Man pleads guilty to setting police officer on fire – BBC News
‘A man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a policeman as he tried to evict him from land owned by Prince Charles.’
BBC News, 13th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: guilty pleas
Cleaner Aurora Iacomi jailed for spiking boss’s coffee with detergent – BBC News
‘A station cleaner who spiked her supervisor’s coffee with cleaning fluid for “revenge” has been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Penguin thefts at zoo leads to man’s guilty plea – BBC News
A man has admitted stealing two penguins which were discovered in a village in Nottinghamshire by police following a tip-off.
BBC News, 23rd September 2020
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Sentencing and confiscation in prosecutions for breaches of planning enforcement notices (R v Roth): Sarah Wood for Lexis Nexis – 5SAH
‘This case involved an appeal against a fine and a confiscation order following criminal proceedings for breach of an enforcement notice served under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990). The appellant, Mr Roth, had converted a property into 12 self-contained flats without prior planning permission. His appeal against sentence was successful; insufficient credit had been given for his guilty plea in the Crown Court, where the case had been committed for the purposes of confiscation. The appeal against the confiscation order was advanced on three grounds: firstly, that the wording of the summons restricted the criminality to one day; secondly, that the rent received was not linked to the breach of the planning legislation; and thirdly, that it was disproportionate for the benefit figure to comprise the gross rental received. All three grounds were dismissed.’
5SAH, 24th August 2020
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Darlington man who punched officer ’40 times in head’ jailed – BBC News
‘A man who police say punched an officer about 40 times in the head while being arrested has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st August 2020
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Boy guilty over Oxford Street ‘coronavirus attack’ – BBC News
‘A 15-year-old boy has admitted attacking a student from Singapore who was told “we don’t want your coronavirus in our country”.’
BBC News, 10th August 2020
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Discount for early guilty pleas ‘could be abolished’ – report – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Automatically discounted prison sentences for criminals who plead guilty at the earliest opportunity may be abolished in a bid to secure public confidence, it has been reported today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th August 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Anisha Vidal-Garner death: Man jailed after Brixton police chase – BBC News
‘The son of a barrister who killed a woman in a hit-and-run crash during a police chase, throwing her in the air “like a rag doll”, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 27th July 2020
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Plenty of Fish conman jailed for defrauding women – BBC News
‘A fraudster who cheated women he had asked to marry him out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 6th July 2020
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Pontypool rape confession after parents see text message – BBC News
‘A man has been sentenced for raping a woman after his parents saw an incriminating text message on his phone and made him confess to the police.’
BBC News, 29th June 2020
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Nurse who paralysed man in Silsden crash spared jail – BBC News
‘A nurse who had a hypoglycaemic attack, causing a crash which left a pedestrian paralysed, has been spared jail.’
BBC News, 20th June 2020
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Landlord fails in bid to vacate earlier guilty plea amid claims council was improperly motivated by prospect of confiscation windfall – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord has failed in a judicial review challenge after he was refused permission to vacate a guilty plea in relation to an enforcement notice, amid claims that a council was improperly motivated by an expected windfall from a confiscation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th June 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
When does a crime cause “serious harm”? Court of Appeal considers the application of Article 8 to foreign national offenders – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This judgment concerns the definition of “an offence that has caused serious harm” for the purpose of an appeal against deportation on private and family life grounds under Article 8. In this set of cases, the Court of Appeal took a broad view as to the meaning of this provision, but also held that there must be evidence that the offender has actually caused serious harm.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th June 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
R v Bartell [2020] EWCA Crim 625 – Exceptional circumstances test within the Firearms Act 1968 – Broadway House Chambers
‘Stephen Wood QC considers the recent case of R v Bartell [2020] EWCA Crim 625, where judgment was given on the 1st May 2020 in relation to the exceptional circumstances test set out within the Firearms Act 1968 and suggests that this case following R v Nancarrow [2019] 2 Cr. App. R. (S) marks a perceptible hardening of attitude of the Court of Appeal towards a finding of exceptional circumstances by the sentencing Judge.’
Broadway House Chambers, 20th May 2020
Source: broadwayhouse.co.uk
St Paul’s bomb plot: IS supporter Safiyya Shaikh pleads guilty – BBC News
‘A supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul’s Cathedral.’
BBC News, 21st February 2020
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Claimant who sued over pothole injury given suspended sentence after evidence of extreme sports participation – Local Government Lawyer
‘Walsall Council has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely claimed significant compensation following an injury when falling in a pothole.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Chloe Haines jailed for trying to open Stansted plane door mid-flight – BBC News
‘A woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 12th February 2020
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Lucy-Anne Rushton murder: Husband changes plea to guilty – BBC News
‘A man accused of killing his estranged wife has pleaded guilty to murder part-way through his trial.’
BBC News, 19th December 2019
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Borough council secures guilty pleas for plying for hire during Cheltenham Festival – Local Government Lawyer
‘Cheltenham Borough Council has successfully prosecuted five drivers for unlawfully plying for hire during Cheltenham Festival 2019.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Man pleads guilty to New Year’s Eve knife attack in Manchester – The Guardian
‘A man who stabbed three people at Manchester’s Victoria train station on New Year’s Eve has admitted to attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
