“Former billionaire could be entitled to claim up to £145 an hour in court costs under means-testing procedures introduced in 2010.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A care home deputy manager who stole £11,500 from an 84-year-old resident has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 6th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who stole a meerkat from a Kent wildlife park to take home as a pet after watching an insurance advert has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman has admitted handling stolen goods after being accused of taking potato waffles, pies, and 100 packets of ham from a bin outside of a Tesco Express in Essex. But if something is thrown away, when is it illegal to take it?”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The National Archives (TNA) will publish an international online catalogue of looted art taken by the Nazis for the first time.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man who burned a Koran in front of city centre shoppers has been jailed for 70 days.”
The Independent, 18th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A literary agent who duped budding authors and investors into handing over more than £500,000 for non-existent film and book deals has been jailed for six years. Robin Price, a former cinema manager from north Devon, claimed he had contacts in Hollywood including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British computer hacker who stole 400bn virtual gaming chips from an international gaming company has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fuel crime is becoming a multi-million pound business as petrol and diesel costs rise to more than £6 a gallon (£1.32 a litre), haulage companies say.”
BBC News, 20th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ex-paratrooper who stole comrades’ campaign medals while they served in Afghanistan has had his sentence cut to two years on appeal.”
BBC News, 18th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On being told that the 8 year old German Shepherd Zak had sunk his teeth into a thief’s buttock, Judge Julian Lambert exclaimed ‘Good! I hope it hurt. Well done Zak!’ Last month Judge Lambert spoke out against the current ‘soft’ sentencing guidelines which prevented him jailing a burglar in Bristol. He said the guidelines which suggested a community order for the burglar were ‘wet’ and he added ‘We live in soft times.’ But sitting at Gloucester Crown court today the judge had no hesitation in locking up persistent thief John Davies for nine months.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A solicitor who stole £1.4m from his firm to fund a lavish lifestyle has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 27th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Lincolnshire solicitor who stole £214,000 from clients including her grandmother, has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 13th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former paratrooper has been jailed after stealing campaign medals from his comrades then selling them on eBay.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A cashier at a firm of solicitors who stole £1.7 million over seven years to finance a luxurious lifestyle for herself and her husband was today jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 15th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A shoplifter with ‘a bad criminal record for offences of theft’ has won the right to damages against the Home Secretary under human rights laws.”
The Independent, 1st October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for eight months after admitting stealing lead from the roof of Stoke Minster.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Asil Nadir, 69, is returning to face the multimillion pound fraud charges that followed the spectacular collapse of his Polly Peck food and electronics empire in 1993. He is expected to arrive at Luton airport from his native northern Cyprus around lunchtime, and is due to appear at the Old Bailey next Thursday.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former senior official at a charity founded by the Prince of Wales was jailed for three years today after he admitted stealing £250,000.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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