‘Justice isn’t just about sentencing: it’s about encouraging victims to come forward in the first place. Labour’s planned law will help. By Keir Starmer.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Radical changes to the way vulnerable witnesses are treated in court are being considered by the Labour Party.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In order to determine whether conduct which amounted to an offence contrary to section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 of being the owner of a dog which was dangerously out of control in a public place was a “crime of violence”, for the purposes of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, it was necessary to have regard to the nature of the offence rather than its consequences. Negligently to allow a dog to escape, even a dog known to be aggressive, did not constitute a crime of violence.’
WLR Daily, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘In an interview with the Independent, the Children’s Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson, has expressed her view that smacking should be banned. “Because in law you are forbidden from striking another adult, and from physically chastising your pets”, she said, “but somehow there is a loophole around the fact that you can physically chastise your child.”’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Tougher penalties for extremely violent rapes are to be introduced later this year, the new chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice Treacy, has revealed.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A recent report painted a shocking picture of abuse and violence at the prison. Archie Bland meets ex-inmates, and people who have lost relatives there.”
The Independent, 31st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks has been censured over a fight scene where one of the main characters was killed by a speeding train.”
BBC News, 27th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has fined an Islamic TV channel £85,000, for inciting violence.”
BBC News, 21st August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prison staff drew and threatened to use extendable batons on more than 100 occasions last year to curb high levels of violence inside Britain’s largest youth jail, prison inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If the conditions in section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 were met then an injunction to prevent gang-related violence was appropriate. The court would not be required to ask itself whether an anti-social behaviour order under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 would have provided an adequate remedy.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A former soldier who left bus passengers fearing for their lives after he pointed a replica gun at them has been jailed for five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Younger members of the armed forces returning from duty are more likely to
commit violent offences than the rest of the population, a study suggests.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Alfie Meadows ruling is a reminder of the coalition’s hypocrisy on non-violent protest.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“2.1m violent incidents were recorded in 2011/12 by the Crime Survey for England and Wales. See what the latest figures say.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Child protection standards in the social services department at the centre of the Edlington torture scandal have got worse rather then better despite high-profile Government intervention, a report will show today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An advert for a computer game that contained ‘scenes of graphic violence’ involving fighting between a man and several women wearing ‘sexually provocative clothing’ was not likely to cause widespread offence or distress to viewers, was not socially irresponsible and did not glamorise violence against women, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Facebook has been criticised by a judge for encouraging violence because people feel more they can post offensive messages they would never say face to face.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The police officer cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson on the fringes of the G20 protests in London will this week face further scrutiny into his conduct through an internal Metropolitan police disciplinary hearing which, unusually, will be held in public. It will be only the second time such an internal police hearing will take place in the open since a 2008 law gave the Independent Police Complaints Commission powers to compel this in instances with particular public interest.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An American expert in violent self-defence has been excluded from entering the UK by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 9th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The full scale of a decade of violence and abuse which led to two sadistic brothers aged 10 and 11 kidnapping and torturing two other boys has been laid bare.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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