a man have been jailed for assaulting and robbing two married doctors in their home, leaving one brain damaged.”

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BBC News, 26th April 2013

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Horsewoman who appeared in Queen’s Diamond Jubilee exaggerated injuries for compensation – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 29th, 2013 in compensation, fraud, health & safety, news, personal injuries, sentencing, sick leave by tracey

“A horsewoman who appeared in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant exaggerated
injuries she suffered in a fall to try to win a big compensation pay-out, a
court heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013

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Girl, 14, forced to become pregnant with donor sperm bought by mother – The Guardian

“A mother forced her 14-year-old adopted daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm to provide a baby for her after she was prevented from adopting any more children, it can be revealed. The daughter, a virgin, is believed to have miscarried at 14, but went on to have a baby at 16 after regularly inseminating herself with sperm bought over the internet by her ‘domineering’ mother because she was too scared to refuse. Details of the shocking case have emerged in a previously secret court judgment, which can be reported today for the first time and which raises serious questions over loopholes in international adoptions and the regulation of the global traffic in gametes.”

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The Guardian, 28th April 2013

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Junk foods avoid ad ban by targeting children online – The Guardian

Posted April 29th, 2013 in advertising, children, complaints, internet, news, ombudsmen, regulations by tracey

“Advertising regulators have been accused of failing to protect children from aggressive online marketing by food companies using internet games and advertising. The Children’s Food Campaign has called on ministers to introduce statutory regulation to close loopholes allowing ads that are banned from children’s television to be shown on manufacturers’ own child-friendly websites.”

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The Guardian, 29th April 2013

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Legal aid: Lawyers in Wales agree strike action – BBC News

Posted April 29th, 2013 in barristers, budgets, consultations, industrial action, legal aid, news, Wales by tracey

“Lawyers in Wales have agreed to strike over UK government proposals to reform criminal legal aid. The Wales and Chester Circuit of Barristers has voted unanimously to refuse to sign up to a new system regulating the quality of criminal lawyers in England and Wales.”

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BBC News, 28th April 2013

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Collette Elliot wins pay-out from Birmingham council – BBC News

Posted April 29th, 2013 in child abuse, compensation, local government, news, social services by tracey

“A woman is to receive compensation from a council after social services failed
to take her into care while she was being abused as a child.”

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BBC News, 28th April 2013

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Police watchdog to investigate Taser use in burns death of man doused in flammable liquid – The Independent

Posted April 29th, 2013 in death in custody, news, ombudsmen, police, weapons by tracey

“A watchdog is to investigate whether the firing of a Taser by a police officer
at a man doused in flammable liquid caused fatal burns.”

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The Independent, 27th April 2013

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New legal aid reforms end ‘justice for all’, lawyers warn – The Independent

“England’s 800-year-old tradition of fair and open access to justice for all will
be destroyed by sweeping Government plans to reform criminal legal aid, senior
judges and magistrates warn today.”

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The Independent, 28th April 2013

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Judge: parents were too besotted to hurt children – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 29th, 2013 in child abuse, children, evidence, families, news, social services by tracey

“A judge has refused to allow social workers to take three children with serious
and apparently unexplained injuries into care after seeing that their parents
were ‘simply dotty about them’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2013

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Home Office fury as drug dealer immigrant wins right to stay in UK – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 29th, 2013 in appeals, deportation, drug offences, families, human rights, immigration, news by tracey

“A judge’s decision to allow a convicted drug dealer who abandoned his children
the right to stay in Britain over his ‘human rights’ is at the centre of
mounting political protest.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2013

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‘Bulger killers’ images’: Two jailed for contempt – BBC News

Posted April 26th, 2013 in contempt of court, internet, news, photography, sentencing, suspended sentences by tracey

“Two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the
killers of James Bulger have been jailed for being in contempt of court.”

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BBC News, 26th April 2013

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Ipswich sex slave teenager case: London men jailed – BBC News

“Three men from east London who abducted a 13-year-old girl from the streets of
the city and forced her to become their sex slave have been jailed.”

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BBC News, 26th April 2013

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Justice and Security Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 26th, 2013 in disclosure, intelligence services, legislation, parliament by tracey

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Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 26th, 2013 in arbitration, codes of practice, dispute resolution, legislation by tracey

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Succession to the Crown Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

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BT wins right to take Sky Sports price ruling to court of appeal – The Guardian

Posted April 26th, 2013 in appeals, competition, media, news by tracey

“BT has won the right to take a competition regulator ruling that stopped BSkyB being forced to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 to rival TV services at a discount of up to 23% to the court of appeal.”

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The Guardian, 26th April 2013

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Former housekeeper wins victimisation case against boss – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 26th, 2013 in bullying, compensation, employment tribunals, harassment, news, unfair dismissal by tracey

“A Pakistan-born former housekeeper has won £43,000 compensation after she was
bullied by her boss while working at a Christian spirituality and conference
centre.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013

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Birmingham terror ringleader gets five life sentences for plot – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 26th, 2013 in gangs, news, sentencing, terrorism by tracey

“The ringleader of a Birmingham terror cell who plotted for the worst attack on
UK soil was today given five life sentences.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013

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Crime and Courts Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

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