Killer jailed in skull-find case – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: murder
Cannabis murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder – Judiciary of England and Wales
“Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th October 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Appeal date for Newlove killers – BBC News
“Two youths convicted of kicking a man to death outside his home in Cheshire will begin their appeals in November.”
BBC News, 15th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father jailed for smothering son – BBC News
“A man who smothered his two-year-old son and then tried to kill himself has been sentenced to life imprisonment.”
BBC News, 14th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Killer of champion boxer James Oyebola is jailed for life – The Guardian
“The gunman who shot dead the former British boxing champion James Oyebola in a row over smoking was jailed for life today.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Girl knife killer’s sentence cut – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 8th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appeal over Goth murder sentence – BBC News
“A gang who carried out a ‘feral’ attack on a couple because they were Goths are appealing against their sentences.”
BBC News, 7th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Modern Ripper’ jailed for life – BBC News
“A serial sex attacker convicted of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father jailed for life for murdering his children after marriage break-up – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Burglar guilty of woman’s murder – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of murdering a former work colleague after breaking into her south London office.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Balcony jump father John Hogan will not face charges in Britain – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Life sentence for boast murderer – BBC News
“A man who boasted he was ‘cool’ after stabbing a man who was protecting his son has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two drunken ‘laughing hyena’ louts jailed for beating innocent man to death – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bridgewater case ‘should reopen’ – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Husband gets life for wife murder – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life after he admitted stabbing his wife to death at their family home in Dorset.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Accidental’ stabbing man guilty – BBC News
“A man who claimed his girlfriend fatally stabbed herself in the back with a kitchen knife has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 11th September, 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Muslims accused of aircraft bomb plot to face retrial – The Independent
“Seven young British Muslims are to be retried for plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets using home-made liquid explosives in soft drink bottles.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Retrial for builder murder case – BBC News
“Two men jailed for life for kicking a retired builder to death in a Surrey street have had their convictions quashed by Appeal Court judges.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed in 1973 for murder challenges conviction – Daily Telegraph
“A man who was jailed for life for the brutal murder of a typist 35 years ago has returned to court to try to clear his name.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
