‘A teenager has been jailed for life for an “outrageous” gangland shooting in which a 15-year-old girl was struck in the neck by a bullet as she waited for a bus home from school.
The Guardian, 10th January 2023
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‘A man who attacked a stranger with a machete on a London Tube train has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 12th September 2022
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A 90-year-old man has been found not guilty of trying to murder his unwell wife, after she woke him up one night.
BBC News, 6th September 2022
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‘A man who stabbed his partner 29 times and left her locked in their house in a pool of blood has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A university student has been found guilty of killing one man and injuring two more during a spree of “random” knife attacks in north London.’
BBC News, 26th July 2022
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‘A masked driver has been found guilty of his part in two shootings on the same night which left one man dead and a second seriously injured.’
The Independent, 13th June 2022
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‘A former police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack has reached a settlement in a legal case against his former force, his lawyers have said.’
The Independent, 13th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 20-year-old woman who created a “meticulous” to-do list and a “murder toolkit” has been jailed for plotting to kidnap, torture and kill a former lover.’
The Independent, 7th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The case against four men charged over the shooting of the Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson has collapsed, after the prosecution announced it would not be offering any evidence against them.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for life after raping and stabbing his victim in the throat during a terrifying 34-hour hostage ordeal.’
The Independent, 1st February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An artist found guilty of the murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton and the attempted murder of his own mother will be sentenced on Monday.’
The Independent, 20th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia who killed a 23-year-old man and injured seven others in a violent stabbing spree in Birmingham last year has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years.’
The Guardian, 18th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been found guilty of killing a teenager and attempting to murder her stepfather at a family-run Chinese takeaway in Wales.’
The Independent, 9th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A teenager who shot a 15-year-old boy in the face with a double-barrelled shotgun has been sentenced to 24 years in custody for attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who tried to kill a newborn baby by giving her prescription drugs in a milk bottle has been jailed.’
BBC News, 25th October 2021
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‘A man who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park is seeking permission to appeal his whole-life jail term.’
BBC News, 5th October 2021
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‘A man who strangled a woman in a random attack after she left a supermarket has been convicted of attempted murder.’
BBC News, 20th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Case study: Kevan Thakrar says the high suicide and self-harm rates in CSCs are no surprise.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Sentencing Council has today (27 May 2021) published revised sentencing guidelines for assault offences, including common assault and attempted murder, and new guidance for assault on emergency workers.’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 27th May 2021
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker and hitting support staff with a brick, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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