Pumpkin cyanide blackmailer Michael Young jailed – BBC News
‘A lorry driver who attempted to blackmail a Lincolnshire pumpkin farmer by telling him he had poisoned his crops has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Woman who grew cannabis to help dying husband gets community order – The Guardian
‘A woman who grew cannabis worth £34,000 to extract hemp oil to act as a painkiller for her dying husband has been sentenced to an 18-month community order after a judge accepted she was not embroiled in a commercial enterprise.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
40 year old man sentenced for revenge porn – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A 40 year old man has today been sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to one charge relating to revenge pornography. Simon Humphrey was sentenced at St Albans Magistrates’ Court after he admitted at an earlier hearing that he had published a naked picture of the victim without her consent. A restraining order was also put in place for 18 months which means he may not contact the victim.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th September 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Ex-UN consultants jailed for bribes over drugs supplied to ‘starving Africans’ – The Guardian
‘Two former UN consultants have been jailed by a UK court for receiving bribes to rig contracts worth £66m to supply life-saving drugs to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guido Bakker, 41, and Sijbrandus Scheffer, 63, took payments totalling £650,000 from a Danish pharmaceutical company called Missionpharma in return for helping them win lucrative contracts.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Khyber Pass kebab shop fined over human faeces contamination – BBC News
‘The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill. A rare strain of E. coli – only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe – was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014. In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
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M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye will not be freed from jail – BBC News
‘Road rage killer Kenneth Noye has been told he will not be released from jail on licence, the Parole Board has said.’
BBC News, 21st September 2015
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Mark Blake spared jail after leaking stories to newspaper – BBC News
‘An ex-official who leaked stories about an immigration centre has been spared jail to care for his two children.’
BBC News, 21st September 2015
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Women jailed for stealing friend’s rare teddy bears worth £37k and selling them on eBay – Daily Telegraph
‘Rachel Reynolds and Claire Cunningham take around 100 of the Steiff toys and sell them for fraction of value on internet auction site.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child sex abusers can be punished more severely when their victims are Asian, court rules – The Independent
‘A paedophile who sexually abused two children could be given a harsher sentence than usual because of the Asian community his victims were from, a judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 18th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Spanking images ex-teacher jailed – BBC News
‘A retired teacher who was caught with indecent images on his computer of boys being spanked has been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rogue landlords should face jail terms to deter them from taking advantage of renters, say national bodies – The Independent
‘Rogue landlords should face harsher consequences, including jail terms, to deter them from taking advantage of “vulnerable” renters, national bodies have said.’
The Independent, 19th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Child molester given longer sentence as victims are Asian – Daily Telegraph
‘A child molester who abused two Asian girls was rightly given a longer sentence than if his victims had been white because Asian sex crime victims suffer more, a leading judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman gave birth to baby in bath and then left it on neighbour’s doorstep – The Independent
‘A woman gave birth to her baby in a bath and then abandoned it on a neighbour’s doorstep because she believed it was the result of an extramarital affair.’
The Independent, 17th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ched Evans must wait to see whether he can appeal against rape conviction – The Guardian
‘The panel assessing Ched Evans’s latest attempt to have his rape conviction overturned have said further investigation is needed before it can announce a decision.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rapist Gareth Furse has ‘excessive’ sentence cut on appeal – BBC News
‘A call centre worker branded a danger to society for raping a sleeping woman has had his sentence cut.’
BBC News, 16th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stephen Tillyer sentenced over £300k viola theft from train – BBC News
‘A man who stole a viola worth £300,000 after it was left on train has been given a suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 16th September 2015
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Man fined for flying drone at football matches and Buckingham Palace – The Guardian
‘A drone enthusiast has been fined and banned from pursuing his hobby after he was convicted of flying remote control aircraft over and around Premier League football stadiums, parliament and Buckingham Palace.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child rapist jailed despite support of Lady Butler-Sloss – The Guardian
‘A man convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for seven years, in a case in which the retired high court judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss told the jury she was astonished at the allegations against the man.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Zack Davies given life imprisonment for racially motivated machete attack – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Zack Davies has today been sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder after he attacked a man with a machete in a racially aggravated attack in January. He must serve a minimum of 14 years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th September 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Paedophile ring jailed for ‘terrifying depravity’ – BBC News
‘Seven paedophiles who preyed on a baby and young children acted “beyond human instinct” and were guilty of “terrifying depravity”, a judge said.’
BBC News, 11th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
