Riot murder convictions quashed – BBC News
“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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: murder
Jail for revenge killing ‘posse’ – BBC News
“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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
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
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
DNA murderer in sentence appeal – BBC News
“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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life term for neck-stab teenager – BBC News
“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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life for teenager’s two murderers – BBC News
“Two men who beat a teenager to death during a burglary at his Newcastle flat have been sentenced to life in prison.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tobin guilty of schoolgirl murder – BBC News
“Peter Tobin has been found guilty of the murder of Falkirk schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, who disappeared more than 17 years ago.”
BBC News, 2nd december 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life for farmer Robert Wilson who drove tractor over wife for insurance money – The Times
“A debt-ridden Cumbrian farmer who drove over his wife in his tractor to claim her life insurance and start a new life with his secret mistress was jailed for life yesterday.”
The Times, 29th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Student killer gang is sentenced – BBC News
“Four people have been sentenced over the killing of a Leicester student who was stabbed with a broken vodka bottle.”
BBC News, 28th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life for seven motorway killers of biker Gerry Tobin – The Guardian
“Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang were sentenced to life in prison at Birmingham crown court today for the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life sentence for doorstep murder – BBC News
“A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an Afghan immigrant to death outside his house in Oxford.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hannah Foster’s killer jailed for 24 years – Daily Telegraph
“The man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling teenager Hannah Foster – before going on the run to India – has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man drove car over fiancee’s head – BBC News
“A businessman has been jailed for life for murdering his fiancee by driving his Land Rover over her head as she lay injured on the ground.”
BBC News, 24th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Herbert, Regina v Harris, Regina v Hulme (Joseph), Regina v Hulme (Danny) and Regina v Mallett – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Even a definitive sentencing guideline was not to be used or approached as if each offence could be put into a fixed and inflexible compartment. The assessment of the seriousness of an offence involved a broad judgment of the overall criminality.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina v Height and Regina v Anderson – Times Law Reports
Regina v Height and Regina v Anderson
Court of Appeal
“The sentencing provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were not intended to be applied inflexibly. No scheme or guidance or statutory framework could be fully comprehensive, and any system of purported compartmentalisation or prescription had the potential to produce injustice.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from teh date of publication.
Mother to get answers over daughter’s rape and murder – Daily Telegraph
“An inquest is to be opened into the death of a woman murdered by a convicted rapist who had used the Human Rights Act to convince a panel he should be freed from jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Baby P three face ‘substantial’ jail sentences – The Independent
“The three people convicted of involvement in killing Baby P were warned that they face ‘substantial’ terms in prison.”
The Independent, 14th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Garry Newlove murder pair to begin appeals – Daily Telegraph
“Two teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove – who died after confronting a gang outside his home – are launching their appeals.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Investigation called after child murder case with echoes of Climbie – The Times
“A nationwide review of child protection has been ordered after a mother duped social workers into believing that a series of brutal injuries that led to her son’s death were accidental.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Up to 300 murders to be reviewed in nationwide cold case trawl – Daily Telegraph
“Files on up to 300 unsolved murders from the 1980s and 1990s could be reopened as part of a nationwide cold case review, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
