‘A radicalised teenager who spent his student loan trying to join Islamic State and used a “step-by-step guide to terrorism” has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who cost the taxpayer £78,000 by phoning ambulance service more than 400 times in two years has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A helicopter pilot who barricaded himself in the home he lost in his £6m divorce will be jailed if he does not get out of the property by next week.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prisoners held indefinitely after serving their minimum term or tariff should not have to prove it is “safe” to release them, new Parole Board chairman Nick Hardwick has said.’
26th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosecutors will be urged to push for tougher sentences for people committing hate crimes, following a rise in incidents after the EU referendum.’
BBC News, 24th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother and her friend who locked her young son naked in a cupboard for hours while they went on a day trip to the seaside, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2016
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‘A Leeds waste operator has been jailed for seven years and six months for £2.2m fraud involving recycled electrical waste following an Environment Agency investigation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a single mother he met on a dating website has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who used a drone to fly contraband into prisons has become the first person in the UK to be jailed for the crime, police said.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A construction firm based in north London has been fined £550,000 for corporate manslaughter offences, in the first sentencing since new guidelines were introduced in February.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two men have been jailed and two women have been given suspended sentences after rashers of bacon were tied to door handles at a Bristol mosque.’
BBC News, 20th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘James Warnock, 56, was sentenced today at the Central Criminal Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years for the murder of seventeen-year-old Yiannoulla Yianni in August 1982. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for the rape of Yiannoulla. Warnock was convicted on 14 July 2016. The crimes took place in Yiannoulla’s home, where she lived with her family, in Hampstead, north London.’
Crown prosecution Service, 18th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 11 years after he stole an elderly woman’s car and ran her over with it.’
BBC News, 19th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two teenage girls have been detained for more than three years each for kidnapping a child from a Primark store after luring her away from her mother with sweets.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former police constable who worked as a family liaison officer has been jailed for 18 years for raping two vulnerable women.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who admitted sending disturbing Twitter messages to the mother of murdered toddler, James Bulger, has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 14th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A speeding motorist who drove his car straight through the wall of a house – throwing the tenant out of her bath – has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three people have been jailed for their roles in selling horses with physical ailments or behavioural issues to unsuspecting members of the public.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A teenager who took photographs in court as his friend was being jailed for murder and then glorified the killer on social media has been given a 15-month sentence.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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