Christopher Hughes: Gang killed man wrongly suspected of rape – BBC News
‘Seven men have been found guilty of the kidnap and murder of a man they wrongly suspected of raping a teenage girl.’
BBC News, 24th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: kidnapping
Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel – The Guardian
‘Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sarah Everard vigil protester sues Met police after conviction – The Guardian
‘A woman who was arrested and charged after attending the vigil for Sarah Everard in Clapham last year has launched civil proceedings against the Metropolitan police.’
The Guardian, 16th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
CPS halts prosecution of six protesters for attending Sarah Everard vigil – The Independent
‘The prosecution of six protesters for attending a vigil for Sarah Everard has been halted.’
The Independent, 14th August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life sentence -Daily Telegraph
‘Wayne Couzens is still set to die in prison after he lost his bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Re S: A short lesson on jurisdiction in international children cases post-Brexit – Family Law
‘The President of the Family Division has very recently handed down his decision in this matter of Re: S (A Child) (Jurisdiction) [2022] EWHC 1720 (Fam), in which we acted for the successful applicant mother. Whilst the facts of the case are unique, the judgment serves as a helpful reminder of the jurisdictional framework of international children cases following our departure from the European Union.’
Family Law, 21st July 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Sarah Everard: Three attendees fined over unofficial vigil – BBC News
‘Three people have been fined for breaking Covid laws by attending a vigil for Sarah Everard.’
BBC News, 9th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Whole Life Order: Have the Floodgates Been Opened? – Pump Court Chambers
‘Events that occurred in March 2021 instituted a widespread heated debate both domestically and internationally as a consequence of the murder of Sarah Everard at the hands of police officer Wayne Couzens. It sparked a global women’s safety movement and erosion of public confidence in police protection, alongside sparking conversations around inequality, misogyny and victim-blaming. Further, it was also a rare case of a whole life order being handed down for a single murder. Up there in the list of the most famous names in criminal history with Myra Hindley, Peter Sutcliffe and Rosemary West, now stands the name Wayne Couzens. Putting aside societal, political and media considerations regarding this sentence, can interpretation of the statute and of sentencing provisions in this case be seen as opening the floodgates?’
Pump Court Chambers, 10th May 2022
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
Two men convicted after schoolgirl kidnapped, raped and beaten with nunchucks – The Independent
‘Two friends who kidnapped a schoolgirl, beat her with nunchucks and repeatedly raped her have been convicted.’
The Independent, 17th May 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police acted unlawfully over Everard vigil, court rules – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Metropolitan Police unlawfully failed to consider whether the right to protest provided a “reasonable excuse” under coronavirus restrictions to organise a vigil for murder victim Sarah Everard, the High Court ruled today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High court to hear claims Sarah Everard vigil ban breached human rights – The Guardian
‘Women’s rights activists are at the high court to argue that the police’s decision to ban a vigil for Sarah Everard in London was a breach of their human rights.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sarah Everard inquiry to examine if ‘red flags’ over murderer Wayne Couzens were missed – The Independent
‘The public inquiry into how a serving police officer was able to abduct, rape and murder Sarah Everard will look at whether any “red flags” were missed.’
The Independent, 10th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed after kidnapping woman by posing as London taxi driver – The Independent
‘A man who posed as a taxi driver before a kidnapping a young woman in central London and attempting to sexually assault her has been jailed.’
The Independent, 30th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sarah Everard: Chairwoman of inquiry into murder announced – BBC News
‘An independent inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard will receive greater powers if the newly appointed chairwoman is unable to fulfil her remit, the home secretary has said.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Greenwich hotel murder: Serial abuser guilty of killing girlfriend – BBC News
‘A “serial abuser of women” has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend at a south-east London hotel.’
BBC News, 10th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Why the Everard Inquiry must look far beyond Wayne Couzens – Doughty Street Chambers
‘When DCI Simon Harding said that police officers viewed Wayne Couzens not as a police officer who was a murderer but as “a murderer who happened to be a police officer”, he was perhaps telling us more than he meant to about police culture. You might think that his cue came from the very top, after, in June, Dame Cressida Dick described the police as a body where you might find an “occasional bad’un”.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 5th October 2021
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
Wayne Couzens launches appeal against whole-life sentence for Sarah Everard murder – The Independent
‘Sarah Everard’s murderer is appealing against the whole-life sentence he was given at the Old Bailey last month, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 27th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sarah Everard: Police forces to review allegations of sex offences and domestic abuse involving serving officers – The Independent
‘All police forces in England and Wales are to review allegations of indecent exposure, sex offences and violence against women by serving officers.’
The Independent, 12th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A third of police forces referred sex assault claims to watchdog – The Guardian
‘Almost a third of police forces in England and Wales referred allegations of sexual assault and harassment against their own officers to the police watchdog in the days following the sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard, the Observer can reveal.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Man jailed for posing as a police officer and trying to ‘arrest’ woman – The Independent
‘A man has been jailed after impersonating a police officer and attempting to “arrest” a woman.’
The Independent, 8th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
