Liverpool double rapist Mindaugas Budkus jailed – BBC News
“A man convicted of raping two women within three weeks in Liverpool has been sentenced to life in prison.”
BBC News, 11th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Blind man Tasered by police seeks compensation – The Guardian
“A blind stroke victim has made a claim for compensation after he was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser stun gun by a police officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man spared jail after punching son’s headmistress – Daily Telegraph
“A father who punched a primary school headmistress when she suspended his son
for swearing and racially abusing another pupil was spared jail yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Traveller family guilty of forced labour are jailed – BBC News
“Five members of a traveller family who were found guilty of keeping their own private workforce have been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father faces jail for finger-biting attack at school nativity play – The Guardian
“A father who admitted biting off part of another man’s finger at a children’s nativity play has been told a jail sentence is almost inevitable.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christopher Haughton guilty of trying to kill PCs in Kingsbury – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of two police officers and attacking two other PCs in a butcher’s shop in north-west London.”
BBC News, 10th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sexual Offences Guidelines Consultations – Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences Guideline: Child sex offences committed by young offenders under the age of 18
Sexual Offences Guideline: Exploitation offences
Sexual Offences Guideline: Indecent images of children
Sexual Offences Guideline: Offences against those with a mental disorder
Sexual Offences Guideline: Offences where the victim is a child
Sexual Offences Guideline: Other sexual offences
Sexual offences guideline: Rape and assault offences
Ministry of Justice, 6th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Drawing the Fault Line: Multiple Tortfeasors and Intervening Acts – Cloisters
“It is not uncommon for a potential personal injury or clinical negligence claimant to have been subjected to a series of events that may all be linked to causation of his injury – we’ve all met the unfortunate client for whom nothing seems to go right. Sometimes the events will be the acts of third parties, which
may or may not be tortious; at other times, the individual’s own actions may have played a part in the causation of his injuries. The third party acts may involve personal injury, or clinical negligence, or even assault. In such circumstances, there may be multiple potential defendants to any legal claim
and serious thought needs to be given to the question of whom to claim against, to avoid potential adverse costs consequences from bringing proceedings against the wrong, or too many, defendant(s) or – worse – failing to sue the tortfeasor ultimately found to be primarily or even solely responsible for the claimant’s losses.”
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Cloisters, November 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
Newport shooting: IPCC criticises police handling of domestic abuse case – The Guardian
“Report says police took too long after initial allegation of assault to arrest husband who went on to shoot wife and kill himself.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service – WLR Daily
Regina (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service [2012] UKSC 52; [2012] WLR (D) 330
“The Crown Prosecution Service, in deciding whether to use its statutory power to take over and discontinue a private prosecution on the ground that there was insufficient evidence, was entitled to apply the same test as that applicable to Crown prosecutors when conducting public prosecutions, namely that a prosecution should not be continued unless it was more likely than not that the defendant would be convicted.”
WLR Daily, 14th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Cell-push policeman Mark Andrews wins job ruling – BBC News
“A police officer who was sacked after a woman prisoner was dragged across a floor and thrown in a cell must get his job back, a High Court judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 9th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Eye-gouge man Shane Jenkin loses appeal over Tina Nash attack – BBC News
“A man jailed for life for blinding his girlfriend by gouging out her eyes has had an appeal against his sentence refused.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Working with the elderly and infirm: a delicate balance of rights – UK Human Rights Blog
“Close on the heels of last week’s decision regarding disclosure of information from the Child Sex Offenders Register comes this ruling on the police decision to disclose certain information from a nurse’s enhanced criminal records certificates without affording her an opportunity to make representations before the information was released.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
U-turn on curbing payments to victims of minor criminal assaults – The Guardian
“In the latest government U-turn, ministers have axed plans to scrap compensation payments to victims of minor criminal assaults. The Ministry of Justice had wanted to limit payments under the criminal injuries compensation scheme so that only seriously injured victims would be eligible, saving £50m on a bill to taxpayers that last year stood at £449m.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cheesy chips row led to Blackpool chef killing – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for killing a chef in a row over cheesy chips at a Blackpool takeaway.”
BBC News, 10th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex police officer Matthew Cherry jailed for unborn baby attack – BBC News
“A former Dorset police officer has been jailed for 10 years for repeatedly punching his pregnant ex girlfriend in the abdomen to bring on a miscarriage.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care assistant jailed for abuse of 89-year-old woman – Daily Telegraph
“A care assistant who was caught abusing an 89-year-old woman after her family recorded the ‘gratuitous’ mistreatment on a hidden CCTV camera was jailed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ministry of Defence to pay compensation to Afghan boy stabbed with a bayonet by a British soldier – The Independent
“The Ministry of Defence is to pay compensation after a British soldier stabbed an Afghan boy with his bayonet.”
The Independent, 18th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Deputy headteacher cleared of assaulting unruly pupil – The Guardian
“A deputy headteacher has been cleared of assaulting a pupil. Royden Cope, 63, was accused of restraining the boy by his wrists and then slapping him across the face.”
The Guardian, 16th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Should we be using ‘special’ offences to prosecute crimes against disabled people? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Eleven Winterbourne View staff have pleaded guilty to 38 charges of ill-treatment and neglect of a mental health patient under s127 Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). In this post I want to consider why we need ‘special’ offences like s127 MHA and also s44 Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), rather than prosecuting crimes in care settings using more ‘mainstream’ offences.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
