“A jilted boyfriend was jailed for lifetoday today for gunning down his girlfriend’s parents, after blaming them for breaking up their relationship.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A burglar who attacked a 94-year-old woman has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Gore; R v Maher [2009] EWCA Crim 1424; [2009] WLR (D) 240
“The issue of a fixed penalty notice asserting one offence did not relieve the recipient of any possible further proceedings if and when it became apparent that a more serious offence had in fact been committed in the course of the same incident.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2009
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.
“A man who sprayed acid at lawyers when his negligence claim was dismissed by a court has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two thugs were jailed today after a “savage” gang attack on a man trying to stop a Chinese barman being racially abused.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An obsessed fan who raped a TV presenter then planned an acid attack on her after she rejected him has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 1st May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who bit off her boyfriend’s tongue during a drunken birthday kiss has been told she faces jail.”
BBC News, 10th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 19-year-old man who threw vodka in the face of a teenage girl before setting light to her was jailed indefinitely today.”
The Independent, 8th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A stalker who attacked a woman with an ice pick because he thought she was a witch has been jailed.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage girl was kidnapped from a train, robbed, beaten and kicked, and pushed into a stream by a gang of seven who were given prison sentences at Luton crown court yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“Even a definitive sentencing guideline was not to be used or approached as if each offence could be put into a fixed and inflexible compartment. The assessment of the seriousness of an offence involved a broad judgment of the overall criminality.”
The Times, 24th November 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.
“A teenager is to serve at least seven years for attempted murder after stabbing a boy in the head.”
BBC News, 6th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.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
“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
“A former nanny to the stars who left a 10-week-old boy with temporary brain damage and a broken arm was jailed today for three years.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An intruder who left an 83-year-old widow with ‘horrific’ injuries after battering her with a wooden shelf has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Oxford-educated businessman who set fire to a friend’s trousers in a drunken prank has been jailed for a year.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Amy Winehouse’s husband was today jailed for trial-fixing and beating up a former pub landlord.”
The Times, 21st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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