‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News
“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Levi Bellfield to sue over prison attack – The Guardian
“The killer of Milly Dowler is suing the prison service for £30,000 after he was assaulted in jail, it has been reported.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murdoch foam pie attack: ‘Jonnie Marbles’ jailed – BBC News
“A man who threw a plate of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has been jailed for six weeks.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ guilty of pie assault on Rupert Murdoch – Daily Telegraph
“Jonathan May-Bowles, the comedian who threw a foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.”
Daiy Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gemma Hayter: Three guilty of railway murder – BBC News
“Three people have been found guilty of murdering a woman who was found dead on a disused railway line.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Scissors-stabbing fiance Nigel Bassett jailed for 10 years – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing his ex-fiancee minutes after she called off their wedding.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News
“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquiry launched after police turn up at midnight to question 13-year-old who ‘threw apple’ – Daily Telegraph
“A police force has launched an inquiry to discover why two of its officers went to the home of a 13-year-old schoolboy at nearly midnight to question him about throwing an apple at a fellow pupil.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ronald Toms faces jail for 1987 Ammanford sex attack – BBC News
“A man who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old widow in a ‘terrifying’ attack in her own home 24 years ago has been told he will be jailed.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child abuse loophole to be closed – Ministry of Justice
“A legal loophole that could allow those who physically abuse children or vulnerable adults to escape justice is to be closed, the Government announced today (22 June).”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Judge gets probation for beating his wife – The Guardian
“A high court judge has been put on probation and ordered to pay £5,000 costs for a ‘dangerous and unpleasant’ attack on his wife.”
Full story
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Hichens – WLR Daily
Regina v Hichens [2011] WLR (D) 193
“On a charge of common assault the defence that the action was taken by way of self-defence to prevent a person from committing a crime or a breach of the peace was available even if the act of violence was not against the person concerned but was against an innocent third party.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Assault guidelines come into effect – Sentencing Council
“Following a three months period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on assault came into effect on 13 June 2011. It aims to ensure a consistent and proportionate approach to sentencing, with convicted offenders receiving a sentence that reflects both the harm they have caused to their victim and their culpability.
This guideline and the updated Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines, incorporating the new assault guideline, are available here.”
Sentencing Council, 13th June 2011
Police not guilty of violent assault on terror suspect – The Guardian
“Four specialist police officers have been found not guilty of violently assaulting a British Muslim man during an early morning raid on his home.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man jailed for 1991 sex attack – The Independent
“A serial sex offender who subjected a doctor to a ‘pitiless, wicked’ attack two decades ago was jailed for nine years today after a cold case review.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who drove at Dali bar crowd in Rochdale jailed – BBC News
“A man who ploughed into a crowd of revellers outside a bar in Rochdale has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pete Doherty could face a private prosecution over the death of a man who fell from balcony – The Guardian
“The family of a man who died after falling from a balcony shortly after an altercation with ex-Libertines singer Pete Doherty and two of the star’s friends say they will seek a private prosecution if police fail to bring charges over the incident in December 2006.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police beat and kicked Muslim terror suspect during arrest, court hears – The Guardian
“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorist organisations was subjected to a ‘sustained and very violent assault’ during his arrest by four specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, a court has heard.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Oldham woman jailed over ‘disfigured face’ hate attack – BBC News
“A woman who attacked another woman because she had a facial disfigurement has been jailed for eight months.”
BBC News, 17th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
