“A gang member involved in the murder of Rhys Jones has had his sentence increased from seven years to twelve after being referred to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General, Vera Baird QC MP, for consideration as unduly lenient.”
Attorney General’s Office, 28th October 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for the knifepoint rape of a 71-year-old retired teacher in woodlands in Wiltshire.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A partially sighted lorry driver who ran over and killed a colleague after cheating an eye test to obtain a large goods vehicle licence has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A benefits officer who admitted falsely claiming over £75,000 has been jailed for 14 months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner has been jailed indefinitely for raping and sexually assaulting three children in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who raped a tourist in his home after offering her a place to stay through a travellers’ website has been jailed for 10 years, police said today.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who made a video on her mobile phone of a young girl having simulated sex with a toy walked free from court today.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The man who supplied the handgun used to kill Rhys Jones has had his sentence increased to 12 years.”
BBC News, 28th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On Tuesday 27 October 2009, the Sentencing Guidelines Council published a draft guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. This is the first offence guideline relating to sentencing organisations rather than individuals, and concerns sentencing for offences where the most serious form of harm was caused, the death of one or more persons.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 27th October 2009
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“One of the three people jailed over the death of Baby P won an appeal against his indefinite sentence today.”
The Independent, 27th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former policeman was jailed for six and a half years after killing a grandmother during a 100mph ‘hair-raising joyride’.”
The Independent, 27th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former deputy coroner and solicitor has been jailed for stealing money from a charitable trust account he set up with money taken from dead clients.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former police officer who had sex with a pole dancer while on duty was jailed today for four years.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge allowed a man convicted of assault to walk free from court as he questioned whether offenders sentenced to six months or less serve more than a few days in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Russell Carter, a Vietnam war veteran who murdered his boss and tried to kill three other people ‘in acts of callous wickedness, cruelty and inhumanity’, has been sentenced to life in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A fraudster who staged almost 100 car accidents and used the insurance payouts to fund a glamorous lifestyle was jailed yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A care worker who ‘humiliated’ an 89-year-old dementia patient by taping his mouth shut and forcing him to lie on the floor was given a suspended jail sentence today.”
The Independent, 19th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three men have been given long jail terms for raping a member of their own family as she grew up.”
BBC News, 16th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A banker jailed for helping orchestrate a £1 billion ‘imaginary metal’ con was warned today he would have to spend longer behind bars unless he paid some of the money back.”
The Independent, 15th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prison sentences of up to two years for illicitly obtaining confidential personal data, such as phone or medical records, are to be introduced from next April under Ministry of Justice proposals published today.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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