Out to cause harm – Law Society’s Gazette
“Two high-profile cases have focused public attention on a defendant’s right to bail.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Category: bail
Four out of five violent crime suspects bailed – Daily Telegraph
“Almost 75,000 violent crime suspects, including 10,000 sex offenders, were freed on bail last year.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teenage killer was on bail after committing seven offences – The Guardian
“The leader of the gang that kicked and beat Garry Newlove to death was released on bail despite having admitted to carrying out seven separate offences in the year leading up to the murder.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Straw supports the courts after bail row over Newlove murderer – The Times
“Jack Straw came to the defence of judges and magistrates faced with controversial bail decisions last night, as it emerged that a teenager who killed Garry Newlove had been bailed ten hours earlier.”
The Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bail case ‘matter for judiciary’ – BBC News
“The Attorney General will not investigate a judge who freed a Met Police inspector who then apparently killed himself and his mother-in-law.”
BBC News, 15th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge in murder case bail row – The Times
“A judge who freed a policeman accused of murdering his wife, enabling him apparently to kill again, said yesterday that he could not remember why he had granted bail.”
The Times, 15th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bail rules inquiry after officer on murder charge kills himself and trial witness – The Guardian
“The Ministry of Justice said last night it will urgently review its guidance to judges in the wake of the tragic consequences of a decision to grant bail to a senior police officer accused of murdering his wife.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tagging blunder in teenage killer case – Daily Telegraph
A teenager who stabbed a friend to death after a drunken party should have been under curfew and wearing an electronic tag, it was disclosed yesterday.
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Failure to surrender to bail- Sentencing Guidelines Council
“Council publishes advice to sentencers on bail offences.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 29th November 2007
Gault v United Kingdom (Application No 127/05) – Times Law Reports
Gault v United Kingdom (Application No 127/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland was in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights in refusing bail, when the prosecution did not object, to a mother of triplets pending retrial on a charge of murder.”
The Times, 28th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Bail hearing held in private to protect the victim – The Times
“A bail hearing this week involving one of two men alleged to be involved in a gay sex-and-drugs blackmail plot will be held in private — against the principle of open justice in the courts.”
The Times, 30th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Barrymore to answer police bail – BBC News
“Michael Barrymore is to answer bail later after he was quizzed by police over the death of a man found dead by a swimming pool at his former home.”
BBC News, 9th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man facing trial on 21/7 charge – BBC News
“A man charged in connection with the failed 21 July 2005 bombings in London has been committed for trial.”
BBC News, 16th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Doubts rise over electronic tags – Daily Telegraph
“Breaches of court-imposed bail curfews involving electronic tags quadrupled last year while attempts to remove or tamper with them nearly doubled, according to new figures.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
