‘A former NHS administrator has been ordered to pay nearly £800 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to unlawfully accessing patient records.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An Oxford University student who stabbed her boyfriend with a bread knife may not go to jail because it could damage her prospects of a medical career, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former PE teacher and football coach has today (May 2) been sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexual offences against a young boy.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who called an MP’s office and said she should be “Jo Cox’d” has been jailed for eight weeks.’
BBC News, 25th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 95-year-old man who tried to kill his wife has been spared jail because the judge said it was “an exceptional case”.’
BBC News, 25th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who was trying to send a message on Facebook when she crashed into a pensioner’s car, killing him, has been jailed for 27 months.’
BBC News, 24th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nottinghamshire County Council has been fined £1m after a disabled member of the public was struck by a vehicle used for collecting branches.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘After lengthy consultation last year the Sentencing Council has published its new guideline on the stages and levels of reduction for a guilty plea.’
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Henderson Chambers, 23rd March 2017
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘Government plans for virtual court hearings and online guilty pleas for criminal offences are poorly costed, based on weak evidence and have not been subjected to proper consultation, a national justice charity says today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Today, the Sentencing Council has published two new sentencing guidelines. One covers how courts should make a reduction in sentence for offenders who admit their guilt, and the other deals with the approach they should take when sentencing children and young people.’
Sentencing Council, 7th March 2017
‘A woman who kept a £20 note she found in a shop has been convicted of theft.’
BBC News, 28th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People guilty of “low level” offences in England and Wales will be able to accept and pay penalties and avoid having to appear before court under a new online process to be set up by the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Defendants will soon be able to plead guilty, be convicted and pay a penalty immediately and entirely online for certain offences, the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday as digital justice moved a step closer to reality.’
Legal Futures, 9th February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A retired dentist who tried to strangle his wife with a tie after he was conned out of £200,000 has been spared jail after she begged the judge not to send him to prison.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who admitted killing a US tourist and wounding five others in a rampage in central London last year has been handed an unlimited hospital order.’
BBC News, 7th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two dancers have avoided jail for blackmailing former England rugby star Danny Cipriani for thousands of pounds after one of them aborted his child.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Judge says public will be safer if Daniel Taylor attends treatment programme.’
The Independent, 5th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A beautician was jailed after she paid a stranger to take her speeding points and revealed the ploy on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “dangerous sexual deviant” wanted by the FBI has been jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a Lancashire park.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government should pilot its plans to digitise low-level summary convictions with TV licence evasion, rather than train and tram fare evasion, the Law Society has said.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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