Man jailed for trying to rob Arsenal stars Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac – BBC News
‘An armed mugger who tried to rob Arsenal footballers Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac has been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: robbery
Gang who stole heavy machinery to tear cashpoints out of walls in string of burglaries jailed – The Independent
‘A gang who used diggers to steal more than £500,000 from cash machines in a ram-raid spree across three counties has been jailed.’
The Independent, 21st June 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police dog Finn’s law comes into force – BBC News
‘A new law named after a police dog which recently appeared on Britain’s Got Talent has come into effect.’
BBC News, 8th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London ‘boy-snatch robbery’ moped gang jailed – BBC News
‘Members of a moped gang who threatened to hurt a woman’s three-year-old son in a “shocking” attempted robbery have been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug addict who threatened her own grandfather with a hammer jailed – The Independent
‘A woman who threatened her grandfather with a hammer while robbing him to fund her drug addiction has been jailed for four years.’
The Independent, 20th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man convicted over death of 100-year-old woman in Derby – The Guardian
‘A man has been convicted over the death of a 100-year-old woman whose neck was broken in a street robbery in Derby.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Met police driver faces criminal investigation after ramming moped – The Guardian
‘A Metropolitan police driver is under criminal investigation after using a special tactic to deliberately knock a fleeing suspect off a moped, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
What is ‘substantial injustice’ for the purposes of a criminal case review? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Sapan Maini-Thompson is an LLM Candidate at University College London. On 14th November 2018 the Divisional Court gave judgment in a claim against the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Regina (Anthony Davies) v The Criminal Cases Review Commission . This case was brought on behalf of a prisoner who contended that his conviction had become unsafe following the decision of the Supreme Court in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8 which recast the mens rea requirements in joint enterprise cases. The court dismissed the claim in a judgment which involved analysis of how the principles in Jogee are applied, and the circumstances in which the CCRC should re-open an old conviction. Jim Duffy of 1 Crown Office Row was the Junior Counsel for the Claimant.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th November 2018
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Homicide rate in England and Wales highest since 2008 – The Guardian
‘The murder and manslaughter rate in England and Wales has risen to the highest in a decade, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Gang member jailed for London acid attack – Crown Prosecution Service
‘The ringleader of a gang who sprayed corrosive cleaning fluid in the face of a shopkeeper during a failed robbery has been jailed for ten years, with a further four years on licence.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd October 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Acid attack car thieves convicted – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A gang of carjackers who sprayed corrosive ammonia into the eyes of their victims have been convicted after a public appeal by former boxer Michael Watson.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th September 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Trial of alleged Hatton Garden mastermind ‘Basil’ faces delay due to film about the robbery – Daily Telegraph
‘The trial of an alleged mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist has been delayed until next year following a new blockbuster film release about the robbery.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man jailed for £53m UK heist will not have to repay share of proceeds – The Guardian
‘A cage fighter convicted of taking part in a £53m armed robbery has been excused from paying back his alleged share of the stolen cash after a secret court hearing.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Moped mugger who stabbed man to death for his Rolex jailed for life – The Independent
‘A murderer who stabbed a father to death while trying to steal his Rolex watch has been jailed for a minimum of 35 years.’
The Independent, 19th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Armed robber in drag jailed for Liverpool sex shop raid – BBC News
‘A robber who held up a sex shop at gunpoint while wearing make-up, a wig, and a bright red dress has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 24th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hatton Garden raiders must pay back over £6m, judge rules – The Guardian
‘The four ringleaders jailed for the audacious Hatton Garden raid must pay back more than £6m between them or each serve another seven years in prison, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Jail for cleaning fluid attack robbers – BBC News
‘Two robbers who laughed after spraying women in their faces with cleaning fluid have been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 8th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man ‘brutally’ attacked woman, 88, asleep in her Chorley home – BBC News
‘A man who dragged an 88-year-old woman out of her bed and “brutally” assaulted her before ransacking her home has been jailed.’
BBC News, 9th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Moped robbery gang jailed after 100-victim crime spree – BBC News
‘A moped gang that robbed more than 100 people, including an attempted robbery on former chancellor George Osborne, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 11th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Security guards found guilty of stealing £7m from their own van after staging fake robbery – The Independent
‘Two security guards have been found guilty of staging a fake robbery to steal £7m from their own cash-in-transit van.’
The Independent, 5th October 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
