Guns and drugs smuggling soldiers jailed – BBC News
“Four British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: firearms
Ex-SAS Officer to sue Metropolitan Police – Daily Telegraph
“A former head of the SAS’s counter-terrorist team is suing the Metropolitan Police claiming he was wrongfully accused of leaking secret intelligence reports to a journalist.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man who kidnapped and raped 15-year old school girl jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A man who kidnapped and raped a 15-year old schoolgirl at gunpoint was jailed for life today.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Abbas and another – WLR Daily
Regina v Abbas and another: [2012] EWCA Crim 2517; [2012] WLR (D) 352
“Where the Crown alleged that the defendant was part of a joint enterprise involving the possession of an imitation firearm, proof of which depended upon the drawing of an inference, it was incumbent on a judge in summing up to identify the evidence of primary fact upon the basis of which, if it was accepted, a jury might infer knowledge and thus possession by the defendant as well as the principal.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
SAS sniper Sgt Danny Nightingale is freed – Daily Telegraph
“An SAS sniper, jailed for illegally possessing a pistol brought back from Iraq, thanked the kindness of the ‘Great British public’ as he was dramatically freed from custody.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Newport shooting: IPCC criticises police handling of domestic abuse case – The Guardian
“Report says police took too long after initial allegation of assault to arrest husband who went on to shoot wife and kill himself.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man jailed for five years after threatening neighbour with sex aid – Daily Telegraph
“A man who threatened his neighbour with a sexual aid tucked into his trousers has been jailed for five years after police mistook it for a firearm.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jailed for smuggling weapons into UK – Home Office
“A man who attempted to bring a haul of offensive weapons through Newcastle Airport has been jailed.”
Home Office, 20th November 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Danny Nightingale: the Attorney’s right, Hammond was wrong – Head of Legal
“The Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been criticised for refusing to intervene in the case of Danny Nightingale, a soldier who pleaded guilty at a Court Martial recently to illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. Apparently Danny Nightingale’s solicitor intends to appeal, presumably against the sentence of 18 months detention. Grieve refused to intervene following a written request to do so from the Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond.”
Head of Legal, 20th November 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
Sgt Danny Nightingale to appeal against gun conviction – BBC News
“Lawyers for an SAS soldier detained for possessing a pistol which he said was given as a war gift have launched an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jailed SAS sniper Danny Nightingale to lodge appeal over sentence – The Guardian
“An SAS veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan will lodge an appeal on Wednesday against a decision to jail him for possessing a pistol and live ammunition at his home in Britain.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘I can’t intervene in SAS sniper case,’ attorney general tells defence secretary – The Guardian
“The attorney general has said it would be inappropriate for him to intervene in the case of a jailed SAS soldier, after a request by the defence secretary for him to review the conviction.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC report condemns police handling of killer’s gun licence – report – The Guardian
“A man who shot dead three women had been allowed to keep his guns by police despite complaints of domestic violence and then threatening to shoot himself, according to a report seen by the BBC.”
The Guardian, 19th Npvember 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Abu Hamza son Imran Mostafa jailed over King’s Lynn raid – BBC News
“The son of Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been jailed for 11 years over an armed raid on a Norfolk jewellers.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minimum sentences, minimum justice – Zenith Chambers
“A five year old girl, Thusha Kamaleswaran, was shot through the spine and paralysed from the waist down for life, in March 2011. She was in her uncle’s shop in Stockwell, London, when two bullets were fired from a gun by a gang member from outside into the shop. Three men were put on trial for the shooting, and convicted at the Old Bailey on 26th March 2012. The jury at the trial were shown CCTV footage of Thusha skipping happily in the aisle in her pink dress and red cardigan shortly before she was struck. ”
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Zenith Chambers, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Mark Duggan shooting: police watchdog’s report delayed further – The Guardian
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission has said ‘significant’ material about the death of Mark Duggan has emerged in recent weeks, meaning its report into his shooting by police will be delayed even further.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Williams (Orette) – WLR Daily
Regina v Williams (Orette) [2012] EWCA Crim 2162; [2012] WLR (D) 279
“As a matter of ordinary interpretation, section 1(5) of the Firearms Act 1982 imposed a reverse, legal, burden on a defendant to show that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the imitation firearm in his possession was readily convertible into a prohibited firearm. That derogation from the presumption of innocence was justified because it was reasonable and proportionate and balanced the importance of what was at stake for the public with the maintenance of the normal rights of the defendant.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Jury fail to reach verdict in trial of man in Mark Duggan gun case – The Guardian
“A jury in the trial of the man accused of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan minutes before he was shot dead by police has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police shootings prove contempt laws are not fit for purpose – The Guardian
“Watching the press conference by Greater Manchester Police, I was not the only journalist to remark that it looked and sounded more like one held by police in the USA where contempt laws hold no sway in the run-up to a trial. Here, as soon as someone is arrested, no one should publish anything which might cause a substantial risk of serious prejudice or serious impediment to the proceedings that might take place.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
