“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
“Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death at a south London bus stop. Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty by an Old Bailey jury after a trial based on forensic evidence.”
BBC News, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a former public schoolboy gunned down in a pub have been refused in their request to find out if his killer was in the country legally – to protect his privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father and the two sons he recruited for a ‘mission to murder’ a business associate have been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Gnango [2011] UKSC; [2011] WLR (D) 365
“When two gunmen chose to indulge in a gunfight in a public place, each intending to kill or cause serious injury to the other, in circumstances where there was a foreseeable risk that an innocent bystander might be injured or killed, and one of the gunmen accidenatally shot and killed a passerby, both gunmen were guilty of murder.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has re-instated the murder conviction of a man who took part in a shoot-out, even though he did not fire the fatal shot.”
BBC News, 14th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On hearing of the Ministry of Justice’s plan to raise the starting point for the minimum term in murder cases where victims are transgender or disabled, you would be forgiven for expressing surprise that there was an existing disparity. We pride ourselves on being alive to equality and here is a glaring and shameful example of imbalance to the detriment of a vulnerable minority.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Two pairs of brothers have been jailed for life for the murder of a Birmingham shopkeeper during a robbery.”
BBC News, 12th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Mandatory life sentences erode the judiciary’s independence and fail to take account of the individual circumstances of a case.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges are straying too far in the world of politics and should stay within their ‘proper function’, the head of the judiciary, Lord Judge, has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The public would support reforming the penalty for murder to make life imprisonment the maximum sentence rather than mandatory, a group of penal reformers argue in a report to be published this week.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A university student is facing life imprisonment after being convicted of killing a fellow student and stuffing him into an airing cupboard.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have been criticised by an independent watchdog for a botched raid that led to the death of reggae star Smiley Culture, it was revealed on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Little could have been done to save the lives of two children killed by their mother, a serious case review has concluded.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The court of appeal has instructed the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate the authenticity of ‘explosive’ documents in the case of Kevin Lane, jailed for life for a 1994 hitman murder. Lord Justice Hughes has asked the CCRC to deliver a progress report on this and other aspects of the case by the end of January.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors for the family of a Cardiff woman murdered by her ex-partner say a judge has ruled a damages claim against two police forces can continue.”
BBC News, 26th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who battered her 92-year-old grandmother to death after stealing her life savings has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years and six months.”
BBC News, 21st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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