‘Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has had an appeal against his eight-year sentence for sex offences rejected by the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been banned from owning animals for life after her dog mauled her pregnant friend, tearing off part of her lip and almost killing her.’
BBC News, 5th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An unlicensed tattooist who inked a 13-year-old girl has been given an eight-month suspended jail sentence.’
BBC News, 4th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Youth justice campaigners have voiced concerns over the 20-year minimum tariff given to the 16-year-old schoolboy who murdered teacher Ann Maguire.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former Mr Wales who falsely claimed £28,332 in disability benefits whilst competing in bodybuilding contests has been jailed for six months.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘High Court judge says the Justice Secretary is failing in his duty to provide the course high-risk prisoners need to take before they are considered for release.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The 20-year minimum sentence handed out to the killer of teacher Ann Maguire is too harsh and puts Britain out of step with more lenient attitudes in the rest of Europe, according to a leading youth justice campaigner.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An 82-year-old puppy farmer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering his partner and her daughter in a double killing on his dog farm in Surrey.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police cautions could be scrapped under the Justice Secretary’s plans to stop victims feeling criminals have got away “scot-free”.’
The Independent, 1st November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A motorist who drove for eight miles in the wrong direction on the A1(M) motorway before colliding with a police car has been jailed.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men who challenged their extended sentences for preparing terrorism offences have lost their appeals.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who killed a girl by hanging her at his parents’ house has lost his appeal against his whole-life sentence.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man jailed alongside “sadistic” triple killer Joanne Dennehy is to appeal against the length of his sentence.’
BBC News, 30th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Cardiff deputy head teacher who secretly filmed pupils going to the toilet has had his “manifestly excessive” five-year jail term cut to four by the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 28th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man known as the Naked Rambler has lost his case at the European court of human rights where, he claimed he had a right to bare all in public.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenage boy who shot dead his girlfriend on his birthday has been sentenced to nine years’ detention for her manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An “obsessively jealous” former police officer who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Another attempt to introduce jail sentences as a possible punishment to individuals who access or disclose personal data in breach of data protection rules has stalled in the UK parliament.
24th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Three care workers have been jailed for abusing dementia patients at a Cumbria home.’
BBC News, 24th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A father who shook his baby son so hard that the youngster was left with severe brain injuries has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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