‘Six years ago the supreme court ruled these cases were unfair and racially biased. But, as the New York Times has noted, they keep on coming.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An online predator who forced young girls to sign a sexual contract with him has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th November 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Halton Mark Anthony Powell, 44, has been sentenced to two years and four-and-a-half months after pleading guilty to supplying articles for use in a fraud at Southwark Crown Court on 11 November 2022.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th November 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 15 years for the “sadistic” and “monstrous” murder of his partner, who died 21 years after he doused her with petrol and set her on fire. In what is believed to be a legal first, Steven Craig, 58, was convicted of murdering Jacqueline Kirk more than two decades after the attack, having already served almost 19 years in prison for it.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Defence lawyers are concerned that charging is frequently not in the public interest and that defendants with severe mental health problems and/or who are neurodivergent are being pointlessly swept into the criminal justice system, warns Penelope Gibbs.’
Counsel, November 2022
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A high-value serial romance fraudster has been found guilty today (3 November 2022) of duping victims out of just over £324,000 in an investment scam.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd November 2033
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison after admitting to the racially aggravated assault of a former member of the band Earth, Wind and Fire.’
BBC News, 4th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Victims Commissioner for London has described the sentence handed down to her stalker of 19 years as “an insult”.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for nine years for killing a father-to-be whose body was dumped and set on fire on a London common.’
The Independent, 1st November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed and a woman has received a suspended sentence for enslaving a vulnerable man.’
BBC News, 28th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Questions from an infamous 20th Century murder trial have been mirrored to help secure the murder conviction of a man in Lincolnshire over 100 years later.’
BBC News, 24th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “callous” couple who exploited a 13-year-old boy to run heroin and crack cocaine from London to Kent as part of a county lines drugs operation have been jailed for a total of 12 years.’
The Independent, 24th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A prison nurse has been jailed after engaging in “flirtatious” calls and texts with an inmate.’
BBC News, 18th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has jailed two men for their parts in recent unrest in East Leicester telling them the city will not tolerate disorder.’
BBC News, 18th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prisoners sentenced under draconian guidance are serving sentences which were abolished in 2012 when the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found them to be “fundamentally unjust” and “unlawful”. A total of 1,661 offenders sentenced under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) continue to serve prolonged or unjust sentences. Now, the Justice Committee is calling for those prisoners to be re-sentenced. Some prisoners have served ten years on top of their minimum sentence, which could be found to breach their right to liberty.’
Each Other, 13th October 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The deaths of Black and mixed-race people in UK prisons are among the most violent and prevalent, a charity has warned.’
The Independent, 13th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three members of a criminal gang have been jailed for their part in buying dozens of blank-firing handguns with a plan to turn them into live weapons.’
BBC News, 11th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “thug” who punched a Sikh priest in the street “without any justifiable reason” and left him for dead has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 6th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Six-year-old Rikki Neave disappeared after leaving home for school in November 1994 – his body was discovered the following day. A BBC investigation has found that police ignored scientific evidence to build a case against his mother, leaving his killer free for more than 20 years.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men have each been jailed for at least 29 years for the murder of their friend killed by rivals in a shootout.’
BBC News, 29th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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