‘A drug addict with more than 50 previous convictions has been jailed for 12 years for killing a child actor and his aunt when he hit them with a stolen car.’
The Guardian, 10th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A mother of two has been acquitted of encouraging her boyfriend to shoot a crying toddler in the head with an air rifle to keep him quiet.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who was left permanently blind in one eye by her violent fiance has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service after her case was initially dropped despite “overwhelming evidence” of the cause of her injuries.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An England football fan has been jailed for 10 years for pushing a man on to live Tube tracks shortly before a train arrived.’
BBC News, 27th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who raped and tortured a woman while keeping her prisoner for three days last February has been jailed for 23 years.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One of two teenage brothers who tortured two boys in South Yorkshire told a judge he was now “the opposite of that person who did the crimes”.’
BBC News, 19th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A member of a crime family who shot an associate he had apparently accused of being a “grass” has been sentenced to nine years in prison.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who attacked a policewoman with an axe has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who attacked his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend, killing their unborn baby, has lost his appeal against a life sentence.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hunt saboteurs should learn that it’s a “dangerous world out there” and stop standing in the way of riders, according to the lawyer of a huntsman cleared of ramming a protester.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘C (a child) [2016] EWCA Civ 798. This is the most recent in the long series of legal steps touching on the violent career of Ben Butler, recently convicted of the murder of his daughter, Ellie.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th August 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A man has been jailed for 11 years after he stole an elderly woman’s car and ran her over with it.’
BBC News, 19th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A brutal sex attacker has been jailed for life after admitting raping a grieving mother as she placed flowers on the grave of her six-year-old son.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two brothers have been jailed for an acid attack which left a woman scarred and blind in one eye.’
BBC News, 21st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man accused of murdering the Labour MP Jo Cox has appeared again in court, ahead of a further appearance next week when he will face a judge under terrorism protocols.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Thousands of suspected and convicted criminals who skipped court bail while facing charges including murder, child sex offences and rape are on the run.’
BBC News, 11th May 2016
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‘A violent prisoner in HMP Preston who threw boiling water in the face of a nurse today had his sentence increased to 11 years in jail.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th April 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Regina v Nguyen, Attorney General’s Reference No 79 of 2015
‘The defendant pleaded guilty to attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm contrary to section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and to having an offensive weapon contrary to section 1(1) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953. He was sentenced to three years and four months’ imprisonment and 12 months’ imprisonment respectively. The Attorney General applied to the Court of Appeal under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 for leave to refer the sentence as unduly lenient. At the same time the prosecution applied to the Crown Court under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 for the sentence to be varied on the grounds that new material showed that, contrary to the way in which the case had been presented at the sentencing hearing, the complainant had been specifically targeted by the defendant. The time limit for making a variation order was subsequently extended by a Crown Court judge, and a variation order was later made by the sentencing judge. The defendant appealed against the varied sentence. On the hearing in the Court of Appeal it was common ground that there was no power to extend the time limit for the making of a variation order, so that the variation order had been invalid.’
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Soldiers targeted “naïve, trusting and innocent” pair during a drunken night out from Army camp at Sennybridge in the Brecon Beacons.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who sexually attacked two women in front of their young children has been given a life term for rape.’
The Independent, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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