‘Companies should receive substantial discounts on fines if they enter into deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) after uncovering and self-reporting corruption offences, according to one of the UK’s most senior judges.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the sentence imposed on a defendant for breaching the terms of an anti-social behaviour injunction, was manifestly excessive.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Four men have been sentenced to a total of 29 years imprisonment for their role in an elaborate tax fraud involving the funding of UK film productions. The defendants dishonestly claimed losses had been made so that income tax could be falsely claimed back from HM Revenue and Customs.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th June 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The current and former directors of Hong Kong company Nu Tek have been sentenced to 18 and 12 months’ imprisonment for breaching a worldwide freezing order.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A former senior housing needs officer at Birmingham City Council has been jailed for three years for fraud.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A serial child abuser who contacted 11,000 minors across the world on social media in attempt to get them to perform sexual acts has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed after fathering two children with his niece.’
The Independent, 26th June 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend’s baby son by beating him with a garden chair.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A retired scientist who murdered his partner in a row over a duvet has been jailed for life, police said.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who carried out a string of sex attacks over ten days on women in south London has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British jihadist who planned to decapitate a poppy seller in a Lee Rigby style attack has been jailed for life.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who repeatedly stabbed his pregnant partner after pressure from his disapproving mother “tipped him over the edge” has been jailed for 18 years.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Abdul Haroun’s case for asylum was seemingly deemed so overwhelming that within 24 hours of being interviewed by Home Office officials he was granted it.’
The Guardian, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The rate of self-harm among inmates serving indefinite prison sentences is more than double that among life-sentenced prisoners, according to new figures.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two brothers have been jailed for an acid attack which left a woman scarred and blind in one eye.’
BBC News, 21st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior judge in the family court took “unwarranted” extra steps in reuniting a man with a violent and criminal past with his young daughter 11 months before he beat her to death, the author of a serious case review has said.’
The Guardian, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced after being found guilty of stabbing a man to death in London.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang who tried to free a dangerous criminal from a prison van which ended in one of them being shot dead on a London street, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A landlord has been sentenced to 17 months in prison suspended for 12 months after she admitted conspiring to defraud a district council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Department for Education manager who defrauded the Government of more than £1m to buy a luxury flat has been jailed after he was turned in by his mother.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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