‘A woman has been banned from Primark after assaulting a staff member for “flirting” with a colleague she found attractive.’
The Independent, 15th November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who wore T-shirts supporting banned Palestinian groups among Jewish communities in north London has been handed a suspended jail sentence.’
The Independent, 17th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A foot fetishist who made more than a thousand calls to the NHS’s 111 service to ask the call handlers about their feet has been convicted and fined.’
The Independent, 14th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ministers are facing demands to explain why thousands of convicted sexual offenders across England and Wales have avoided prison. An Observer investigation found that adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13, or of engaging in sexual activity with underage teenagers, are among those who have not been jailed.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed for fraud and providing unqualified immigration advice and services, with her husband sentenced to community service.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A disgraced former police officer has had an appeal against an indecent image conviction refused.’
The Independent, 18th February 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 56-year-old man has been sentenced for spitting at former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a “barrage of abuse” during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.’
The Independent, 28th February 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced for filming a naked woman in a hotel room while she was unconscious, following her five-year campaign for justice.’
BBC News, 4th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.com
‘“There are so many people in British prisons that don’t deserve to be there,” said ex-inmate-turned-journalist Raphael Rowe.’
Each Other, 24th August 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘A former Labour MP and ex-Army officer who admitted making an indecent image of a child has been sentenced.’
BBC News, 7th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Domestic abuse charities have criticised as inappropriate the sentence of community service given to the former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan for assaulting his former fiancee.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A fraudster faked a dead man’s membership card to use as a “passport to a prestigious world” and get the best seats at Lord’s cricket ground.’
BBC News, 11th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Royal Stoke Hospital employee, who used malicious software to crack the passwords of his co-workers and access over 10,000 confidential hospital files, has been given a 12-month community order.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th January 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A judge has been criticised for telling a domestic violence offender to take up running to control his behaviour.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Manchester City have banned one of their own supporters for life after he was found guilty of racially abusing Raheem Sterling.’
The Independent, 11th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Four teenagers who threw bricks at sheep and snapped off their horns have been given community sentences.’
BBC News, 26th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A homeless man convicted of stalking Harry Styles after camping outside his house has been banned from going within 250m of the singer.’
BBC News, 21st October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mr Justice Cobb recently handed down two important decisions on the scope of the inherent jurisdiction at the border of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. In the first of two articles on these rulings, the Court of Protection team at 39 Essex Chambers examine a case concerning a young adult and the use of the inherent jurisdiction to authorise deprivations of liberty where there is no statutory framework in place.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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