“Three convicted killers have been given concurrent life sentences for a revenge attack on a former Bosnian Serb general in a British high-security jail.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who shot a boy in the neck with an air rifle has been cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was jailed for six years for a knife attack on a Premier League footballer has had his jail term cut.”
BBC News, 17th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 34-year-old woman from Suffolk found guilty of injuring a baby in her care has won the first stage of an Appeal Court bid to clear her name.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man given a suspended sentence for repeatedly kicking his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head has been jailed for four years after an appeal.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for a second time for an attack on a man who later died from his injuries.”
BBC News, 11th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who left a man severely paralysed and able to communicate only by blinking has been spared jail after a judge ruled it would not be ‘useful’.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A jail term imposed on a man who pushed a woman on to a live railway track in Kent after a row about him smoking was ‘fully justified’, a court has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 31-year-old man was jailed today after infecting a young woman with HIV.”
The Independent, 31st August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who twice attacked his pregnant girlfriend has had his sentence cut after the judge held both responsible for the ‘difficult relationship’.”
BBC News, 26th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 39-year-old man was jailed for 13 years today for beating and raping a mother in her home in a ‘prolonged and merciless’ attack 20 years ago.”
The Independent, 27th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two teenage members of a ‘happy slapping’ gang who fatally beat a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter in south London have been detained.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for six years for a knife attack on a Premier League footballer at his mother’s home in Bedfordshire.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lesbian couple have been jailed for beating up a male neighbour who made a pass at one of them.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A carer was today sentenced to a total of seven years in prison for her part in a ‘prolonged and vicious’ revenge attack on her husband’s former lover.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A father from Bedfordshire who caused fractures to the bones of both his baby twins has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 27th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him was spared a prison sentence today when he was handed a two-year community order.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two teenagers have been jailed after leaving an innocent man with a fractured skull during a random attack on a bus.”
The Independent, 18th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three people have been found guilty of attacking a man in London by dousing him with acid in revenge for an alleged online affair with a married woman.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him has been cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024