Knife killer must serve 16 years – BBC News

Posted October 20th, 2008 in drug abuse, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A drug addict who stabbed a 75-year-old man to death in a random attack in Bristol has been told he must serve at least 16 years in prison.”

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BBC News, 17th October 2008

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Man killed wife in Facebook row – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in domestic violence, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.”

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BBC News, 17th October 2008

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Murder mastermind’s life sentence – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in murder, news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“A remand prisoner has been sentenced to life for ordering a shooting using a mobile phone smuggled into prison.”

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BBC News, 17th October 2008

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Guilty of murder: man who set up shooting from prison cell – The Guardian

Posted October 17th, 2008 in murder, news, prisons by sally

“A man was convicted yesterday of plotting the murder of his former friend on a mobile phone from his cell in a high security prison.”

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The Guardian, 17th October 2008

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Father convicted of son’s murder – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in murder, news by sally

“A bus driver has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old son after an argument at their Norfolk flat.”

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BBC News, 16th October 2008

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Killer jailed in skull-find case – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a fellow Lithuanian whose skull was discovered in the garden of a house in north-west London.”

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BBC News, 16th October 2008

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Cannabis murderer jailed for life – BBC News

Posted October 16th, 2008 in drug abuse, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A cannabis user who stabbed his girlfriend to death after becoming convinced she was part of a plot to kill him has been jailed for murder.”

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BBC News, 16th October 2008

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Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted October 16th, 2008 in bail, consultations, murder by sally

“Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th October 2008

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Appeal date for Newlove killers – BBC News

Posted October 15th, 2008 in appeals, murder, news, young offenders by sally

“Two youths convicted of kicking a man to death outside his home in Cheshire will begin their appeals in November.”

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BBC News, 15th October 2008

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Father jailed for smothering son – BBC News

Posted October 15th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who smothered his two-year-old son and then tried to kill himself has been sentenced to life imprisonment.”

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BBC News, 14th October 2008

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Killer of champion boxer James Oyebola is jailed for life – The Guardian

Posted October 9th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“The gunman who shot dead the former British boxing champion James Oyebola in a row over smoking was jailed for life today.”

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The Guardian, 9th October 2008

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Girl knife killer’s sentence cut – BBC News

Posted October 8th, 2008 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A teenager who stabbed a young mother to death after bingeing on drink and drugs has had her minimum sentence cut by three years at the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 8th October 2008

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Appeal over Goth murder sentence – BBC News

Posted October 7th, 2008 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A gang who carried out a ‘feral’ attack on a couple because they were Goths are appealing against their sentences.”

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BBC News, 7th October 2008

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‘Modern Ripper’ jailed for life – BBC News

Posted October 6th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A serial sex attacker convicted of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.”

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BBC News, 6th October 2008

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Father jailed for life for murdering his children after marriage break-up – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 3rd, 2008 in domestic violence, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A father who murdered his disabled daughter and young son in their bedrooms after struggling with the breakdown of his marriage has been jailed for life.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2008

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Burglar guilty of woman’s murder – BBC News

Posted September 30th, 2008 in burglary, murder, news by sally

“A man has been found guilty of murdering a former work colleague after breaking into her south London office.”

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BBC News, 30th September 2008

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Balcony jump father John Hogan will not face charges in Britain – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 29th, 2008 in murder, news, prosecutions by sally

“John Hogan, the father who allegedly pushed his six-year-old son to his death from a hotel balcony in Greece, will not be prosecuted in Britain, it has been announced.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008

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Life sentence for boast murderer – BBC News

Posted September 26th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who boasted he was ‘cool’ after stabbing a man who was protecting his son has been jailed for life.”

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BBC News, 26th September 2008

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Two drunken ‘laughing hyena’ louts jailed for beating innocent man to death – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 26th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Two drunken louts who acted ‘like laughing hyenas’ as they beat an innocent man to death have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008

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Bridgewater case ‘should reopen’ – BBC News

Posted September 16th, 2008 in miscarriage of justice, murder, news by sally

“The mother of a man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murdering a paperboy says he and the family want the case to be reopened.”

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BBC News, 15th September 2008

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