“A debt-ridden Cumbrian farmer who drove over his wife in his tractor to claim her life insurance and start a new life with his secret mistress was jailed for life yesterday.”
The Times, 29th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Four people have been sentenced over the killing of a Leicester student who was stabbed with a broken vodka bottle.”
BBC News, 28th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The sentencing of three people over the death of Baby P has been postponed for at least three months.”
BBC News, 28th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former women’s international cricketer who was caught driving after drinking 20 pints of beer and a several vodkas has walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang were sentenced to life in prison at Birmingham crown court today for the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General’s Reference (No 55 of 2008); [2008] EWCA Crim 2790; [2008] WLR (D) 370
“The recent amendments to the assessment of dangerousness provisions allowed the court to exercise its judgment as to whether a sentence of imprisonment for public protection should be passed if the necessary criteria were established. Such a sentence remained an important sentencing alternative but the court was entitled to consider all the alternative and cumulative methods of providing proper protection for the public against the risk posed by the individual offender.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A former outdoor pursuits instructor has been jailed for three years for sex attacks on two boys and three girls.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an Afghan immigrant to death outside his house in Oxford.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of parents jailed for failing to stop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years, government figures show.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coach driver who caused a crash near Heathrow which killed three people and injured more than 60 others was jailed yesterday for five years.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who repeatedly raped his two daughters was jailed for life today at Sheffield Crown Court. He made them pregnant 19 times and seven of the children are still alive.”
The Independent, 25th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling teenager Hannah Foster – before going on the run to India – has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A custodial sentence could be appropriate for an offence of commercial flytipping even where aggravating features, such as depositing waste of a dangerous or offensive nature, were not present.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A record number of criminals are being handed community court orders despite one in three being breached by offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rapist dubbed ‘the British Josef Fritzl’, is to be sentenced after admitting to repeatedly raping his two daughters and getting them pregnant 19 times.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Amy Winehouse’s husband has lost an appeal against his sentence for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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