‘Sarah Everard’s parents are campaigning for tougher sentencing for serious violent and sexual criminals as part of a new campaign group being launched in Parliament.’
BBC News, 26th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men lured a record producer to an isolated cottage in a botched kidnap attempt due to his Israeli heritage, a court heard. The kidnappers were motivated by political and religious reasons, as well as money, when they posed as representatives of Polydor Records to target Itay Kashti, Swansea Crown Court heard.’
BBC News, 14th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Council has published two new guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of: blackmail, and kidnap or false imprisonment. The new guidelines are the first for these serious offences. They have been developed through consultation to help judges sentence the wide range of offending covered by cases of blackmail, kidnap or false imprisonment. The new guidelines apply to adults sentenced in England and Wales and will come into effect on 1 April 2025.’
Sentencing Council, 12th February 2025
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘A former US Air Force pilot accused of kidnapping a nine-year-old girl outside Harrods and then sexually assaulting her has been found not guilty.’
BBC News, 29th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cult members who plotted to kidnap and falsely imprison a coroner they accused of “necromancy” have been jailed.’
The Independent, 29th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Members of an “anti-establishment cult” who stormed into a court with handcuffs have been found guilty of trying to kidnap a coroner.’
BBC News, 30th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scores of asylum-seeking children are still missing from the UK’s Home Office hotels as a new report reveals that many are likely to have been trafficked.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An “obsessed” security guard who purchased items for a “kidnap kit” including shackles and chloroform has been handed three life sentences for plotting to abduct, rape and cut the throat of TV personality Holly Willoughby.’
The Independent, 13th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A security guard has been found guilty of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder television presenter Holly Willoughby.’
BBC News, 4th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A convicted kidnapper has had his prison sentence extended by two years and three months for drug charges.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Imran Khodabocus looks at some of the common misconceptions that surround honour based abuse and discusses why a legal definition is long overdue.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A former Metropolitan Police officer jailed for multiple counts of rape has been described as the “devil” and a “pathetic excuse of a man” by his victims.’
The Independent, 1st May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who stole a car while a vulnerable 89-year-old passenger was inside it has been jailed.’
BBC News, 15th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A maternity unit has failed to meet safe staffing levels for four years and had insufficient measures to stop baby abductions, a report says. A regulator highlighted “significant patient safety concerns” at the unit at Singleton Hospital in Swansea.’
BBC News, 15th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men who killed a radio DJ in an empty bar near Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium have been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of an armed gang which kidnapped and brutally tortured a man for 27 hours have been imprisoned for between 25 and six years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th October 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘British Airways passengers and crew taken hostage in Kuwait are set to take legal action against the government and the airline, lawyers say.’
BBC News, 12th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed for kidnapping a teenager and threatening him with a shotgun and sword as they robbed him.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fake taxi driver who kept condoms, latex gloves and Viagra in his car as he prowled the streets for vulnerable women has been jailed for 18 years, police said.’
The Independent, 25th July 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Placing unaccompanied children in hotels run by the Home Office is “unlawful”, according to a legal action launched after hundreds of youngsters living in them have gone missing.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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