Judicial Anonymity? Not this time. – UK Human Rights Blog

‘In Tickle & Anor v The BBC & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 4, the Court of Appeal considered the High Court’s decision to anonymise the names of several judges who had made decisions in historic care proceedings and private family law proceedings (“the historic proceedings”).’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 17th February 2025

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence not unduly lenient, attorney general says – The Independent

‘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.’

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The Independent, 14th February 2025

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Judge-led inquiry into Nottingham attacks coming in ‘weeks’, Starmer announces – The Independent

‘The prime minister has told the families of those killed in the Nottingham attacks that a judge-led public inquiry will take place in “a matter of weeks”.’

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The Independent, 13th February 2025

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After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial? – The Guardian

‘Despite 14 leading experts concluding there was “no medical evidence” that Lucy Letby murdered babies, there is no guarantee that her case will be sent back to the court of appeal – let alone quickly.’

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The Guardian, 5th February 2025

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Prevent closed Southport killer case ‘prematurely’ – BBC News

Posted February 6th, 2025 in attempted murder, murder, news, school children, terrorism by sally

‘The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.’

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BBC News, 5th February 2025

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Lucy Letby murder convictions: what did the expert panel find? – The Guardian

Posted February 5th, 2025 in children, evidence, hospitals, murder, news, nurses, reports by sally

‘Group concludes babies died due to natural causes or errors in medical care, saying there was no evidence of deliberate harm.’

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The Guardian, 4th February 2025

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What is the new challenge to the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby? – The Guardian

‘Letby’s legal team is preparing to submit a case to the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice.’

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The Guardian, 4th February 2025

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Lucy Letby latest: Experts to reveal ‘significant new medical evidence’ questioning child killer’s guilt – The Independent

‘An international panel of experts in the care of newborn babies will present what they say is “significant new medical evidence” in the case of convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby.’

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The Independent, 4th February 2025

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Judges who oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before her murder named – The Independent

‘Three judges who oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother have now been named by a court. Judge Alison Raeside, Judge Peter Nathan and Judge Sally Williams were named on Friday as the three judges who were all involved in family court proceedings related to the care of the 10-year-old between 2013 and 2019 after a Court of Appeal ruling overturned a ban on the media identifying them.’

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The Independent, 31st January 2025

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Couple jailed over ‘sexual and sadistic’ murder of Sarah Mayhew in London – The Guardian

‘A couple who killed a woman and dumped her dismembered body in different parts of south London have been jailed for murder.’

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The Guardian, 30th January 2025

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Teen jailed for life for mobile phone park murder – BBC News

Posted January 30th, 2025 in murder, news, robbery, sentencing, young offenders by sally

‘A teenager has been given a life sentence for murdering a 17-year-old boy in a mobile phone robbery.’

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BBC News, 29th January 2025

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Dad guilty of 14-year-old daughter’s murder – BBC News

Posted January 28th, 2025 in children, domestic violence, murder, news by sally

‘A man who claimed his daughter died in a “freak accident” during a play-fight with a knife has been found guilty of her murder.’

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BBC News, 27th January 2024

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Journalists win appeal over naming of judges who decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by two journalists against a judge’s decision to order the anonymisation of the names of the circuit judges that had decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif, who was murdered by her father and step-mother in 2023.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th January 2025

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Judges who allowed Sara Sharif to remain in her father’s custody to be named next week – The Independent

Posted January 27th, 2025 in anonymity, appeals, child cruelty, children, families, family courts, judges, murder, news by sally

‘Three judges that oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother, can be named in seven days, a court has ruled.’

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The Independent, 24th January 2025

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Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls – The Guardian

‘The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the “ferocious” and “sadistic” knife rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.’

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The Guardian, 23rd January 2025

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Revised terror laws will not include disruptive protest, says No 10 – The Guardian

Posted January 23rd, 2025 in children, demonstrations, murder, news, terrorism, violence, young offenders, young persons by sally

‘An overhaul of laws on terrorism after the Southport murders will not expand the definition to take in disruptive but non-violent protest, Downing Street has said, as MPs and senior lawyers warned about potential risks to the plan.’

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The Guardian, 22nd January 2025

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Southport attack: why is so much information being published only now? – The Guardian

‘Axel Rudakubana, 18, on Monday pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls – Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine – and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last summer. He also admitted producing the biological toxin ricin, and possessing a terrorist handbook about al-Qaida. The guilty pleas have triggered a deluge of new information about the teenage attacker and how he had been known to the authorities before the atrocity on 29 July last year. It has also prompted searching questions about how the state failed to stop the attack – and whether there has been a cover-up. Here we answer some of the key questions about the Southport attack.’

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The Guardian, 21st January 2025

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PM statement on the Southport public inquiry: 21 January 2025 – Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street

‘Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a statement on the Southport public inquiry today.’

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Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, 21st January 2025

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Sentence review bid made for Sara Sharif’s father – BBC News

Posted January 21st, 2025 in appeals, child abuse, domestic violence, murder, news, sentencing by sally

‘The Solicitor General has decided to appeal against the sentence passed on Sara Sharif’s father as “unduly lenient.”‘

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BBC News, 20th January 2025

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Keir Starmer orders public inquiry into Southport attack – The Guardian

Posted January 21st, 2025 in children, guilty pleas, inquiries, murder, news, terrorism, young offenders by sally

‘Keir Starmer has ordered a public inquiry into the failings that allowed an “extremely violent” teenager to murder three young girls in one of the worst attacks on children in recent UK history.’

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The Guardian, 20th January 2025

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