‘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
‘A man who stabbed three people at Manchester’s Victoria train station on New Year’s Eve has admitted to attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A driver who left an Amazon delivery worker paralysed from the waist down by dragging him along a road for almost 100m has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 14th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who drove at cyclists and police officers outside Parliament has been jailed for life for attempted murder.’
BBC News, 14th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A far-right terrorist who tried to kill Muslims in a rampage the day after the Christchurch attack has been jailed for more than 18 years.’
The Independent, 11th September 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A would-be assassin whose gun jammed as he opened fire on a woman while she watched TV has been jailed for 28 years.’
The Independent, 5th September 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed for life for murdering a man in a “vicious, terrifying and sustained” machete attack in the street.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man with paranoid schizophrenia who pushed a 91-year-old on to London Underground tracks has been jailed for life by a judge who described him as “a grave and enduring risk to the public”.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Where a court finds a wrongful arrest, it is often due to inadequate grounds for belief in its necessity. However, a brief judgment in Smith v Police Service for Northern Ireland [2019] NIQB 39 is a demonstration of where there is a lack of reasonable suspicion that the person arrested has, themselves, committed the offence. Also of interest is the sum for damages – £3,550 for the unlawful arrest and ten hours’ consequent unlawful detention.’
UK Police Law Blog, 10th May 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
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