Five guilty of schoolboy stabbing – The Independent
“Five teenagers were today convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death as he arrived at school.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: murder
Shrien Dewani High Court SA extradition appeal date set – BBC News
“The High Court challenge against the extradition of Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani is to take place next month.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stoke Newington cigarette row: Two jailed over killing – BBC News
“Two people have been jailed over the killing of a housemate in north London.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dumo Sibanda house fire murder: George Sithole jailed – BBC News
“A ‘jealous and possessive’ man has been jailed for life for murdering a six-year-old girl who died in a Sussex house fire seven years ago.”
BBC News, 10th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public school gangster jailed for 30 years – The Independent
“A former public schoolboy who wanted to be a gangster was jailed for a minimum 30 years for murder today.”
The Independent, 10th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wandsworth Prison murder: Killers jailed for life – BBC News
“Two men convicted of murdering a man outside a prison in south London have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 10th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inmate Kevan Thakrar cleared over prison guards attack – BBC News
“A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.”
BBC News, 9th November 2011
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Clare’s law: Government urged to back campaign – BBC News
“The government has been urged to support a campaign by the father of a Salford woman who was murdered by a man she met on Facebook.”
BBC News, 7th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wife strangled after smashing up husband’s Star Wars toys – Daily Telegraph
“A husband has been found guilty of murder for strangling his Thai wife after she smashed up his collection of Star Wars toys.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Vincent Tabak guilty of Joanna Yeates murder – The Guardian
“Vincent Tabak has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his neighbour Joanna Yeates. The judge has ordered that he must spend at least 20 years in prison.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife murderers in ‘loss of control’ Appeal Court bid – BBC News
“The Court of Appeal is being urged to overturn the convictions of three men who killed their wives in the first appeals after a change to murder laws.”
BBC News, 25th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman guilty of stabbing husband to death in TV row – BBC News
“A north London woman who stabbed her husband during a row over what to watch on TV has been cleared of his murder.”
BBC News, 25th October 2011
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Man jailed for knife attack on police – The Guardian
“A knifeman described as one of the most dangerous men in Britain has been jailed for life for trying to kill two police officers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christopher Chapman murder: Girls jailed for life – BBC News
“Two teenage girls have been jailed for life for the murder of a man during a drunken row in Northumberland.”
BBC News, 21st October 2011
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Men jailed for mistaken identity murder in Catford – BBC News
“Two killers who shot a man in a ‘roadside execution’ in front of his wife in south London have been jailed.”
BBC News, 21st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
End of ‘year and a day rule’ led to Clift murder charge – BBC News
“Screwdriver killer Leigh Clift was brought back to court and convicted of murder following a change in a the law allowing him to be charged with a different offence over the same attack on Milton Keynes man Jonathan Barton.”
BBC News, 21st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leigh Clift jailed for life for screwdriver murder – BBC News
“A man convicted of murder when his victim died nine years after he was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver has been jailed for at least six years.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
IPCC says police failed murdered young mother – The Independent
“A young mother was beaten to death by her violent ex-partner after police failed to intervene 11 times, investigators said today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man gets 27 years for woods murder – The Independent
“The mother of an economics graduate has said she can never forgive her daughter’s killer for destroying the lives of so many when he battered the 25-year-old to death in woodland near where she worked.”
The Independent, 7th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Householder cleared over fatal stabbing of intruder – The Guardian
“A householder arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an intruder at his home has been cleared of any wrongdoing.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
