‘The Council has published a significantly revised version of the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline.’
Sentencing Council, 5th March 2025
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘Ministers have acted immediately to end the practice of placing girls in young offender institutions following recommendations from Susannah Hancock’s independent review into the placement and care of girls in youth custody.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2025
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A “prolific” people smuggler who played a key role in a £1.5m operation to transport migrants across the English Channel in small boats has been jailed for four years and 10 months.’
BBC News, 24th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man following a row in the street, and taunting “you won’t threaten your MP again will you?”.’
The Independent, 24th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Cutting crime and reducing the number of vulnerable women being sent to prison is top of the agenda at the first meeting of the Women’s Justice Board.’
Ministry of Justice, 21st February 2025
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Two brothers from an organised crime family who were jailed for their part in the theft of £1.2 million worth of cocaine from a Liverpool-based organised crime group have been ordered to payback £80,826 or spend nine months more in prison.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th February 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Criminals caught with “signal jammers” will face up to five years in prison under new laws to crack down on gadgets used to steal cars.’
The Independent, 23rd February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed after pretending another woman was her dead mum to fraudulently claim more than £17,000 in financial support.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A drug dealing gang member who went on the run in Spain has been ordered to pay back more than £40,000 in illicit earnings.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who fled to Spain to avoid trial for smuggling people in small boats to the UK has been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 39-year-old man has been jailed for sending an “utterly deplorable” email to safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, one day after she was criticised by X owner Elon Musk.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
“The Independent Sentencing Review, chaired by David Gauke, has published Part 1 of the report.”
gov.uk, 18th February 2025
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Successive governments’ overreliance on prison sentences and desire to seem “tough on crime” have driven the justice system in England and Wales to the brink of collapse, an official review has found.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence was not unduly lenient and will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the attorney general has said.’
The Independent, 14th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A United Nations torture tsar has said British prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are probably “being detained arbitrarily” after The Independent revealed six in 10 are being blocked from moving to open jails.’
The Independent, 8th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former scout leader who assaulted children as young as seven over almost three decades has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th February 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 30 years for trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him in the head with a pair of scissors.’
BBC News, 4th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A councillor at Torridge District Council has been jailed for 18 weeks for harassment of the local authority’s head of legal and governance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An accountant who helped himself to £27,000 from the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme as part of a bigger Covid loans fraud has been jailed for three years and eight months today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Brothers who lead an organised crime group known as the Scouse Dave Line have been jailed for a combined total of more than 30 years.’
BBC News, 31st January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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