Gloucester man cleared of murdering baby daughter – BBC News
“A Gloucester man who said he was suffering from post-natal depression has been found not guilty of murdering his baby daughter.”
BBC News, 24th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: causing death of children or vulnerable adults
All domestic abuse deaths to have multi-agency review – BBC News
“Every domestic abuse death is to be automatically reviewed in England and Wales in an effort to make sure lessons about violence in the home are learned.”
BBC News, 13th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for killing autistic son, 12, with bleach – BBC News
“A mother has been jailed for killing her 12-year-old autistic son by making him drink bleach.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P mother withdraws appeal – BBC News
“Baby P’s mother Tracey Connelly, who was jailed indefinitely for her part in her son’s death, has dropped a bid to appeal against her sentence.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing boy aged 2 – BBC News
“A man who killed his girlfriend’s two-year-old son after weeks of systematic violence has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P trio’s appeal bid refused – BBC News
“The three people jailed over Baby Peter Connelly’s death have been denied leave to appeal against their sentences.”
BBC News, 11th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P three in sentence appeal – BBC News
“The three people responsible for the death of baby Peter Connelly have appealed against their sentences.”
BBC News, 20th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P couple to be named – The Guardian
“The couple responsible for the death of Baby P will be publicly identified tonight after the expiry of a court order protecting their anonymity.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby Peter minimum terms not to be referred as unduly lenient – Attorney General’s Office
” Baby Peter minimum terms not to be referred as unduly lenient.”
Attorney General’s Office, 16th June 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Attorney-General rules Baby P sentences ‘not too lenient’ – The Times
“The sentences handed out to the three people convicted over the brutal death of Baby P will stand after the Attorney-General today ruled they were not too lenient.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Baby P: stepfather launches appeal – Daily Telegraph
“Baby P’s ‘stepfather’ has launched an attempt to overturn his convictions for rape and the part he played in the little boy’s death.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mercy to father over airgun death – BBC News
“A man whose air rifle was used to shoot his toddler son dead when he left it unattended has walked free from court.”
BBC News, 8th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P sentences to be reviewed by attorney general – The Guardian
“The attorney general is to ask the court of appeal to increase the sentences handed down in the Baby Peter case after several complaints from child welfare organisations and the public that they were disappointingly short.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Record sentences end the tragic saga of Baby Peter – The Independent
“The mother of Baby Peter was branded ‘manipulative and self-centred’ by an Old Bailey judge yesterday who sentenced her to at least five years in prison for the death of her son.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother jailed over home alone daughter’s fire death – Daily Telegraph
“Mother Michelle Brown who left her 22-month-old daughter home alone to die in a fire while she attended a court hearing has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R v Khan and others – WLR Daily
R v Khan and others [2009] EWCA Crim 2; [2009] WLR (D) 8
“Where a member of the same household as a child or vulnerable adult was charged with allowing his or her death, the question whether the defendant had had frequent contact with him or her was a free-standing question, unrelated to issues whether that person had been, or ought to have been, aware of the risk of serious harm to the child or vulnerable adult, and whether the unlawful act had occurred in circumstances of the kind which the defendant had foreseen or ought to have foreseen.”
WLR Daily, 16th January 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.
Two jailed over torture death of baby boy – Reuters
“Two people who tortured a 16-month-old baby boy to death, causing him ‘unimaginable agony’, were jailed on Friday under a new law.”
Reuters, 7th September 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
