‘The Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines covering arson and criminal damage offences. The guidelines, for courts in England and Wales, will help ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for these offences.’
Sentencing Council, 27th march 2018
‘A man who held two members of staff at bowling alley hostage at gun point has been jailed for 12 years today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man from Sheffield who admitted to deliberately setting fire to a museum, a university and a hospital, so he could steal from the evacuated buildings, has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th February 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The UK government is being sued for a third time over the widespread illegal levels of air pollution, which cause 40,000 early deaths every year.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenage boy has been found guilty of stabbing a police dog and wounding his handler during a chase’
BBC News, 11th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed over a shooting spree that led to one cat’s death and left six others injured.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A wealthy farmer dumped a lorry load of muck outside a crown court on Tuesday in protest at the “severely flawed” justice system which he claimed left him thousands of pounds out of pocket.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The actor who played Damien Thorn in the 1970s horror film The Omen punched two cyclists in a road-rage attack and has been given a suspended prison sentence – on Friday the 13th.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two men who threw a firework into a care home, leaving a resident with life-changing injuries, have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police animals do not necessarily need to be given the same legal status as officers who are injured on duty, the Government has suggested ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue on Monday.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2016
Source; www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who was filmed jumping on to a moving car and punching its windscreen has been jailed for nine weeks.’
BBC News, 1st September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A retired company director has paid £4,500 in costs after being reprimanded by a judge for vandalising his own mother’s gravestone with a hammer.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A jilted bride-to-be smashed her ex-fiance’s car with a hammer after he refused to pay for the wedding dress she never had the chance to wear.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘“If you carry on doing that I’ll read you the Riot Act!” So might a hapless parent or teacher plead to their unruly charges. But the real Riot Act 1714 (removed only in 1973 by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act of that year) meant business. For, if more than 12 people “unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together”, it allowed a justice of the peace (or other specified local official) to command the assembly to disperse and within an hour “peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business”. If not they were liable to “suffer death” as felons.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th May 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Sam Williams has been sentenced for offences including controlling or coercive behaviour’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th April 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A woman has been jailed after she sexually assaulted a male taxi driver in an attempt to avoid paying £26.50 for the journey.’
The Independent, 12th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Apple has come under pressure to scrap its controversial policy of permanently disabling repaired iPhone 6s when software is upgraded, following a global consumer backlash and claims the company could be acting illegally.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Leaders of one of the UK’s largest Jewish communities have welcomed the conviction of a man over a wave of criminal damage incidents involving cars in north-east London last year.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A rickshaw driver who caused £5,500 of damage to the Houses of Parliament during an overnight rooftop standoff has been spared further time in custody after admitting criminal damage and trespassing.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Daniel Voderwulbecke, who was cleared of stalking Lindsay Lohan, is convicted of harassing a bookings manager at the Chiltern Firehouse.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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