“Inmates who cause damage to prisons and prison property will now have to pay for the cost of repairs, the justice secretary has announced.”
BBC News, 30th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prisoners who cause damage to prisons and prison property will have to pay for the cost of repairs under new plans announced by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“A crown court judge has thrown out the case against a campaigner accused of vandalising a masterpiece by the English romantic painter John Constable.”
BBC News, 30th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Criminals who damage prison property will have their jail wages docked to pay for the cost of repairs, under new measures announced by Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who admitted driving a gang to a petrol station where a cash machine was blown up has been jailed.”
BBC News, 25th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An investigation is under way into allegations that a 54-year-old man on crutches died after he was pushed by police during a raid on his house.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Law professor Andrew Ashworth says prison should only be used for most serious violent, threatening or sexual crimes.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service as ‘crackers’ for taking a retired Army captain to court for £7.49 worth of alleged damage to a wooden fence.
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A surveyor who had a secret life as a graffiti vandal has been jailed for three and a half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The law regards cats as property, or ‘chattel’, so any offence against owned felines can be classed as criminal damage.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A grandfather who frogmarched an 11-year-old boy home to his parents after suffering a campaign of vandalism has had to pay the youngster £50 compensation and has been convicted of assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who deliberately blew up his house in an explosion that killed a neighbouring toddler has been jailed for 10 years.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A postman has been jailed for destroying almost 30,000 letters he should have pushed through letterboxes.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who vandalised one of Tate Modern’s most cherished Mark Rothko paintings has been jailed for two years for actions the judge described as ‘entirely deliberate, planned and intentional’.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has imposed the ‘least possible sentence’ on gang of graffiti vandals who attacked the capital’s tube network, saying one had a ‘portfolio you would be proud of’.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 29-year-old who stripped naked on top of a statue in central London, before breaking off its sword and biting it, has been jailed for 12 weeks.”
BBC News, 4th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two property developers found guilty of killing trees to make way for their £11 million Sandbanks development have had their convictions overturned – after a judge ruled their alleged motive was not relevant to the case.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former soldier who tied a pig’s head to the gates of a Cheltenham mosque has been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judge Jamie Tabor QC spoke out at Gloucester crown court after dealing with a former soldier who was out on licence from a jail term for attempted robbery when he committed offences of affray and criminal damage.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has given Greenpeace a dressing down for running an ‘irresponsible’ ad campaign to raise funds to takeover and deface property to make environmental protests.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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