PC Chris Findley death: Dale Dixon, 19, sentenced – BBC News
“A teenager who killed an off-duty police officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a young offenders institution.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: homicide
Teenager convicted of starting fatal fire – The Guardian
“Dyson Allen, 19, faces prison sentence after being found guilty of manslaughter of four siblings in Lancashire.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Organist’s killer jailed for at least 25 years – The Guardian
“A man who battered a church organist to death as he walked to midnight mass has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years by a judge who told him: ‘Why you wished to inflict violence on another human being on Christmas Eve is known only to you.'”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Azelle Rodney inquiry and Article 2 – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“Leslie Thomas considers the recent Azelle Rodney inquiry and the impact on matters relating to Article 2.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 18th July 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Alan Greaves killing: Ashley Foster guilty of manslaughter – BBC News
“A 22-year-old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of organist Alan Greaves on Christmas Eve in Sheffield.”
BBC News, 18th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jason Swift killer Robert Oliver jailed for child visits – BBC News
“A convicted paedophile who broke a court order banning him from allowing children into his home in Kent has been sentenced to three years in prison.”
BBC News, 12th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kieran Crump Raiswell random stab murder: Man convicted – BBC News
“A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street.”
BBC News, 11th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (on the application of Sturnham) No 2 (Appellant) v The Parole Board of England and Wales and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 3rd July 2013
Azelle Rodney inquiry to give final ruling – The Guardian
“An official inquiry is expected to criticise the Metropolitan police over the shooting dead of a man by an elite firearms officer.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents jailed over toddler’s heroin death – The Guardian
“A father has been jailed for killing his young son by negligently allowing him to eat heroin in the family home.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Footballer Courtney Meppen-Walter returned to jail after release error – BBC News
“An ex-Manchester City footballer mistakenly released from prison early after killing a brother and sister in a car crash has returned to jail.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Death crash footballer freed from jail in error – The Guardian
“An investigation is under way into how a footballer who killed two people in a car crash was mistakenly freed from jail.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father and Son Haulage Firm Owners Sentenced for Manslaughter of driver – Crown Prosecution Service
“A father and son have today (Friday 28 June) been sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison at St. Albans Crown Court after being found guilty of the manslaughter – on the basis of gross negligence – of Stephen Kenyon, a driver employed at their haulage firm.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 28th June 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Motorist spared jail over death of veteran cyclist Leonard Grayson – The Guardian
“A driver who killed one of England’s top veteran cyclists when he ploughed into him during a race has been spared jail after a court heard how his brief lapse of concentration led to a devastating accident that ‘could have happened to anybody’.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police to reveal details of partners’ pasts to tackle domestic violence – The Guardian
“Women will be passed information about the past of a violent partner in an initiative being considered by a police force where nine people have died in domestic violence homicides in four years.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Appeal court cuts jail term for woman who aborted baby at 40 weeks – The Guardian
“A woman jailed for eight years after aborting her unborn baby within a week of her due date has had her sentence reduced to three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lee Webster jailed for Jason Wood pills-in-beer ‘prank’ killing – BBC News
“A man convicted of killing his friend by putting 27 anti-depressant tablets into his drink has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 11th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lee Webster guilty of pills-in-beer ‘prank’ killing – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of killing his friend by putting 27 anti-depressant tablets into his drink.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
West Midlands Police pay out to bereaved mum Abby Podmore – BBC News
“A mother arrested on suspicion of murder after her son died of natural causes has accepted an undisclosed settlement from the police.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four in 10 people think judges are too soft in manslaughter cases – Daily Telegraph
“Four in 10 people think judges should give tougher sentences in some violent cases such as manslaughter, a Ministry of Justice study has suggested.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
