‘A gangland enforcer who threw acid in a man’s face and plotted to blind others under the orders of an underworld crime boss has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 16th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A food waste recycling company has been fined £2 million and one of its co-owners jailed for 13 years after two workers died in a road haulage tanker containing pig feed.’
The Independent, 16th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An anti-vaxxer has been jailed for smashing windows with rocks at two north Wales Covid vaccination centres’
BBC News, 16th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed after she made a schoolboy her “sexual plaything” and plied him with drugs.’
The Independent, 16th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sex offender who raped a woman while she lay unconscious has been sentenced to life in prison.’
The Independent, 15th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A stalker created a “rape list” with the names of nearly 200 potential victims and posted online about “why rape is better than sex”.’
The Independent, 15th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former police constable has been jailed for 20 weeks after sending a string of racist WhatsApp memes, including images that mocked the death of George Floyd.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Peterborough landlord has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the illegal eviction and harassment of a private tenant, following a prosecution brought by Peterborough City Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Swansea rapper who petrol-bombed a woman’s home after mistaking it for the house of his rap rival has been jailed for almost 10 years.’
The Independent, 13th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An organised criminal gang who pretended to be police officers and preyed on elderly victims in a fraud involving more than £400,000 were jailed today (10 June 2022).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th June 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A “monster” who murdered one neighbour and seriously wounded two others in a “spree of planned violence” after they took legal action to try to curtail his 12-year campaign of extreme harassment has been jailed for at least 37 years.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A burglar convicted of murdering a pensioner who died after being tied up at home will serve at least 33 years in prison.’
BBC News, 9th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Next month, on 7 June, as part of the Domestic Abuse Act (2021), non-fatal strangulation (NFS) and suffocation becomes a free-standing offence, punishable by up to five years in prison in England and Wales. Campaigners including the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) and We Can’t Consent To This – who challenged the defence where the perpetrator claims it happened as part of “rough sex gone wrong” – have long argued that NFS, if prosecuted at all, was frequently charged as common assault, receiving a sentence of a few months.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who killed two young children while drink and drug driving will not have his sentence reviewed by the court of appeal.’
BBC News, 30th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his two landlords to death during the first lockdown has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 28th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life with a minimum 18 years term after plotting a revenge murder with a James Bond-style gun.’
BBC News, 28th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life and a teenager has been detained for murdering a 16-year-old who was stabbed after being chased through the streets.’
BBC News, 28th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after plying him with gin at a party in 2008.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Events that occurred in March 2021 instituted a widespread heated debate both domestically and internationally as a consequence of the murder of Sarah Everard at the hands of police officer Wayne Couzens. It sparked a global women’s safety movement and erosion of public confidence in police protection, alongside sparking conversations around inequality, misogyny and victim-blaming. Further, it was also a rare case of a whole life order being handed down for a single murder. Up there in the list of the most famous names in criminal history with Myra Hindley, Peter Sutcliffe and Rosemary West, now stands the name Wayne Couzens. Putting aside societal, political and media considerations regarding this sentence, can interpretation of the statute and of sentencing provisions in this case be seen as opening the floodgates?’
Pump Court Chambers, 10th May 2022
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘Four men have been sentenced to a total of 86 years for murdering a “kind and peaceful” man at a New Year’s Eve party in Brighton.’
BBC News, 20th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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