‘A friend of the ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack has been jailed for four and a half years after making Isis propaganda videos outside Windsor Castle.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Six members of a “professionally organised criminal organisation” who profited from human trafficking have been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nine members of a traveller family who kept workers in squalid conditions in caravans have been jailed for modern day slavery offences.’
BBC News, 12th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of a “cynical and well-practised” grooming gang have been jailed for up to 29 years for sexually abusing vulnerable girls in Newcastle upon Tyne after plying them with drugs.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three men have been jailed for their part in running a vast underground cannabis farm in a former nuclear bunker in Wiltshire, staffed by young Vietnamese workers who were held in slave-like conditions.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Under-age girls and vulnerable young women were taken to parties in Newcastle and groomed with drugs before being raped and sexually abused, it can now be reported.’
The Independent, 9th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three would-be jihadists who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police or military target.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack on a police or military target in the UK.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to pass off 30 tonnes of horsemeat as beef – a plot “motivated by greed” that was one part of the wide-ranging horsemeat scandal that came to light in 2013.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has given up its two-year-long attempt to ban teachers caught up in the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham, after those in the remaining cases were told disciplinary action against them has been halted.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four men who stole more than £400,000 of designer goods from the mansion of the former England football captain John Terry have been given long jail terms for a series of raids on luxury homes.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A businessman has been found guilty of being part of a £200,000 conspiracy to pass off horsemeat as beef, much of which went on to enter the food chain.’
BBC News, 26th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Robber to spend another 4 and a half years in prison following Attorney General referral to Court of Appeal.’
Attorney General's Office, 20th July 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The police and not a local authority must pay for the provision of special advocates in a rare example of them being required for a Family Court case, Cobb J has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Four homeless street drinkers have been found guilty of killing a “vulnerable” man who was attacked in his own home.’
BBC News, 12th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned from his post in the Church of England over a report that said he was among senior figures who “colluded” with paedophile bishop Peter Ball.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life for hiring a hitman to kill his stepfather.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two people have been found guilty of murdering a vulnerable man who was tortured for months and forced to eat his own testicle.’
BBC News, 19th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of a rogue breast surgeon who left hundreds of patients disfigured after carrying out needless operations have called for “co-conspirators” to be held to account, accusing them of turning a blind eye to the malpractice.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder PC Yvonne Fletcher three decades ago has been released without charge.’
BBC News, 16th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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