Baby P three in sentence appeal – BBC News

“The three people responsible for the death of baby Peter Connelly have appealed against their sentences.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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

Posted September 7th, 2007 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, news, sentencing by sally

“Two people who tortured a 16-month-old baby boy to death, causing him ‘unimaginable agony’, were jailed on Friday under a new law.”

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Reuters, 7th September 2007

Source: www.reuters.com