‘Members of a drug gang which “infested” a seaside resort with up to £1.5m worth of cocaine have been jailed.
Eleven men and one woman were involved in moving up to 15kg (33lbs) of the class A drug into Skegness from Leicestershire.’
BBC News, 9th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Basic police checks would have shown Sam Hallam wasn’t at the scene of the crime, but these weren’t carried out until he had spent much of his youth inside. He explains why he is still fighting for justice, years after his release.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Members of an armed gang which kidnapped and brutally tortured a man for 27 hours have been imprisoned for between 25 and six years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th October 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Richard Dewsbery reports on an important recent change to the Civil Procedure Rules that affects the N16A application form.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A cocaine dealing gang who set up a fake computer company to cover up their operations has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The operators of a cannabis factory targeted by a thief who was then murdered have been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Eleven members of a drugs gang have been jailed for a multi-million pound cocaine and money laundering operation.’
BBC News, 30th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four teenagers convicted of stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death in Gloucester have been jailed.’
BBC News, 27th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed following a series of ram-raids involving thefts of more than £1.2m.’
BBC News, 30th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The National Crime Agency is preparing to pursue up to 100 lawyers it believes are helping traffickers abuse modern slavery laws to secure asylum for people entering the UK.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The ringleaders of a gang that specialised in supplying fake passports to high-level criminals allowing them to evade arrest and identification have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More machetes and zombie knives could be banned in England and Wales with criminals who buy or sell them facing up to two years in jail under Government plans.’
The Independent, 18th April 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The prime minister says victims of grooming gangs have been ignored because of political correctness.’
BBC News, 4th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three gang members who made £3.7m from illegally selling controlled drugs and prescription medicines online have been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th March 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will monitor data on the race of those prosecuted under the joint enterprise laws for the first time following a legal challenge.’
The Independent, 16th February 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Members of an organised crime group which smuggled more than a dozen Middle Eastern nationals into the UK have been jailed for a combined 26 years.’
Home Office, 10th February 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Seven men have been found guilty of the kidnap and murder of a man they wrongly suspected of raping a teenage girl.’
BBC News, 24th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager has been jailed for life for an “outrageous” gangland shooting in which a 15-year-old girl was struck in the neck by a bullet as she waited for a bus home from school.
The Guardian, 10th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Six people have been jailed for funnelling drugs with a street value of about £250,000 into Midlands towns.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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