“A lesbian who regretted a one night stand with a man has been jailed after making a false allegation of rape that left her victim ‘suicidal’.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Otis Ferry, the son of the rock star Bryan, spoke of his anger yesterday at having to spend four months in prison after being charged with an offence that police and prosecutors now plan to drop.”
The Independent, 10th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Life has stood still for Stephen Miller since he was arrested more than 20 years ago and charged with the murder of a young woman in Cardiff. ‘Not one day goes past without me thinking about the case,’ he said. ‘My life is stuck in 1988.'”
The Guardian, 9th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mother Michelle Brown who left her 22-month-old daughter home alone to die in a fire while she attended a court hearing has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fifteen people, including nine retired and three serving police officers, are to be charged with perverting the course of justice and perjury in connection with the murder of a young woman more than 20 years ago.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who tried to frame two men for rape after a row with her boyfriend has been jailed for four months.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage girl was kidnapped from a train, robbed, beaten and kicked, and pushed into a stream by a gang of seven who were given prison sentences at Luton crown court yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother of Shannon Matthews has been found guilty of charges relating to her daughter’s disappearance.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Amy Winehouse’s husband has lost an appeal against his sentence for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has said he would not have recommended two drug-smugglers be freed from jail if he had known details they gave of hidden guns had been bogus.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2008
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“A Methodist minister who invented a hate campaign against herself and told police she had been sent a dead hedgehog, was spared jail today.”
The Independent, 20th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co,uk
“A policeman has been jailed for a year for beating a man he wrongly thought had glassed his son.”
BBC News, 25th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father from South Yorkshire who faked his suicide before using his mobile phone to report his disappearance to police has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 19th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Amy Winehouse’s husband was today jailed for trial-fixing and beating up a former pub landlord.”
The Times, 21st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who left her two-year-old son alone for the weekend has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 27th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was beaten up by singer Amy Winehouse’s husband has been cleared of accepting a £200,000 bribe to drop his assault complaint.”
BBC News, 25th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 14-year-old girl who was sentenced to 18 months detention for falsely accusing her brother and his friend of indecently assaulting her when she was nine has had her sentence quashed by the appeal court, which said it ‘should never have been passed’.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother who lied to protect her son who, along with three other teenagers, kicked a man to death in Bedfordshire has been jailed for 21 months.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2008
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“A woman who falsely accused a soldier of rape has been described as ‘wicked’ by the judge who sentenced her to a year in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A squire who tried to save his family’s reputation by giving police the name of a dead friend after he was caught drink-driving has been jailed for six months for perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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