‘A former soldier has been sentenced under the Terrorism Act after he attempted to travel to Syria to fight Isis.’
The Independent, 4th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The organiser of a daredevil stunt show in which a “human cannonball” died has been given a 12-month community order and his firm fined £100,000.’
BBC News, 20th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The British Transport Police have released the moment a thug armed with an axe was stopped in his tracks after being chased through a busy city centre and tasered by police.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former City trader who knocked his wife unconscious, set her body on fire and then took his dog for a walk has been jailed for life today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 15th December 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The former leader of Britain First has been jailed for breaching a court order telling him not to enter a mosque or encourage others to do so.’
BBC News, 15th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The brother of Karen Danczuk has been jailed for 15 years for a series of sex attacks on her and two other victims.’
BBC News, 15th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men who threw a firework into a care home, leaving a resident with life-changing injuries, have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A prison inmate who wrote a series of letters from his cell threatening to kill 10 people, including prison staff and police officers, and then have sex with their corpses has been jailed for 45 years.’
the Guardian, 14th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A tractor driver who drank the estimated equivalent of 13 pints of beer the night before he ran over and killed an 11-year-old boy on a farm has been jailed for more than a year.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who strangled a Metropolitan Police officer before trying to dissolve his body in an acid-filled bath has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 12th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A convicted murderer has been given a second life sentence for a rape he committed 30 years ago – thanks to advances in DNA testing.’
BBC News, 9th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The first crime in living memory to be recorded on a holy island off the coast of west Wales has resulted in a man receiving a fine and community order.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman has been banned from keeping horses after Facebook users spotted pictures of her riding a skeletal ex-racehorse online.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A couple who inflicted such “sickening” injuries on their five-week-old daughter that she will never be able to walk or talk have been jailed.’
BBC News, 7th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An 83-year-old farmer who kept Britain’s “most dangerous” herd of cows ignored official warnings to control them before they attacked and killed a retired professor.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “dangerous sexual deviant” wanted by the FBI has been jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a Lancashire park.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government recognises that there is public concern about sentencing for offenders who kill or seriously injure others on the road and is committed to making sure that the legislative framework that the courts operate within reflects the seriousness of offending and the culpability of the offender.’
Ministry of Justice, 5th December 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A member of a crime family who shot an associate he had apparently accused of being a “grass” has been sentenced to nine years in prison.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An 18-year-old man who groomed, raped and abused seven girls in a series of “hideous” sex attacks has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who attacked a policewoman with an axe has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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