‘A plan to jail any offender caught in possession of a knife for a second time is likely to pass into law next week after the Conservatives announced they are to defy the Liberal Democrats to support the measure.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his model ex-partner to death has been found guilty of her murder.’
BBC News, 21st May 2014
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‘Three men have been jailed for life for the murder of a “star pupil”. Aspiring doctor Ajmol Alom, 16, was stabbed in the thigh by a masked gang in an unprovoked attack near his home in Poplar, east London, on 12 August. Aminur Nadir Khan, 19, Mashudur Rahman, 22, and Ali Akbar Choudhury, 20, were jailed for a minimum of 23 years.’
BBC News, 7th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Chris Grayling announced an intention to amend the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to include a provision providing for a six-month minimum sentence for a second knife-related offence. This was met with opposition from Grayling’s Liberal coalition partners (more of which later).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The most senior judge in England and Wales has called on magistrates to impose tougher sentences for youths who carry knives.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who staged a stunt in which he leapt over a vehicle barrier at Buckingham Palace armed with a knife as a protest against his Incapacity Benefit being stopped has been jailed for 16 months.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘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
“Two burglars who sparked a six-hour stand-off with police after breaking into a cafe in search of a piece of quiche have been jailed.”
The Independent, 31st October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 21-year-old man who admitted murdering his step-grandmother in a ‘brutal, sustained’ knife attack at her home has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Half of offenders who threatened their victims with a knife have avoided prison despite a new law demanding mandatory jail terms.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A sex attacker given a suspended jail term for a knifepoint rape after his victim said he needed ‘help not punishment’ has had his ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased to a five years in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who threatened worshippers at a mosque hours after soldier Lee Rigby was killed has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Why don’t the courts have a specific power to order forfeiture of a knife from someone convicted of carrying it in public without good reason?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for the ‘vicious and brutal’ murder of his girlfriend of three weeks, who was found dead on Christmas Day.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Knife-wielding criminals are being handed soft sentences by the courts despite a pledge by the Government to introduce tough new measures.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fewer jail terms are being handed down to those found in possession of a knife, new Government figures revealed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man convicted of raping two women within three weeks in Liverpool has been sentenced to life in prison.”
BBC News, 11th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who murdered his mother after becoming fascinated with knives following a ‘two-year diet of constant DVDs’ has been sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of two police officers and attacking two other PCs in a butcher’s shop in north-west London.”
BBC News, 10th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 29-year-old who stripped naked on top of a statue in central London, before breaking off its sword and biting it, has been jailed for 12 weeks.”
BBC News, 4th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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