“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to proceed with the retrial of Wahleed Hussain, who stood trial last year alongside his uncles for an attack on burglar Walid Salem near their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th March 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A footballer has been jailed for six months for a ‘career ending’ tackle on another player.”
BBC News, 4th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“At the Court of Appeal today the Attorney General, Baroness Patricia Scotland QC, successfully appealed the sentence of a man who picked up a iron which he had heated and repeatedly held to his wife’s face, leaving it on her skin for two to three seconds. He then further attacked her.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th February 2010
Soure: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A man who ‘branded’ his wife’s face with an iron has had his sentenced doubled after the Attorney General personally intervened.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A jealous woman who killed her former lover by lacing his curry with an ancient poison has been convicted of murder.”
The Independent, 11th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two young brothers who subjected a pair of children to a 90-minute ordeal of beating, torture and sexual humiliation were today sentenced to an indeterminate detention term of at least five years.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who poured bleach over a woman in a revenge attack after she asked him to be quiet in a cinema was locked up for 12 months today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A carjacker who ran over a mother-of-four in her own car, dragging her nearly 65ft down the road and almost killing her, was jailed indefinitely for public protection .”
The Guardian, 11th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who set fire to a train passenger’s beard as he slept has been convicted of grievous bodily harm.”
BBC News, 6th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed after a 26-year-old man, who was on a night out in Greater Manchester, was beaten into a coma over a cigarette.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v McMorris and Others; Attorney-General’s References Nos 8, 9 and 10 of 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A sentencing judge was entitled to impose a more severe sentence than that indicated by the Sentencing Guidelines Council if, in the circumstances, that was what justice required.”
The Times, 4th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A jilted boyfriend was jailed for lifetoday today for gunning down his girlfriend’s parents, after blaming them for breaking up their relationship.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A burglar who attacked a 94-year-old woman has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Gore; R v Maher [2009] EWCA Crim 1424; [2009] WLR (D) 240
“The issue of a fixed penalty notice asserting one offence did not relieve the recipient of any possible further proceedings if and when it became apparent that a more serious offence had in fact been committed in the course of the same incident.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 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.
“A man who sprayed acid at lawyers when his negligence claim was dismissed by a court has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two thugs were jailed today after a “savage” gang attack on a man trying to stop a Chinese barman being racially abused.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An obsessed fan who raped a TV presenter then planned an acid attack on her after she rejected him has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 1st May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who bit off her boyfriend’s tongue during a drunken birthday kiss has been told she faces jail.”
BBC News, 10th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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