‘Hundreds of people are convicted of murder or manslaughter every year in England and Wales even though they were not directly responsible for the crime, it is revealed today.’
The Independent, 1st April 2014
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‘Rebecca Reeves, 34, was the head of a group of five women who targeted the elderly in the Lancashire town of Chorley.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2014
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‘Members of a child sex gang responsible for raping and sexually abusing girls as young as 12 in Peterborough were jailed at the Old Bailey today.’
The Independent, 20th February 2014
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‘Career criminal Tommy Roye recruited two enforcers to have his victim’s car torched on his driveway.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2014
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‘A violent gang “general” who police believe poses a serious threat to the public is back on the streets after attempts to have him deported ended in failure.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2014
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‘Two men and three teenage boys have been found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults on young girls.
Zdeno Mirga, 18, Hassan Abdulla, 33, and three boys were convicted at the Old Bailey. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was one of the “worst cases” of child sex abuse it had seen.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
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‘Five members of a prostitution racket, which flew more than 50 young women into the UK from Hungary and set them up in airport hotels, student accommodation and suburban homes, have been convicted of conspiring to traffic people into the UK for sexual exploitation.’
The Guardian, 7th January 2014
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‘A catalogue of police failures allowed sex-grooming gangs to flourish in Rochdale, according to a damning, leaked report that is published on Friday. Among the failings identified in the 300-page report, untrained detectives were used to investigate child exploitation and there was a lack of resources and oversight.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2013
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‘ “Shocking” sexual violence is being carried out by children against other children as young as 11, according to an official report. The Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England said the perpetrators could be 12 or 13, and rape is seen as “normal and inevitable” in some areas, especially among gangs.’
BBC News, 26th November 2013
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“Two security workers have been jailed for helping to smuggle illegal immigrants through Birmingham Airport.”
BBC News, 4th November 2013
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“A Merseyside gang which ‘controlled illegal drug distribution’ across a Cheshire borough has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th September 2013
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“Five men have been jailed over the theft of 40 anti-tank mines from a Ministry of Defence freight train.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
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“Everybody wants to know what causes people to turn to violent crime. But what can you tell from the family history of a robber?”
BBC News, 27th August 2013
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“A Sikh gang has been convicted of slashing a retired Indian general’s throat in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 31st July 2013
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“Two brothers have been jailed for their roles in a ‘professionally planned and executed’ million-pound armed raid at Selfridges, in which the gang dressed in burqas.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2013
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“Prison staff drew and threatened to use extendable batons on more than 100 occasions last year to curb high levels of violence inside Britain’s largest youth jail, prison inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
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“Five gang members, including a 15-year-old boy, have been jailed for murdering a painter and decorator in London.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
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“Members of an Oxford gang who groomed vulnerable young girls for sex, repeatedly raping them and threatening to kill them if they told anyone, have been jailed for life.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2013
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“A man who shot a gang rival in the head as he sat in a car outside a pub has been given a life sentence for murder.”
BBC News, 20th June 2013
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“Double police killer Dale Cregan has been cleared of a final charge of attempted murder at the conclusion of a 12-week trial involving nine other men.”
BBC News, 13th June 2013
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