‘Self-styled yellow vest protester James Goddard has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from an area around parliament for hurling abuse at the remain-supporting MP Anna Soubry. The pro-Brexit campaigner, 30, was filmed calling the former Conservative a Nazi and a traitor outside the Houses of Parliament in December and January.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
A “fanatical” neo-Nazi who called for a race war has been jailed for three years for belonging to the banned far-right group National Action.
BBC News, 19th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of victims of crime currently denied the right to appeal “soft” sentences should be allowed to do so, says the victims’ commissioner, as she today calls for a shake-up of the law.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A lodger who raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl to stop her exposing him as an abuser has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 19th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Relatives who “iron” a young girl’s chest with a hot stone or other objects to delay breast formation could face up to 10 years in prison, under new guidance published by the Crown Prosecution Service.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paedophile has been spared jail after a judge claimed a series of mistakes from the police and prosecutors have allowed him to walk free.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, AKA Tommy Robinson, has today been sentenced to 6 months in prison for committing contempt of court by filming outside Leeds Crown Court during a trial. He was committed to prison for a further 3 months for a previous contempt.’
Attorney General’s Office, 11th July 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘A solicitor who was jailed for 30 days after pleading guilty to making false statements to the Mueller inquiry into alleged Russian involvement in the election of US president Donald Trump has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 12th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The ex-English Defence League leader was found guilty last week of interfering with the trial of a sexual grooming gang at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018.’
BBC News, 11th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tommy Robinson faces prison again after being found in contempt of court for “aggressively confronting and filming” defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A third of public requests to extend “lenient” sentences are rejected because the crimes committed are not eligible for review, data reveals.’
BBC News, 9th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for almost 10 years for selling counterfeit erectile dysfunction and slimming pills and laundering more than £10m through bank accounts linked to a Jewish charity.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three people who forced laundry detergent into a pregnant teenager’s mouth as they tried to make her have a miscarriage have been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An aspiring barrister has been jailed for 10 years after recording more than 150 children carrying out sex acts he told them to perform.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK have been jailed.’
BBC News, 5th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An Iraq war veteran has been jailed for life for murdering a Britain’s Got Talent finalist by stabbing her more than 70 times in a violent rage.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for three years after he fatally shot his great-grandson.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Vandals who damage war memorials, gravestones and buildings of historic importance are to face stiffer sentences under new guidelines being handed out to judges and magistrates in England and Wales.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police stopped trying to call an abuse victim shortly before she was murdered by her partner because her phone was off, an inquiry has found.’
BBC News, 27th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who had been “messing about” with a gun when he accidentally killed his best friend has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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