Man jailed for killing 100-year-old mother in Stepney – BBC News
“A former black cab driver has been jailed for six years for killing his 100-year-old mother.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Margate couple jailed for abusing boys under four – BBC News
“A Kent couple have been jailed for two years for abusing two young boys.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Webb) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
Regina (Webb) v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] WLR (D) 241
“S 116 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 conferred a unique statutory power to sentence a defendant for a new offence committed while on release on licence for an earlier offence. It was a fresh sentence not served in respect of the original offence so that even if that initial offence was a violent or sexual offence specified in Sch 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 but the new offence was not, the s 116 sentence for a long-term prisoner came within s 33(1A) rather than s 33(1B) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The defendant was therefore entitled to be released on licence after serving half of his sentence rather than two-thirds, the applicable period under s 33(1B).”
WLR Daily, 9th September 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Three jailed over rape attack filmed on mobile phone – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman who only learned of the attack when she saw footage of it on a mobile phone.”
BBC News, 10th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judges told: ‘be more lenient to women criminals’ – Daily Telegraph
“Female criminals are more likely to have mental health or educational difficulties and to have parenting responsibilities, while a lower proportion will have committed violent crimes than men, according to new guidelines. Judges ought to ‘bear these matters in mind’ when passing sentence, according to the Equal Treatment Bench Book, published by the Judicial Studies Board (JSB).”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Son jailed for murdering father and burying his remains – BBC News
“A man who murdered his father and buried his remains in concrete in a garden has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 16 years.”
BBC News, 10th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bromsgrove man jailed over indecent images of children – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after admitting making, distributing and possessing indecent photographs of children.”
BBC News, 8th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conman jailed over fake injury compensation claims – The Independent
“A fraudster was jailed today for trying to claim compensation from a number of local councils for injuries he had never suffered.”
The Independent, 8th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One punch’ boast killer from Oldham jailed – BBC news
“A 22-year-old who boasted that he possessed ‘a killer punch’ has been jailed for killing a man with just one blow outside a Greater Manchester pub.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prosecutor backs end to mandatory life sentence for murder – Daily Telegraph
“Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has joined calls for a system of first and second degree murder charges that would end mandatory life sentences for the crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Youngest’ female double murderer jailed – BBC News
“The girl thought to be Britain’s youngest female double murderer has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years. Lorraine Thorpe, now 16, of Clapgate Lane, Ipswich, was found guilty in August of murdering her father Desmond Thorpe and a woman called Rosalyn Hunt.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Goldie’s son sentenced to life for gang-related murder – The Guardian
“The son of dance music star Goldie was given a minimum 21-year jail sentence today for his part in gang rivalry that turned lethally violent.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police sergeant jailed for cell assault on woman – Daily Telegraph
“A police sergeant who injured a woman when he assaulted her in a cell has been jailed for six months.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Church of England vicar jailed over sham marriages – UK Border Agency
“A Church of England vicar was today among 3 men jailed for staging hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex. Reverend Alex Brown was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate breaches in immigration law in July alongside 2 other men, Ukrainian national Vladymyr Buchak and lawyer Michael Adelasoye, following an 8 week trial.”
UK Border Agency, 6th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Five jailed for electoral fraud – Daily Telegraph
“Five men have been jailed following a botched postal voting scam intended to secure a seat for a Conservative Party candidate at the 2005 general election.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Vicar jailed for sham marriages scam – Daily Telegraph
“A Church of England vicar has been jailed for four years for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former headteacher jailed for 21 years for beatings and sex abuse of boys – The Guardian
“A former boarding school headteacher convicted of abusing male pupils, both sexually and physically, during the 1970s and 1980s was today imprisoned for 21 years.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MI6 worker jailed for trying to sell secrets – Daily Telegraph
“But Houghton, 25, will be released almost immediately because he has already served half the term while on remand. The software engineer from Hoxton, east London, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Official Secrets Act at an earlier hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex-Hampshire police officer jailed for abusing boys – BBC News
“A retired Hampshire police officer who sexually abused two boys while he worked for the force has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC news, 2nd September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rogue traders’ jailed for conning elderly victims – BBC News
“Five men have been jailed after conning elderly householders into paying thousands for unnecessary work.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
