Barry George in compensation case – BBC News
“Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: murder
Sam Hallam: the cost of failure – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Imagine that and you are 17-years-old and wrongly convicted! Yesterday, the Court of Appeal quashed Sam Hallam’s conviction for murder by joint enterprise after he had served seven years of a life sentence. He is now 24. He has been inside since before Take That announced they would reform and before Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire became the highest grossing film of 2005. He has missed the 2008 Olympics and Diversity winning #BGT. He will not have been Facebooking his mates or hanging out with girls. He has no employment history, no iPhone and his Dad committed suicide whilst he was imprisoned.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Jordan Quailey murdered mother in Bedford as children played – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for at least 16 years after stabbing his girlfriend to death at a Bedfordshire house where eight children were playing.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sam Hallam murder conviction officially quashed – The Guardian
“A young man who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit has had his conviction quashed by judges.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boy faces life for murder after conkers row – The Independent
“A boy of 15 is facing a life sentence after being found guilty yesterday of murdering a student who was stabbed in a row over conkers.”
Independent, 17th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sam Hallam released after seven years in prison – The Guardian
“Sam Hallam became one of the youngest victims of a miscarriage of justice on Wednesday when the court of appeal released him after he served seven years for murder.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Care home criticised as resident is sentenced for murdering schoolboy – The Independent
“A private care home was criticised by a judge today as he sentenced a mentally ill resident to life for killing an innocent schoolboy.”
The Independent, 16th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sam Hallam to appeal against murder conviction – The Guardian
“A young man convicted of murder will take his case to the court of appeal on Wednesday after new evidence emerged raising doubts over key parts of the prosecution case against him.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who said God told him to attack tourist with cobblestone jailed – The Guardian
“A man undergoing psychiatric care who almost murdered a tourist outside York Minster by hitting him repeatedly with a cobblestone has been jailed for a minimum of four and a half years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend’s five-year-old son – The Guardian
“An unemployed man has been found guilty of murdering a five-year-old boy who had been admitted to hospital on several occasions before his death.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men jailed for shooting man dead after argument in McDonald’s – The Guardian
“Two men have been given life sentences for shooting a stranger dead after a row in a queue at McDonald’s.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christopher Hunnisett guilty of murdering Peter Bick – BBC News
“A man who was acquitted of murdering a vicar who he claimed abused him has been found guilty of killing a supermarket worker who he had sex with.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stephen Lawrence murder: Police corruption inquiry – BBC News
“Scotland Yard has called in the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to review fresh allegations of corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
David Oakes jailed for ex partner and daughter murders – BBC News
“A ‘domineering’ man is to spend the rest of life in prison for murdering his ex-partner and their daughter.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jeremy Bamber lawyers challenge refusal of appeal – The Guardian
“Lawyers acting for the convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber have issued a legal challenge to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) following its decision not to refer his case back to the court of appeal. They say the commission has acted ‘unlawfully, overstepped its powers and usurped the function of the appeal court’.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man jailed for life for killing again two decades after first murder – The Guardian
“An investigation is under way into the monitoring of a convicted killer who murdered for a second time after being freed from prison.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Murder most foul”: The right to life investigating homicide – UK Human Rights Blog
“In what circumstances is a criminal trial not sufficient to discharge the State’s duties under Article 2, the right to life, towards a victim of murder? The High Court held last week in this tragic case that a Coroner unlawfully and unreasonably decided not to resume an inquest into the death of a teenage girl where her killer had been ruled unfit to plead at the Old Bailey and handed an indefinite hospital order.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Government’s intelligence sharing agreements with US should be protected by secret material in drone strike case – UK Human Rights Blog
“A High Court judge has raised the prospect that national security implications may necessitate the closed material procedure (CMP) in a case being brought against the Foreign Office by the son of a drone strike victim, the Telegraph reports today.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Secret justice may be needed to hear ‘important’ drone case, judge suggests – Daily Telegraph
“Secret justice proposals may be needed in an ‘important’ case about the Government’s intelligence-sharing agreements with the US, a senior judge has suggested for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Birmingham new year party shooting killers lose appeal – BBC News
“Three men jailed for life for murdering two friends at a new year party in Birmingham have lost an appeal against their convictions.”
BBC News, 26th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
