‘Following plans announced at the Conservative Party’s recent conference to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, Harriet Johnson reminds us why we signed it in the first place, and underlines why it remains such an important safeguard over half a century later.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘A young woman who laughed as she kicked and punched a man before stripping him and leaving him for dead in a skip has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A dog breeder shot his partner and her daughter in a “dreadful display of violence” after he claimed they had been tormenting him, a court heard.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Killers released under the Mental Health Act need better supervision to prevent them reoffending, campaigners warn.’
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More cases of ritual child abuse linked to belief in witchcraft are being reported, the police said.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Six police officers and staff could face criminal charges over an incident where a man was murdered by a vigilante after being wrongly accused of being a paedophile.’
The Independent, 7th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Newport man has been jailed for life after he stabbed and strangled his girlfriend as she lay in the bath.’
BBC News, 6th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former police marksman charged with the murder of Azelle Rodney has been named for the first time as Anthony Long.’
The Independent, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who strangled his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend with a scarf has been jailed for life for her murder.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been cleared of attempting to kill her mother by poisoning her diet coke in a plot said to have been inspired by the cult American TV show Breaking Bad.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenage boy obsessed with a TV serial killer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering and dismembering his 17-year-old girlfriend.’
BBC News, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “callous and brutal” father who murdered his baby daughter by repeatedly biting, punching and shaking her has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of R (on the application of Nunn) v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary and another sheds further light on the continuing duty of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to disclose information in criminal cases post-conviction.’
RPC Privacy Law, 19th September 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘A series of police blunders contributed to the death of a woman who was murdered by her estranged husband after years of domestic abuse.’
BBC News, 17th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three drug dealers have each been jailed for a minimum of 37 years for murdering nursery school teacher Sabrina Moss on her 24th birthday.’
BBC News, 12th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Catholic man who attacked his openly gay flatmate by striking him on the head with a claw hammer as he slept has been found guilty of attempted murder.’
The Independent, 9th September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a man in a “vicious attack”.’
BBC News, 5th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A stalker who subjected a neighbour to a five-year campaign of intimidation before stabbing her is trying to have his life sentence for attempted murder overturned.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four teenagers have been convicted at the Old Bailey of killing a man with a mental age of nine who was stabbed during a mugging in west London.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four teenagers have been convicted at the Old Bailey of killing a man with a mental age of nine who was stabbed during a mugging in west London.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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