Brighton: Police apology over 1986 schoolgirls murder case – BBC News
‘The families of two schoolgirls murdered in 1986 have received an apology from Sussex Police over mistakes in its investigations.’
BBC News, 18th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: double jeopardy
Man jailed for life for murder in oldest double jeopardy case – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for life for raping and murdering a girl almost 50 years ago, in the oldest double jeopardy case in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 14th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dangerous killer who made legal history could be moved to open prison – The Independent
‘A “dangerous” killer who murdered a pizza delivery girl in a frenzied sex attack in a case that made legal history could be moved to an open prison.’
The Independent, 12th September 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wendell Baker: Attempt to block release of rapist denied – BBC News
‘An attempt to block the release of a man convicted of beating and raping a pensioner has been rejected by the Parole Board.’
BBC News, 8th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wendell Baker: ‘Double jeopardy’ pensioner rapist cleared for release – BBC News
‘A man convicted of beating and raping a pensioner has been cleared for release from prison by the Parole Board.’
BBC News, 19th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prolific thief Michael Weir jailed for 1998 ‘double jeopardy’ murders – BBC News
‘A serial burglar has been sentenced to life for the murders of two pensioners during break-ins in 1998.’
BBC News, 16th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Michael Weir guilty of 1998 ‘double jeopardy’ murders – BBC News
‘A jewel thief who beat two elderly people to death in their own homes has been convicted of their murders two decades on.’
BBC News, 14th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bob Higgins case: ‘I will never get a feeling of closure’ – BBC News
‘Police have apologised to six victims of football coach Bob Higgins for the way the case was handled in the 1990s.’
BBC News, 13th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Friston issues “double jeopardy” warning over conduct issues – Litigation Futures
‘Conduct issues that could have been dealt with at trial cannot be revisited during detailed assessment, the author of Friston on Costs, sitting in the Senior Courts Costs Office, has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 31st January 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Family of murdered Muslim teenager say they feel discriminated against by police after they fail to convict anyone for eight years – The Independent
‘AbdulKarim Boudiaf was 18 when he was fatally shot in the neck while walking with friends outside a pub in north London in 2009. A man stood trial for his death, but no one has ever been convicted. His family tell The Independent they feel discriminated against because of their race and class background.’
The Independent, 12th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Double jeopardy case: Wendell Baker jailed for pensioner rape – BBC News
“A man convicted under the amended double jeopardy law of raping a pensioner has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
At last: Rapist Wendell Baker finally found guilty of 1997 attack after police bungles – The Independent
“A rapist was finally convicted today after a series of police and prosecution blunders allowed him to evade justice for 15 years following his merciless attack on a pensioner inside her own home.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rape suspect on trial again under double jeopardy law – Daily Telegraph
“A builder cleared of raping a pensioner in her bedroom despite matching DNA evidence has gone on trial again under the double jeopardy law.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v JFJ – WLR Daily
Regina v JFJ: [2013] EWCA Crim 569; [2013] WLR (D) 149
“A plea of autrefois acquit or convict was to be narrowly confined to cases where the offences were the same in fact or law. In any case where the narrow application of that principle would result in unfairness or injustice to a defendant, amounting to oppression, the remedy lay in the power of the court to stay the proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 24th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Change in double jeopardy law led to Gary Dobson’s retrial – The Guardian
“Gary Dobson could never have been convicted of murdering Stephen Lawrence nearly 19 years ago if the law had not been changed in 2003.”
The Guardian, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stephen Lawrence murder: Dobson and Norris found guilty – BBC News
“Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death at a south London bus stop. Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty by an Old Bailey jury after a trial based on forensic evidence.”
BBC News, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
John Dillon jailed for rape of grandmother in 1982 – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life under the double jeopardy law three decades after raping his own grandmother.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
End of ‘year and a day rule’ led to Clift murder charge – BBC News
“Screwdriver killer Leigh Clift was brought back to court and convicted of murder following a change in a the law allowing him to be charged with a different offence over the same attack on Milton Keynes man Jonathan Barton.”
BBC News, 21st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Society formally urges Clarke to ban referral fees – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has written to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke urging him to act immediately to ban referral fees, after he revealed last week that he is ‘considering’ the issue.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Joint CPS and MPS statement on Stephen Lawrence case – Crown Prosecution Service
“Stephen Lawrence was murdered on 22 April 1993 in an unprovoked attack. Two men have recently been charged with his murder: David Norris and Gary Dobson. They are both in custody and will stand trial later this year at the Central Criminal Court.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th May 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
