“A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyers have said.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who murdered five members of a family by setting fire to her neighbour’s
pushchair in an ‘an act of exceptional wickedness’ has been jailed for at least
30 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘drunk and jealous’ woman has been found guilty of murdering five members of the same family, including three young children, in a blaze following a row about a pram.”
The Independent, 30th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“1.3 million people tuned into Channel 5 when the schedule was changed at 9pm on 3 April 2013 to show a documentary examining the high-profile Philpott story, featuring new material about the tragic event and subsequent trial.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th April 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Mick Philpott was today jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after being found guilty of killing six of his children in a house fire.”
The Independent, 4th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The sentencing of Mick and Mairead Philpott, who killed their six children in a house fire, has been adjourned until Thursday.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents accused of killing six children in a house fire have been convicted of their manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Arsonists who torched a Grade II-listed mansion in Somerset have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A postman has been jailed for destroying almost 30,000 letters he should have pushed through letterboxes.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A severely mentally ill young man who tried to escape from a psychiatric unit by attempting to burn down a hospital door had an indefinite prison sentence quashed on Wednesday, after a two-year campaign by his mother.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 18-year-old who murdered his girlfriend in a ‘sexual and sadistic’ killing has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 18-year-old man who stabbed a 64-year-old widower 72 times in his bungalow after meeting him on a website has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed after police came under fire during riots in Birmingham in August 2011.”
BBC News, 9th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man and a woman from Birmingham have been found guilty of manslaughter after a 40-year-old Leicester man died following an explosion at a kebab shop.”
BBC News, 26th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Afghan refugee who helped set a police car ablaze in the London riots has been let off because of the violence he saw in his home country.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Northumberland man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and then setting his house on fire to conceal the evidence.”
BBC News, 15th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang who shot at officers during last summer’s riots were given sentences of up to 30 years today for what a judge described as a ‘concerted attack on the police’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An Army veteran who crashed a tanker laden with 2,000 litres of fuel into his estranged wife’s home in an attempt to destroy it has been jailed for seven years.”
The Independent, 30th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two naked men started fires in a flat as part of a pagan ritual to get rid of ‘negative vibes’, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots.”
BBC News, 11th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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