“Large numbers of prisoners are being held behind bars despite posing no threat to society, the chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales said last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jury-less criminal trials have sparked controversy in the legal profession, pitting prosecutors against defence lawyers. The Criminal Justice Act 2003, which made them possible, was introduced amid concerns over jury nobbling. David Blunkett, who was Home Secretary, said that in London alone £9 million was being spent every year on surveillance of jurors. People who tried to intimidate jurors did so for one reason, he said — ‘because they think that those in front of the judge and jury will be convicted’.”
The Times, 1st April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Network Rail will today try to avert next week’s planned four-day national rail strike by challenging the strike ballot in the high court.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jon Venables will not be tried in secret if he is charged with the alleged offences for which he was sent back to prison, Jack Straw has said.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
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“A prison monitor has been given a suspended jail sentence for sending explicit photographs of herself and engaging in ‘phone sex’ with inmates.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The parents of a brain damaged boy from Essex have been awarded £1.75m compensation by the High Court.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men must serve more than 20 years in prison for murdering a boy who was shot in the head in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father who filmed himself raping his baby daughter has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 49-year-old man was jailed for three-and-a-half years today after he admitted running a counterfeit coin factory producing thousands of pounds of fake £1 coins, police said.”
The Independent, 31st March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A policeman who was filmed striking a woman protester with his baton during the G20 protests was cleared of assault today.”
The Times, 31st March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The disgraced police officer Ali Dizaei was dismissed from the force today.”
The Times, 31st March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The former president of a village bowls club was jailed for more than four years today for raping a grandmother.”
The Independent, 31st March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The leader of an armed robbery gang learned today that he was likely to die in jail after being convicted by a judge in an historic trial without a jury.”
The Independent, 31st March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Laura Pettitt, 27, was accused of cruelty to 10 different children while she was working at Little Stars nursery in Bromley, south London, between January 2006 and November 2008. But after a week-long trial a jury at Croydon Crown Court found her not guilty on all counts.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An auctioneer has been fined £1,000 and left with a criminal record for trying to sell a chest of drawers containing 100-year-old birds’ eggs.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Websites close down as Lib Dem MPs say decision could jeopardise future prosecutions of dealers.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rapist who dumped his victim on a rubbish tip has escaped deportation after winning a High Court battle to stay in Britain so that he can get married.”
The Times, 31st March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“OPINION: ISPs, indexing services and other online service providers will rest a little easier this week after a High Court ruling yesterday that gave much-needed clarity to UK copyright law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A venture capital company that breached the confidentiality of businessmen who came to it with a proposition should only have to pay damages as compensation and not a share of their profits from the deal, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former chairman of Wrexham FC has been banned from being a director of any UK company for seven years.”
BBC News, 30th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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