‘A fantasist was on Thursday given a whole-life jail term for murdering a policeman’s teenage daughter as a judge said that his “scripted” attack and obsession with violent pornography made him a “potential serial killer”.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two Royal Marines who were acquitted of the murder of an insurgent in Afghanistan have been named as Corporal Christopher Glyn Watson and Marine Jack Alexander Hammond. The release of their identities follows a ruling this month at the High Court in London. It was confirmed by the court that an anonymity order preventing publication of their names had been lifted.’
The Independent, 19th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been convicted of murdering a soldier in broad daylight near a military barracks in London, in the first al-Qaida-inspired attack to claim a life on British soil since 7 July 2005.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A landlord convicted of two murders after a row over rent has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 18th December 2013
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‘A man who murdered his 84-year-old grandmother by stabbing her 50 times in her bed and then attempted to kill a nine-year-old boy has been told he must serve minimum of 24 years in prison.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A father who claimed the family dog caused fatal injuries to his 11-month-old son has been jailed for life for his murder.’
BBC News, 18th December 2013
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‘A man jailed for murdering a father-of-two with a bottle at an event where singer Jessie J was performing has lost his conviction and sentence appeal.’
BBC News, 16th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘April Jones’ killer Mark Bridger is to appeal against his whole-life sentence.’
BBC News, 16th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a former partner and her baby son has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 11th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were 18, 27 and 40 years. Why were they so different?’
BBC News, 11th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who ran over her husband after suffering years of domestic violence has been given a suspended prison term.’
BBC News, 9th December 2013
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‘Lawyers for Royal Marine convicted of murder will launch an appeal against his conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Royal Marine filmed executing injured Taliban insurgent in cold blood is given ten year minimum jail sentence, as judge tells him: “You have betrayed all British service personnel. ” ‘
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A male escort has been jailed for life for the “cold and calculated” murder of an antiques dealer.’
BBC News, 5th December 2013
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‘It has taken more than a year for the courts to agree that the man previously known as Marine A should be named.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Most will now be familiar with the widely reported case of Marine A; he was convicted at the Court Martial on 8 November 2013 of murder. On 15 September 2011, Marine A shot a wounded Afghan soldier once in the chest after his base in Helmand had come under attack from two insurgents. An Apache helicopter was sent in as support and the Afghan soldier in question was seriously injured by gunfire from the helicopter. Footage of the incident caught on the helmet mounted camera of a second marine revealed that, upon discovering the injured soldier, Marine A asked if any of his men wanted to give the soldier first aid. Other marines replied in the negative and Marine A proceeded to, as the prosecution described, “execute” the soldier.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Three of the UK’s most senior judges are to rule on Thursday over whether the Royal Marine found guilty of murdering a wounded Afghan insurgent should be named in a case that has major implications for the principle of open justice.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jurors in the trial of two men accused of murdering the soldier Lee Rigby have been instructed not to research the case or view it with ‘any preconceived beliefs or ideas’.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A conman has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years after stabbing to death a wealthy woman in her flat, hiding her body in the boot of a car and spending her money.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life after admitting he murdered his disabled neighbour who had been wrongly branded a paedophile.’
BBC News, 28th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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