Month: March 2024

The TV licence fee scandal: why are 1,000 people a week being casually criminalised? – The Guardian

Posted March 1st, 2024 in BBC, criminal justice, news by sally

‘Each year, tens of thousands of UK citizens are charged with non-payment of their TV licence fee – from the man who missed payments while in hospital, to a woman with a brain injury who forgot to pay.’

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The Guardian, 29th February 2024

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Father of Brianna Ghey killer Eddie Ratcliffe jailed for sex offences – The Guardian

Posted March 1st, 2024 in child abuse, children, families, imprisonment, indecent exposure, indecent photographs of children, murder, news, sentencing, sexual offences, transgender persons by sally

‘The father of one of Brianna Ghey’s killers has been sentenced to 15 months after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and taking an indecent image of a child.’

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The Guardian, 29th February 2024

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