‘A man has been found guilty of killing an elderly woman 20 years ago after advances in DNA technology linked him to the crime.’
The Independent, 23rd November 2021
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‘A man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia who killed a 23-year-old man and injured seven others in a violent stabbing spree in Birmingham last year has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years.’
The Guardian, 18th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who got a teenage girl hooked on drugs and forced her into prostitution to fund his own habit before killing her has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st November 2021
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‘One of Britain’s most notorious child sex offenders has been refused parole for the 10th time. Sidney Cooke, now 94, was jailed for life with a minimum five-year term in 1999 for the abuse of two brothers.’
BBC News, 28th October 2021
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‘A Metropolitan Police officer has been cleared of causing the death by dangerous driving of an 18-year-old man during a high-speed chase.’
The Independent, 12th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man admits killing two women in 1987, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 9th October 2021
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‘The wife of a man recently sentenced to less than five years in prison for choking a woman to death in sex has said the “rough sex defence” trivialises violence against women.’
The Independent, 30th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who strangled a vulnerable woman during sex after drinking 24 bottles of beer has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Tom Edwards looks at the impact of the shift from Joint Enterprise to Common Purpose in the five years since Jogee, and considers its impact in both the Crown Court and Court of Appeal.’
Carmelite Chambers, 19th August 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
‘The deposition of Harry Dunn’s alleged killer has been postponed just days before it was due to take place.’
BBC News, 19th August 2021
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‘A man thought to have shot his partner and daughters before killing himself was given a gun licence despite police knowing he had failed to disclose mental health issues and a conviction.’
BBC News, 18th August 2021
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‘The teenage mother who left her 20-month-old daughter to starve to death while she partied in London and Coventry has been jailed for nine years.’
The Independent, 7th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for killing his three-month-old daughter who died after suffering catastrophic injuries.’
BBC News, 4th August 2021
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‘Seven men have been found guilty of murdering a law student, Aya Hachem, in Blackburn last year after a longstanding feud between two tyre firm owners.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A cyclist has been jailed for causing fatal injuries to a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash.’
BBC News, 29th July 2021
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‘Two 14-year-old boys who “ambushed” a 13-year-old and stabbed him to death after a dispute on social media have been found guilty of his murder.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The US government has requested that the country’s civil courts prevent the disclosure of the employment details of Harry Dunn’s alleged killer in the interests of “national security”.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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