‘A coroner has criticised the US government for a lack of training provided to its employee Anne Sacoolas before the crash that killed Harry Dunn.’
The Independent, 13th June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A farmer has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined after his cattle trampled one dog walker to death and left another paralysed.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A landlord in Kent has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for three years, and ordered to pay £75,000 in costs after being found in contempt of court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A juror who researched the law on child neglect to hold her own amid “personality clashes” in the jury room has been spared prison.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th May 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Campaigners are calling for tighter restrictions on the sale of toxic skin-lightening products as an eBay seller has been jailed for selling over 20,000 bottles of the illegal goods.’
The Independent, 6th May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An 83-year-old loan shark has been ordered to pay more than £173,000.’
BBC News, 29th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A serving Metropolitan Police officer who assaulted an innocent man after mistaking him for a criminal has been spared jail.’
The Independent, 29th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It is nearly twenty years now since Alexander Fleischmann, a dentist, was struck off after the forerunner body to the PSA appealed against his suspension by a Committee of the GDC. Mr Fleischmann had been convicted in the Crown Court of quite serious charges relating to child pornography but after submissions in mitigation he had been sentenced to a three-year Community Rehabilitation Order (CRO) rather than being sent to prison as the Sentencing Guidelines would have suggested.’
2 Hare Court, 5th April 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘A solicitor who used a client’s £132,000 divorce settlement to pay off her tax bill and give money to her daughter has been handed a suspended prison sentence.’
Legal Futures, 22nd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Thameslink train driver who took photos up a woman’s skirt while she was asleep on a train has avoided jail, despite being found guilty of voyeurism.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Video footage of a “dangerous” motorcyclist has been released after police set up an operation to catch after he was seen riding at “grossly excessive” speeds on several occasions.’
The Independent, 7th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil’s co-founder Roger Hallam has avoided imprisonment after attempting to bring disruption to Heathrow airport by getting involved in an action to fly toy drones in the vicinity.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 4.2.24 CLOWES was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years for gross negligence manslaughter.’
St Pauls Chambers, 28th February 2024
Source: www.stpaulschambers.com
‘A man has been ordered to pay £20,000 after crashing his boat on to rocks and seriously injuring three passengers.’
BBC News, 18th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six former Metropolitan Police officers have been given suspended prison sentences for sending racist, sexist and homophobic messages on WhatsApp, after a BBC Newsnight investigation.’
BBC News, 7th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who admitted to the “cruel deception” of bigamy has been handed a suspended jail term and placed on curfew.’
BBC News, 29th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A YouTuber who targeted antisemitic abuse at a Jewish woman during a livestream has been sentenced for a hate crime.’
The Independent, 16th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 76-year-old grandmother is among 12 activists spared jail for causing “massive disruption” on the M25.’
BBC News, 31st October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior court has said jailing women for abortion-related crimes was “unlikely” to be a “just outcome” after a mother’s sentence was reduced.’
BBC News, 18th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ben Newman, a member of the activist group Animal Rising who ran on to the course at Epsom shortly after the start of the Derby, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, for contempt of court on Wednesday after he admitted breaching an injunction granted to the Jockey Club in May to prevent disruption at the Derby meeting.;
The Guardian, 11th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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