‘A former Crown Prosecution Service employee who repeatedly accessed three case files involving allegations of serious organised crime without authorisation has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th May 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The ringleaders of a gang that specialised in supplying fake passports to high-level criminals allowing them to evade arrest and identification have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed for eight and a half years after being found guilty of lying about being raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang, and making false rape claims against a series of other men.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three men tried to take their own lives after being falsely accused of rape and trafficking, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 13th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seven men have been found guilty of the kidnap and murder of a man they wrongly suspected of raping a teenage girl.’
BBC News, 24th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 22-year-old woman from Barrow-in-Furness has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by telling “malevolent” lies about being trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and making false rape allegations against a series of white men.’
The Guardian, 3rd January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four people have been found guilty of trying to fix the trial of a drugs kingpin.’
BBC News, 8th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who broke Covid lockdown rules by serving wine and mince pies at a shooting club, then later attempted to destroy evidence, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 9th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for nine years for killing a father-to-be whose body was dumped and set on fire on a London common.’
The Independent, 1st November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A serving police officer has been found guilty of raping a girl and wiping his phone to avoid detection after the victim gave “powerful” testimony in court.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother, stepfather and a teenager have been given life sentences for murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi and dumping his body in a river.’
BBC News, 30th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A pizza shop owner has been convicted of murdering his wife and burying her body in an unmarked grave that police did not discover for more than six months, despite extensive searches.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “predatory” police officer who had a secret sexual relationship with a rape victim has been jailed.’
BBC News, 4th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former boyfriend of a woman who was left with catastrophic brain injuries when she fell out of a van he had bundled her into has had his prison sentence increased.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been handed a life sentence for attacking his girlfriend and killing her unborn child.’
The Independent, 6th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed, smothered and strangled his girlfriend has been jailed alongside his mother, who helped him try to cover up his crime.’
BBC News, 8th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has ruled she could not be sure of the exact circumstances in which a teenager died after being knifed in the heart by his friend but ruled out unlawful killing.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
“A specialist law firm and animal rights charity may have been engaged in ‘systemic fraud’ and ‘perverting the course of justice’, by bringing abusive and unfounded private prosecutions, a judge has said.”
Law Society Gazette, 4th November 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man who got a teenage girl hooked on drugs and forced her into prostitution to fund his own habit before killing her has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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