“The police shooting of a man outside a cathedral was being investigated today. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched a inquiry into the killing outside Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, yesterday afternoon.”
The Independent, 1st December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A fantasist was beginning a two-year stint behind bars today for conning police into thinking he was a James Bond-style secret agent.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ms Saunders, 26, still cannot comprehend why her brother, a brilliant barrister and seemingly stable, barricaded himself inside his £2.2 million Chelsea flat five months ago; still less why he started firing a shotgun out of a window to set off a sequence of events that ended with his death. ”
The Times, 31st October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A young gunman who shot a girl in the head while dancing wildly at a party and waving the weapon in the air was jailed for eight years yesterday.”
The Times, 25th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who shot a teenage girl in the head at a sleepover party has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 24th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Saunders) v Independent Police Complaints Commission and Another Regina (Tucker) v Same
Queen’s Bench Division
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission did not act incompatibly with human rights in not giving a direction to chief officers to prohibit conferring among police officers following a fatal shooting by them.”
The Times, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Only half of criminals convicted of using guns are given the minimum jail term, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission did not act incompatibly with Convention rights in not giving a direction to chief officers to prohibit conferring between officers following a fatal shooting by police officers.”
WLR Daily, 13th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“An investigation has begun after a senior officer admitted changing evidence during the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
BBC News, 13th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge today dismissed a claim by the family of the barrister Mark Saunders that the investigation into his shooting by police was unlawful.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph understands that draft rules for the official police manual are expected to stop marksmen from writing their statements together after critical incidents – changing a practice accepted through case law for more than 50 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gunman who shot a teenage rival in a busy high street and tried to hide from police by praying in a mosque has been jailed for ten years.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An inquest into the death of a man shot by a police firearms officer has returned a verdict of lawful killing.”
BBC News, 17th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judgement in a High Court challenge to the investigation into the police shooting of a lawyer has been reserved.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This police shooting is a disgrace and an outrage, argues a former high-ranking soldier with 20 years’ experience incounter-terrorism at home and abroad.”
The Independent, 14th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judicial review into aspects of the death of a lawyer shot dead by police in London is to open at the High Court.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bb.c.co.uk
“The family of a barrister shot dead by police after exchanging fire with police claim he should not have been killed because he was using a shotgun loaded with pellets for hunting game and posed no ‘imminent threat.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who converted replica submachine guns into lethal weapons that were later linked to some of Britain’s most notorious murders was convicted of a string of firearms offences today.”
The Guardian, 27th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for nine years for shooting a fellow clubber with a mini four-inch key-ring gun.”
BBC News, 25th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scotland Yard officers are preparing to publicly blame each other for the mistakes that led to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station, senior sources have told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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