‘A woman who led drinking and driving awareness courses for more than 20 years has been sentenced for committing the offence herself.’
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BBC News, 17th March 2015
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‘A man has been handed a prison sentence after he stabbed his mother 11 times and sliced off his penis in a naked, drug-fuelled attack.’
The Independent, 3rd March 2015
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‘People with a depressive illness are three times more likely to commit a violent or sex crime than those in the general population, a study suggests.’
BBC News, 25th February 2015
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‘Courts which help parents deal with drug or alcohol addiction so they can keep their children are to be opened in more areas of England.’
BBC News, 18th February 2015
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‘Between 1-2% of men are thought to be paedophiles. Some become dangerous criminals preying on children, while others never act on their feelings. However views are divided on how and when to intervene in order to protect children.’
BBC News, 4th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who murdered a father-of-three has been told he will spend at least 15 years behind bars.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
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‘A pilot who flew an executive jet from Spain while hungover after a three-day drinking binge has been jailed for nine months.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Yesterday the Court of Appeal gave a vote of confidence in CICA’s recent policy change on FASD inflicted injuries. The Court concluded that, as a foetus was not ‘any other person’ in the eyes of the criminal law, the mother’s damagingly excessive alcohol consumption was NOT an act of violence susceptible to compensation.
Zenith PI Blog, 9th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A mother who drank alcohol to excess while she was pregnant, resulting her child being born with permanent damage from foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, was not criminally liable for administering poison to “any other person” so as to inflict grievous bodily harm contrary to section 23 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Because a foetus was not “any other person” for the purposes of section 23, and the harm had been inflicted on the child while she was in the womb, the child was not entitled to criminal injuries compensation.’
WLR Daily, 4th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A child born with foetal alcohol syndrome is not legally entitled to compensation after her mother drank excessively while pregnant, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 4th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Is the criminalisation of excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy possible, asks David Locke.’
New Law Journal, 20th November 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal heard a landmark test case this week brought on behalf of a child born with foetal alcohol syndrome against the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A six-year-old girl born with disabilities caused by her mother drinking while she was in the womb could be awarded criminal injuries compensation at a case being heard by the Court of Appeal tomorrow.’
The Independent, 4th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sarah Jennings & Esther Lieu, 3PB, with District Judge Julie Exton look at the Family Drug and Alcohol Court.’
Family Law Week, 31st October 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Too many people in the middle of a mental health crisis end up locked in police cells after being turned away from hospitals, says a report.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of murdering his identical twin brother in a drunken argument on New Year’s Eve.’
BBC News, 20th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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