“A 14-year-old girl who was sentenced to 18 months detention for falsely accusing her brother and his friend of indecently assaulting her when she was nine has had her sentence quashed by the appeal court, which said it ‘should never have been passed’.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown faces his most serious Parliamentary revolt this week after a series of polls revealed a further decline in his popularity ahead of his first anniversary as Prime Minister.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2008
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“Thousands more teenagers are being dragged into the criminal justice system for petty offences, threatening to set them on the path to adult crime, ministers are warned today. The numbers of under-18s being convicted or formally cautioned has almost doubled in some parts of the country, the Institute for Public Policy Research has disclosed.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A toddler who underwent a series of operations to improve her hearing is facing a lifetime of total deafness after the Home Office refused her family permission to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Eighteen police officers have been disciplined after bragging on a social networking website about crashing cars and hitting pedestrians.”
The Times, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Activists have urged the UK government to take action on child labour after clothing firm Primark fired three of its Indian suppliers who used children.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2008
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“The amount of drugs seized in British prisons has increased sharply, new have figures revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gay and lesbian asylum-seekers can be safely deported to Iran as long as they live their lives ‘discreetly’, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has claimed.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Plans for a US-style sentencing ‘grid’ to try to contain prison numbers in England and Wales have been condemned by judges, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has lost his High Court battle against extradition to the United States, where he faces a jail sentence of up to 100 years.”
The Independent, 21st June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“10 cases where anonymous witnesses helped secure a conviction.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Every council in England will today be instructed to stop using tough laws to spy on people over ‘trivial matters’ such as dog-fouling and litter offences.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police are to stage high-profile checks on flights to a number of African states in an attempt to stop young girls being taken abroad to be forcibly mutilated with the consent of their parents.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Former health minister Lord Warner has backed calls for a law change to allow assisted death for terminally-ill patients who want to die.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2008
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“A father whose son was jailed for three years yesterday after he informed police that he was hiding bullets in his house criticised the sentence handed down as too harsh. Paul Metcalfe, 19, was convicted after his father Neil told police about the small stash of ammunition he discovered at his home in Nelson, Lancashire.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Age discrimination is to be outlawed in a bid to prevent pensioners being denied NHS treatment and patronised by doctors because of their age.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2008
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“Millions of pounds worth of criminal assets, including luxury homes and jewellery, will remain out of the reach of the state after a landmark ruling by the Appeal Court.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It was the scale of his dishonesty which did for Dr Raj Persaud, the celebrity psychiatrist who was reprimanded and suspended from practice for three months by the General Medical Council last night.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, has moved to defuse his damaging ‘smears’ row with the civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, but stopped short of saying sorry.”
The Independent, 21st June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The parents of a three-year-old boy who died from a head injury after paramedics decided not to take him to hospital have spoken of their anger at being arrested on suspicion of murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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