‘A trainee solicitor has been handed a suspended jail sentence after being convicted of providing illegal immigration advice and services.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A woman who posted a dead mouse to her ex-partner’s girlfriend has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 21st August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former professional footballer has been spared jail after sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.’
BBC News, 15th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “well-regarded” clergyman who filmed men using a public toilet in a shopping centre has been sentenced to a suspended four-month jail term.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Joe Perry has been given a three-month ban – suspended until May 2018 – for breaching rules on betting on matches.’
BBC News, 26th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Crufts winner has been banned from keeping dogs for life after more than 30 animals were found living in “disgraceful” conditions at her home.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who conned a business out of more than £14,000 after claiming to have terminal cancer has been ordered to pay back £1.’
BBC News, 20th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A world-renowned heart surgeon has been spared jail for molesting two women after a judge said it may be in the public interest for him to operate again.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A family support worker who sold details of an adopted child’s whereabouts to her birth mother to fund a luxury Caribbean holiday has been given a suspended jail term.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman whose American bulldog mauled to death a three-year-old boy has been given a suspended sentence.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Cambridge University poetry expert who shared child rape fantasies and abuse images online has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A driver who threatened BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has been jailed as police say it should serve as a “warning” to road rage drivers.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A collector who captured and killed the UK’s rarest butterfly – the Large Blue – has been spared jail.’
BBC News, 7th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Revenge porn victims have complained police treated their abuser ‘like the victim’ after he was given police protection at court and was not sent to jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A top property solicitor headbutted a property developer during a £100m legal battle at the High Court.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A serial shoplifter has avoided prison after magistrates heard he is applying to appear on The Jeremy Kyle Show to seek help.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A blundering nurse whose patient died after she gave him the wrong type of blood has been spared jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A retired dentist who tried to strangle his wife with a tie after he was conned out of £200,000 has been spared jail after she begged the judge not to send him to prison.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two dancers have avoided jail for blackmailing former England rugby star Danny Cipriani for thousands of pounds after one of them aborted his child.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who swallowed a live goldfish in a drinking dare has been given a suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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