Newport driver jailed for 10 years for ramming scooter rider – BBC News
‘A driver has been jailed for 10 years for ramming into a scooter rider who accidentally cracked his wing mirror.’
BBC News, 9th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: wounding
Man pleads guilty to setting police officer on fire – BBC News
‘A man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a policeman as he tried to evict him from land owned by Prince Charles.’
BBC News, 13th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer has sentence reduced – BBC News
‘Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has had his sentence reduced by almost three months by appeal judges.’
BBC News, 16th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ian Paterson: Inquests into ‘unnatural deaths’ of surgery patients – BBC News
‘Inquests will be held after a review found patients of a rogue breast surgeon may have died unnaturally.’
BBC News, 4th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Interpretation of category 1 factors for offences of causing GBH or wounding with intent – R v Xue [2020] EWCA Crim 587 – Park Square Barristers
‘This comment notes the recent Court of Appeal decision which focused upon the interpretation of two category 1 factors indicating greater harm under the Sentencing Guideline for causing GBH or wounding with intent under section 18 OAPA 1861 (‘section 18’):
– Injury (which includes disease transmission and/or psychological harm) which is serious in the context of the offence (must normally be present);
– Sustained or repeated assault on the same victim.’
Park Square Barristers, 5th May 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Tashaun Aird death: Three teens jailed over stab death – BBC News
‘Three teenagers who stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death with a samurai sword and a zombie knife in an east London park have been jailed.’
BBC News, 30th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fenwick brothers from Alnwick jailed for knife attack – BBC News
‘Two brothers who attacked one of their ex-girlfriends and her partner have been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Andre Bent murder trial: Vasilios Ofogeli found guilty – BBC News
‘A 17-year-old boy who stabbed a man to death during a brawl after a rap concert has been convicted of murder.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Van driver who launched ‘frenzied’ machete attack on police officer cleared of attempted murder – The Independent
‘A van driver who launched a “frenzied attack” on a police officer with a machete has been cleared of attempted murder after claiming he acted in self-defence.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jay Sewell death: Man and parents jailed for love rival killing – BBC News
‘A man who recruited his parents and a group of his friends to kill a love rival has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 7th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two Northumberland men sentenced for physical and mental torture of captive – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Two Northumberland men who subjected a captive man to a night of physical and mental torture have been sentenced to a total of 34 years at Newcastle Crown Court today (20 Nov).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Man who partially blinded police officer with ammonia jailed for 14 years – The Independent
‘A man who partially blinded a police officer when he sprayed ammonia in his face, has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years.’
The Independent, 1st November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rochdale road rage peacemaker’s axe attackers jailed – BBC News
‘A tree surgeon nearly died in a “barbaric” axe attack when a road rage dispute turned a street into a battleground, a court heard.’
BBC News, 18th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed over Sheffield McDonald’s machete attack – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for attacking a man with a machete outside a branch of McDonald’s.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four men jailed for life over machete murder in Blackburn – The Guardian
‘Four men have been jailed for life for murdering a man in a “vicious, terrifying and sustained” machete attack in the street.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bouncer jailed for throwing man out of bar with such force he landed on other side of street – The Independent
‘A bouncer has been jailed after he threw a reveller out of a bar so hard he crashed into a wall – on the opposite side of the street.’
The Independent, 12th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Speedboat crash: Jack Shepherd loses appeal against conviction – The Guardian
‘Jack Shepherd has lost a court of appeal challenge against his conviction for the manslaughter of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Father and son sentenced in slavery case – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A father and son who ran a scrap metal business have been jailed for a total of 21 years for repeatedly assaulting a vulnerable man being forced to work for them..’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th June 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Police dog Finn’s law comes into force – BBC News
‘A new law named after a police dog which recently appeared on Britain’s Got Talent has come into effect.’
BBC News, 8th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jack Shepherd sentenced to four more years for wounding with intent – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man has admitted hitting a member of bar staff over the head with a bottle of vodka after being refused alcohol and has been sentenced to four more years in custody..’
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th June 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
