‘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
‘A man who murdered three men in 10 seconds on a summer evening in a Reading park, has been sentenced to die in prison after a judge determined it was a jihadist attack.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A sweet factory worker who drove his car at a group of colleagues after he was punched at a Christmas party has been jailed for 30 years.’
BBC News, 16th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have been accused of not taking honour-based abuse seriously as new figures reveal a 64 per cent fall in the number of offences recorded.’
The Independent, 17th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Jonty Bravery, the teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from a viewing platform at the Tate Modern, has had his appeal against his 15-year minimum term for attempted murder dismissed.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has admitted killing a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run near a school.’
BBC News, 30th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been convicted of trying to injure a Met Police officer by driving a car at him in north London.’
BBC News, 12th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two prisoners have been found guilty of trying to kill a prison officer in a terror attack inside a maximum-security jail.’
The Independent, 7th October 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Josephine Conlon, 36, was attacked by Mark Brazant in London on 30 December just days after his release from jail.’
BBC News, 16th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his cousin 27 times before he fled when she played dead has been jailed for attempted murder.’
BBC News, 27th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who threw a six-year-old child off a viewing platform at the Tate Modern gallery in London will serve at least 15 years in prison, the Old Bailey was told on Friday.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two brothers who attacked one of their ex-girlfriends and her partner have been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 17-year-old boy who stabbed a man to death during a brawl after a rap concert has been convicted of murder.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Violence broke out at the Old Bailey as five gang members were jailed for murdering a man in a knife attack.’
BBC News, 27th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A van driver who launched a “frenzied attack” on a police officer with a machete has been cleared of attempted murder after claiming he acted in self-defence.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Newcastle man who fatally stabbed his three-week-old son before turning the knife on his partner has been sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court today.’
Crown prosecution Service, 19th December 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A teenager said he threw a boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London because he wanted to be on the TV news.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police investigating a hit and run outside a school tonight referred themselves to the standards watchdog over their “previous contact” with the murder suspect.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed three people in Manchester’s Victoria train station on New Year’s Eve has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a high-security psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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