“The police watchdog has upheld a complaint by the family of Mark Duggan that they were not told he had been shot dead by officers in London.”
BBC News, 29th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Dowds: [2012] EWCA Crim 281; [2012] WLR (D) 43
“The reformulation of the statutory conditions for diminished responsibility was not intended to reverse the well established rule that voluntary acute intoxication was incapable of being relied on to found diminished responsibility and the presence of a recognised medical condition, although necessary, was not always a sufficient condition to raise the issue of diminished responsibility.”
WLR Daily, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor has called for a public inquiry after one of his son’s killers was recalled to prison for a second time, just 16 days after being released.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 43-year-old man has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for manslaughter after he killed his best friend with a scaffolding pole more than 20 years ago and pushed his body into a drain.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The best friend of a teenager whose body was discovered in a drain more than two decades ago will this week be sentenced for manslaughter after he contacted police and confessed to killing his friend.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who caused the death of her husband in a crash by pulling on the handbrake in a drunken row has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 6th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“James Gethen, now 16, was given an indeterminate detention order by a judge at Leeds crown court, who heard he had significant psychiatric problems at the time he killed his mother Ann, 39. Gethen was told he must serve at least five years before he is considered for release.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father who killed his toddler son because he was crying was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A dental nurse was jailed for 10 years today for killing her husband in a row over what to watch on television.”
The Independent, 6th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An investigation into the police operation during which reggae singer Smiley Culture died has found no evidence of a criminal offence.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A raft of failings by mental health teams and managers contributed to three shocking killings in the same town in the space of four months, investigators have concluded.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent inquiry is expected to criticise failings by mental health services which could have prevented the deaths of an elderly couple from Swindon, who were killed by their son. Their bereaved daughter Janice Lawrence tells how she fears crucial lessons will not be learnt.”
Daily Teelgraph, 20th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Carpenter [2011] EWCA Crim 2568; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“In cases of joint enterprise where the use of a particular weapon was foreseen but the secondary party did not share or foresee the intention with which it was used, the availablity of manslaughter remained as a possible alternative verdict to murder.”
WLR Daily, 11th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A hammer-wielding pregnant woman who battered her lover in the head was jailed today for his killing.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A young care home worker walked free today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether she killed an elderly resident by setting fire to her room.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man during a fishing trip off the Cornish coast.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man from Norfolk who strangled his wife after a row about debts built up through a TV shopping channel has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has ruled a verdict of natural causes by neglect contributed to a Somerset toddler’s death.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A nurse who killed her baby daughter by force-feeding her using a method she claimed was common in her native Ghana is facing jail following a three-week trial.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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