Men jailed over rape of boy, 14, in Manchester Debenhams – BBC News
“Two men have been jailed for 15 years for raping a boy, 14, in the toilets of a Manchester department store.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Man jailed for contempt after attacking judge who had just jailed his brother – The Independent
“A fitness instructor who attacked a judge and knocked off his wig has been jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court.”
The Independent, 4th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge’s wig ‘pulled off’ in court assault – The Guardian
“A judge has been assaulted in court by a member of the public during a hearing, police said.
The Guardian, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dappy loses appeal against conviction – The Guardian
“N-Dubz rapper Dappy, who was found guilty of assault and affray, has lost a challenge against his conviction.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
DJ cleared of manslaughter of man who had penis drawn on face – The Guardian
“A DJ has been cleared of the manslaughter of a man who died after waking up at a party and finding a penis drawn on his face.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctors Prana and Nishebita Das robbery: Two jailed – BBC News
“A woman and a man have been jailed for assaulting and robbing two married doctors in their home, leaving one brain damaged.”
BBC News, 26th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v JFJ – WLR Daily
Regina v JFJ: [2013] EWCA Crim 569; [2013] WLR (D) 149
“A plea of autrefois acquit or convict was to be narrowly confined to cases where the offences were the same in fact or law. In any case where the narrow application of that principle would result in unfairness or injustice to a defendant, amounting to oppression, the remedy lay in the power of the court to stay the proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 24th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Peterborough rapist John Hinton jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A man who raped a 15-year-old girl and assaulted three other women within the
space of four hours has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 25th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dale Farm protester awarded damages – Daily Telegraph
“A protester arrested at the Dale Farm traveller eviction will receive undisclosed damages after she complained she was left in a police van for too long.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rise in teachers’ injury payouts – The Guardian
“Teachers won record amounts of compensation last year after suffering accidents, injuries or assaults at school, figures show.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Norfolk rapist who held Cambridge woman hostage gets life – BBC News
“A man who beat and raped his girlfriend and kept her hostage in his Norfolk flat for two weeks has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 21st March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Connor Carl Bather sentenced for driving ‘like a maniac’ – BBC News
“A man who drove ‘like a maniac’ the wrong way down a dual carriageway with no
lights on at night to escape police has been given a year’s youth custody.”
BBC news, 7th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Grandfather must pay £50 to boy he tackled after home vandalism – Daily Telegraph
“A grandfather who frogmarched an 11-year-old boy home to his parents after suffering a campaign of vandalism has had to pay the youngster £50 compensation and has been convicted of assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Justice ministry under pressure to curb attacks on family court judges – The Guardian
“Judges dealing with sensitive issues – including child custody – in the family courts have had hate mail sent to their homes, been physically attacked and been victims of attempted assaults in court buildings, according to information obtained by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who knocked 16-year-old girl unconscious in street attack jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A man who knocked a 16-year-old girl unconscious in a street attack because he ‘didn’t like the way she looked at him’ has been jailed for four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Met police loses bid to overturn award to autistic teenager – The Guardian
“The court of appeal has rejected an attempt by the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to overturn an award of £28,250 in damages to a severely autistic teenager who was put in handcuffs and leg restraints and held in a police van after jumping into a swimming pool.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Earl of Cardigan acquitted of assault – Daily Telegraph
“The Earl of Cardigan, whose family name is famed for its link to the Charge of the Light Brigade, was also found not guilty of a charge of criminal damage. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard the earl, 60, was accused of assaulting John Moore by beating on April 29 last year – just over a week after he lost a legal row with Mr Moore over ancestral portraits at the 4,500-acre Savernake Estate, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Nelson (Gary) – WLR Daily
Regina v Nelson (Gary) [2013] WLR (D) 10
“An allegation of assault by beating did not amount to or include, whether expressly or by implication, an allegation of common assault. It would not, therefore, be open to a jury to acquit a defendant of assault by beating but to convict him of common assault, unless the offence of common assault was charged as a separate count in the indictment.”
WLR Daily, 15th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
