“A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Carpenter [2011] EWCA Crim 2568; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“In cases of joint enterprise where the use of a particular weapon was foreseen but the secondary party did not share or foresee the intention with which it was used, the availablity of manslaughter remained as a possible alternative verdict to murder.”
WLR Daily, 11th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A hammer-wielding pregnant woman who battered her lover in the head was jailed today for his killing.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A young care home worker walked free today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether she killed an elderly resident by setting fire to her room.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man during a fishing trip off the Cornish coast.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man from Norfolk who strangled his wife after a row about debts built up through a TV shopping channel has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has ruled a verdict of natural causes by neglect contributed to a Somerset toddler’s death.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A nurse who killed her baby daughter by force-feeding her using a method she claimed was common in her native Ghana is facing jail following a three-week trial.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police could take DNA samples from up to 13,000 people convicted of serious offences like murder, manslaughter and rape, whose profiles are not on record.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A school bus driver has been jailed for causing the death of a six-year-old boy by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 6th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A psychopathic prisoner who slashed Soham murderer Ian Huntley across the neck with a makeshift knife has been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a Wales fan who died after suffering head injuries at Wembley have complained about some of the media coverage of the incident.”
BBC News, 19th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The trial of the police officer accused over the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April 2009, has been set for October 2012.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who attacked and killed a fellow patient at a high-security psychiatric hospital because he ‘wanted to eat him’ was not being watched properly, and had not been adequately assessed, an inquest jury ruled on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces, prisons and youth detention centres face prosecution for corporate homicide from this week if an individual dies in their custody.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A taxi driver sobbed as he received a suspended prison sentence today after a teenage passenger fell out of his moving vehicle and died.”
The Independent, 24th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The killing of an 11-month-old girl by her depressed mother could not have been predicted or prevented, a serious case review has found.”
BBC News, 19th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The death of a man decapitated by a mental health patient could have been stopped had there not been a catalogue of lost opportunities, an inquiry says.”
BBC News, 17th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police watchdog has launched an investigation following the death of a man after he was tasered by police.”
The Independent, 17th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who killed a father-of-three in an argument over a bottle of vodka has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 15th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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