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Consultation sentencing guideline and advice on driving offences – causing death by driving – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted January 10th, 2008 in consultations, road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guidelines Council published a consultation guideline on the sentencing of adult offenders convicted of a causing death by driving offence, on 9 January 2008. The Sentencing Advisory Panel also published its advice on this subject on the same day. The Panel also published the report of research into attitudes to the sentencing of these offences:

Consultation guideline: Causing death by driving

Covering letter for causing death by driving consultation guideline

Advice: Driving offences – causing death by driving

Press notice for causing death by driving consultation guideline and advice

Research report: Attitudes to the sentencing of offences involving death by driving

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 10th January 2008

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

Careless drivers who kill face up to three years in jail – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“Motorists who kill through carelessness will face jail sentences for the first time when the new offence of causing death by careless driving comes into force in March or April.”

The Guardian, 10th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jail for terror plan to “kill many” – The Guardian

Posted January 9th, 2008 in news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

“A London dentist detained as he boarded a plane to Pakistan carrying night sights and computer discs full of military information was jailed yesterday for four and a half years.”

The Guardian, 9th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 8th, 2008 in news, road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail under new sentencing guidelines for the courts.”

Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man jailed for heart attack – BBC News

Posted December 21st, 2007 in news, public order, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for blocking the path of an ambulance carrying a dying heart attack victim to hospital.”

BBC News, 20th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Family angry as sister who tried to kill dying father is spared jail – The Times

Posted December 21st, 2007 in euthanasia, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman who tried to smother her terminally ill father in a ‘mercy killing’ was spared jail yesterday, to the anger of her sisters, who wanted her imprisoned.”

The Times, 21st December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Peeping PC given suspended term – BBC News

Posted December 20th, 2007 in news, police, sentencing, voyeurism by sally

“A police officer who admitted spying on a female colleague after he made a peephole into an Essex police station’s gym has received a suspended jail term.”

BBC News, 19th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sex attacker given four-year term – BBC News

Posted December 20th, 2007 in assault, news, sentencing, sexual offences, suicide by sally

“A man has been jailed for four years for a sex attack on a single mother who killed herself after seeing footage of the attack on a mobile phone.”

BBC News, 19th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Curry killer must serve 16 years – BBC News

Posted December 18th, 2007 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman jailed for life for murdering her husband with a drugs overdose disguised in a curry has been told she must serve at least 16 years in jail.”

BBC News, 17th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sharon Beshenivsky killers denied sentence cut – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 17th, 2007 in appeals, murder, sentencing by sally

“Two men jailed for life for shooting a policewoman to death today failed to win a cut in their 35-year minimum sentences.”

Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Regina v Hawkes (Attorney-General’s Reference No 68 of 2007) – Times Law Reports

Posted December 11th, 2007 in drug offences, firearms, law reports, sentencing by sally

Regina v Hawkes (Attorney-General’s Reference No 68 of 2007)

“Drug dealers who kept weapons with a view to using violence would, on conviction, have their sentences significantly increased to reflect that fact.”

The Times, 11th December 2007

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.

‘No one is above the law’ – Conrad Black gets six years – The Guardian

Posted December 11th, 2007 in fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“Conrad Black was sentenced yesterday to six and a half years in an American prison for abusing shareholders’ trust through a sophisticated plot to embezzle $6.1m from his Hollinger media empire.”

The Guardian, 11th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teenager jailed for rape receives second life sentence for murder – The Guardian

Posted December 10th, 2007 in murder, news, rape, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A teenager who was jailed for the rape of a schoolgirl two weeks ago was given a second life sentence yesterday for killing a father of two in a flash of temper.”

The Guardian, 8th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Fake penis’ sex attacker jailed – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2007 in news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A sex attacker who hid a carrot in his trousers and pretended it was his erect penis has been jailed for 18 months.”

BBC News, 7th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Guilty verdict for lorry driver – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2007 in news, road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“A lorry driver has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a family of four when he fell asleep at the wheel.”

BBC News, 7th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judges to be given media training – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in judiciary, media, news, sentencing by sally

“Five senior judges are to be trained in how to handle the media so that they can explain controversial sentencing decisions, peers have been told.”

BBC News, 6th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Serial killer nurse Allitt must serve 30 years – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2007 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“The serial killer nurse Beverly Allitt must serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the murder and abuse of children in her care, the high court ruled today.”

The Guardian, 6th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Lyrical terrorist’ sentenced over extremist poetry – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2007 in news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

“A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence.”

The Guardian, 6th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Child killer Allitt’s tariff set – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Killer nurse Beverly Allitt, jailed for life for murdering four children and attacking nine others, has had her minimum tariff fixed at 30 years.”

BBC News, 6th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Consultation sentencing guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted December 5th, 2007 in consultations, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guidelines Council has published for consultation revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines adopting the advice and draft guidelines developed by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. The Panel has also published on the website the report of research conducted into the approach to the assessment of fines.”

Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (PDF)

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 5th December 2007

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

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