“A 19-year-old man has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for the kidnap and rape of an 86-year-old woman in a Bradford care home.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl while on bail awaiting trial for the rape of a 10-year-old girl, can now be named.”
BBC News, 26th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men suspected of terrorism-related activities won a landmark high court battle today when judges ruled that a person could not be denied bail solely on the basis of secret evidence.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Suspects released on bail committed more than 30,000 crimes in one year, including murders and rapes, it can be disclosed.”
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Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyers representing climate change protesters who were arrested in parliament last week are to mount a legal challenge against bail conditions that were imposed, they say, to ‘stifle’ future protest by their clients.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man accused of killing a father-of-two in a pub brawl has had his electronic bail tag removed by a judge to allow him to spend his 21st birthday weekend in Prague with friends.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One in four criminals and suspects living in controversial bail hostels have had to be recalled to jail after committing new crimes or breaking the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a European arrest warrant which sought a defendant’s return to this jurisdiction as a convicted person for the extradition offence of blackmail an allegation that the defendant was unlawfully at large and in breach of bail did not amount to ‘an offence disclosed by the information provided … in respect of’ the offence of blackmail for the purposes of s 146(3)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 11th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The government has decided not to appeal against a court ruling freeing four of five terrorist suspects jailed pending a bail hearing.”
BBC News, 27th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A controversial scheme to house bailed and tagged defendants and inmates in residential areas may be expanded, Justice Minister David Hanson has said.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hundreds of bail hostels are being opened in residential neighbourhoods without public consultation as part of moves to ease jail overcrowding. ”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been returned to jail after an immigration court ruled he breached the terms of his bail.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminal suspects remain on bail for weeks or even months before being charged because of complex, inefficient and inconsistent charging practices, a new report today concludes. In one exceptional case, the time from arrest to charge was more than a year, at 369 days after arrest, although the average was 41.3 days, and suspects were regularly ‘rebailed’.”
The Times,27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The radical preacher, Abu Qatada, will appear before immigration judges on Wednesday accused of breaching his strict bail conditions in an attempt to flee Britain.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“But what we do need is a change of culture among police and prosecutors, with much better enforcement of existing bail conditions.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th October 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Tamsin Omond, the aristocratic founder of the environmentalist campaign group that tried to break into the Houses of Parliament on Monday evening, narrowly escaped jail yesterday after a judge decided not to keep her on remand despite a breach of bail conditions which forbade her from going near Westminster.”
The Independent, 15th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Conservatives today step up their campaign against lax bail policy by pledging to make the release of violent and persistent offenders more difficult – and make public safety a factor in all bail decisions.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Defendants who failed to attend court in response to a summons should not be convicted and sentenced for offences under the Bail Act 1976 or for contempt of court if they were not on bail and/or had received no notice of the summons.”
The Times, 21st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Britain’s most senior judge last night hit back at ‘ill-informed attacks’ on judges, particularly over granting bail.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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