“A vengeful husband who set fire to a polo-playing love rival’s car who had started dating his wife has been jailed for more than three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who killed his wife and injured three daughters by setting his house on fire in a so-called honour killing plot has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A violent drifter who murdered three generations of the same family, including his own ill baby daughter, by setting fire to their home has had his minimum jail term increased.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court Judge has hit out at the ‘astonishing’ cost of a six year legal battle in the Court of Protection which ended today after all parties agreed a woman should stay in care.”
The Independent, 11th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A fire obsessed teenager has been jailed for life after being found guilty of starting a blaze that killed four siblings while he was ‘out of his head’ on a lethal cocktail of cannabis and alcohol.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A son who smothered his mother because he could not bear watching her suffer from dementia has been jailed for three years and four months.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two insurance companies have won their case against police bosses for compensation over the looting and arson of a building during the 2011 riots.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A conman who murdered his lover and mutilated her body to cover his tracks has been sentenced to life, with a minimum prison term of 34 years.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dyson Allen, 19, faces prison sentence after being found guilty of manslaughter of four siblings in Lancashire.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquiry has been launched into the contact the authorities had with a vulnerable family after a violent alcoholic man was jailed for at least 30 years for murdering his baby daughter, his girlfriend and her mother.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former serviceman has been jailed for trying to set fire to a Denbighshire mosque after hearing about the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in London.”
BBC News, 20th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyers have said.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who murdered five members of a family by setting fire to her neighbour’s
pushchair in an ‘an act of exceptional wickedness’ has been jailed for at least
30 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘drunk and jealous’ woman has been found guilty of murdering five members of the same family, including three young children, in a blaze following a row about a pram.”
The Independent, 30th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“1.3 million people tuned into Channel 5 when the schedule was changed at 9pm on 3 April 2013 to show a documentary examining the high-profile Philpott story, featuring new material about the tragic event and subsequent trial.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th April 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Mick Philpott was today jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after being found guilty of killing six of his children in a house fire.”
The Independent, 4th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The sentencing of Mick and Mairead Philpott, who killed their six children in a house fire, has been adjourned until Thursday.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents accused of killing six children in a house fire have been convicted of their manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Arsonists who torched a Grade II-listed mansion in Somerset have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A postman has been jailed for destroying almost 30,000 letters he should have pushed through letterboxes.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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