‘Colin Pitchfork has been arrested and sent back to prison just two months after being released, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced on Friday. He was let out in September after spending 33 years in jail for murdering two teenage girls in the 1980s.’
The Independent, 20th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former minister in Muammar Gaddafi’s government was jointly liable for the shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “serial abuser of women” has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend at a south-east London hotel.’
BBC News, 10th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of killing a teenager and attempting to murder her stepfather at a family-run Chinese takeaway in Wales.’
The Independent, 9th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A teenager has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years for murdering his 12-year-old friend after luring him to woodland and attempting to decapitate him.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “super courtroom” has been built to help deal with gang trials with large numbers of defendants.’
BBC News, 9th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A watchdog has issued a warning over police officers’ “unacceptable” use of WhatsApp to share sensitive operational information and discriminatory comments.’
The Independent, 7th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three gang members who randomly murdered a Marks & Spencer worker in a postcode war have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 5th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital worker has admitted murdering two women in 1987, and sexually abusing at least 100 female corpses, including children.“
BBC News, 5th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When DCI Simon Harding said that police officers viewed Wayne Couzens not as a police officer who was a murderer but as “a murderer who happened to be a police officer”, he was perhaps telling us more than he meant to about police culture. You might think that his cue came from the very top, after, in June, Dame Cressida Dick described the police as a body where you might find an “occasional bad’un”.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 5th October 2021
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘On 20 October 2021 the government published the latest statutory guidance for Chief Officers of Police. It comes into force on 1 November 2021. Given that the consultation was in 2019 it is almost certain that the timing of its publication and much of its content are a direct result of the tragic events in Plymouth on 12 August 2021, where five people were killed and two others injured by a man using a semi-automatic shotgun for which he held a shotgun certificate. This prompted steps to make the process of obtaining and, in particular, retaining a firearms or shotgun certificate more robust.’
5SAH, 25th October 2021
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘A police officer made degrading and sexist insults about two murdered women as he shared pictures from the scene where they were found with a colleague photographing their bodies and also sharing the images via WhatsApp.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been found guilty of murder after stabbing her husband to death following a row over a birthday meal.’
BBC News, 30th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been spared jail after sending a threatening email telling deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner she should “watch her back” after he found her address online.’
The Independent, 28th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who murdered two sisters at random in a park has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 35 years.’
BBC News, 28th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A prisoner has become the first person to be refused parole under a new law that makes it harder for killers to be released if they refuse to reveal where they hid their victim’s body.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of a baby boy who died after suffering “horrific” head injuries has been found guilty of his murder.’
BBC News, 26th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sarah Everard’s murderer is appealing against the whole-life sentence he was given at the Old Bailey last month, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 27th October 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by a man found guilty of soliciting the murder of his partner to blame his lawyers for abandoning his appeal against conviction.’
Legal Futures, 26th October 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A self-styled “black magician” has been removed from Facebook and Instagram after a BBC investigation exposed his influence on the killer of two sisters.’
BBC News, 20th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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