‘The case of Anne Sacoolas, the US national charged over the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn, is to be heard by a UK court, prosecutors have said.’
BBC news, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rape “scorecards” published for the first time reveal that the Crown Prosecution Service will miss performance targets dictated by the government after a collapse in prosecutions for the crime.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly two-thirds of London rape victims who drop their complaint do so within a month of going to police, with the proportion tripling in two years, according to a report.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Upskirting prosecutions have more than doubled in the second year since it was criminalised, with at least a third of offenders also committing other sexual crimes.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Controversial plans to ban prosecutions for Troubles murders are “legally dubious, constitutionally dangerous and morally corrupt”, a former Northern Ireland secretary has said.’
The Independent, 29th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The brother, sister and mother of a woman whose mummified remains were found on a mattress will not face trial, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Priti Patel’s immigration bill risks hampering the prosecution of human traffickers in the UK and making it more difficult for people to escape exploitation, senior police officers have warned.’
The Independent, 8th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who got a teenage girl hooked on drugs and forced her into prostitution to fund his own habit before killing her has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of rape and sexual assault victims who have waited more than a year for their trial to go through the courts has soared, a report shows.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of human rights lawyers will on Wednesday file a legal complaint in the UK accusing key figures in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of being involved in war crimes relating to the war in Yemen.’
The Guardian, 20th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Victims of alleged domestic abuse are seeing their cases dropped at a rapidly increasing rate, according to data obtained by the BBC.’
BBC News, 15th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The law of England and Wales – Scotland’s law is not in all respects the same – has come a long way in my 82 years. Absurdly and cruelly, until the 1961 Suicide Act was passed it was a crime to kill yourself. While those who succeeded were beyond the law’s reach, those who tried and failed could be sent to jail. In the 1920s the home secretary had to release a Middlesbrough woman with fourteen children who had been given three months in prison for trying to kill herself. There is a Pythonesque sketch waiting to be written about a judge passing a sentence of imprisonment for attempted suicide: “Let this be a lesson to you and to any others who may be thinking of killing themselves.” In fact, by the mid 19th century the law had got itself into such a tangle that a person injured in a failed attempt at suicide could be indicted for wounding with intent to kill, an offence for which Parliament had thoughtfully provided the death penalty.’
London Review of Books, 21st October 2021
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘Detectives will take no further action over Martin Bashir’s BBC interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. The Metropolitan Police looked at an independent review of the methods used to obtain the 1995 interview, but had “not identified evidence of activity that constituted a criminal offence”.’
BBC News, 15th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Following the release of the Government’s Rape Review, second-six pupil, Anthony James, looks at the Review itself and recent criticisms of the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences.’
Carmelite Chambers, 19th August 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
‘Extinction Rebellion has demanded to know how its upcoming demonstrations will be policed after the Supreme Court ruled that protest can be a “lawful excuse” to block roads under human rights law.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Daisy, 45, overcame years of police inaction after persuading her mother to testify against Carvel Bennett.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service must be held to account for its continued “betrayal” of rape victims, the victims’ commissioner of England and Wales has said, as new figures revealed rape prosecutions had fallen to another record low.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police and the Crown Prosecution Service are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a watchdogs’ report has said.’
BBC News, 16th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosecutors and law enforcement agencies have agreed a consistent approach to the handling of cases involving illegal entry to the UK via small boats and lorries.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th July 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Migrants who steer dinghies across the English Channel with the sole intention of claiming asylum in port will no longer be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.’
The Independent, 8th July 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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