‘The murder of a teacher by one of her pupils during a class at a Leeds school could not have been predicted or pre-empted, an official investigation has found.’
the Guardian, 8th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prosecutors are failing to tackle “honour crimes” in British Asian communities for fear of causing unrest, a Scotland Yard whistleblower has said.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘No arrests for kerb crawling have been made in the past six years in a town where five sex workers were murdered, police figures show.’
BBC News, 5th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 23-year-old father has today been sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 15 years, after he was found guilty of the murder of his six-week-old son.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Judges have refused to overturn guilty verdicts in a “joint enterprise” challenge by men convicted of group attack murders.’
BBC News, 31st October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ten years ago, five women died after being snatched off the streets of Ipswich and murdered.’
BBC News, 30th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legal challenges follow a Supreme Court decision in February that the application of the law on joint enterprise, otherwise known as common enterprise, had taken ‘a wrong turn’ and been misinterpreted for 30 years.’
The Independent, 31st October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A father who violently threw his crying baby on to the sofa in a fit of temper has been jailed for life for her murder.’
BBC News, 26th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Michael Barrymore has won his claim that police wrongfully arrested him over the murder of a man found dead in his swimming pool, it has been reported.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An unemployed father of two from Peterborough has been told he will serve at least 34 years in prison for the murder of a rare books dealer in Oxford.’
The Guardian 24th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “fire-obsessed” care home worker who killed a 96-year-old resident by setting fire to her room has been given 14 life sentences.’
BBC News, 21st October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Review to examine if signs of deviant behaviour were missed in boy and girl, now 15, who killed Elizabeth and Katie Edwards.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A decade since London Road was made notorious by the death of five sex workers, its residents have transformed the community and seen their story on stage and screen. But now, they fear government cuts will undo all the work.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘MPs have voted in favour of a new “Helen’s Law” to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims’ remains are.’
BBC News, 11th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake has been given a whole-life tariff for killing her and their two children.’
BBC News, 5th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Geoffrey Robertson QC, a former UN judge, hits back after Prime Minister vows to defend Armed Forces personnel from “activist left-wing human rights lawyers.” ‘
The Independent, 5th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman from Rhondda Cynon Taff who murdered her husband in a “sustained, nasty and brutal” attack with her son has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who stabbed two strangers to death in Essex in 2014 has lost his appeal against a minimum term of 27 years’ detention.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Humans are predisposed to murder each other, new research suggests, although it remains unclear if it’s down to genetics or other factors.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Women account for half of the 2,100 people who become long-term missing every year, but a lack of central database hampers search efforts.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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