‘A 31-year-old man has been jailed for six months after he pleaded guilty to arranging the illegal entry into the United Kingdom of two Iraqi nationals from France.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd November 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Crime reporter Anthony France – the only journalist to be successfully tried in the wake of a police investigation into payments to public officials – has won an appeal against his conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A mother-of-three has been found guilty of failing to inform authorities that her husband intended to join the so-called Islamic State.’
The Independent, 24th February 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sun journalists Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt have been cleared of aiding and abetting a police officer to commit misconduct in a public office.’
BBC News, 15th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Sun reporter has been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of receiving tip-offs from an anti-terrorism officer.’
BBC News, 29th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Sun reporter has been cleared of aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, but convicted of handling an MP’s stolen mobile phone.’
BBC News, 9th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who orchestrated a “revenge rape” on a teenager she told “snitches get stitches” has been jailed.’
BBC news, 13th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man is handed a prison sentence for aiding and abetting dangerous driving after police discovered a video of him being towed along a road at 70mph on roller skates.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two men “in the thrall” of triple-murderer Joanna Dennehy who were her “willing accomplices” have been convicted of offences related to her killing spree.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two men have been found guilty of helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day spree of violence.’
BBC News, 10th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who lured two teenage girls on a night out so they could be raped by three men has been sent to a young offenders institute for seven years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions
Court of Appeal
“The refusal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide was lawful.”
The Times, 24th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWCA Civ 92; [2009] WLR (D) 62
“The Director of Public Prosecutions did not act unlawfully in failing to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The fiancée of the ringleader of the failed July 21 bombings was today jailed for three years for helping him to escape London dressed in a burka.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Kenning Regina v Blackshaw Regina v Fenwick
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“An agreement to aid and abet an offence did not constitute a criminal conspiracy.”
The Times, 10th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick; [2008] WLR (D) 212
“An agreement to aid and abet an offence was not capable of constituting a criminal conspiracy.”
WLR Daily, 26th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A teenage girl who used a mobile phone to film a man killed in a ‘happy-slapping’ attack was today jailed in what is thought to be an unprecedented ruling.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A schoolgirl faces a custodial sentence for filming a brutal and fatal attack on a mobile phone.”
The Times, 15th February, 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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