“The best friend of a teenager whose body was discovered in a drain more than two decades ago will this week be sentenced for manslaughter after he contacted police and confessed to killing his friend.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Contrary to press reports last week, there is no defence to murder in England and Wales that the killing was a crime of passion.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A partner’s affair can no longer be treated by courts as a defensible reason to lose control and kill – but it can be a factor.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A nurse who was murdered by her estranged husband was failed by police who dismissed her complaint that he was harassing her as a case of ‘bickering adults.'”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has found that there would be no breach of Article 3 ECHR (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) in extraditing two men accused of murder to the US.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2012
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A former miner who killed his wife during a row over a cup of tea has lost his bid to overturn his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 45-year-old man jailed for murdering his wife after she left him and found a new man has had his conviction quashed.”
BBC News, 17th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Strasbourg Court has found three British murderers’ imprisonment for life is not inhuman or degrading and therefore not in violation of Article 3.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Britain’s most dangerous criminals can be kept behind bars for the rest of their lives, judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled.”
BBC News, 17th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who attempted to murder his girlfriend by burying her alive in a cardboard box was jailed for 20 years today.”
The Independent, 13th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The retention by Merseyside Police of the diaries of a woman whose husband was convicted of her murder is to be examined by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 13th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New evidence in this case means the CCRC should refer it to the court of appeal as soon as possible.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Stephen Lawrence’s killers will serve many years in prison beyond their minimum sentence unless they admit their guilt, say legal experts.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A terrorist jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner has lost a legal battle to secure his release, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 6th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for aggravated burglary at the home of a man who fatally stabbed one of four intruders in Greater Manchester.”
BBC News, 5th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dominic Grieve to look into leniency of sentences handed to Gary Dobson and David Norris after receiving complaint.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There has been surprise, from the Daily Mail amongst others that Dobson and Norris, now in their mid-30s, were sentenced as juveniles. Curiously, they have also been sentenced under historic law dating back to around 1993, which means they cannot be sentenced under harsh new guidance for racially aggrevated crimes.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th January 2012
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/
” The judge in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial urged police today not to “close the file” on catching the rest of his killers. Mr Justice Treacy made his appeal as Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said that the remaining culprits ‘should not rest easily in their beds’. It is understood that police plan to meet next week to assess where the case stands. Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, received life sentences at the Old Bailey today for the racist murder of Mr Lawrence nearly 19 years ago.”
The Independent, 4th January 2012
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“Gary Dobson could never have been convicted of murdering Stephen Lawrence nearly 19 years ago if the law had not been changed in 2003.”
The Guardian, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” A woman has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years after she murdered her fiance by locking him in a storeroom at his workplace and setting fire to the building.”
The Independent, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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