‘Notorious police killer Harry Roberts has been released from prison. Roberts, now 78, was jailed for life for murdering three unarmed officers in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, in 1966.’
BBC News, 12th November 2014
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‘A man found guilty of attempting to murder two trainee nurses who were stabbed, doused with petrol and almost set on fire has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 11th November 2014
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‘The decision to scale back the police investigation into the deaths of marchers killed by soldiers in Londonderry in 1972 will be challenged in court by victims’ relatives.’
BBC News, 11th November 2014
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‘The law must be changed to ensure that the identities of juvenile killers and their families remain secret, says the barrister who defended the schoolboy murderer of teacher Ann Maguire.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2014
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‘The Ministry of Justice is to investigate whether a man reported to have murdered a woman in an act of cannibalism was properly managed after his release from prison.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2014
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‘The judge who sentenced the teenage killer of teacher Ann Maguire has defended his decision to identify him.’
BBC News, 6th November 2014
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‘Youth justice campaigners have voiced concerns over the 20-year minimum tariff given to the 16-year-old schoolboy who murdered teacher Ann Maguire.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2014
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‘Researchers at Birmingham City University have identified six types of killer who use Facebook to commit crimes, in the first-ever study on how the social networking site can affect criminal behaviour.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2014
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‘The 20-year minimum sentence handed out to the killer of teacher Ann Maguire is too harsh and puts Britain out of step with more lenient attitudes in the rest of Europe, according to a leading youth justice campaigner.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2014
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‘An 82-year-old puppy farmer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering his partner and her daughter in a double killing on his dog farm in Surrey.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2014
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‘Supreme Court judges will be asked this week to rule whether five men accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide should be extradited to face trial.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2014
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‘A man who killed a girl by hanging her at his parents’ house has lost his appeal against his whole-life sentence.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
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‘A man jailed alongside “sadistic” triple killer Joanne Dennehy is to appeal against the length of his sentence.’
BBC News, 30th October 2014
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‘The daughter of a woman shot dead by a puppy farmer has accused police of “putting the gun in the hands” of a murderer.’
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The Independent, 29th October 2014
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‘An “obsessively jealous” former police officer who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2014
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‘A Colwyn Bay woman who teamed up with others to kill her own father in a knife attack must accept her murder conviction, top judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2014
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‘A man who savagely beat three sisters in a “sustained and vicious” hammer attack as they slept with their young children in a luxury London hotel has been found guilty of attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 21st October 2014
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‘A man has been found guilty of murdering his identical twin brother in a drunken argument on New Year’s Eve.’
BBC News, 20th October 2014
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‘Bernard Finlay was found guilty of stabbing a mother of two to death with three kitchen knives and a cleaver in 1997.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2014
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‘In much of the UK, men on trial for killing their partner are no longer allowed to use the excuse of provocation. But are judges following the spirit of the law designed to eliminate sexism from the judicial process?’
BBC News, 15th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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