“A transsexual who downloaded child pornography has been spared jail after a judge said that time in prison would be an ‘appalling experience’ for her.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former MI6 worker from London has pleaded guilty to two offences under the Official Secrets Act.”
BBC News, 14th July 2010
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“A teenager from Milton Keynes who raped and beat a 15-year-old boy has been given an indeterminate sentence in a young offenders institution.”
BBC News, 13th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Seven protesters arrested after a demonstration in London against Israel’s invasion of Gaza have won cuts in their sentences of up to 18 months.”
BBC News, 13th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An animal rights campaigner has been given a 10-year prison term after being found guilty of plotting arson attacks against Oxford University buildings.”
BBC News, 13th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former pub landlord who stabbed his wife with a World War II bayonet convinced she was having an affair, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.”
BBC News, 13th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who lashed out at a 70-year-old man for making racist remarks about him has been jailed for his manslaughter.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for six years for a knife attack on a Premier League footballer at his mother’s home in Bedfordshire.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for life for plotting to murder as suicide bombers.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who raped a woman after meeting her on a dating website has been given an indeterminate prison sentence.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed after admitting stealing to order top-of-the range cars with a total value estimated at £317,000.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 51-year-old man found guilty of smothering his six-week-old baby to death 25 years ago has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A schoolboy who took revenge for being dumped by killing his ex-girlfriend and her older sister in a house fire was jailed for life today. Akmol Miah, 15, must serve at least 23 years behind bars for murdering 15-year-old Maleha Masud and Nabiha Masud, 21, at their home in Tooting, south London.”
The Independent, 9th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lesbian couple have been jailed for beating up a male neighbour who made a pass at one of them.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple caught cheating almost £10,000 in benefits after appearing on the reality TV show Wife Swap have avoided jail.”
BBC News, 7th July 2010
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“A heroin addict who stabbed his 94-year-old neighbour to death has been jailed for a minimum of 29 years.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
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“A police constable who tricked teenagers into accepting official cautions to meet detection targets and boost his promotion prospects has been given a three-year jail term.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A London community support officer has been jailed for 15 months for sending criminals police intelligence..”
BBC News, 7th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today’s convictions of Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman are the culmination of years of determined work by the CPS and police, and brings to 12 the number of those successfully prosecuted following the arrests in relation to the liquid bomb plot, said Sue Hemming, head of the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th July 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A failed asylum seeker from Leicester has been convicted of using fake identity documents to gain employment.”
UK Border Agency, 8th July 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
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