Rhys killer appeals over murder – BBC News
“The teenage killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones has lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.”
BBC News, 14th January 2009
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“The teenage killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones has lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.”
BBC News, 14th January 2009
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“Abused women who kill their partners in cold blood could escape a murder conviction under the biggest planned change in the law for a generation.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2009
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“A babysitter was cleared yesterday of murdering a two-year-old boy, marking the end of a long campaign to clear her name.”
The Times, 19th December 2008
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“Two teenage boys have been jailed for life for the unprovoked murder of a 44-year-old father in a churchyard attack.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
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“The Metropolitan Police have issued an humiliating public apology to the man wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell, after a convicted rapist admitted killing her in a frenzied knife attack on Wimbledon Common 16 years ago.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
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“Two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple have lost their appeal against their convictions.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
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“A hospital nurse who was found guilty of murdering two of his patients is to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
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“Jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields has won an important battle at the High Court in London in his bid for a free pardon.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
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“The teenage killer of Rhys Jones was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday by a judge who expressed his disgust at the murderer’s ‘brutality’ and ‘cowardice’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
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“An NHS doctor who waged a terrorist car-bomb campaign intended to kill and maim hundreds of people in London and Glasgow has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
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“A teenage gangster has been found guilty of murdering Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old schoolboy who was shot dead as he walked home from football practice last year.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
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“A man who tried to smother his elderly mother to claim an inheritance was jailed for five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2008
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“Judgement has been reserved in the appeal of two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple in their own home.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
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“Serial killer Steve Wright is seeking leave to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
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“A homophobic man has been jailed for life for stabbing to death an accountant in a public toilet.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
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“Three Asian men who were jailed for life for murdering a 23-year-old black man during riots in Birmingham in 2005 have had their convictions overturned.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
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“A father and son have been jailed for their part in the death of a 19-year-old who was killed in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
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R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 72; [2008] WLR (D) 380
“A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole imposed for two offences of murder in the first degree did not amount to inhuman or degrading punishment so that the Secretary of State had not acted unlawfully in ordering the extradition of an applicant to stand trial in the United States of America.”
WLR Daily, 10th December 2008
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Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The first person in the world to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence has been given permission to challenge his sentence.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
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“A teenager has been jailed for life for murdering a man after he had been lecherous towards her and her friends.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
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