‘A headmaster who supervised a school trip to Brazil where a pupil was murdered after a drunken night out has been found guilty of professional misconduct but has not been banned from teaching.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Zack Davies has today been sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder after he attacked a man with a machete in a racially aggravated attack in January. He must serve a minimum of 14 years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th September 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A coroner has questioned whether there should be an inquest in the UK into the death of businessman Shrien Dewani’s wife, Anni, during a carjacking in South Africa.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Baby deaths at an NHS hospital could have been prevented if reforms recommended after the Harold Shipman case were made, it has been claimed.’
BBC News, 5th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thirty years ago, brutal child killer Colin Pitchfork became the first person to be convicted using DNA profiling.’
BBC News, 6th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after he admitted the murder of a student following a So Solid Crew gig 14 years ago.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The parents of a murdered teenager have welcomed a decision to make a senior police officer face a misconduct panel.’
BBC News, 29th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man with a history of violent and sexual offending has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years for the savage murder of a Leeds University student.’
BBC News, 21st August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Campaigners fighting for the release of convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber have started a petition asking for documents relating to his case to be released.’
BBC News, 15th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “remorseless” attacker who hit a stranger over the head with a concrete slab until he was unconscious has been jailed for 17 years.’
BBC News, 7th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life after shooting dead a mother-of-two in an attack that was intended to kill someone else.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man convicted of murdering Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers has been jailed for life and will serve at least 33 years.’
BBC News, 28th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An abusive husband has been convicted of gunning down his mother-in-law on her doorstep in Pakistan in a revenge killing after his wife left him.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A drug dealer who stabbed and bludgeoned to death a business associate to steal his Range Rover has been jailed for at least 25 years.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A serious case review has been launched following the murder of a two-year-old boy from Coventry.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police watchdog will not directly investigate how officers failed to notice that a notorious gangland figure found dead in his garden had been shot six times by a professional hitman.’
The Independent, 16th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed an “accomplished” boxer through the heart in a street brawl has been handed a life sentence.’
BBC News, 15th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An appeal against the conviction of two men for the “body in a carpet” killing of a teenage girl more than two decades ago will be heard next year.’
BBC News, 15th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Does the law of joint enterprise cause injustice? That’s the question the supreme court will confront in October. If its answer is yes, the UK’s most senior judges will have the chance to put things right.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who spent two decades locked up for a murder he insists he did not commit has lost an appeal against his conviction.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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