‘A “thug” who punched a Sikh priest in the street “without any justifiable reason” and left him for dead has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 6th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An amateur footballer has been jailed for 12 years for deliberately pursuing and mowing down two men in his car.’
BBC News, 21st September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two brothers have been jailed after a man was killed and another injured in a “violent attack fuelled by alcohol” in an East Yorkshire coastal pub.’
BBC News, 15th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for nine years after striking his blind wife in the head with a meat cleaver.’
BBC News, 1st September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An inmate who threw boiling water into the faces of a prison guard and a vulnerable fellow prisoner at HMP Wandsworth has today been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th August 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A university student has been found guilty of killing one man and injuring two more during a spree of “random” knife attacks in north London.’
BBC News, 26th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gangland enforcer who threw acid in a man’s face and plotted to blind others under the orders of an underworld crime boss has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 16th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An immigration tribunal has overturned a “cruel and morally wrong” decision by the Home Office to deport a well-respected black charity volunteer who grew up in the UK.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A driver who left another man for dead in the road after dragging him more than half a mile in a “cruel” revenge attack will spend at least 30 years behind bars.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan police officer has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a black man was shot with a Taser and left paralysed from the chest down.’
The Guardian, 31st March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who suffocated his two-year-old son, leaving him with severe disabilities, has been jailed for his murder 21 years after the attack.’
BBC News, 28th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men who stabbed two teenagers in a premeditated revenge attack after claiming one had been disrespectful have been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A jealous mother has been jailed for three years for running over a love rival who had been made pregnant by the father of her child.’
The Independent, 28th February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A foreman of a jury who carried out internet research that led to the conviction of a defendant has been given a suspended prison sentence. Timothy Chapman, 62, caused other members of the split jury at Huntingdon Crown Court to change their mind after using a search engine to ask the question: “How hard is it to break bones?”’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man has been handed a life sentence for attacking his girlfriend and killing her unborn child.’
The Independent, 6th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A jealous ex-boyfriend who left a junior doctor with devastating injuries after hurling sulphuric acid in her face has had his jail sentence increased.’
The Independent, 15th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A motorist who deliberately ran over a cyclist after the victim spat on his luxury Land Rover during a road rage row has been jailed for 18 months.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia who killed a 23-year-old man and injured seven others in a violent stabbing spree in Birmingham last year has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years.’
The Guardian, 18th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A carpenter has been jailed for stamping on the head of his partner’s teenage daughter after she branded him a “manipulative cuckoo”.’
The Independent, 16th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who stabbed another man trying to get his details after a traffic collision has been jailed for 10 years.”
The Independent, 5th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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