Shrewsbury murderer Robin Ligus killed another man – BBC News
“A jury has decided a convicted murderer from Shropshire killed another man in the county 17 years ago.”
BBC News, 14th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: murder
Suffolk man jailed for murder and knife attack – BBC News
“A man who killed his girlfriend and slashed another woman less than six months after being cleared of murder has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Michael Gilbert: Police lagoon victim probes ‘flawed’ – BBC News
“Three police investigations involving a Bedfordshire man who was murdered, decapitated and dumped in a lake were ‘flawed’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man sentenced to 10 years for trying to kill wife with electric chair – The Guardian
“When Andrew Castle’s wife of 18 years asked him for a divorce, his response was to rig up a homemade electric chair in his garage and try to kill her.”
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The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
DPP responds to Louise Casey report with enhanced service to bereaved families – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service is extending its service for bereaved families at court, announced the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, today. He also welcomed the Victims Commissioners report: Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Life term for wife killer Malcolm Webster – The Independent
“A man who murdered his first wife in a staged car crash and tried to kill his second in a copycat smash was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sun and Daily Mirror articles ‘could have impeded trial’ in Yeates case – The Guardian
“The Sun and Daily Mirror published three stories after the arrest of a suspect in the hunt for the killer of Joanna Yeates that could have ‘prejudiced’ and ‘impeded’ a trial, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, told the high court on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murder victims’ families treated awfully in court warns Louise Casey – The Guardian
“The families of murder victims receive worse treatment from the courts than the rich and wealthy who want to protect their privacy and they need a statutory ‘victims’ law’ to protect their rights.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Witness in murder trial ‘went online to mock the defendant’ – Daily Telegraph
“A key teenage witness in a murder trial went online within minutes of giving evidence to mock the defendant, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Whole life’ term for hair fetish killer – The Independent
“A hair fetishist has been given a ‘whole life’ jail sentence for the ‘depraved’ and ‘callous’ murder and mutilation of a mother of two.”
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Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hair in hand’ case: Danilo Restivo guilty of Heather Barnett murder – The Guardian
“A man with a fetish for surreptitiously cutting locks of hair from girls and women has been found guilty of murdering a British seamstress and now faces extradition over the killing of a teenager in Italy.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jane Clough murder: Bail law read in Commons – BBC News
“A Lancashire MP has introduced a bill in Parliament which he claims could have prevented the murder of Blackpool nurse Jane Clough.”
BBC News, 28th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke backs judge over Milly Dowler murder trial – BBC News
“Kenneth Clarke has said he recognises the ‘appalling’ treatment of Milly Dowler’s family at her killer’s trial.”
BBC News, 28th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nail bomber David Copeland loses sentence appeal – BBC News
“Nail bomber David Copeland has failed in his bid to reduce his minimum jail term of 50 years.”
BBC News, 28th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Levi Bellfield gets life without parole – The Guardian
“Levi Bellfield refused to leave his prison cell to hear Mr Justice Wilkie sentence him to life without parole and condemn him as a ‘cruel and pitiless killer’.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Milly Dowler family’s court ordeal ‘appalling’ says victims czar Louise Casey – Daily Telegraph
“The treatment of Milly Dowler’s family in court has been branded ‘appalling’ by the Government’s victims’commissioner, Louise Casey.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sally Challen guilty of murdering husband Richard with hammer – BBC News
“A woman has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering her estranged husband by bludgeoning him to death with a hammer.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Devon man jailed for double murder – The Guardian
“A ‘controlling and dominating’ husband has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years for the murder of his estranged wife and her friend in a frenzied sex attack.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Levi Bellfield guilty of Milly Dowler murder – BBC News
“Former nightclub doorman Levi Bellfield has been found guilty of murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dewi Evans guilty of Pontyberem murder of wife Jackie – BBC News
“A former miner who stabbed his wife during a row after she refused his offer of a cup of tea has been unanimously convicted of murder.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
