“A disqualified driver fleeing police was jailed for 10 years and six months on Wednesday for killing a couple he mowed down in a car as they rode their tandem bike.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ex-minister and former wife released after serving a quarter of sentences for perverting course of justice.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A defence solicitor who secured more than £500,000 in damages from a police force after he was wrongly arrested says officers mounted a ‘vendetta’ against him.”
The Independent, 11th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A motorcyclist who was caught speeding at 122mph and who boasted on an internet
forum about lying to police has been jailed for eight months.”
BBC News, 8th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The girlfriend of a convicted rapist has been jailed after trying to clear his
name by framing two of his victims with fake Facebook profiles.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two men and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of a teenager whose body was found in a playing field in east London.”
BBC News, 17th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three teenagers who beat a homeless man to death following a dare have been ordered to be detained.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Does the Chris Huhne affair have constitutional implications? In one sense, the answer to this question might be a rather obvious one. From a constitutional perspective – although certainly not from a political perspective – the case seems relatively uncontroversial.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 25th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“Prison inmates are offering to take points for motorists caught speeding as part of a thriving scam, the Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Tory MP David Burrowes has written to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, asking him to review the eight-month sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce on the grounds that they are ‘unduly lenient’.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first ever study by the Crown Prosecution Service into so-called false allegations of rape and domestic violence is being published today by the Director of Public Prosecutions.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The eight month prison sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are well within the normal range for such offences but slightly longer than many had expected.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, have each been jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice over an arrangement 10 years ago in which Pryce took speeding points for the former Liberal Democrat MP.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are due to be sentenced for perverting the course of justice.”
BBC News, 11th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The woman who plotted Chris Huhne’s downfall was herself facing jail today after a jury found that she was an accomplice in the scam to take her former husband’s speeding points for a driving offence ten years ago.”
The Independent, 7th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three teenage boys who kicked and punched a homeless man to death have been convicted of murder at Liverpool Crown Court.”
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A compulsive liar made almost a dozen false claims that she was raped in nearly a decade after making her first complaint at the age of 13, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The retrial of Vicky Pryce, the former wife of the disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has begun, with the new jury being warned to ignore anything they already knew about the case.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The man accused of the abduction and murder of missing five-year-old April Jones is due to stand trial.”
BBC News, 25th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s jury system should not be judged by the outcome of a single, complex and highly unusual case, senior lawyers have warned following the collapse of the Vicky Pryce trial.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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