‘Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, tells The Telegraph he will change the law before Easter to close a loophole that allows killer drivers to get back behind the wheel as soon as they leave prison.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A driver who was distracted by his mobile phone before a head-on crash which killed a woman has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 2nd January 2015
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‘A killer who bludgeoned and stabbed a woman to death, then kept the location of her remains secret for 14 years, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang of people who carried out an “audacious” mortgage fraud worth more than £5m have been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for five years for causing the death of a man covered in cling film during a sex game.’
BBC News, 18th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new domestic abuse offence for “coercive and controlling behaviour” within relationships has been announced by the home secretary.’
BBC News, 18th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “monstrous” father has been jailed for 35 years, after being found guilty of hacking to death his former long-term partner and their 22-month-old baby daughter, on the day he was supposed to move out of the family home.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A PC who passed on intelligence about police killer Dale Cregan and planned drugs raids to her sister and drug-dealing former lover has been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for five years for raping a woman during a night out to celebrate his 18th birthday.’
The Independent, 16th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Judge Andrew Woolman says laws mean he has to give sex offender Jason Leonard a “completely academic” sentence after he breached his licence conditions.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has been jailed for 13 years for sexually assaulting 24 boys – including one allegedly at Jimmy Savile’s house.’
The Independent, 16th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A gynaecologist who defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds working as a locum while off work sick from a Cardiff hospital has avoided prison.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother of three murdered by her “controlling” partner was “not listened to or heard” by the authorities, a report has found.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An ex-prison officer has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for selling details about James Bulger’s killer to a journalist.’
BBC News, 11th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A son who killed his father and put his dismembered body into storage boxes he was using as a TV stand, has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 10th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Indeterminate sentences and the inadequate funding of rehabilitation during them has posed problems since Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences hamstrung the system. The courts here and in Strasbourg have been in two minds what to do about cases where prisoners have not received the assistance they ought to have received – and hence are not, by domestic standards, ready for release.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A man who attacked the Respect MP George Galloway in the street while calling him an “antisemitic little man” has been jailed for 16 months.’
The Guardain, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An “extremist” mother-of-six who took pictures of her toddler son holding a toy gun and daydreamed about sending his eight-year-old brother to fight jihad when he grows up has been jailed for five years and three months for promoting terrorism on social media.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ray Teret – known as Ugli Ray – used celebrity status in the Manchester club scene to prey on ‘starstruck’ victims.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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