Charge against ‘gay sin’ preacher dropped – BBC News
“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.”
BBC News, 17th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Man jailed for life killing Asperger’s suffering neighbour – The Independent
“A man was jailed for life today for stabbing to death his vulnerable neighbour, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, after making fun of him.”
The Independent, 17th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer – Times Law Reports
ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer
Supreme Court
“Family members who applied to enter the United Kingdom to join a sponsor who had been granted asylum did not have to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirements imposed by the ordinary rules relating to applications by family members, even if the sponsor had, by then, obtained British citizenship.”
The Times, 17th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother who beat toddler son to death is jailed for a minimum of 16 years – The Independent
“A mother has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted yesterday of murdering her young son.”
The Independent, 15th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials – The Guardian
“The government will attempt to make intercept evidence admissible in court, the Guardian has learned, in a move likely to bring ministers into conflict with the intelligence services.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
White supremacist jailed over chemical weapon – The Independent
“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge replaced in Chelsea barracks case – Daily Telegraph
“The case has caused a stir because correspondence from the Prince of Wales will be used as evidence, in what has become a row over the most expensive piece of land in Britain and an argument between modernist and traditional architects.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2010
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Gary McKinnon: a test case for principles – The Guardian
“The first acid test for Britain’s new government is not the economy, but whether it is capable of an act of simple humanity. Can Theresa May deliver on the repeated promise of Tory and Lib Dem leaders to end the torment inflicted by the state on Gary McKinnon, the hacker with Asperger’s syndrome, whom the Home Office wants to send to lengthy imprisonment and likely suicide in a US jail? His courtroom cruelty is scheduled to begin again on 24 May: the time has come to end it, once and for all.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gary McKinnon: Theresa May urged to block extradition order – The Guardian
“Campaigners for the computer hacker Gary McKinnon have called for support from the new coalition government in their latest bid to overturn a decision to allow him to be extradited to the US.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barry George wins damages over claim he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole – Daily Telegraph
“Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Competition Commission confirms ban on point-of-sale PPI – The Guardian
“Watchdog rejects appeal, saying ruling will bring more choice and cheaper rates to payment protection insurance market.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Camden Ripper must never be released, judge rules – The Guardian
“High court judge issues ‘whole life’ order to Anthony Hardy, who was given three life sentences for murder of women.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government outlines plans on privacy and surveillance – OUT-LAW.com
“The new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government said that it will beef up freedom of information law and reduce the number of people whose details are held on the Government’s DNA database.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Council breached information law – BBC News
“A council has been told it breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide an AM details about the cost of employing education consultants.”
BBC News, 14th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reading transsexual to wait for NHS breast op ruling – BBC News
“A transsexual who started a High Court battle for the legal right to NHS funding for breast augmentation surgery will have to wait for a judgement.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teesside hammer killer refused Guardian interview – BBC News
“A psychopath who bludgeoned a Teesside doctor to death with a hammer has been refused the right to a face-to-face interview with a newspaper journalist.”
BBC News, 14th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Girl, 8, admits she lied about sexual assault – The Independent
“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ban on lawyer who aided boiler rooms – The Times
“A solicitor with a double first from Cambridge and a spell at Rothschild’s on his CV was fined £200,000 and banned from the City yesterday for his role in helping boiler room scammers to terrorise and rip off at least 130 people.”
The Times, 14th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
City of London security guards told to report ‘suspicious’ photographers – The Guardian
“More than 5,000 security guards in London’s financial district have been instructed by police to report people taking photographs, recording footage or even making sketches near buildings, the Guardian has learned. City of London police’s previously unseen advice singles out people who may appear to be ‘legitimate tourists’ to prevent reconnaissance by al-Qaida. The document, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, helps explain a number of recent cases in which photographers have been stopped and searched by police using section 44 of the Terrorism Act, after first being approached by security guards.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
