“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
“From 3 December 2012 new offences of aggravated knife possession come into force. Anyone who uses a knife or offensive weapon to threaten and endanger others will face a mandatory custodial sentence, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A raft of new criminal offences have come into force in England and Wales, as well as tougher prison sentences for violent crimes.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 10 years for stabbing his neighbour to death following a series of disputes over noise in St Helens.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy has been given a life sentence for killing a schoolboy whose stabbing was recorded on his own mobile phone.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager brutally stabbed his 15-year-old girlfriend 60 times in her head, neck and upper chest with two different knives, following arguments over his jealousy. Andrew Hall, 18, who attended Stoke City academy, the youth development part of Stoke City Football Club, pleaded guilty to murder on Friday at Luton crown court. Judge Richard Foster jailed him for life, with a minimum of 10 years.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Youths caught carrying knives are less likely to be jailed than a year ago, official figures have shown, putting immediate pressure on the new Justice Secretary to make sentences tougher.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 16-year-old girl has been detained for a minimum of 10 years after she was found guilty of murdering a teenager with an Afro comb.”
BBC News, 28th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager has been given a life sentence for stabbing to death a student in an argument over conkers. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, was detained for a minimum of 10½ years for murdering Stephen Grisales, 21, from Enfield.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Seven firearms, about 50 replica guns and nearly 3,000 knives have been confiscated in courts in the east of England over the past three years, the BBC can reveal.”
BBC News, 9th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman has been found guilty of killing a teenager who was stabbed to death at a London Tube station.”
BBC News, 29th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three gang members have been given life terms for murdering a teenager who was stabbed 24 times in south-east London.”
BBC News, 16th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang member who killed a promising young athlete in south-east London has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.”
BBC News, 16th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former City worker convicted of stalking his former fiancee has been found guilty of possessing a loaded crossbow near her workplace.”
BBC News, 15th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Carpenter [2011] EWCA Crim 2568; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“In cases of joint enterprise where the use of a particular weapon was foreseen but the secondary party did not share or foresee the intention with which it was used, the availablity of manslaughter remained as a possible alternative verdict to murder.”
WLR Daily, 11th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“As many as 400 extra teenagers could be given custodial sentences every year because of changes to knife crime laws announced last week, according to a government impact assessment.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Automatic jail sentences will be introduced for 16 and 17-year-olds who commit knife crimes in a sweeping law and order package announced last night by Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Souce: www.independent.co.uk
“Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, is heading for a fresh clash with his cabinet colleague, Theresa May and Tory backbenchers after publicly criticising moves to impose mandatory prison sentences on teenagers found with a knife.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A knifeman described as one of the most dangerous men in Britain has been jailed for life for trying to kill two police officers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“For the purposes of deciding the starting point for determining the minimum term to be served by a defendant sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction of murder committed with a knife the fact that the defendant had taken a knife from the kitchen of a home to another room in the same home, even if a locked door was forced, did not mean that he had taken the knife to the scene within the meaning of paragraph 5A of Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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