‘A man who posted messages on social media to stir up religious hatred against Muslims has been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th February 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A surgeon has pleaded guilty to assault by beating after burning his initials into the livers of two patients undergoing transplants.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘An ex-Tory and UKIP MP has been given a suspended six-month prison term after being convicted of election fraud.’
BBC News, 5th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A wannabe YouTube star has been convicted after he filmed himself “tombstoning” into a swimming pool during a water polo match in a bid to make money from social media.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two married constables working for Lancashire Police were sentenced last month for stealing police data about car crashes and selling it to claims firms for £363,000.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Use of non-custodial sentences in England and Wales has fallen sharply but risen significantly in Scotland, according to a report highlighting their effectiveness in preventing re-offending. The comparative study by the Centre for Justice Innovation reveals that over the past decade there has been a 24% decrease in the number of community sentences imposed in England and Wales compared with an 18% increase in Scotland.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple who had sex at a pizza takeaway as staff worked on the other side of the counter will not be allowed to spend the night together for nearly six months.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former TV psychic has been banned from contacting a mother and daughter after he waged a 32-year harassment campaign in which he wrongly claimed he was the child’s father.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who copied photos of babies from other people’s Instagram accounts, posted them as her own and claimed they were sick or dead in a bid to get money has been banned from using social media for two years.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A priest who denied stealing a dead parishioner’s blue badge so he could park for free said he was telling the “gospel truth.” Father Bill Haymaker, accompanied to Hove Crown Court by his official clerical dog The Venerable Mr Piddles, was found guilty of stealing the badge from woman who had died two months before and then using it in his own car.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th september 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who posted a dead mouse to her ex-partner’s girlfriend has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 21st August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former professional footballer has been spared jail after sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.’
BBC News, 15th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who was arrested as she walked a seagull on a lead has been banned from keeping wild animals for a year.’
BBC News, 18th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family support worker who sold details of an adopted child’s whereabouts to her birth mother to fund a luxury Caribbean holiday has been given a suspended jail term.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A licensed taxi driver has been convicted of assaulting two members of a council’s parking team and given a community order requiring him to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Fly-tippers could be forced to pick up litter as part of community service, the environment secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A collector who captured and killed the UK’s rarest butterfly – the Large Blue – has been spared jail.’
BBC News, 7th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who shouted homophobic abuse at a walker to scare him off Barnes Common and assaulted another man has been sentenced to an 18-month community order.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th April 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘An ex-BBC employee who indecently assaulted a woman more than 30 years ago was told his “past has caught up” as he was convicted.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A top property solicitor headbutted a property developer during a £100m legal battle at the High Court.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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