‘Evil witch’ David Lake jailed for ‘sadistic’ sex attack – BBC News
‘A self-styled “evil black witch” has been jailed for life for a violent sex attack on a shopkeeper in his 70s.’
BBC News, 31st July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Christopher Kapessa river death: No prosecution decision upheld – BBC News
‘A 14-year-old boy who pushed a boy, 13, into a river before he died will not be prosecuted, a review has concluded.’
BBC News, 20th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tougher sentences for attacks on emergency workers considered – BBC News
‘Plans to double the maximum jail term for criminals who assault emergency workers to two years are being considered by the government.’
BBC News, 13th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plenty of Fish conman jailed for defrauding women – BBC News
‘A fraudster who cheated women he had asked to marry him out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 6th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Delivery driver jailed for broken wing-mirror rage killing – BBC News
‘A pizza delivery driver who killed a man in a “grotesque” overreaction to a broken wing-mirror has been jailed for 14 years.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ben Ashman: Man who ran over stepmother at wedding jailed – BBC News
‘A man who repeatedly drove over his stepmother in a drunken rage at a wedding has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 11th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Courts ‘preparing to fast-track prosecutions for Black Lives Matter protesters’ – Daily Telegraph
‘British courts are preparing to fast-track prosecutions for the Black Lives Matter protests, as justice secretary Robert Buckland has told magistrates to model the process along the lines of the response to rioting in London in 2011, The Times reported.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Belly Mujinga: CPS to review Covid-19 death of station worker – BBC News
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been asked to review evidence into the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus.’
BBC News, 5th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
36 Emergency Powers Group Newsletter – The 36 Group
‘1. Knowing Your R’s from Your Elbow: Wrongful Convictions in the Time of Coronavirus – Arthur Kendrick & Tom Parker
2. “Repugnant to Ordinary Notions of Fairness”? The Burden of Proof in the ‘Leaving Home’ Offence – Catherine Rose
3. Beyond the Emergency Legislation: Offences of Deliberate Infection – Michael Haggar
4. To Derogate or Not to Derogate: Are the Lockdown Restrictions Compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights? – Nadeem Holland
5. Landlord and Tenant Rights in the Pandemic – Karen Reid
6. Immigration Appeals in the Age of Corona – Tom Wilding’
The 36 Group, 2nd June 2020
Source: 36group.co.uk
Coronavirus: Death of Belly Mujinga ‘not linked to spit attack’ – BBC News
‘The death of a railway worker who was spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus was not linked to the attack, police have concluded.’
BBC News, 29th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Officers ‘wary’ as spit attacks rise in coronavirus pandemic – BBC News
‘Spitting attacks on police may be behind a national rise in assaults on emergency workers during lockdown, officials have said.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds prosecuted for coronavirus-related attacks on emergency workers – The Guardian
‘More than 300 prosecutions for assaults on police and emergency workers were completed during the first month of lockdown, the director of public prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has revealed.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Skegness woman jailed for boiling water attacks on husband – BBC News
‘A woman who threw boiling water over her husband, leaving him scarred for life, has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 13th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Avoid frame-by-frame analysis of fast moving events and discussion of evidence in front of officers – UK Police Law Blog
‘In Goodenough v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2020] EWHC 695 (QB), the High Court, Turner J, considered a claim for damages brought by Robin Goodenough’s mother and sister. The claims arose out of Mr Goodenough’s death on 27 September 2003 following a short car chase and traffic stop. The Claimants asserted that police officers had assaulted Mr Goodenough and that thereafter had been breaches of Article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998. The case provides useful insights into the approach to be taken when conducting a judicial analysis of incidents such as this and may be relied upon by those arguing that an Art. 2 inquest is required in order to meet investigative short comings.’
UK Police Law Blog, 12th May 2020
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Is the law of vicarious liability still ‘on the move’? Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 – 3PB
‘The 126 claimants in this case were all employees of Barclays Bank who, at the start of their employment between the late 1960s and early 1980s, were required to undergo a medical examination. Examinations were carried out by Dr Bates (now deceased), a general practitioner who was not an employee of the Bank but engaged as an independent contractor to provide this service, and did so at his home. The Claimants alleged that they were sexually assaulted by Dr Bates while undergoing this examination and brought a group action against the Bank for compensation. A preliminary issue was whether Barclays could be vicariously liable for his actions.’
3PB, May 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Lollipop man attacked with own stick during man’s assault spree – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed after a string of assaults in one day which, officers say, culminated in him smearing his own faeces across a police cell.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coronavirus: Hull man jailed for coughing in police officer’s face – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for coughing in the face of a police officer and claiming he had coronavirus.’
BBC News, 16th April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tougher penalties proposed for attacks on UK emergency workers- The Guardian
‘Judges will be able to impose tougher punishments on anyone convicted of assaulting emergency workers or threatening to transmit diseases under sentencing guidelines proposals published on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Coronavirus: Man jailed for coughing on police officer – BBC News
‘A man who coughed on a police officer and claimed to have coronavirus has been jailed for six months.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
