Pensioner locked up indefinitely after beating wife to death – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 17th, 2008 in diminished responsibility, homicide, mental health, news, sentencing by sally

“A pensioner who beat his cancer-stricken wife of 30 years to death as she lay in bed has been locked up in a secure unit indefinitely.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man ‘shopped’ by mother is jailed – BBC News

Posted November 7th, 2008 in homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A man whose mother shopped him to police after he admitted killing a man has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to manslaughter.”

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BBC News, 7th November 2008

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Life sentence over knife in skull – BBC News

“A teenager is to serve at least seven years for attempted murder after stabbing a boy in the head.”

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BBC News, 6th November 2008

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Schizophrenic killed neighbour he wrongly believed was a paedophile – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 22nd, 2008 in homicide, mental health, news, sentencing by sally

“A schizophrenic who stabbed a neighbour to death in front of his family in the mistaken belief that he was a paedophile has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2008

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Woman jailed for street killing – BBC News

Posted October 20th, 2008 in homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman who killed a Polish man in a Salford street has been jailed.”

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BBC News, 20th October 2008

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Father given suspended sentence after daughter’s quad bike death – The Guardian

Posted October 20th, 2008 in homicide, news, road safety, sentencing by sally

“The father of a seven-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision while riding a quad bike was today given a nine-month suspended jail term after admitting his daughter’s manslaughter.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Devoted husband who suffocated wife is spared jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 10th, 2008 in homicide, married persons, news, sentencing by sally

“A retired civil servant who suffocated his seriously ill wife with a plastic bag as she lay in her hospital bed has been spared jail.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2008

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Jail term for baby killer father – BBC News

Posted September 26th, 2008 in child abuse, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A ‘selfish’ father has been jailed for five years for killing his baby daughter in a fit of temper.”

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BBC News, 26th September 2008

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Five years for knife fight killer – BBC News

Posted September 12th, 2008 in homicide, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A teenager has been sentenced to five years youth detention for stabbing a student to death ‘instinctively’. ”

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BBC News, 12th September 2008

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Man sentenced for strangling wife – BBC News

Posted September 11th, 2008 in domestic violence, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who killed his 30-year-old wife and dumped her body in a Staffordshire lay-by has been jailed for seven years.”

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BBC News, 11th September 2008

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Two years for soldier’s shooting – BBC News

Posted September 10th, 2008 in armed forces, courts martial, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A British soldier who shot dead a colleague while ‘playing’ with a rifle in Iraq in 2007 has been sentenced to two years in an Army detention centre.”

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BBC News, 10th September 2008

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Boy, 16, jailed over crash death – BBC News

Posted September 8th, 2008 in dangerous driving, homicide, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for five years for killing a teenage passenger in a car crash during a police pursuit in Brighton.”

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BBC News, 8th September 2008

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Prison for BNP activist’s killer – BBC News

Posted August 29th, 2008 in homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“An Asian man who killed his BNP activist neighbour in a dispute has been jailed for eight years.”

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BBC News, 29th August 2008

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Mental health killings ‘falling’ – BBC News

Posted August 1st, 2008 in homicide, mental health, news by sally

“The number of killings by people with mental health problems in England and Wales has fallen by two-thirds in the last 30 years, a study has found.”

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BBC News, 1st August 2008

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Judge criticises ‘beasting’ punishments in the Army – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2008 in armed forces, homicide, news by sally

“A senior judge has criticised the Army for allowing soldiers to take part in unofficial ‘beasting’ punishments after three soldiers accused of exercising a colleague to death were all acquitted of manslaughter.”

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Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2008

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Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law – Ministry of Justice

Posted July 29th, 2008 in defences, homicide, news by sally

“The government has been conducting a review into the law on homicide. The first part of the review was conducted by the Law Commission. This paper now sets out the government proposals for reforms on:

  • partial defences to murder of diminished responsibility and provocation
  • the law on complicity in relation to homicide
  • infanticide”

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Ministry of Justice, 29th July 2008

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Related link: Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law (PDF)

Nanny walks free after judge orders jury to find her not guilty of baby killing – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 26th, 2008 in child abuse, homicide, news by sally

“A nanny accused of killing the baby son of two police officers walked free from court after a judge directed a jury to find her not guilty. “

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Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2008

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Teenager jailed over punch death – BBC News

Posted July 21st, 2008 in homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“A teenager has been jailed after killing a student outside a takeaway in Dorset with a single punch.”

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BBC News, 21st July 2008

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Father condemns ‘whitewash’ report into killing of children – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2008 in children, homicide, mental health, news, social services by sally

“The father of two children killed by their mentally ill mother yesterday condemned as ‘scandalous whitewash’ an inquiry that stopped short of blaming any individual for the tragedy.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2008

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Child killing report ‘scandalous’ – BBC News

Posted July 17th, 2008 in children, homicide, mental health, news, social services by sally

“Health professionals failed to assess the risk a mentally ill mother posed to her two young children, a report into their deaths has found.”

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BBC News, 17th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk