‘A man has been jailed for ramming a motorcyclist off a Buckinghamshire bridge in what police described as an act of “extreme” road rage.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for 10 years and eight months for blinding a father-of-two in a “sickening” glass attack.’
BBC News, 4th March 2024
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‘Two men have admitted being part of an extreme body-modification plot involving pay-per-view website videos.’
BBC News, 25th January 2024
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‘Figures released as part the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme annual statistics for 2022 show there were 23 child sex offence sentence increases. This was followed by 10 sentences increased for rape offences and 7 for cases involving grievous bodily harm.’
Attorney General's Office, 17th October 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Two men who inflicted “savage injuries” on members of the public during a robbery and knife attack in central London have been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th August 2023
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‘A woman who permanently blinded a taxi driver in one eye after a frenzied attack with her high heels has been jailed for three years.’
Attorney General's Office, 7th August 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A footballer has been jailed for attacking a 60-year-old woman.’
BBC News, 8th August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The brother of a man who died after being assaulted in his own home has said he has been “excluded from justice” after magistrates barred him from court on the grounds that his presence would put the teenage attacker under “undue stress”.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Met Police officer who left a man paralysed when he Tasered him as he ran away has been cleared of causing grievous bodily harm.’
BBC News, 11th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who shook his seven-week-old son so violently that he was left brain damaged has been jailed for 10 years and nine months.’
BBC News, 4th May 2023
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‘A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Gateshead.’
BBC News, 17th April 2023
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‘A BMW driver has been jailed for seven years after he was caught on “shocking” CCTV footage driving at a group of people in the City of London.’
BBC News, 13th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A driver who mounted a pavement and deliberately hit a pedestrian has been jailed for 13 years.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage gunman who waged “open warfare” on the streets of Liverpool has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 26th January 2023
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‘A youth leader who addressed MPs in parliament has been denied permission to appeal against the eight-year sentence he was given for sending text messages as part of a violent conspiracy.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 15 years for the “sadistic” and “monstrous” murder of his partner, who died 21 years after he doused her with petrol and set her on fire. In what is believed to be a legal first, Steven Craig, 58, was convicted of murdering Jacqueline Kirk more than two decades after the attack, having already served almost 19 years in prison for it.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been found guilty of carrying out antisemitic attacks on three Jewish people.’
BBC News, 10th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “thug” who punched a Sikh priest in the street “without any justifiable reason” and left him for dead has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 6th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An amateur footballer has been jailed for 12 years for deliberately pursuing and mowing down two men in his car.’
BBC News, 21st September 2022
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‘Two brothers have been jailed after a man was killed and another injured in a “violent attack fuelled by alcohol” in an East Yorkshire coastal pub.’
BBC News, 15th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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