‘A violent domestic abuser has been imprisoned for three years after the solicitor general successfully challenged his previous sentence in a landmark case at the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 25th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two internet ticket touts who re-sold tickets worth millions of pounds for events including Ed Sheeran and Adele concerts have been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed for their roles in bringing 29 immigrants to the country.’
BBC News, 24th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former vicar who sexually abused a woman and a girl, who he told “it was what God wanted”, has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 21st February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who repeatedly stabbed his former partner in front of her children has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years.’
BBC News, 21st February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scammers who infiltrated BT customer accounts as part of a “sophisticated” £358,000 fraud have been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Emergency plans to increase the minimum time terrorists serve in jail risk being counterproductive because of the danger that prisoners will be further radicalised behind bars, the official watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Walsall Council has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely claimed significant compensation following an injury when falling in a pothole.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who raped a six-year-old girl when he was a teenager has been jailed almost 50 years after the offence.’
BBC News, 14th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men have been jailed for sexually abusing a schoolgirl in Oxford following an investigation into child sexual exploitation.’
BBC News, 13th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who strangled his mother and battered her partner with a hammer to see “how he would feel if he killed” has been jailed for at least 32 years.’
BBC News, 13th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the teenage killers who murdered a student because she dressed as a goth has had his minimum jail sentence cut by one year.’
The Independent, 12th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Boris Johnson’s emergency legislation preventing automatic early release for terrorists halfway through their prison sentences has cleared all its stages in the Commons without a vote.’
The Independent, 12th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 12th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who sexually abused boys as young as nine has been jailed for more than 20 years.’
The Independent, 12th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A judge has said cowboy traders can be “professional, legitimate and hard working”, as he jailed a rogue plumber.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘About 50 prisoners convicted of terror offences will no longer be automatically freed halfway through their sentences, under emergency government legislation designed to prevent further jihadi attacks by recently released inmates.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former head of a charity has been jailed for five years after he admitted defrauding a pension scheme for workers with disabilities and using the money to buy houses in England and France.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A GP has been given three life sentences for 90 sexual assaults on female patients.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Conservative local election candidate and activist has been jailed for nine weeks for sending threatening messages about Labour MP Yvette Cooper.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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