‘Four teenagers have been convicted at the Old Bailey of killing a man with a mental age of nine who was stabbed during a mugging in west London.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life over a plot to murder an accountant.’
BBC News, 18th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge called for an end to a “medieval turf war” on the streets of London as he jailed a hit man for at least 38 years for murdering a gang boss and then shooting his accomplice.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who twice tried to kill his gravely ill friend as an act of mercy has been jailed for 20 months by a high court judge.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man avoids jail after confessing to a psychiatrist that he smothered his mother as she was dying of lung cancer in a Dorset hospital.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teenager who murdered his grandmother and tried to kill his grandfather while high on drugs has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
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‘A man who strangled a passenger until he passed out on a crowded bus has been sentenced to eight years in prison.’
BBC News, 19th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men “in the thrall” of triple-murderer Joanna Dennehy who were her “willing accomplices” have been convicted of offences related to her killing spree.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two men have been found guilty of helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day spree of violence.’
BBC News, 10th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mentally ill man who stabbed a police constable and two worshippers at a mosque was insane at the time of the offences, a jury has ruled.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of his grandmother and the attempted murder of his grandfather in an attack “like the film Psycho”.’
BBC News, 4th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who ran over her husband after suffering years of domestic violence has been given a suspended prison term.’
BBC News, 9th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A psychiatric patient who stabbed a woman to death in a London street has lost a bid to appeal against her conviction and sentence.”
BBC News, 8th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A disqualified driver who left a father of three unable to walk or talk after using his car as a weapon in a revenge attack has been jailed for 20 years.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
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“A man who killed his wife and injured three daughters by setting his house on fire in a so-called honour killing plot has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The trial of a man for the attempted murder of a woman in York has been abandoned after DNA evidence was lost.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
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“A 21-year-old driver caught on CCTV ploughing into a group of friends as they crossed the street has been convicted of four counts of attempted murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A violent offender who doused his victims in petrol has been sentenced to life in prison for a string of violent and sexual assaults.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC said: ‘This was a very difficult and finely balanced decision. It was based on the individual facts of the case; it is not a policy decision. But in light of concerns raised today, I have decided that it would be sensible to put into the public domain the case specific reasons for not prosecuting in much greater detail. Clearly this will involve careful consideration of how much information can be put into the public domain by way of explanation, but my intention is for a fuller statement to made by the CPS in due course. In the mean time, I understand that the Health Secretary has written to the Attorney General asking for clarification and I am happy to assist him in any way.’ ”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th September 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A ‘highly intelligent’ schoolboy has been sentenced to a minimum of seven years for attempting to murder a 12-year-old girl by “gutting her like a pig” with a blunt pen-knife after she spurned his sexual advances.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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