‘An ex-councillor has been jailed for two months after pleading guilty to supplying false information to an electoral registration officer.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th August 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The prison sentences of 102 offenders in England and Wales were extended last year, following complaints the original terms were too soft.’
BBC News, 25th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who shot his 81-year-old wife dead at a care home has been sentenced to six years in a psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A paedophile who flashed a mother at a bus stop chose to avoid going to jail in a bizarre courtroom scene which saw him allowed to raise his hand to choose a sentence.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who sent a threatening voice message to senior Labour MP Ben Bradshaw the day before the killing of parliamentary colleague Jo Cox has been given a suspended sentence.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Dangerous Dogs Act has “never really worked” because it only deals with certain breeds, a Tory MP has said as he called for a review of the law.’
BBC News, 20th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who decapitated two pet snakes with a pair of scissors and tried to swallow their severed heads while drunk has escaped a prison term.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who raped a woman in her 70s after barging into her south London home has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 19th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A best man who swindled a groom and his friends out of almost £8,000, failed to book flights for a stag do and lied about having terminal cancer has been jailed for 20 months.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two people who attempted to smuggle an Albanian man into the UK via the Channel Tunnel have been jailed for a total of 6 years.’
Home Office, 16th August 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘An obsessive “she devil” who murdered a love rival in a brutal attack she plotted with a friend has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.’
BBC News, 17th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s anti-terror laws are under scrutiny following the belated conviction of the hate preacher Anjem Choudary almost 20 years after his terrorism links first emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A mother who lied about her children being ill, forcing them to have surgery as part of a plan to falsely claim benefits, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Nigel Wilkinson, the photographer who drugged and raped two men at his Bristol home, has been jailed for 11 and a half years.’
The Independent, 12th August 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A ban on the sale of so-called “zombie knives” is set to come into force in England and Wales later this week.’
BBC News, 15th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for the murder of a 23-year-old homeless man in Greater Manchester who was attacked and then set on fire in a tent.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13 women during the 1970s, may be released from Broadmoor, the secure psychiatric hospital, and sent to a mainstream prison after a tribunal concluded his mental illness was under control.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former social worker and Catholic priest has been jailed for 12 years after admitting historical child sex abuse charges dating back to the 1970s.’
BBC News, 10th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who kidnapped and seriously sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl 33 years ago, has been jailed for nine years at Bristol Crown Court.’
BBC News, 4th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A trafficker threatened to use “juju magic” against the women and children she helped to bring into Europe for forced prostitution has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th August 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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