Cornwall care abuse victims get £8m compensation – BBC News
“Adults with learning disabilities at the centre of a care abuse case in Cornwall will receive about £8m in compensation.”
BBC News, 15th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Man faces jail for OAP sex assault – The Independent
“A TV aerial fitter who sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman in her own home after doping her with designer drugs has been told he faces a ‘lengthy custodial sentence’.”
The Independent, 9th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former policeman guilty of assault during arrest – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has warned a former police officer that he may be jailed after being found guilty of assaulting a man he was trying to arrest.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Minicab driver Masood Ahmed guilty of ‘sickening’ rape – BBC News
“A minicab driver has been jailed for 11 years for raping and threatening to kill an 18-year-old woman in Surrey.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
HIV expert jailed for keeping woman as slave in London flat – The Guardian
“An HIV expert has been jailed for keeping a 21-year-old woman as a slave.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murdoch pie man wins sentence cut – The Independent
“The comedian who threw a foam pie at Rupert Murdoch has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal.”
The Indepedent, 5th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News
“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Levi Bellfield to sue over prison attack – The Guardian
“The killer of Milly Dowler is suing the prison service for £30,000 after he was assaulted in jail, it has been reported.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murdoch foam pie attack: ‘Jonnie Marbles’ jailed – BBC News
“A man who threw a plate of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has been jailed for six weeks.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ guilty of pie assault on Rupert Murdoch – Daily Telegraph
“Jonathan May-Bowles, the comedian who threw a foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.”
Daiy Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gemma Hayter: Three guilty of railway murder – BBC News
“Three people have been found guilty of murdering a woman who was found dead on a disused railway line.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Scissors-stabbing fiance Nigel Bassett jailed for 10 years – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing his ex-fiancee minutes after she called off their wedding.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News
“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquiry launched after police turn up at midnight to question 13-year-old who ‘threw apple’ – Daily Telegraph
“A police force has launched an inquiry to discover why two of its officers went to the home of a 13-year-old schoolboy at nearly midnight to question him about throwing an apple at a fellow pupil.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ronald Toms faces jail for 1987 Ammanford sex attack – BBC News
“A man who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old widow in a ‘terrifying’ attack in her own home 24 years ago has been told he will be jailed.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child abuse loophole to be closed – Ministry of Justice
“A legal loophole that could allow those who physically abuse children or vulnerable adults to escape justice is to be closed, the Government announced today (22 June).”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Judge gets probation for beating his wife – The Guardian
“A high court judge has been put on probation and ordered to pay £5,000 costs for a ‘dangerous and unpleasant’ attack on his wife.”
Full story
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Hichens – WLR Daily
Regina v Hichens [2011] WLR (D) 193
“On a charge of common assault the defence that the action was taken by way of self-defence to prevent a person from committing a crime or a breach of the peace was available even if the act of violence was not against the person concerned but was against an innocent third party.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Assault guidelines come into effect – Sentencing Council
“Following a three months period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on assault came into effect on 13 June 2011. It aims to ensure a consistent and proportionate approach to sentencing, with convicted offenders receiving a sentence that reflects both the harm they have caused to their victim and their culpability.
This guideline and the updated Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines, incorporating the new assault guideline, are available here.”
Sentencing Council, 13th June 2011
