Suspended term for tea poison man – BBC News
“A man who poisoned his estranged wife’s tea with mercury has been given a 350-day suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: poisoning
Pensioner to be sentenced for poisoning wife’s tea – The Independent
“A pensioner who poured mercury into his estranged wife’s cup of tea to win her back by nursing her back to health will be sentenced later today.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Alexis v Newham London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Alexis v Newham London Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1323 (QB); [2009] WLR (D) 186
“A local authority owed a duty of care to its teachers to take such precautions as were reasonable in all the circumstances to prevent or minimise the risk of injury that might occur as a result of mischievous or malicious behaviour on the part of pupils.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Teacher poisoned by pupil loses claim for damages – The Guardian
“A teacher who claimed her career was wrecked after a schoolgirl poisoned her drinking water with whiteboard cleaning fluid today lost a claim for damages.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher poisoned by pupil sues education authority for £700,000 in High Court – Daily Telegraph
“Shaaira Alexis unwittingly drank blackboard cleaning fluid after the schoolgirl sneaked into her classroom and poured it into a water bottle, a court was told.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman who poisoned husband is spared jail – The Guardian
“A wife who poisoned her husband three times by slipping a tranquilliser into two Chinese takeaways and a curry was yesterday spared jail by a judge who described the crimes as ‘like something from a very bad detective novel’.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cook Yvonne Godwin made rat poison cake for unfaithful husband – The Times
“A former hospital cook who laced her unfaithful husband’s fruit cake with rat poison was spared jail yesterday. Yvonne Godwin baked the poisoned cake after discovering that her husband of 30 years had been having an affair with her best friend’s sister.”
The Times, 29th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Woman who poisoned husband jailed – BBC News
“A conwoman who tried to poison her husband with rat killer and anti-depressant tablets has been jailed by a judge at York Crown Court.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Salt baby death inquiry dropped – BBC News
“A doctor accused of giving false evidence in the trial of a mother accused of killing her son by poisoning him with salt will not be prosecuted.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Curry poisoner wife gets 30 years – The Guardian
“A woman who attempted to kill her husband by putting antifreeze in his curry was today jailed for 30 years.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife guilty of anti-freeze plot – BBC News
“A woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her husband by slipping anti-freeze into his wine.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wife found guilty of poison plot – BBC News
“A woman has been found guilty of poisoning her husband in an attempt to confuse him while she stole £43,000 from his mother.”
BBC News, 6th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
