“A 21-year-old driver caught on CCTV ploughing into a group of friends as they crossed the street has been convicted of four counts of attempted murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“There will be no public inquiry into the handling of a police corruption trial surrounding a notorious murder case, the Home Office has confirmed.”
BBC News, 27th September 2013
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“An alleged double gang murderer wanted for trial in eastern Europe has stalled his extradition for two years over his ‘human rights’, it can be disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2013
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“The murder of a woman confronted by her husband with evidence of an affair from a private investigator was ‘not preventable’, a report has found.”
BBC News, 27th September 2013
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“One of the two men wrongly convicted over the murder of Rachel Manning said their compensation bid had been “signed off” by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).”
BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two prisoners who bound and strangled to death a fellow inmate in a high-security prison have been told they will serve the rest of their lives behind bars. Gary Smith, 48, and Lee Newell, 44, who were already serving life for killings, were both given whole-life sentences by a judge for the ‘chilling’ murder of Subhan Anwar.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fourteen police officers could face charges after senior judges found a ‘serious perversion of the course of justice’ in a murder case in which five men were wrongly convicted over a gangland murder.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
“Lawyers for Shrien Dewani, the honeymoon murder suspect, are to ask British prosecutors to consider bringing a case against him in a dramatic attempt to avoid a trial in South Africa.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two inmates have been found guilty of strangling a child killer with his own tracksuit bottoms at a maximum security prison in Worcestershire.”
BBC News, 19th September 2013
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“One in seven murders in Britain is committed by suspects who have been bailed while awaiting trial for other crimes, new Ministry of Justice figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Teachers, health professionals, social workers and police officers treated four-year-old Daniel Pelka as if he was invisible, failing to prevent his mother and stepfather from murdering him after a campaign of torture and starvation, an independent report has found.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Daniel Pelka – Serious Case Review
“The two men wrongly convicted over the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Milton Keynes in 2000 have renewed their battle for compensation.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are facing a fresh challenge on human rights grounds to their ability to deport foreign criminals.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The landlord of the murdered landscape architect Joanna Yeates has received a letter from police expressing ‘regret’ for the first time at the way he was treated after being arrested over her killing.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquest will be opened into the death of murdered schoolgirl April Jones later. The five year old was abducted on 1 October 2012 and killed by Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, Powys, in a sexually motivated attack.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five murderers who were released on licence from their life sentences have killed again in the past four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior detective who ignored the rules governing the questioning of a suspect as he tried to solve a high-profile abduction case should answer a charge of gross misconduct, the police watchdog has ruled.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who slashed two friends with a knife during a drunken row over the
murder of soldier Lee Rigby has been jailed for five years.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The families of four Royal Military Police NCOs killed by an Iraqi mob are to bring a Human Rights Act claim to try to force a public inquiry.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Thames Valley Police have apologised to two men wrongly convicted over the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Milton Keynes in 2000.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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