Knickers stealing Devon man is jailed – BBC News
‘A serial underwear thief stole knickers from homes and washing lines 120 times, a court heard.’
BBC News, 6th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: burglary
Northern burglary gang receive increased prison sentences – Attorney General’s Office
‘The Court of Appeal has today increased the unduly lenient sentences of Richard Copeland, Glenn Milburn and Ian Froom for a spate of burglaries in the north east of England.’
Attorney General’s Office, 10th December 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Convicted burglar could be freed after claiming DNA came from identical twin – The Independent
‘A man is hoping to overturn his burglary conviction by disputing DNA evidence on the grounds that he is an identical twin.’
The Independent, 27th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Women jailed for stealing friend’s rare teddy bears worth £37k and selling them on eBay – Daily Telegraph
‘Rachel Reynolds and Claire Cunningham take around 100 of the Steiff toys and sell them for fraction of value on internet auction site.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police should visit burglary victims, crime minister says – BBC News
‘Police officers should always attend the homes of burglary victims, the crime minister has said. Mike Penning said he disagreed with comments by the head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, who said the public should not expect to see an officer after a break-in.’
BBC News, 15th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two jailed for freeing wild boar into the wild in Maesteg – BBC News
‘Two “sophisticated” thieves have been jailed for freeing more than 40 wild boar from a farm in Bridgend county.’
Full story
BBC News, 14th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophile Phillip Kirk who wrote a letter to Theresa May asking for sex with children to be legalised is jailed – The Independent
‘A paedophile was caught after he wrote to Home Secretary Theresa May asking for sex with children to be legalised.’
The Independent, 20th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Swansea golf club ram-raid burglar Paul Newcombe jailed – BBC News
‘A burglar who used a car to smash his way into a golf club before leading police on a “dangerous” car chase has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 28th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
David Alderson murder: Man jailed for 28 years – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for 28 years for murdering a “naive pensioner” whom he lured to a disused quarry.’
Full story
BBC News, 21st May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Burglars who blew up cash machines and stole £80,000 are jailed – BBC News
‘Two men who blew up cash machines at two south Wales banks, stealing more than £80,000, have been jailed. Russell Luke Bennett, 21 and Benjamin Brian Barrett, 30, from Bristol, pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause an explosion likely to endanger life and burglary at Cardiff Crown Court. They caused explosions at two Barclays Bank cash machines – one in Treforest, Pontypridd, and another in Bridgend. Barrett was jailed for eight-and-a-half years and Bennett seven-and-a-half.’
BBC News, 30th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Bryon – WLR Daily
Regina v Bryon [2015] WLR (D) 180
‘While DNA evidence taken from a moveable object was on its own insufficient for a prosecution case to go to a jury, DNA evidence combined with admissible evidence of a previous conviction for a similar offence was a sufficient basis.’
WLR Daily, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Family of burglar who fell through roof face £250k bill for trying to sue council – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge rules in Staffordshire council’s favour after Thomas Buckett suffered 10 skull fractures and spent two weeks in a coma.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leighann Duffy murder: Lloyd Byfield jailed for life – BBC News
‘A drug dealer who murdered a woman in front of a six-year-old girl has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 10th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail for thief who tried to sell secret nuclear submarine documents – The Guardian
‘A factory worker who stole restricted documents about British nuclear submarines and tried to sell them to an eastern European government has been jailed for four and a half years.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Career criminal jailed after being tracked down by teenager using a mobile phone app – Daily Telegraph
‘Grant Alam, 24, is starting 10-and-a-half years behind bars after he terrorising a company director and his family with iron bars and a hammer.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Four burglars jailed for ‘savage’ attack on university professor – The Guardian
‘Four burglars who took part in a raid which left a university professor “savagely” beaten have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burglar on Ministry of Justice trial jailed after his crime spree is mapped out by a GPS tag – Daily Telegraph
‘One of the first criminals in Britain to be fitted with an advanced type of electronic tag which tracked his every move committed seven burglaries within weeks of being released from jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man who beat three sisters with a hammer in London hotel gets life – The Guardian
‘A man who beat three sisters in a “vicious and merciless” hammer attack as they slept with their young children in a luxury hotel has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man found guilty of attempted murder over London hammer attack – The Guardian
‘A man who savagely beat three sisters in a “sustained and vicious” hammer attack as they slept with their young children in a luxury London hotel has been found guilty of attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 21st October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Grayling: ‘real plan’ on human rights imminent – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Justice secretary Chris Grayling today promised a “real plan” to shake up human rights law, prompting speculation that prime minister David Cameron will fill in the details in his speech to the Conservative party conference tomorrow.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th September 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
