Joanna Dennehy ditch murders: Pair guilty of aiding Peterborough killer – BBC News
‘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
Category: attempted murder
Birmingham mosque stabbings: attacker insane at time, jury rules – The Guardian
‘A mentally ill man who stabbed a police constable and two worshippers at a mosque was insane at the time of the offences, a jury has ruled.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lewis Dale guilty of murdering grandmother Irene Dale – BBC News
‘A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of his grandmother and the attempted murder of his grandfather in an attack “like the film Psycho”.’
BBC News, 4th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Battered wife Sally Stickland ran over husband with car – BBC News
‘A woman who ran over her husband after suffering years of domestic violence has been given a suspended prison term.’
BBC News, 9th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bexleyheath killer Nicola Edgington loses appeal bid – BBC News
“A psychiatric patient who stabbed a woman to death in a London street has lost a bid to appeal against her conviction and sentence.”
BBC News, 8th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who used car as revenge weapon jailed for 20 years – The Guardian
“A disqualified driver who left a father of three unable to walk or talk after using his car as a weapon in a revenge attack has been jailed for 20 years.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
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Tyseley ‘honour killing’ father jailed for blaze murder – BBC News
“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
Michael Bennison trial stopped over ‘lost’ DNA evidence – BBC News
“The trial of a man for the attempted murder of a woman in York has been abandoned after DNA evidence was lost.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Driver convicted over revenge hit-and-run of group of friends – Daily Telegraph
“A 21-year-old driver caught on CCTV ploughing into a group of friends as they crossed the street has been convicted of four counts of attempted murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Karl Clay – Coventry sex offender who doused victims in petrol – sentenced to life in prison – The Independent
“A violent offender who doused his victims in petrol has been sentenced to life in prison for a string of violent and sexual assaults.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS statement on abortion related case – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC said: ‘This was a very difficult and finely balanced decision. It was based on the individual facts of the case; it is not a policy decision. But in light of concerns raised today, I have decided that it would be sensible to put into the public domain the case specific reasons for not prosecuting in much greater detail. Clearly this will involve careful consideration of how much information can be put into the public domain by way of explanation, but my intention is for a fuller statement to made by the CPS in due course. In the mean time, I understand that the Health Secretary has written to the Attorney General asking for clarification and I am happy to assist him in any way.’ ”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th September 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Highly intelligent’ schoolboy jailed for life for attempting to kill 12-year-old girl by ‘gutting her like a pig’ after she spurned sexual advances – The Independent
“A ‘highly intelligent’ schoolboy has been sentenced to a minimum of seven years for attempting to murder a 12-year-old girl by “gutting her like a pig” with a blunt pen-knife after she spurned his sexual advances.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ballet dancer Jack Widdowson’s attacker jailed for 13 years – BBC News
“A man who attacked a ballet dancer, broke his neck and left him lying in the street has been jailed for 13 years.”
BBC News, 24th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dale Cregan trial: Guilty verdicts in trial of police killer and others – BBC News
“Double police killer Dale Cregan has been cleared of a final charge of attempted murder at the conclusion of a 12-week trial involving nine other men.”
BBC News, 13th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Steven Frogg jailed for attempted murder of Mansfield boy – BBC News
“A man who broke a four-year-old boy’s skull in three places in a ‘frenzied’ attack has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stephen Seddon jailed for 40 years for parents’ murder – The Guardian
“A conman has been jailed for a minimum 40 years and told he will never be paroled after the cold-blooded murder of his parents to collect his £230,000 inheritance.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christopher Haughton guilty of trying to kill PCs in Kingsbury – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of two police officers and attacking two other PCs in a butcher’s shop in north-west London.”
BBC News, 10th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who said God told him to attack tourist with cobblestone jailed – The Guardian
“A man undergoing psychiatric care who almost murdered a tourist outside York Minster by hitting him repeatedly with a cobblestone has been jailed for a minimum of four and a half years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Men jailed for life for Thusha Kamaleswaran shop shooting – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed.”
BBC News, 19th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who stabbed pensioner is jailed after being traced by spit – The Guardian
“A man who stabbed a 74-year-old woman six times in a ‘frenzied’ attack has been jailed after he was caught for spitting on the pavement.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
